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Zéphyr Records (Brussels)

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Status
  
Ceased 1986

Country of origin
  
Belgium

Founded
  
1978

Genre
  
Classical

Parent organization
  
Schott frères

Parent company
  
Schott frères, s.p.r.l.

Location
  
26-28 Rue Ravenstein, and 30 Rue Saint-Jean Brussels

Zéphyr (Producteur phonographique) was a Belgian independent classical record label founded and owned by Schott frères, s.p.r.l. (Schott Brothers, private limited liability company), a Belgian music publishing and distributing firm. Zéphyr was based in the Brussels office of Schott frères. Schott frères had founded Zéphyr in 1978 for the purpose of showcasing instrumental works of Belgium composers, many of whom in its sheet music catalog. Since the 1960s, Schott Music had been distributing otherwise neglected recordings from catalogs of other small multinational European labels such as Harmonia Mundi, which specializes in baroque music, and WERGO, which produces contemporary music.

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Recording venues

  • Klankstudio Steurbaut, Gent, Belgium, owned by Gilbert Steurbaut
  • Cavaillé-Coll organ, Chapel, Sacred Heart Institute, Jette, Brussels
  • Van Bever organ at the St. Peterskerk, Jette, Brussels
  • Selected composers recorded

  • Joseph Jongen
  • Albert Dupuis
  • Marcel Poot
  • Flor Peeters
  • Fernand Quinet (in French)
  • Jean Absil
  • René Defossez
  • Albert Huybrechts
  • Jacques Leduc (in French)
  • Frederik van Rossum (in French)
  • Other labels named Zephyr

  • Zephyr Records of Hollywood, California, founded in 1956 by George Albert Hormel II (aka Geordie Hormel; 1929–2006), jazz pianist and grandson of the founder of Hormel Foods
  • Zephyr Records, a small classical label founded in 1997, based in Fort Worth, Texas, and wholly owned by Zephyr Productions Inc., both founded by in 1997 by classical pianist Ian Hobson
  • Zephyr Records of Casper, Wyoming, founded in the 1990s by American roots singer Spencer Bohren
  • References

    Zéphyr Records (Brussels) Wikipedia