Serious Classical Labels

02-26-12: Bifwynne
Where can one source these labels.... Are these re-issues or just old pressings that are still being bought and sold?

Hi Bruce,

Amazon would be a good place to start. As you probably realize, in addition to their own stock a lot of independent sellers sell through their site, offering both out-of-print and currently available recordings.

AcousticSounds.com also offers at least some recordings from a lot of the labels that have been mentioned. Their listings are sortable by genre, label, and format.

Best regards,
-- Al

I have found the following labels to have provided excellent sounding recordings with a high degree of consistency, although unfortunately a number of them no longer exist:

Accent
Astree
Audiofon
Chesky
Dorian
Harmonia Mundi France
Harmonia Mundi USA
Hyperion
Lyrinx
M&K Realtime
Mercury Living Presence re-issues
North Star
Pierre Verany
Proprius
Reference Recordings
Sheffield Labs
Syrinx
Telarc (many are excellent; some will be disappointing)
Valois
Wilson Audio

Regards,
-- Al