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French label founded in Paris in 1953 and originally owned by . Label Code : LC 0200 / LC 00200 Initially focused on recordings French composers and artists, and Renaissance and Baroque music. In 1972, acquired a minority interest in the label and became the distributor of Erato product in France, while releasing Erato catalog material in the United States on its classical labels, and the Erato label in various other countries. In 1988, no longer satisfied with RCA, Erato concluded a deal with for the marketing and distribution of the label, starting January 1, 1990. subsequently acquired a 20% interest in Erato, before a full transfer agreement was concluded in 1992. After Warner acquired EMI Classics in 2013, many releases that were previously issued on EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, were reissued on the Erato label. Catalog number prefixes used before 1990: DP 'Les Discophiles De Paris' series, also used on reissues EFM 'Fiori musicali' series, 4****. 10" (probably correspondent to STE 6****) ELP 45 rpm(EP), *** numbers. LDEV 45 rpm with *** numbers, and 10" with 2*** numbers. LDE monaural. 1*** for EP, 2*** for 10", and 3*** for 12". LDE 3063~3215 were partly issued as STE 50001~50115. STE stereo. 50001~50312 for 12", and 60*** for 10". After STE 50117, all of the STE issues have correspondent monaural ones in LDE serial "STE number = LDE number + 46900". For example, STE 50117 = LDE 3217. STU stereo, maintained after about 1968 for both new issues(no monaural releases from then on) and reissue of STE serials. 70001~70312 for STE reissue (STE 5**** = STU 7****), and new issue after 70313. EJA & EJAS ; The early time of the advent of the stereo LPs, Erato issued a special luxurious series 'Jardin des Arts(Garden of Arts)'. I saw 14 titles, but not sure what the exact number of all the titles is and whether all the titles were issued by both the monaural (EJA serial) and stereo(EJAS serial). Copyright holding company: ,
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Collezione Fiori Musicali
Series from or . Italian version of French series . Use only for Italian releases.
Arte Flamenco (3)
Series by Erato dedicated to Flamenco
Complete Works for Organ
Marie-Claire Alain's third recording series of Johann Sebastian Bach's complete organ works.
Collection La Nouvelle Musique
L'Œuvre Pour Orgue (2)
Second intégrale of Bach's organ works recorded by Marie-Claire Alain for Erato label between mai 1978 and april 1980. Organs used: Marcussen Organ at the Church of St. Nicolas in Kolding, Den...
L'Encyclopedie De La Musique D'Orgue Baroque
Series of recordings from Erato catalogue (excerpts of Series "L'Encyclopedie de l'Orgue") released in Japan in different editions. LP-sets: Vol. I: Allemagne du Nord Vol. II: Allemagne du Su...
L'Atelier Des Pianistes
Serie of 4 CDs for piano students.
Hommage À Catherine Collard
Commemorative series of reissued recordings by classical pianist , released after her untimely death in 1993.
Recital (20)
Series of classical vocal recitals compiled and reissued in 1995-1996 by Erato.
Le Charme De...
Series of compilations, each centered on a particular classical instrument, released by Erato in 1993-1997 and aimed at French-speaking markets. French counterpart of international series [l404188...
The Magic Of...
Series of compilations, each centered on a particular classical instrument, released by Erato ca. 1993. International counterpart of French series and German series
Venezia Bellissima
Series of compilations of Venetian music, mostly by .
Maurice André Edition
Early 1990s series of reissued recordings on the Erato label by classical trumpeter .
Zauber Der...
Series of compilations, each centered on a particular classical instrument, released by Erato ca. 1993 and aimed at German-speaking markets. German counterpart of French series and inte...
Le Piano Français
Bach-Haendel 1685-1985
Sub-series of , celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of and .
intégrale Des 16 Concertos Pour Orgue Et Orchestre
Mozart Et Son Temps
MusiFrance
Series of classical music from French origin, created by Erato and Radio France.
Detour (3)
German label. LC 0200.