Élan Recordings is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

specializing in

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be #Relationship to other music traditions, distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical mu ...

History

Élan Recordings was established in 1985 by pianist Santiago Rodriguez and his wife, Natalia Rodriguez. The catalogue features numerous Spanish/Latin recordings. It also features a number of historic re-releases. Santiago Rodriguez records exclusively for Élan.McLellan (June 7, 1998)

Artists

* Santiago Rodriguez, pianist *Carmen Balthrop,

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

*Elias Barreiro, guitar *Bibiano Borrato, guitar *Rudolfo Brito, pianist *Hsuan-Ya Chen, pianist *Mark Clinton and Nicole Narboni, duo pianists * Cuarteto Latinoamericano,

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

*Evelyn Garvey,

fortepiano A fortepiano is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700 up to the early 19th century. Most typically, however, it is used to ref ...

*Jaemi Kim, pianist *André Laplante, pianist *Noel Lester, pianist *Raymond Lewenthal, pianist *Donald Manildi, pianist *

Elmar Oliveira Elmar Oliveira (born June 28, 1950) is an American violinist. Early life The son of Portuguese immigrants, Elmar Oliveira was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Oliveira was nine when he began studying the violin with his brother John. At age 16 h ...

, violinist *Reubén Pelåez, pianist *Nathaniel Rosen,

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

*Thomas Schumaker, pianist *

Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra The Sofia Philharmonic (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Софийска филхармония) was founded in 1893. The current music director is Nayden Todorov. The Sofia Philharmonic includes the National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Ph ...

*Earl Wild, pianist

References

Sources

*Ashby. "Guide to Records: Santiago Rodriguez." ''

American Record Guide The ''American Record Guide'' (''ARG'') is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935. History and profile The magazine was founded by Peter Hugh Reed in May 1935 as the ''American Music Lover''. It chan ...

'', Jul/Aug 1994, Vol. 57 Issue n. 4, pg. 155. *Cornelius, Stephen
"Pianist Searches For The Unexpected In The Music"
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Toledo Blade ''The Blade'', also known as the ''Toledo Blade'', is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications. The newspaper was first published on December 19, 1835. Overview The first issu ...

'', September 27, 1996, p. 28 *Gerber, L. "A Conversation with Santiago Rodriguez." ''

Fanfare A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion. It is a "brief improvised introdu ...

'', 1992, Vol. 15 Issue n. 3, pp. 107–11. *Manildi, Donald. "Guide to Records: Santiago Rodriguez." ''American Record Guide'', Jan/Feb 1995, Vol. 58 Issue n.1, p157. *March, Ivan; Greenfield, Edward; Layton, Robert. '' The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010''. Penguin, 2009 *McLellan, Joseph
"The Little Record Company That Could"
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Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'', April 1, 1990. *McLellan, Joseph
"Some Big Names Fit Well on Small Labels"
''Washington Post'', Nov. 6, 1994. *McLellan, Joseph

''Washington Post'', June 7, 1998. *Phillip, Scott. "Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Piano Sonata No. 1..." ''Fanfare'', July 1, 2010.

External links

elanrecordings.com

santiagorodriguez.net
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