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RCA Records
American record label
Apple Records
UK international record label; imprint of Apple Corps Ltd.
Decca
British record label
Deutsche Grammophon
German classical music record label
London Records
UK multi-national record label
Melodiya
Melodiya () is a Russian record label. It was the state-owned major record company of the Soviet Union.
ECM Records
German independent record label
Naxos
Hong Kong record label
Supraphon
frame|right|Supraphon 60th Anniversary
Harmonia Mundi
French independent record label
BIS Records
Swedish record label (1973-)
Nonesuch Records
American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and based in New York City
Universal Edition
Austrian classical music publisher
Vanguard Records
American record label
Sony Classical
US record label founded 1990
Maynard Solomon
American music executive and musicologist; co-founder of Vanguard Records, music producer, and writer on music (1930-2020)
Dover Publications
American book publisher
Naïve Records
French record label, recording company and publisher
Electrecord
Electrecord is a Romanian record label which was founded in 1932 being a major company in the field of music production in Romania, particularly popular for the large number of LPs released on the Romanian music market.
Hyperion Records
record label
Magnatune
Magnatune is an American independent record label based in Berkeley, California, founded in spring 2003. It only sold music for download through its website but added a print-CD-on-demand service in late 2004 and in September 2007 began selling complete albums and individual tracks through Amazon.com. In May 2008, Magnatune launched all-you-can-eat membership plans. From March 2010 Magnatune dropped the CD printing service and moved exclusively to all-you-can-eat membership plans. Magnatune was the first record label to license music online and as of May 2015 had sold over 7,000 licenses in it
Hungaroton
Hungaroton is the oldest record label and music publishing company in Hungary.
Teldec
Teldec (Telefunken-Decca Schallplatten GmbH) is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany. Today the label is a property of Warner Music Group.
Chandos Records
British classical label
Erato Records
French record label
Beka
German record label
His Master's Voice
international record label
Gramola
thumb|Gramola's record store and original store on Graben in the heart of Vienna, located on the bottom right with the dark red façade. Gramola is an Austrian music company based in Vienna. It was founded in 1924, as an offshoot of the British-Czech record producer of the same name.
Telarc International Corporation
American record company
Archiv Produktion
record label
Enigma Records
American record label
EMI Classics
record label founded by EMI in 1990
Classic Produktion Osnabrück
record label
RCA Red Seal
US record label
Hänssler
Hänssler-Verlag (SCM Hänsler) is a German music publishing house founded in 1919 as Musikverlag Hänssler by (died 1972) to publish church music. Since the 2007 merger with other evangelical publishers to form the SCM Publishing House of the Christian Media Foundation (SCM), the portfolio has continued under the SCM Hänssler brand. Since 2015, the Hänssler Classic music label has been fully under the control of its co-founder, Günter Hänssler.
Sony Masterworks
American record label
Gramy Records
record label
Opera Rara
UK record label: opera company
Westminster Records
American record label of the LP era
Ondine
Finnish record label
Brilliant Classics
Dutch record label
BR-Klassik
BR-Klassik is the common branding of the classical music offerings of the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), the public broadcaster of Bavaria. It is principally associated with the Munich-based radio station, created in 1980 and called Bayern 4 Klassik until 2009, but the name is also used on the television channels and online broadcasts and publications of the BR, as well as by its record label, which publishes recordings made by its musical ensembles.
Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm
record label
Warner Classics
record label; classical music arm of Warner Music Group
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Outhere Music is a Belgian classical music and jazz publisher, directed by Charles Adriaenssen, which owns several formerly independent labels, many of them boutique early music specialists: Fuga Libera, a Belgian label founded in 2004 under the direction of Michel Stockhem, and which became the basis of Outhere group. Æon, a French specialist in contemporary music founded in 2000 and formerly directed by Damien Pousset, with some medieval releases. Alpha, a French early music label founded in 1999 by Jean-Paul Combet, noted for its cover artwork chosen by and commented on by Denis Grenier.
Edition Records
British independent music label based in Cardiff
Obscure Records
started by Brian Eno in 1975 to release works by lesser-known composers
Accent Records
Belgian record label started in 1978 by Adelheid and Andreas Glatt, a German Instrument maker, releasing classical music from between 1500 AD and the 20th century, but primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries
Hat Hut Records
Swiss record label
Linn Records
Scottish record label
Fonotipia
Italian record label, imprint of Società Italiana di Fonotipia – Milano
Carus-Verlag
Carus-Verlag is a German music publisher founded in 1972 and based in Stuttgart.