Regent Records is a

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

choral music A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

and organ

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and production company based in

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 United ...

. Founded in 1987 by Gary Cole, the label is run by Gary and Pippa Cole. It currently has nearly 150 commercial releases. In addition the company has produced over 200 projects for private clients and over 250 recordings for release on other major labels. In the last two years the company has received three Editor's Choices in

Gramophone A phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910) or since the 1940s called a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogu ...

(UK), three recordings were selected as Critic's Choices in the Jan/Feb 2013 edition of The American Record Guide, and in 2010 one of its releases was a 'Record of the Year' in The Absolute Sound (US). The label mainly works with the UK's foremost Cathedral choirs, including the choirs of Wells, Winchester, Truro, York and Hereford,

Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th ...

, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, the choirs of Selwyn, Christ's and Emmanuel Colleges in Cambridge, and outstanding organists including Thomas Trotter.

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