Jorge,
I'm not sure you can point to one label and call it the best for classical. DG has released some that are wonderful, some are ordinary at best. Ditto Teldec, Sony, Decca, etc. My favorite (remember "my") label for sonics is Telarc. Find the sound to be consistently excellent, but there are dissenters. Also, there is not enough serious stuff on the label to suit my tastes.
The best value in CDs - one Sam Tellig has written about at least a couple of times - is Naxos (IMHO). Rarely will you get a clunker musically or sonically. You just don't get the marquee names. Of course, that's how Klaus keeps the costs realistic. They have won a number of awards in Grammaphone and Penguin guides, among others. In sum, if someone wants to build a good classical discography and doesn't want to float a second mortgage, he can't do any better than Naxos.
www.naxos.com if you want to give 'em a look.
Cheers
I'm not sure you can point to one label and call it the best for classical. DG has released some that are wonderful, some are ordinary at best. Ditto Teldec, Sony, Decca, etc. My favorite (remember "my") label for sonics is Telarc. Find the sound to be consistently excellent, but there are dissenters. Also, there is not enough serious stuff on the label to suit my tastes.
The best value in CDs - one Sam Tellig has written about at least a couple of times - is Naxos (IMHO). Rarely will you get a clunker musically or sonically. You just don't get the marquee names. Of course, that's how Klaus keeps the costs realistic. They have won a number of awards in Grammaphone and Penguin guides, among others. In sum, if someone wants to build a good classical discography and doesn't want to float a second mortgage, he can't do any better than Naxos.
www.naxos.com if you want to give 'em a look.
Cheers