Centaur Records is one of the oldest and largest independent classical labels in America. The company is located in

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and was founded by Victor Sachse in 1976. Centaur's catalog includes classical, historical,

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, electro-acoustic, and world music.

Artists

Centaur Record artists include composer Charles Roland Berry, pianists

Sophia Agranovich Sophia Agranovich (Russian: София Агранович; Ukrainian: Софія Агранович) is a Soviet-born American classical concert pianist, Centaur Records recording artist, music educator and artistic director. She holds Bachelor a ...

Antonio Pompa-Baldi Antonio Pompa-Baldi (born December 1, 1974) is an Italian-American pianist. Described by Donald Rosenberg of ''The Plain Dealer'' as "a musician of myriad superlative qualities" and by Allan Kozinn of ''The New York Times'' as a "a poised, assured ...

and Beatrice Berrut, composer Jack Cooper, composers Wendy Mae Chambers and Marco Katz, oboist Alessandro Baccini, pianist and composer

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, cellists Amit Peled, Simca Heled, and

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, organist, composer, and conductor composer Haig Mardirosian, Jeffry Hamilton Steele, conductor and composer Yoav Talmi, vocalist Nanette McGuinness, santur player and composer

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and violinists Ragin Wenk-Wolff and

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Distribution

Centaur has distributors in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea. Centaur recordings are on all major download and streaming sites, as well as on the classical specialty download and stream sites.

References

External links

Centaur Records official site
Classical music record labels American independent record labels Record labels established in 1979 Contemporary classical music {{US-record-label-stub

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