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Accords Croisés
Accords Croisés seeks and promotes great voices of the world who are representative of particular cultures and aesthetic traditions. Sacred or profane voices, young or mature voices, rough or virtuoso ones – all these voices enable those they have been designated to represent to be heard. Thanks to the wealth of information they contain, the ‘disc-booklets’ permit an exploration of other musical traditions.

Accent
Accent is a Belgian record label presenting classical music from the late Middle Ages to the 20th Century, with a principal focus on 17th- and 18th-century works. The Accent catalogue includes many highly-prized recordings and boasts an impressive roster of outstanding performers, including Luc Devos (fortepiano), Paul Dombrecht (oboe), Roel Dieltiens (violoncello), Rene Jacobs (countertenor), Konrad Junghanel (lute), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord), Sigiswald Kuijken (violin, viola da gamba), Barthold Kuijken (flute), Wieland Kuijken (violoncello, viola da gamba), Marcel Ponseele (oboe), Raphaella Smits (guitar), Liuwe Tamminga (organ), Jos Van Immerseel (fortepiano), Erik Van Nevel with Currende, La Petite Bande, La Colombina, Concerto Palatino.

Aeolus
Aeolus is a German record label specialising in Baroque music and music for organ. Its goal, and that of its artists, is to present superb interpretations performed on the most appropriate instruments. In order to achieve this, they often travel throughout Europe to record rare historical instruments in well-chosen venues with the best possible recording equipment. Aeolus SACDs are full compatibility with standard CD players and provide high-end stereo as well as surround sound. .

Aeon
The French Aeon label produces two complementary series: one, strictly contemporary, is devoted to monographic CDs of 20th and 21st century composers; the other, open to a wider repertoire, features selected artists who are totally involved with Aeon.

AGPL Records
The Munich-based AGPL label features a number of outstanding recordings, including those by pianist Nikolai Demidenko of works by Beethoven, Chopin, Scarlatti, Schubert, as well as an acclaimed Wigmore Hall Recital, which are distributed in Australia by Select Audio-Visual Distribution.

Ambroisie
Ambroisie has worked with artists of worldwide reputation, such as Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, Zefiro, Les Sacqueboutiers, Ensemble Organum as well as David Grimal, Yossif Ivanov, Nemanja Radulovic, Mala Punica and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conducted by John Nelson.

Ambronay
For a quarter-of-a-century, Ambronay’s Cultural Encounter Centre has been home to great musicians passionate about their art and in love with the special acoustic of its thousand year-old stone Abbey. Its CDs document outstanding performances from the annual Ambronay Festival.

Amon Ra
Amon Ra been at the forefront of recording for posterity a host of unusual, historic and traditional music, speech and sounds since 1965 and has built up a worldwide reputation for innovation, dedication and quality. The Amon Ra label is devoted to early music performances of music of the Mediaeval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods and largely based on the Historic Pianos of the Finchcocks Musical Museum at Goudhurst in Kent.

Armide/Vox Lucida DVD
Armide is a label created by Vox Lucida. In association with Camera Lucida Productions, Vox Lucida produces high-quality audiovisual programs and recordings intended for both television broadcast and release on DVD.

APR
APR is a quality label devoted predominantly, though not exclusively, to piano recordings, both new and historic. In particular, APR has won countless laurels for the high standard of its 78rpm restoration work and for its trilingual booklets. The label has received numerous international honours, including an unprecedented 9 Grand Prix by the Liszt Society of Budapest in recent years.

Arthaus DVD
Arthaus Musik, a leading label for classical music, offers more than 200 DVD titles, including highly acclaimed opera and concert performances, top ballet productions and prize-winning music documentaries - from major works in benchmark productions by the world’s leading operatic companies to rarities in the repertoire.

Avie
Avie operates on an entirely new business model, turning the traditional musician/record company relationship on its head. Avie operates the label for and on behalf of the musicians who retain ownership of their recordings, acting as an umbrella for a number of musical organisations and individual artists. By so doing Avie creates a considerable scale of operation which ensures strong marketing, significant media interest and worldwide distribution.

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BBC Legends
From the popular BBC Radio program, ‘BBC Legends’, comes a superb series of CDs featuring great artists in historic broadcast performances drawn from the BBC archives. The original analogue recordings, digitised and tonally refurbished to conform to contemporary audio standards, have garnered the highest praise and won numerous awards

Bel Air DVD
Outstanding classic and contemporary ballets and operas performed by some of Europe’s leading companies, such as the National Paris Opera, Bolshoi and Zurich Ballets, and featuring performers including Anne Sofie von Otter, Mireille Delunsch, Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre, William Christie and Les Art Florissants, to name a few.

Berlin Classics
Berlin Classics presents the great classics interpreted by established and up-and-coming young artists including Kurt Masur, Herbert Blomstedt, Kurt Sanderling, Franz Konwitschny, Hermann Abendroth, Gunther Ramin, Peter Schreier, Ludwig Guttler, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Staatskapellen Dresden und Berlin, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Dresden Philharmonie, Rundfunkchore Leipzig and Berlin, Dresden Kreuzchor and Thomanerchor Leipzig on a catalogue of well over 2,000 titles.

Bis Records
The Swedish label BIS explores the unjustly neglected domains of music, travelling all over the world to make recordings, from concert halls in Singapore or São Paulo, to a church in the English countryside, a student chapel in Kobe or to Lahti's superb Sibelius Hall. BIS fosters works by women composers, is a highly respected ‘early music’ label (recording with, among others, Emma Kirkby, Dan Laurin, Bach Collegium Japan and London Baroque) as well as one of the liveliest contemporary music labels (with composers like Kalevi Aho, Sally Beamish and James MacMillan).

Brass Classics
Brass Classics is a new label which focuses on repertoire for brass instruments and ensembles, with some fascinating titles exploring the less familiar repertoire, all performed by outstanding artists. It is a sister label to Cello Classics and Clarinet Classics.

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Calliope
The French label Calliope boasts an extensive range of recordings, some devoted to rare works from the Renaissance to the 20th century, others presenting complete editions such as the organ music of Messiaen (performed by Louis Thiry) and the string quartets of Beethoven and Mozart (Quatuor Talich).The label was awarded the Grand Prix du Président de la République, and features artists such as Théodore Paraskivesco, d’Inger Södergren, the Clerkes of Oxenford, Jean-Louis Beaumadier and André Navarra.

Carus
Carus is one of the major music publishers in Germany, specialing in sacred choral music from all historical periods. Carus is a label that, instead of seeking mass appeal, sets high standards of interpretation and repertoire. Its Cds have won numerous awards, including Gramophone Editor's Choice, the MIDEM Classical Award, BBC Radio Critics disc of the Year, Diapason d'Or, the Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Prize and more.

Cedille
Cedille Records is the label of The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation, dedicated to preserving Chicago’s rich musical heritage by documenting the work of its finest musicians, ensembles, and composers. The Chicago Classical Recording Foundation is a publicly-supported, not-for-profit organisation devoted to promoting the finest musicians, ensembles, and composers in the Chicago area through the production of audiophile-quality recordings on the Cedille Records label.

Cello Classics
Cello Classics is a new label dedicated to unusual and unexplored repertoire for the cello, played by some of the most exciting players of the past and the present, and introducing some of the cellists of the future. It is a sister label to Brass Classics and Clarinet Classics.

Chandos
Chandos Records is one of the world's premiere classical music record companies, best known for its ground-breaking search for neglected musical gems. The company has pioneered the idea of the 'series' and proudly includes series of such composers as Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Parry and Walton with ongoing series of Grainger, Berkeley and Bridge. Renowned for its superb sound quality, Chandos has won many prestigious awards for its natural sound quality.

Childrens Group, The
Based in Canada, The Children’s Group has presented award-winning classical music entertainment for children, parents, grandparents and teachers for more than 15 years through their collection of audio CDs and cassettes, video, interactive CD/ROM, live concerts, beautifully illustrated books and educational resources, as well as classic children’s stories.

Christophorus
Christophorus carries a wide-ranging musical program and is at the same time the name of the oldest German record label concentrating on sacred music, with particular emphasis on unfamiliar repertoire and historical interpretation. Gregorian chant, music of the Renaissance, sacred vocal works, music of the Christian churches and the hymns of Taize are all represented in its catalogue. In this field, Christophorus is recognised as one of the most important independant labels on the international market.

Clarinet Classics
Clarinet Classics provides a focus for clarinet enthusiasts, both performers and listeners alike by issuing carefully chosen programs that are both entertaining and informative. The label continues to diversify, offering a range of superb performances recorded with care and skill. It is a sister label to Brass Classics and Cello Classics.

Cobalt
'The energy of music is stronger than any obstacle.' Created in 1979 by Philippe Conrath and two journalists of Libération, the label Cobalt is the reflection of the rythms of Africolor, a festival settled since 1989 in the Parisian suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis.

Collegium Records
Collegium Records was established in 1984 as a label dedicated to the Cambridge Singers, with the aim of presenting a range of choral music in recordings of musical excellence and high technical quality. Recently, the Choir of Clare College Cambridge directed by Timothy Brown has joined the label.

Coviello
Coviello is a boutique German label which nonetheless covers music from the Renaissance to modern times. Established names such as soprano Dorothee Mields and tenor Paul Agnew, new groups including Bennewitz Quartet, orchestras like the Aachen Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic and ensembles such as the Berlin Radio Choir, Capella de la Torre, Mannheim Brass Quintet, Capella Angelica and Lautten Compagney - and many more - are to be found here.

CPO
Few labels have captured as much recent international attention as cpo. Awarded the Cannes Classical Award for the best label (worldwide!) at MIDEM and the Lower Saxon Music Prize in appreciation for creative service, cpo seeks true musical treasures - from the Renaissance to the modern – that remain to be discovered. Their editions of music by Pfitzner, Korngold, Hindemith and Pettersen have been highly praised.

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Dacapo
The Danish label dacapo has produced some 300 CD recordings in collaboration with the best Danish musicians, singers and composers, as well as international ensembles. Dacapo has received four Classical CD of the Year awards at the Danish Grammys and been nominated for countless other prestigious awards around the world. Dacapo exclusively records Danish music, from the compositions of the Middle Ages to brand new contemporary, jazz and experimental music, the quality of which has critics hailing a ‘New Danish Golden Age’.

Daqui
Meaning ‘from here’ in Occitan language Daqui is the label of the music festival Les Nuits Atypiques de Langon. The purpose of the label is to help the artistic discovery of World Music, as the music festival does since 1992.

Dal Segno
Dal Segno Records is dedicated to preserving the original piano roll recordings of the great Classical composers and artists, with recordings of the highest quality presenting some of the most celebrated composers from the Classical, Romantic and Contemporary eras at the keyboard. 'Imagine you could be spirited back to 1910 to the Paris apartment in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne where Debussy is playing over his first set of Preludes to a rapt audience of intimate friends. Or to the jazz age party in New York where Gershwin is jamming on tunes from his latest Broadway hit. If you close your eyes and let your imagination free, this is now possible with the aid of the recordings of the piano rolls from The Condon Collection.' (BBC Music Magazine).

DRG Records
DRG is the leading independent label devoted to Broadway, film soundtracks, jazz, cabaret and world music. DRG is regarded as the major record label of several legendary cabaret performers, including Barbara Cook, boasts numerous musical theatre recordings and continues to be a strong force in cast recordings.

Dutton (including Epoch & Vocalion)
Dutton (including Epoch and Vocalion), one of the UK's finest record labels specialising in re-issuing on CD music recorded between the 1920s and 1970s, and in issuing albums of modern digital recordings, was established by leading British recording and re-mastering engineer Michael J Dutton. The Epoch series champions unrecorded music of 20th Century British classical composers such as Arnold Bax, York Bowen and Granville Bantock in world-class modern digital recordings performed by some of Britain's finest orchestras, conductors and soloists. Vocalion features light music, big bands/dance bands, jazz, easy listening, vocalists and 1950s/'60s pop. Vocalion first made its name with a celebrated and ongoing series of CDs featuring the recordings of famous 1930s and '40s British dance bands, including those led by Ambrose, Geraldo, Oscar Rabin and Maurice Winnick.

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Eloquentia
The primary objective of Eloquentia is to discover new talent, especially young singers, and to explore vocal repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries with excursions back into earlier eras. Artists include Joyce DiDonato, La Cappella de’ Turchini, Antonio Florio, Harmonie Universelle, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Luigi Piovano, Luisa Prayer, Maria Grazia Schiavo, David Zobel and Giuseppe de Vittorio.

Etcetera
From Early Music, throught the Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertoires to the exciting music of the modern era, Etcetera Records presents leading musicans and ensembles in highly praised performances. Bach to Bizet, Byrd to Britten, Schubert to Richard Strauss - there's a wealth of excellent titles to suit music lovers.

Explore Records
Explore Records aims to explore the large number of existing recordings of rare and unusual classical music repertoire which have never been available internationally on CD. Their initial releases are drawn from the Decca catalogue. Future Explore Records releases will continue to explore the classical catalogue, and also cross genre to embrace jazz and world music rarities.

EuroArts DVD
EuroArts has quickly made a name for itself worldwide by producing and distributing classical music and jazz programs. EuroArts sets high standards with its classical music and jazz DVDs, consistently using all technological and content opportunities offered by the medium. In addition to the featured films, the DVDs offer extra features such as artist portraits, interviews and ‘Behind the Scenes’ documentaries.

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Fairplay
Fairplay is a production and publishing company founded in 1985. Their for new musical projects has led them to meet with very talented artists like Le Trio Joubran and the Jean-François Baëz Trio. The common link for all artists Fairplay is representing is the high claim of originality and quality.

First Edition
As stewards of the legendary First Edition Records archive of over 400 performances, nearly all of which are world premiere recordings, First Edition Music dedicates itself to disseminating the entire First Edition catalogue through ever-evolving technical means, maintaining the highest possible engineering standards, and ensuring that a worldwide community continues to experience this dynamic archive of modern music. In collaboration with Meet The Composer, First Edition Music has also reissued several important titles previously available on the Nonesuch label.

Futur Acoustic
SIXUN is the triumph of a spicy, multicolored musical mélange of singing melodies over a polyrhythmic background full of eternally renewed energy and drive. SIXUN is 20 years of adventures, successes, and touring, with eclipses and breaks of variable duration to let each member of the tribe catch his breath and enrich himself with new experiences.
THE COOL CROONERS: 'In spite of war, poverty, disease, corruption, cynicism, and indifference, there is always a bit of blue sky somewhere.' In the 1950s, deep in the heart of Africa, they were crazy about jazz to the point that all they dreamed about was to become singers. Their careers took off in the most promising manner, but the turmoil of a long fight for independence in Zimbabwe brought chaos and mayhem. Today, they are starting a second life. The charm of their harmonizing voices has retained all of its strength.

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Gimell
Gimell Records was founded in 1981 to record The Tallis Scholars. Its catalogue of more than thirty-five recordings has performed a pioneering role in the re-appraisal of unaccompanied sacred choral music of the 15th and 16th centuries. The consistently high artistic and technical standards achieved have been acknowledged by many prestigious record industry awards, including the Gramophone Record of the Year Award.

Globe
Acclaimed by Fanfare as 'the Dutch quality label', Globe Records presents a range of titles that is well conceived, well executed and well produced. It offers an A-to-Z of both composers (Acensio, Albeniz and Andriessen to Wolf, Zemlinsky and Zelenka) and performers (Roberta Alexander, John Alldis and Elly Ameling to Pieter Wispelwey, Giuseppe Zampieri and Titia de Zwart).

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Haenssler Classics
The German label Haenssler Classic features a wide-ranging repertoire of music from Albinoni to Wagner, Bach to Boulez, Telemann to Tchaikovsky, and many more performed by artists, choirs, ensembles and orchestras from Britain, Europe, Israel and the USA such as Christophe Prégardien, Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart RSO, Gerhard Oppitz, Helmuth Rilling and the Stuttgart Bach Collegium, London Symphony Orchestra, Les Percussions de Strasbourg and many more.

Harle Records
Composer John Harle understands both the jazz and classical traditions, and is brilliant at getting musicians of different backgrounds to work creatively together. Harle Records features performers such as Elvis Costello, Andy Sheppard, Richard Rodney Bennett, Paul Jones, Sarah Leonard, Steve Lodder, Stan Tracey, Alexander Balanescu, Guy Barker, Adrian Utley, The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and The Choir of Worcester Cathedral.

Harmonia Mundi
The largest independent producer of classical recordings in France, the artist roster for Harmonia Mundi reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of classical music superstars. With ensembles including The Academy of Ancient Music to Trio Wanderer, Al Ayre Español to Theatre of Voices, Les Arts Florissants to Tokyo String Quartet, artists such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Rene Jacobs, Andrew Manze, Kent Nagano, Dorothea Röschmann, Andreas Scholl, Andreas Staier and Alexandre Tharaud, leading chamber groups, choirs, orchestras – the list is virtually endless and covers most musical periods and classical genres.

Hyperion
The repertoire available on the multi-award-winning Hyperion label, and its subsidiary label Helios, ranges across the entire spectrum of music – sacred and secular, choral and solo vocal, orchestral, chamber and instrumental –much of it is unique to Hyperion. The catalogue currently comprises nearly 1400 CDs, with approximately 80 new titles issued each year.

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Juxtapositions DVD
Juxtapositions is a unique DVD collection focusing on contemporary music. Each title explores the world of a particular composer via one or more works, with the composers and their most famous interpreters playing an active part in the process of elucidation. From Gustav Mahler to Arvo Pärt, from Europe to America and Asia, new musical continents emerge and burst into passionate life as the viewer embarks on a thrilling voyage of discovery, guided by talented film-directors. The collection centres around documentaries created by Dutch film maker Frank Scheffer, one of the foremost directors of our time.

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K617
The French label K617 was launched in 1990 and has issued numerous recordings, many of which have received important awards such as Diapason d’Or de l’année, RTL d’Or, ffff Télérama, Fondation Cini à Venise. Its ‘Pathways of the Baroque’ series explores forgotten treasures of the European and Latin American Baroque, while the ‘Adventures’ and ‘Organ’ series bring to life opera/oratorio and music for the ‘king of instruments’, respectively.

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Label Bleu
With names such as Rokia Traoré, Piers Faccini, Jon Hassell, Julien Lourau, Michel Portal, Henri Texier, Steve Coleman or Enrico Rava, the Label Bleu catalogue is unceasingly extending with jazz music gems and eccentric artistic routes, between musical maturity and freshness, reflecting a serene independence. In the same way, in 1992Label Bleu launched 'Indigo', a collection dedicated to world music, it has now come out with 'Bleu Electric', a new catalogue opened to electronic music and saturated amplifiers.

Le Chant du Monde
Created 70 years ago, Le Chant du Monde publishes recordings of the highest artistic quality in very diverse musical worlds: jazz, French chanson, international music, children music and world music. More than a simple label, Le Chant du Monde is a real musical publisher, and still belongs to the main actors of the international musical scene.

Ligia
The French company Ligia is particularly strong in keyboard repertoire, with a large collection of discs the dynamic young organist Olivier Vernet (whose recordings of Bach and Liszt have been particularly well received by the critical press), but has also developed a series of unusual chamber repertoire, particularly from the Baroque period, featuring such renowned artists as Roberta Invernizzi, Johanette Zomer, Sagittarius and La Turbulente.

Long Distance
Traditional acoustic music is a seemingly inexhaustible source of new sounds and new ways of expressing emotions in music. The purpose of the label is to create a proper synthesis between authenticity and (production) quality by recording music. Dedicated to the more urban musical currents, a second line has been created within the label, named 'Cities'.

LPO
The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s own label promises a winning combination of brand new live recordings as well as treasures from the archives of one of the England’s foremost musical institutions. All titles feature excellent sound (with the new recordings on SACD-hybrids) and striking presentation.

Lyrita
Lyrita Recorded Edition is one of the UK’s longest-established and highest regarded independent Classical record labels. Lyrita has an unparalleled reputation for recording specifically British repertoire at the highest audio standards. For almost 50 years Lyrita has produced recordings acclaimed by critics, collectors and audiophiles alike.

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Marabi
Marabi is the label created in 2002 by Christian Mousset, director of Festival de Musiques Métisses d’Angoulème in France. The festival is widely opened to urban popular musics from the African Continent, Indian Ocean, Caraibe, America. On the same artistic line, the label privileges upcoming artists and patrimonial leading figures.

Marco Polo
The original concept of the Marco Polo label was to bring to listeners unknown compositions by well-known composers. There was, at the same time, an ambition to bring the East to the West. Since then there have been many changes in public taste and in the availability of recorded music. Composers once little known are now easily available in recordings. Marco Polo, in consequence, has set out on further adventures of discovery and exploration.

Melodyia
Founded in 1964 to bring great performers and composers to their listeners in Russia and the world over, Melodiya is today a dynamic company. More than 60,000 recordings of classical music, jazz, applied and variety music provides a solid base for the young and ambitious team to shape a new Melodiya for the 21st Century.

Mirare
This boutique French label features a number of world-renowned performers, including pianists Iddo
Bar-Shai, Boris Berezovsky, Claire Desert, Shani Diluka, Brigitte Engerer, Philippe Giusiano, Zhu Xiao-Mei, Anne Queffelec, Emmanuel Stosser, harpsichordist Pierre Hantai, Trio Chausson, Ricercar Consort, singers including countertenor Carlos Mena and baritone Jerome Correas, orchestras and ensembles directed by Michel Corboz, John Nelson – and many other fine musicians. Beautifully recorded and packaged, Mirare CDs are highly praised and much awarded.

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Naïve
This exquisite French label embraces a variety of musical styles including classical, film music, jazz and world artists. Performers and ensembles represented on the Naïve label include Rinaldo Alessandrini, Il Giardino Armonico, Christophe Rousset, Laurence Equilbey and Accentus, Ensemble Matheus and the World Philharmonic Orchestra, to name but a few.

Naxos
The Gramophone Awards 2005 Label of the Year
More than 100 Editor’s Choices in Gramophone
More than 500 3-star ratings in The Penguin Guide
Naxos has revolutionised how classical music is presented and marketed around the world. Innovative strategies of recording exciting new repertoire with exceptional talent have enabled the label to develop one of the largest and fastest growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available anywhere - currently more than 3000 titles - with state-of-the-art sound and consumer-friendly prices. The Naxos catalogue includes the following outstanding ranges:

Naxos Audiobooks
Audio Publisher of the Year 2006
Bringing Literature to Life – classic works on CD from Homer’s The Iliad to Becket’s Waiting for Godot. Children’s classics and favourites, classic fiction, modern classics and contemporary fiction, drama, poetry, non-fiction (history, biography, philosophy, religion), box sets, complete classics, classical music Life and Works with musical extracts, Opera Explained, and more!

Naxos Australian Productions
The Naxos Romantic Piano Favourites CDs were a groundbreaking series when first released in the 1980s. Now, the first ten volumes of this popular series are re-released in brand new stylish packaging created here in Australia. Other Naxos Australian Productions include The Romantic Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Schubert & Tchaikovsky CDs; Great Orchestral Classics (in 10 superb volumes);
Music from around the world including the French, Italian, Hungarian and Russian Festival albums as well as The Best of Opera and Operetta; Night Music (10 volumes of classical music for relaxing and dreaming).

Naxos Books
The Life & Music of Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler and Mozart, each with 2 CDs of musical examples and free access to a dedicated website with hours of extra music and other bonus material.

Naxos Collection
Themed by instrument or musical genre, Naxos Collections include music for alphorn, bassoon, cello, clarinet, flute, glass harmonica, guitar, harp, harpsichord, horn, lute, oboe, ondes martinot, organ, piano, saxophone, timpani, trombone, trumpet, violin and winds as well as CDs devoted to American classics and Jewish music, British music, chamber, cinema classics, early music, easy listening, funeral music, gypsy, light classics, music for meditation, opera and operetta, orchestral, Russian music, music from Vienna, vocal and choral music, music for weddings and more besides.

Naxos DVD
Great performances featuring legendary figures from Bohm to Rostropovich, special presentations such as the Berlin Philharmonic Story, great opera productions, solo recitals and some of the world’s leading orchestras all have a place among the catalogue of DVDs distributed by Naxos.

Naxos DVDA
‘DVD-Audio’ (DVDA) is an exciting, flexible format which, through its enhanced storage capability and advanced compression technology, allows listeners to experience music like never before. Titles range from music by Arvo Part to Vaughan Williams, Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Charpentier’s Midnight Mass for Christmas to Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

Naxos Educational
Highly praised by Gramophone magazine, Naxos Educational is charting new territory. Using the wealth of Naxos recordings combined with approachable, absorbing narrative, Naxos Educational CDs aim to broaden understanding of musicians and their music. Series include Life & Works, Classics and Opera Explained, Opera Plus, A Life in Words & Music, Composer Portraits, History of Music, The Instruments of the Orchestra, Writers and Performers, Art & Music (a fascinating series spanning the 16th to 20th centuries), Listen Learn and Grow, and the A to Z of classical Music and Opera.

Naxos Historical
The Naxos Historical Collection comprises both legendary radio broadcasts and celebrated studio recordings of great performances by the most illustrious conductors, singers and instrumentalists of the 20th century, all remastered using the latest technology and painstaking care. Already released are many of the essential works of the operatic and orchestral repertoires, works by Mozart, Beethoven, Debussy, Sibelius, Wagner, and many others.

Naxos Jazz
Showcasing some of the newest contemporary talents, Naxos Jazz reflects the diversity of the global jazz scene with a roster of artists from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and America. From bebop, big band to fusion, Naxos Jazz covers the spectrum of music that is forward-looking and contemporary.

Naxos Jazz Legends
From the first recordings by the forefathers of early jazz in the 1920s through to the great innovators of the 1940s, Naxos Jazz Legends plots a course through the most vital and vibrant period in jazz history. The giants of the Big Band era (Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and others), the trailblazing solo performances of Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker and many more, share the catalogue with show-stopping queens of jazz singing, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan.

Naxos Nostalgia
Naxos Nostalgia boasts the biggest stars from the stage and screen performing some of the best-loved hits from the golden age of entertainment. From Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire to Vera Lynn and Edith Piaf, from George Formby and Gracie Fields to Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra, the Andrews Sisters and the Ink Spots, there is a true treasure trove to explore on Naxos Nostalgia.

Naxos Opera
The world of opera comes alive in Naxos recordings, from Cavalli to Corghi, Sacchini to Szymanowski, in both studio and live recordings which feature international superstars such as Richard Bonynge or Sumi Jo as well as upcoming talents. Complete operas and highlight discs are available across the full range of musical periods and styles, presented by opera companies from around the world.

Naxos SACD
Naxos SACD is a multi-format hybrid mastered in direct-stream digital technology with the capability to reproduce the original recorded sounds at a high resolution rate. Naxos SACDs can be played on all existing SACD and CD players, although 5.1 multichannel surround reproduction will not be realised on CD player playback.

Naxos Select Your Classics
The world's most entertaining classical CD compilations are to be found in the Naxos Select Your Classics range. From The Best of British Light Music and National Anthems of the Commonwealth, through Classic Chill, Mystic Voices and The Flowering of Love, to Macabre Masterpieces, Extreme Classics (for musical ‘thrill-seekers!) and Opera’s Greatest Moments, there’s something for everyone in this innovative series of CDs tailor-made for Australian listeners of all ages and musical tastes.

Naxos World
Naxos World offers high quality World music designed to entertain and educate. Naxos World recordings are varied and differing in style and listener appea: Traditional, folk, or "roots" music associated with the musical heritage of a culture; Modern, popular music currently enjoyed by the youth of a culture; and oft-ignored musical traditions, both traditional and modern, of various cultures.

Network Medien
The painstaking care that goes into creating Network’s ambitious world music CDs has earned lavish praise in the international press. These recordings of the highest musical standards, mastered by one of the world’s leading studios, with authoritative, informative and highly readable booklets written by acknowledged experts in the field. Their current program comprises some 100 CDs with new releases every two months.

Nimbus
Nimbus Records boasts a substantial catalogue of premium quality classical, historical and world music titles. Nimbus’s Grand Piano range includes highly praised recordings by the greatest pianists of all time, from Wilhelm Backhaus to Igor Stravinsky. The Prima Voce range presents original recordings of the world’s greatest singers from Licia Albanese to Giovanni Zenatello with dozens of other legendary names in between. Leading exponents of traditional music from around the world make Nimbus’s World Music range among the most fascinating available.

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O+ Music
O+ Music develops a catalogue of artists having an international career to come (Etienne Mbappe, Charlier/Sourisse, Mokhtar Samba...) or already established (Mario Canonge, Ray Barreto). Artists currently playing a part in the writing of the present and future music.

Ondine
Over the years, Ondine has established itself as one of the most respected labels in classical music, and its products have received numerous prizes at the Cannes (MIDEM) Classical Awards, the Gramophone Awards, the BBC Music Magazine Awards and the Classical Internet Awards. Ondine has released 400 carefully selected CDs, Hybrid SACDs and DVDs, with around 250 titles remaining in its active catalogue.

Opera Rara
Opera Rara has been in the business of bringing back forgotten operatic repertoire of the nineteenth century for the last thirty-five years. Operas once threatened with extinction have now been brought vividly back to life through Opera Rara recordings. Its catalogue includes complete operas as well as highlights and compilations, anthologies and recordings featuring outstanding soloists.

Opus Arte DVD
Opus Arte has a substantial catalogue of outstanding opera and ballet productions from around the world. Working closely with organisations such as the BBC, Bayerische Rundfunk (Germany), TVE (Spain) and NPS (Holland), Glyndebourne, Teatro Real (Madrid), Royal Opera House (London), Liceu (Barcelona), Opera de Paris, and Het Muziektheater (Amsterdam) has enabled Opus Arte to capture some magnificent productions on DVD.

Orfeo
The German label Orfeo boasts an enormous catalogue of chamber music, choral works, opera, recitals and symphonic repertoire featuring great performances by leading soloists, string quartets, orchestras, the Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Vienna State Opera, as well as productions from the Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals.

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Pan Classics
Pan Classics is a delightful Swiss label that highlights connoisseur repertoire and Swiss musicians and ensembles. The catalogue also includes, of course, many international artists and ensembles of note, such as the Amphion Wind Ensemble, Vienna String Sextet, Isabelle Faust, Roland Pontinen and Edoardo Torbianelli, just to name a few. Beautifully packaged, Pan Classics CDs are collector's items in their own right.

PentaTone
PentaTone’s classical catalogue of new recordings includes the most famous classical works performed by top classical artists. All PentaTone recordings are multichannel (surround sound) recordings and they are all released on hybrid SACDs (which can also be played on traditional CD equipment in stereo). PentaTone also releases (under licence from Universal) stunning surround sound recordings from the 1970s originally made by Philips for the 'quadrophonic system' that have never before been released and now can be enjoyed in all their sonic splendour for the first time.

Phoenix
Phoenix Edition features artists such as sopranos Arleen Auger and Simone Kermes, bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra conducted by Michi Gaigg, WDR Radio Choir and Orchestra Cologne conducted by Helmuth Froschauer, Kontraste Koln, Das Neue Orchester conducted by Christoph Spering, the Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, Vienna Symphony Orchestra and many other leading artists from Europe.

Praga Digital
Praga Digitals feature leading Czech artists and ensembles performing great classical music from Beethoven to Berg, Brahms to Zemlinsky.

Profil Medien
Founded by Gunter Haenssler, Prifl Medien presents an ever-growing catalogue of fine recordings, from historical performances by the Berlin Philharmonic or Rudolf Buchbinder to more recent releases featuring leading artists of today such as Semyon Bychkov or Pinchas Zukerman.

Prophone
Prophone is a high quality independent label focusing on mainstream jazz. Excellent performances and beautiful sound distinguish the recordings. Artists range from legendary singer Alice Babs - of SweDanes and Duke Ellington fame - to young artists including singers Johanna Grüssner, Sofia Pettersson, Carin Lundin, Lina Nyberg, Rigmor Gustafsson and Jeanette Lindström, pianists Jacob Karlzon, Maggie Olin and Steve Dobrogosz, and horn players Peter Asplund (trumpet), Karl-Martin Almqvist (tenor sax) and Karin Hammar (trombone). Diversity and quality are Prophone’s trademarks.

Proprius
Quality in every aspect has been the hallmark of Proprius for over 30 years. The wide range of genres represented include ballads, Christmas music, classical music, popular entertainment, jazz, klezmer, opera/operetta, as well as music for brass, cello, choir, flute, guitar, harpsichord, organ, piano, string quartet, violin and vocal soloists.

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Radio France
Radio France's Ocora label offers a selection of recordings - unique the world over - featuring the best in traditional music. The albums of art, religious, and popular music all display the hallmark of authenticity and quality engineering.

RCO Live
RCO Live is the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s own in-house label, under which it produces CD, SACD and DVD releases of live concerts given at the Concertgebouw under the direction of Mariss Jansons and leading guest conductors. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has built up a vast catalogue of recordings, began in the 1920s under Willem Mengelberg and continues to its latest recordings under Mariss Jansons.

Rondeau
Rondeau presents the highest quality choral music performed by the Knabenchor Hannover, Thomanerchor Leipzig and Windsbacher Knabenchor, with leading soloists and orchestras. Organ music is also featured on this label. From Bach to Bruckner, Reger to Rutter, Homilius to Holst, and many other composers, there is much to enjoy on these beautiful recordings.

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Satirino
Satirino was created in 1997 and represents classical music artists, ensembles and orchestras. In 2001 the company created the Satirino Records label to record some of the agency's artists, including Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord), Camerata Ireland/Barry Douglas (piano & direction), James Bowman (countertenor) and Elena Rosanova (piano).

Saydisc
Saydisc been at the forefront of recording for posterity a host of unusual, historic and traditional music, speech and sounds since 1965 and has built up a worldwide reputation for innovation, dedication and quality. The Saydisc range includes National, Traditional and Regional music and songs, music, songs and dances from other traditions, music featuring unusual instruments and World Music.

SDG
J S Bach appended the initials SDG (Soli Deo Gloria, meaning ‘to the Glory of God alone’) at the end of each of his Cantatas scores. These same initials identify the label of the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra’s recordings made during the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. In total SDG will release 51 CDs, each corresponding to one of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage’s concerts and bringing together for the first time the complete cantatas Bach wrote for specific liturgical feasts.

Sound of World
Sound of World is a label of World, Electroworld, Reggae, Traditional Music and Music of the Sun. It is a laboratory for multicultural projects in which quality, aesthetics, and humanism merge altogether. Sound of World is thus a fusion between art and development.

Storyville
Named after the famous New Orleans district where jazz was born, Storyville Records releases thousands of classic recordings by many of the greatest jazz artists including, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Ben Webster, Clark Terry, Stuff Smith, Johnny Griffin, Teddy Wilson, Sidney Bechet, johnny hodges, Billie Holiday and Earl Hines. Storyville is the oldest independent European jazz label.

Supraphon
Supraphon Music Publishing is the most significant Czech record label, and has played a significant role in spreading the fame of Czech classical music recordings since the 1930s. Supraphon’s broad catalogue of titles systematically mapped out the works of Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák and Leos Janáček, as well as other giants of both Czech and international music. Important domestic and foreign soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestras and conductors all contribute to its remarkable collection of recordings.

Swedish Society
A label centred on Swedish music and performers, which also explores the wider repertoire.

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Tahra
Tahra is a boutique classical music record company based in rural France with a catalogue of more than 150 titles featuring remastered recordings from 78rpms and radio broadcasts, some up to 60 years old. These have won several prestigious classical music industry awards, both for the quality of their sound as much as the performances themselves. Artists include legendary figures such as Celibidache, Furtwängler, Gieseking, Jochum, Kleiber, Knappertbusch, Mengelberg, Mitropoulos, van Kempen, Schuricht, Stokowski, Walter, and others – often in outstanding performances otherwise unissued on CD.

Testament
The Testament label issues classic recordings under licence from industry giants BBC Worldwide, BMG Classics, Deutschland Radio, EMI, Decca and Universal Music. Artists range from The Amadeus Quartet, Sir John Barbirolli, André Cluytens and Beniamino Gigli, through Rudolph Kempe, David Munrow, Quartetto Italiano and Solomon, to Toscanini, Thyssens-Velentin and Günter Wand. Solo recitals, chamber music, opera and orchestral performances are all well represented.

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Wigmore Hall Live
London’s Wigmore Hall, perhaps the world’s most renowned venue for chamber and vocal recitals, has launched a new label featuring internationally renowned artists, including Thomas Allen and Malcolm Martineau, Arditti Quartet, Joyce DiDonato and Julius Drake, Kopelman Quartet, Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson, and The Nash Ensemble. These live recordings are superbly recorded and presented and are quickly building a very strong reputation.

World Village
The driving force behind the World Village label is that the music we release usually finds us, just as it would in any village. If we feel strongly about the music, then we release the CD. Therefore, the music we choose can be any new music, as long as it has soul.

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Ysaÿe Records
Few string quartets start up a new recording company. However, France’s Ysaÿe Quartet did just that to provide the public with a living discography that corresponds to their work and artistic development. In addition to their own critically acclaimed performances of quartet repertoire by Beethoven, Fauré, Haydn, Mozart and Schumann, the Ysaÿe’s mid-price series Nascor introduces young artists such as pianist Alberto Nosè and the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet.

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Zig Zag Territories
Zig Zag Territories is a French label dealing largely in the music of the Renaissance and the Baroque, including some rare treasures. However, the label also ventures as far afield as the music of Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann and Xenakis, with artists including Chiara Banchini and Ensemble 415, Jane Gower, Jos van Immerseel, Anima Eterna and Les Plaisirs du Parnasse, to name only a few.
In 2006, Zig Zag Territories made a fresh start in the field of jazz, after releasing a CD by Tchangodei in 2002. This follows key encounters with Raphaël Imbert – saxophonist and leader of the Newtopia Project and Nine Spirit – and Guillaume Bouchard, a young Canadian double-bass player, whose first offering is a duo recording with his teacher Michel Donato.

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