Christophorus Records is a German classical music label based originally in
Freiburg im Breisgau specializing in
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
church and
early music.
History
The history of the Herder family in publishing in Freiburg goes back to Bartholomä Herder (1774–1839) ''Fürstbischöflicher Hofbuchhändler und Hofbuchdrucker'' in 1801. The publishing house of Herder still exists. The
Christian book publishers Christophorus-Verlag Herder KG. was founded by Hermann Herder und Dr. Josef Knecht in 1935 as a passive resistance to developments in
religion in Nazi Germany
A census in May 1939, six years into the Nazi era and after the annexation of mostly Catholic Austria and mostly Catholic Czechoslovakia into Germany, indicates that 54% of the population considered itself Protestant, 41% considered itself Ca ...
.
[„Der Verlag Herder 1801–2001.] Christophorus Schallplatten began as a part of the picture book division of Christophorus Verlag in 1939. The record label is now distributed by Musicontact GmbH,
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
.
Artists
Among the artists who have regularly recorded for the label are
Ensemble für frühe Musik Augsburg,
Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble The Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble is a German early music group formed by the German cornetto player and conductor Arno Paduch in 1995.
The group's performance and discography focuses on the rediscovery of unknown music of the 17th and 18th centurie ...
,
Spielleyt,
Stimmwerck, and
Don Cossacks Choir Russia.
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Classical music record labels