Stone Records is a
British
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, independent, classical
record label
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.
History
Stone Records was founded in 2008 by opera singer
Mark Stone to produce his own recordings. He began by making CDs of English song, but the label soon attracted other artists interested in releasing independent recordings. As such its repertoire has widened to include instrumental, choral and orchestral works. The artist list has grown steadily over the first few years and includes important collaborations with the
Oxford Lieder Festival
The Oxford Lieder Festival is a UK-based classical music festival, specialising in the art-song repertoire.
History
The Festival was founded in 2002 by the pianist Sholto Kynoch, and in a short space of time grew to be the United Kingdom's lar ...
, contemporary composers such as
Ronald Corp
Ronald Geoffrey Corp, (born 4 January 1951) is a composer, conductor and Anglican priest. He is founder and artistic director of the New London Orchestra (NLO) and the New London Children's Choir. Corp is musical director of the London Chorus ...
and
Paul Carr, and chamber ensembles the Lendvai String Trio and the Phoenix Piano Trio.
References
Bloomberg article 3 November 2010Spectator article 22 January 2010Metro article 26 March 2010
External links
Stone Records website
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Classical music record labels
British record labels