Links to Other Sites
Record Labels of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Labels

Original Label

Conductors

Company/Site

Accent
Artists: Sigiswald Kuijken
Website: Accent Records

Allegro
Artists: Daniel Pinkham

Amati
Artists: Rolf Schweizer

Antoine Marchand
Artists: Ton Koopman
Website: Antoine Marchand Records

Archiv Produktion
Artists: John Eliot Gardiner, Reinhard Goebel, Paul McCreesh, Karl Richter, Karl Ristenpart
Website: Deutsche Grammophone

Arts
Artists: Diego Fasolis

Astrée Auvidis
Artists: Christoph Coin
Website: Auvidis

Bach Guild
Artists: Michael Gielen, Anthon Heiller, Helmut Koch, Felix Prohaska, Jonathan Sternberg
Website: Omega Record Group

Baroque Music Club
Artists: Marcel Couraud, Ludwig Doormann, Wilhelm Ehmann, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Markus Göttsche, Günter Graulich, Helmut Kahlhöfer, Karl Richter, Paul Steinitz, Anderé Vandenoot, Helmut Winschermann, Mogens Woldike, Klaus Martin Ziegler
Website: Baroque Music Club

Bayer Records
Artists: Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Hans Thamm
Website: Bayer Music Group

Berlin Classics
Artists: Ludwig Güttler, Hartmut Haenchen, Erhard Maursberger, Max Pommer, Günther Ramin, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Peter Schreier, Kurt Thomas

BIS Records
Artists: Masaaki Suzuki
Website: BIS Records

Boston Records
Artists: Bach Aria Group
Website: Boston Records

Brilliant Classics
Artists: Harry Christophers, Stephen Cleobury, Michel Corboz, Pieter Jan Leusink, Peter Schreier
Website: Joan Records - Bach Edition | Kruidvat Bach Edition

Cantate
Artists: Hermann Achenbach, Helmuth Barbe, Ludwig Doormann, Wilhelm Ehmann, Heinz Markus Göttsche, Hans Heintze, Diethard Hellmann, Helmuth Kahlhöfer, Helmuth Rilling, André Vandernoot, Helmut Winschermann, Heintz Wunderlich, Klaus Martin Ziegler, Hans Thamm
Website: Cantate-Musicaphon Records

Capriccio
Artists: Hans-Martin Linde, Peter Marschik, Max Pommer, Kenneth Sillito
Website: Capriccio

Carus-Verlag
Artists: Gottfried von der Goltz
Website: Carus Verlag

CBS
Artists: Frieder Bernius, Franz Brüggen, Robert Craft, Gustav Leonhardt, Andrew Parrott
Website: SONY Classical

Chandos-Chaccone
Artists: Richard Hickox, Purcell Quartet
Website: Chandos Records

Channel Classics
Artists: Jos van Veldhoven
Website: Channel Classics

Collins Classics
Artists: Harry Christophers
Website: Regis Records

Columbia
Artists: Anthony Bernard
Website: EMI Classics

Concert Hall
Artists: Paul Boepple

CPO
Artists: Wolfgang Helbich
Website: CPO

Crystal Records
Artists: Maryland Bach Aria Group
Website: Crystal Records

Cybele Records
Website: Cybele Records

Decca (1950's)
Artists: Fritz Lehmann, August Wenzinger, Karl Ristenpart, Ferdinand Leitner
Website: Deutsche Grammophon

Decca
Artists: Ernest Ansermet, Adrian Boult, Benjamin Britten, Richard Hickox, Christopher Hogwood, Thurston Dart, Reginald Jacques, Philip Ledger, Neville Marriner, Karl Münchinger, Roger Norrington, Philip Pickett, Joshua Rifkin, Georg Solti, Kurt Thomas
Website: Decca

Deutsche Grammophon
Artists: Reinhard Goebel, Herbert von Karajan
Website: Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DHM)
Artists: Collegium Aureum, Sigiswald Kuijken
Website: BMG Classics

Dorian Recordings
Artists: Greg Funfgeld, Bernard Labadie
Website: Dorian Recordings

Dresden Classics
See: Berlin Classics

Edelweiss Emission
Artists: Daniel Levy
Website: Edelweiss Emission

EMI
Artists: Anthony Bernard, Stephen Cleobury, Thurston Dart, Karl Forster, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Geraint Jones, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Philip Ledger, Hans-Martin Linde, Neville Marriner, Hermann Max, Hans Thamm
Website: EMI Classics

Erato
Michel Corboz, John Eliot Gardiner,Ton Koopman, Kurt Redel, Fritz Werner
Website: Erato

Finlandia
Artists: Juha Kangas
Website: Finlandia Records

Fnac
Artists: Jean-Marie Auberson

FSM
Artists: Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle

Hänssler Classics
Artists: Helmuth Rilling
Website: Hänssler Classics

Harmonia Mundi France (HMF)
Artists: Chiara Banchini, Philippe Herreweghe, René Jacobs, Konrad Junghanel, Nicholas McGegan, Pál Németh
Website: Harmonia Mundi

Hungaroton
Artists: Pál Németh
Website: Hungaroton Classic

Hyperion
Artists: Robert King, Andrew Parrott
Website: Hyperion Records

Intercord
Artists: Helmuth Rilling, Helmut Winschermann, Wolfgang Helbich

Koch International
Artists: Jeffrey Thomas, Craig Smith
Website: Koch Classics

L'Oiseau-Lyre
See Decca
Website: Decca

Laserlight
Artists: Helmut Winschermann

Leipzig Classics
See: Berlin Classics

London
See: Decca
Website: Decca

Lyrichord
Artists: Hans Grischkat, Roger Wagner, Johannes Somary
Website: Lyrichord Discs

Antoine Marchand
Artists: Ton Koopman
Website: Antoine Marchand Records

Memoirs
Artists: Hermann Scherchen

Meridian
Artists: Friends of Apollo

MGM
Artists: Bach Aria Group

Monteverdi Productions
Artists: John Eliot Gardiner
Website: Monteverdi Productions

Music Masters
Artists: Blanche Honegger-Moyse

Musical Heritage Society (MHS)
MHS reissued in the 1960's and the 1970's many recordings of Bach Cantatas and Bach's Other Vocal Works, which originated from Cantate, Erato, Hänssler and other labels (see the relevant entries)
Website: Musical Heritage Society

Naxos
Artists: Mátyás Antál, Christian Brembeck, Kevin Mallon, Géza Oberfrank, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Nicholas Ward
Website: Naxos.com

Newport Classic
Artists: Greg Funfgeld
Website: Newport Classic

Nonesuch
Artists: Helmuth Rilling, Karl Ristenpart, Joshua Rifkin
Nonesuch reissued in the 1970's many recordings of Bach Cantatas, which originated from Cantate (most of Rilling's early cycle of the Secular Cantatas), and other labels
Website: Nonesuch

Oryx
See: Baroque Music Club

Ottavo
Artists: Leo van Doeselaar
Website: Ottavo Recordings

Philips Records
Artists: Prans Brüggen, John Eliot Gardiner, Szymon Goldberg, Eugen Jochum, Raymond Leppard, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Willem Mengelberg, Kurt Redel, Peter Schreier, Helmut Winschermann
Website: Philips Records

RCA Victor
Artists: Michel Corboz, Robert Shaw, Ernest MacMillan
Website: BMG Classics

Renaissance
Artists: Hans Grischkat

Rondeau
Artists: Karl-Friedrich Beringer

Soli Deo Gloria
Artists: John Eliot Gardiner
Website: Monteverdi Productions

Swedish Society
Artists: Anders Öhrwall

Symphonia
Artists: Gunar Letzbor
Website: Symphonia

Telarc
Artists: Robert Shaw
Website: Telarc

Teldec
Artists: Michel Corboz, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jürgen Jürgens, Gustav Leonhardt, Karl Richter, Jaap Schröder
Website: Teldec Classics (Warner)

Telefunken
See: Teldec

Thorofon
Artists: Wolfgang Unger
Website: Thorofon

Turnabout
See: Vox

Urania
Artists: Fritz Lehmann

Vanguard
Artists: Leo van Doeselaar, Eric Ericson, Anthon Heiller, Antonio Janigro, Gustav Leonhardt, Felix Prohaska, Johannes Somary, Mogens Wöldike
Website: Omega Record Group

Virgin
Artists: Philippe Herreweghe, Sigiswald Kuijken, Andrew Parrott
Website: Virgin Classics

Vox
Artists: Bach Aria Group, Rudolf Ewerhart, Ferdinand Grossmann, Rolf Reinhardt, Helmuth Rilling
Website: Vox Music Group

Westminster
Artists: Hermann Scherchen, Karl Haas, Ferdinand Grossmann

Directories

Classical CD Labels Index
[MUSIClassical]

Classical Music Labels On The Web
[MC-LINK]

Early Music Record Labels
This site lists record labels that issue CDs of early music (music before c.1750) or historically informed performances on instruments of the period

Google Directory - Arts > Music > Styles > Classical > Record Labels
[Google Directory]

MGOG Classical CD Labels
[MGOG]

Open Directory - Arts: Music: Styles: Classical: Record Labels
[DMOZ]

Record Companies on the Web
Welcome music lovers and information junkies. Here you'll find 5000+ links to record label web pages

Record Company Labels and Representatives
[AMPPR]

Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Record Labels
[Indiana University]

Yahoo! Business and Economy > Shopping and Services > Music > Record Labels
[Yahoo]

European Free Improvisation Pages: Independent Labels
[EFIP]

Recording Databases

78 Discography
The Online 78rpm Discographival Project (Steven Abrams)

A Classical Discography
This Discography is the product of more than a decade of research in the archives of major recording companies in the USA, and in Western and Central Europe. Its scope covers recordings from the LP era, principally from 1950 to 1979, as well as recordings from the pre-LP era recorded by major gramophone such as Columbia, HMV, the Lindström group, Polydor, and many others from 1925 to 1950. (Michael Gray)

Allmusic
Allmusic's database includes:
Basic data: names, genres, credits, copyright information, product numbers.
Descriptive content: styles, tones, moods, themes, nationalities.
Relational content: similar artists and albums, influences.
Editorial content: biographies, reviews, rankings.

Australian Music Center

Bielfelder Katalog Klassik
The Bielefeld catalogs Classical and Jazz for over 58 years, the most important reference books for libraries, newspapers, music industry, retailers and music lovers.

BnF catalogue géneral
Bibliothèque nationale de France

British Library Sound Archive Catalogue
Containing almost two-and-a-half million recordings from all genres: jazz; classical; world music; oral history; drama; literature; dialect; wildlife sounds

CARLI XC demo site
Search records

Catalyst
John Hopkins University Library

Charm
The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (AHRC Research Centre)

Chicago Public Library
Chicago Public Library

Classical Music Library at University of Delaware
Classical Music Library is the world’s largest multi-label database of classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries.

Classite
The goal of Classite is to build the most comprehensive database possible of classical music recordings with the help of classical music collectors.

Corvina Library Catalog
Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library – WebOpac. Mostly recordings issued in Hungary [Hungarian/English] (Corvina)

Deutsche National Bibliothek: Deutsches Musikarchiv
The central collection of musical scores and sound recordings and the music bibliography Information Centre in Germany.

Discogs
Database & Marketplace for Music on Vinyl, CD, Cassette, etc.

DISMARC
Discover music archives across Europe

European Archive
A digital library of cultural artifacts in digital form. We provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

Gramophone Archive
The Gramophone Archive is a (free) searchable database containing every issue of Gramophone from April 1923 to the latest issue. (Gramophone Magazine)

The Virtual Gramophone - Canadian Historical Sound Recordings
The Virtual Gramophone: Canadian Historical Sound Recordings is a multi-media database which provides a detailed picture of the 78-rpm era in Canada. Each record in the database provides detailed information about an original recording, such as its title and performer, relevant dates, and information about the label and disc. (Library and Archives Canada)

HenrysRecords.org
A Searchable Database of Classical Music Recordings

IUCAT
Indiana University’s Online Library Catalogue

Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items. The collections include books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.

LPCD
Second Hand Schallplatten Versand

Melvyl
The Catalog of the University of California Libraries & Libraries Worldwide (WorldCat) (University of California)

Mobius - Linking Missouri’s Libraries
The organization’s purpose is to share library , information, and services using accessible, cost effective methods. Today, the MOBIUS Union Catalog has expanded to include more than 20 million items. This virtual collection makes it possible for faculty and students to request library materials on any personal computer from any location with access to the Internet, enjoying 24 hour unlimited access to MOBIUS materials. (University of Missouri)

OPAL
Ohio Private Academic Library

Q-Sensei: Multi-layered Search Engine for Scholarly Literature
Q-Sensei Scholar (scholar.qsensei.com) is a free web-based service to easily find information and drill-down details on over 40 million books and scholarly articles from the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine, arXiv, IngentaConnect, and Research Papers in Economics (RePEC).
This service is Q-Sensei's proof of concept and first product for its multi-dimensional search platform. Built with researchers, knowledge workers and librarians in mind, Q-Sensei Scholar provides a convenient, single access search engine to the top five scholarly catalogues for literature, science, medicine and mathematics. (Q-Sensei Corp)

Recorder Home Page
Links to articles, lists, catalogues and databases concerning all aspects of the recorder worldwide. (Nicholas S. Lander)

SearchWorks (SULAIR)
Stanford University

SLUB Dresden
Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) is one of the largest and best endowed academic libraries in Germany. SLUB serves as the university library of Dresden University of Technology. It is the state library of Saxony and a major innovation and coordination center for German and European libraries. (Dresden University)

Sounds’s Library - Art of the Treble
Database of recordings by boy choirs (Hetsuji)

UNLV: University Libraries
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

WorldCat Libraries
The world's largest library catalog. WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

Toronto Public Library

Remarks

The Conductor name is linked to the list of his recordings of Bach Cantatas (and Other Vocal Works), if such a list is available in this Website.

The Company/Site is linked to Website of the present record company, to which the rights of the records of the Original Label is now belonged.

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (January 2001 - July 2022)