Disques Pierre Verany is a French
classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...
record label named after its founder and producer. Verany, a producer and
sound engineer
An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...
, ran his own label "Disques Pierre Verany" for many years — concentrating on Italian and French
baroque music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...
- before selling the label in 1997 to the
Arion (record label)
Arion is a French record company and label founded in 1962 by Ariane Segal. The label takes its name from the ancient Greek poet and lyre-player, Arion. In the 1960s and 1970s Arion was seen as one of the most adventurous and innovative independ ...
of Manuela Ostrolenk, who had acquired Arion from the first owner Ariane Segal in 1985.
Arion
"On relève à côté de Mozart, Schumann et Bartok names like Emmanuel Chabrier, François Devienne, François-Joseph Naderman, Jehan Alain, Claude Ballif, Georges Migot and Arvo Pärt. Le label de Pierre Verany, racheté en 1997,.."
Artists associated with the label include Paul Kuentz
Paul Kuentz (4 May 1930 in Mulhouse, France) is a French conductor who studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1947 to 1950, with Noël Gallon, Georges Hugon and Eugene Bigot.
Career
He founded the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra in 1951 and mad ...
, flautist Christian Mendoze, harpsichordist Laurent Stewart, singers Isabelle Poulenard
Isabelle Poulenard (born 5 July 1961) is French contemporary soprano.
Poulenard was born in Paris. Her work has generally been focused on music of the French Baroque, however, she has performed and recorded George Frideric Handel and Georg P ...
, Philippe Cantor
Philippe Cantor is a contemporary French bass-baritone.
Biography
First of all, Cantor turned his attention towards the interpretation of ancient music by the ensembles Ensemble Clément Janequin, Huelgas Ensemble, and Ensemble Organum.
H ...
, Pierre Pincemaille
Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille (8 December 1956 – 12 January 2018) was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's ...
, conductor Gilbert Bezzina
Gilbert Bezzina is a French violinist and conductor of baroque opera.
Gilbert Bezzina studied violin at the Conservatory of Nice and continues to perform and record as a violinist.
In 1965 he founded the “Société de Musique Ancienne de Nice†...
, Françoise Lasserre and Akadêmia.
References
Classical music record labels
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