Dacapo Records
Danish label that issues classical and jazz music by local artists and composers. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Decca classical on LP See --> Speakers Corner
Delos
US classical music label. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, DVD, SACD.
Delta Music
One of the worlds largest publisher of budget CD's, operates a variety of labels including Capriccio and Legend, their LaserLight Digital is the worlds biggest budget classical label (by distribution and sales figures, not by catalogue size). Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Deutsche Grammophon
Legendary German classical label, has traditionally released more "new classical" music than other big labels, for vinyl releases of the DG catalogue see Speakers Corner, has a few sublabels such as Archiv Produktion that specialises in recordings of early classical music. Has fairly recently started to release SACD disks, most of them are actually conversions of PCM recordings but are almost all multichannel, the company has hinted that all original releases will be available in the an SACD format in the future. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CC, CD, DVD, SACD.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi See --> BMG Classics
Digital Music Products
US based Jazz specialist. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, SACD.
Divine Art
Small British record company that specialises in classical music. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CC, CD.
Don't Fall Off The Mountain See --> Beggars Banquet
Doremi Records
Classical label based in Canada, mostly concentrated on reissues, and then mostly on violin compositions and features many a rare masterpiece, but a quick glance at their catalogue gives the impression that it does not hurt to be Jewish when being considered as a master of the violin by this company. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Dorian
US based audiophile label that issues classical and acoustic recordings. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, HDCD.
Durtro
David Tibet's record label (or whatever he's calling hiself these day's), folk music/folk rock in the widest possible sense. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Dutton Labs
UK label dosing mostly easy listening and nostalgia, but also some classical music by British composers. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Dyad See --> Hyperion
Dynamic Records
Independent Italian classical label, fairly broad catalogue but emphasis on Italian works written for stringed instruments. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, DVD.
Easydisc See --> Rounder Records
ECM Records
Legendary German label that puts out mostly modern jazz and contemporary classical works. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Electrola See --> EMI
EMI Group
A major record publishing company based in the UK, the last major in fact that has not been the subject of a take-over by a larger more diversified company. Apart from local releases it has branches all over the world that publish local artists. Sublabels include Additive Records, Astralwerks Autonomy Records, Blue Note Records, Capitol Caroline, Chrysalis, Electrola, Food Records, Forefront, Hemisphere, Higher Octave Music, Hostile Records, Java Records, Labels that publishes modern French pop and rock,Matador, Melankolic Records, Mosaic Records, Narada, Parlophone, Play That Beat!, Positiva Records, Priority Records, Real World, Scamp Records, Source, Sparrow, Toshiba, Ultra-Lounge, Vernon Yard and Virgin. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CC, CD, DVD, DVDA. LP, NET, SACD, VHS.
EMI Classics
The classical music arm of the EMI group although it also handles some jazz and other light music as well. Apart from releasing music from it's UK headquarters it also has departments in Germany, the USA and Italy that record and publish locally but increasingly all disks get a global release. Sublabels include Angel, Classics For Pleasure which is their budget and mid price imprint, Manhattan Records and Virgin Classics. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, SACD, DVD.
Virgin Classics
Enja Records
German jazz and world music label, also publishes under the Tutu, MTM andYVP labels. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Epic See --> Sony Music
ERS Records
Dutch label that concentrates on experimental and related music and releases mostly on vinyl. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, LP.
ERS Útgáfan
Tiny Icelandic label that has put out a CD with "Icelandic lieder", there is no tradition of lieder in Iceland BTW, the practise of taking traditional and original Icelandic songs and arranging them in 19th century lieder style can be blamed on the Icelandic State Broadcasting Corp. (Ríkisútvarpið), to fulfil it's obligation of bringing both "high" and "national" culture to the proles this format was simply the cheapest to record, you only needed to pay a singer and a pianist and thus became the mainstay of native classical music broadcasting there especially in the 50's to the early 80's. And appropriately enough the CD in question was recorded by the afforemented Icelandic State Br. etc..... Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
ESS.A.Y Records
US based label mostly classical and MOR but also some folk and world music. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Etheral Recordings
Small USA based label, classical music, religious music, jazz and Americana. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
Everest See --> Omega
Exton See --> Octavia
Favorite See --> Hungaroton
First Impression Music
US based audiophile jazz label. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, HDCD SACD.
Flyback See --> Chandos
Fone
Italian classical label. label, has a dozen or more hybrid SACD releases out and interestingly was the first label to offer them at the same price as a full price classical release, UK distribution by UKD. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, SACD.
Food Records See --> EMI
Forefront Records See --> EMI
Gaudeamus See --> Academy of Sound and Vision (ASV)
Geneon
Formerly a division of Pioneer and then known as Pioneer Entertainment, this Japanese/American company publishes mostly jazz and easy listening music on CD but is best known for their music related video content including some exellent classical titles and re-releases of some of the material from the famous German rock-show MusikLaden. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, DVD, VHS.
G.Face See --> Octavia
Glow
Tiny Swiss pop/jazz/experimental label. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
GNP/Crescendo
USA based label that re-releases various forms of 20th century American popular music. Official homepage.
Formats supported : .
Gong See --> Hungaroton
Gramovision See --> Rykodisc
Groove Note
Small USA based audiophile Jazz label, one of the last labels to issue LP's that are cut direct to disk, label has stated that all future titles will be available on SACD!>. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD, LP, SACD.
GRP
USA based label issuing under the Verve, Impulse, Blue Thumb and Vintage Vault labels along with it's own, owned by Universal. Mostly jazz and blues music. Official homepage.
Formats supported : CD.
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