
ArkivMusic, Inc. is an American,
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
-based online classical music retailer, specializing in the distribution of CDs and DVDs.
ArkivMusic opened its online store in February 2002.
In addition to their inventory of readily available CDs, the ArkivCD reissue program carried a selection of "on-demand" titles for items no longer in the catalogue. These titles, produced on CD-Rs, included licensed recordings that were previously unissued, or no longer in press, on CD.
In 2008, ArkivMusic was acquired by
Steinway Musical Instruments
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is a worldwide musical instrument manufacturing and marketing conglomerate (company), conglomerate, based in Astoria, New York, the United States. It was formed in a 1995 merger between the Conn-Selmer#The H&A S ...
. In 2010, ArkivMusic started a record label focused, albeit not exclusively, on recordings by pianists in the
Steinway Artist
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Henry E. Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth le ...
program; the label is named for
Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in New York City by German piano builder Henry E. Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth le ...
. In 2015, ArkivMusic was purchased by
Naxos
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. The company is now "ArkivMusic, Inc.".
In December 2021, the website closed for maintenance until further notice. ArkivMusic launched a "New Release Shop" in 2022, along with a new site design.
References
External links
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Arkivmus at classicalnext.com
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Online music stores of the United States
2008 mergers and acquisitions
Music of Tennessee