Delphian Records
Delphian Records is an Edinburgh-based independent classical record label, founded in 2000 by two students of the University of Edinburgh, Paul Baxter and Kevin Findlan with start-up funding from two private individuals, and support from the Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust.
In 2014, Delphian Records was named Gramophone Magazine's 'Label of the Year'[1].
The label lends a special focus on chamber and instrumental music, and is particularly involved in the recording and promoting of new music. Following a substantial grant from the Scottish Government,[2] the label released its first part-orchestral record in 2008 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Garry Walker. In 2018 the label released 'Out of the Silence: Orchestral Music by John McLeod[3]' with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Notable projects include a 5-part series with the European Music Archeology Project (EMAP), collaborating with a team of archaeologists, musicologists, researchers, makers of musical instruments, composers, musicians, film-makers, sound designers and multimedia artists, and the scientific support of universities, to re-imagine music from pre-history to Classical Antiquity. The series, which culminated in 2018, was named by BBC Music Magazine as 'a delight from start to finish'[4].
As of 2018, the Label is run by Managing Director Paul Baxter and Label Manager Will Campbell-Gibson.
Artists
Notable artists on Delphian's roster include: Dame Evelyn Glennie, The Marian Consort, The Illyria Consort and Bojan Cicic, Michael Bonaventure, Sean Shibe, Gordon Ferries, Mr McFall's Chamber,[5] The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Robert Irvine, John Kitchen, Simon Smith, David Wilde, The Choir of Gonville and Caius College/Geoffrey Webber, National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Laudibus, Oxana Shevchenko, and Peter Hill
References
- ↑ Gramophone (2014-09-18). "Label of the Year". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ↑ Archived March 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Out of the Silence: orchestral music by John McLeod | Delphian Records". delphianrecords.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ↑ "Music from the Vikings gets into the chart with a helping hand from Huddersfield". Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ↑ "Album: Mr McFall's chamber, Birds & Beasts (Delphian) - Reviews - Classical". The Independent. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2013-03-02.