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Best recording labels for orchestral music

I am in the process of building my music library. Some of my favorite composers are Holst, Copland, Gershwin, and Ravel to name a few. The problem is I'm not sure which recording label to go with on these and other artists. For example I have a recording of Holst's Planets performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by John Williams. The recoding label is Decca. This has got to be one of the best recordings I've heard of this piece of music.
My question is this: Are there specific recording labels to stay away from and which in your opinion are the better ones to look at?

Thanks.
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mrtennis
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record labels to consider:

klavier
harmonia mundi
glossa

you will hear excellent sound and good performances.
mrtennis
3,295 posts
 
hi tobias:

i do not own any vocal music on that label. none of my instrumental recordings are bright. i like harmonia mundi very much.

it is difficult to generalize about the two labels.

i will now add other labels:

naive
opus
accent
astree
pierre verany

admittedly music is generally from the baroque period.
it is worth listening to anything on these labels.

however, it is worth listening to some of these labels
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