Classic Produktion Osnabrück (often referred to as cpo, in lowercase) is a record label founded in
1986 by Georg Ortmann and several others. Its declared mission is to fill niches in the recorded classical repertory, with an emphasis on romantic, late romantic, and 20th-century music. The label also aims to release complete cycles of recordings, such as complete sets of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, and so forth. It is the house label of online retailer
jpc.
Recordings
Recordings issued by cpo include:
*Concertos, suites, cantates, and chamber music by Georg Philipp Telemann
*The complete orchestral works and string quartets of
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...
*The complete string quartets of
Mieczysław Weinberg
*The complete orchestral works of
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (; May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was an Austrian composer and conductor, who fled Europe in the mid-1930s and later adopted US nationality. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential comp ...
*The orchestral works of
Hans Pfitzner
Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera ''Palestrina'' (1917), loosely based on the life of the ...
(and a substantial amount of his chamber works as well)
*The symphonies and string quartets of
Benjamin Frankel
*The symphonies and orchestral works of
Théodore Gouvy
*The symphonies, concertos and string quartets of
Ahmet Adnan Saygun
*The symphonies and overtures of
Ferdinand Ries
Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphony, symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first ...
*The symphonies and overtures of
Friedrich Ernst Fesca
Friedrich Ernst Fesca (15 February 1789 – 24 May 1826) was a German violinist and composer of instrumental music.
Life and career
He was born at Magdeburg. His father, Johann Peter August Fesca, was the market judge of Magdeburg and active in ...
*The orchestral works (symphonies and overtures) of
Louise Farrenc (and a substantial amount of her chamber works as well)
*The symphonies, violin concerto and requiem of
Richard Wetz
*The symphonies of
Hendrik Andriessen
Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist. He is remembered most of all for his improvisation at the organ and for the renewal of Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. Andries ...
*The symphonies of
Kurt Atterberg
*The symphonies of
Allan Pettersson
*The symphonies of
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
*The symphonies of
Ture Rangström
*The symphonies of
Humphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle (26 August 1915 – 12 May 1982) was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his primary influences, Franz Liszt, Arnold Sch ...
*The symphonies of
George Onslow George Onslow may refer to:
*George Onslow (British Army officer) (1731–1792), British politician and army officer
*George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (1731–1814), British peer and politician
*George Onslow (composer) (1784–1853), French compo ...
*The complete symphonies and (select) concertos of
Aulis Sallinen
*The complete wind quintets of
Anton Reicha
Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ...
*The violin concertos and symphonies of
Louis Spohr
Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig was a German composer, violinist and conductor.
Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...
*The symphonies of
Josef Tal
Some of these works (for example, most of the Hindemith compositions, Spohr's symphonies, some of Spohr's concertos, and various Pfitzner orchestral pieces) had been recorded in the past, by other performers on other labels; but quite a few of them had not.
Personnel
* Gerhard Georg Ortmann – ''Managing Director''
* Burkhard Schmilgun – ''Director Artists & Repertoire''
Awards
* 2014
Grammy
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious a ...
* 2017
Telemann Prize
See also
*
List of record labels
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References
Further reading
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References
About cpoComposers and recordings available on cpo
German record labels
Record labels established in 1986
Classical music record labels
1986 establishments in West Germany
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