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Alpha Classics

Alpha Classics is one of the leading independent classical music labels in the world today. With repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century, performed by emerging and established talents, Alpha is committed to artistic projects that are demanding, bold and often off the beaten track.

Alpha won two Grammy Awards in 2018, for recordings by soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. In 2020, Alpha was named ‘Label of the Year’ by the leading industry magazine, Gramophone. That same year, Alpha artists received a further three Gramophone awards. The much coveted ‘Label of the Year’ award has been given to Alpha three more times in recent years: by Radio Classique in 2020, the French magazine Classica in 2019 and at the International Classical Music Awards in 2018.

More than ever, Alpha is determined to push boundaries in a changing musical landscape, to dare to undertake ambitious projects and to build long-term relationships with artists.

Based in Paris, Alpha is masterminded by Didier Martin. It is the flagship label of the Franco-Belgian group Outhere Music founded in 2004 by Charles Adriaenssen of which Martin is CEO.

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Haydn 2032, Vol. 19: Trauer

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Haydn 2032, Vol. 19: Trauer (Mourning)

Artists Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Composers Haydn, Pärt, Scheidt, Part

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Dialogue

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Dialogue

Artists NFM Choir, Lionel Sow

Composers Penderecki, Daniel-Lesur, Marcot, Poulenc, Messiaen

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Handel, R. Schumann & Schulz-Evler

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Handel, R. Schumann & Schulz-Evler

Artists Nelson Goerner

Composers Händel, Schumann, Schulz-Evler, Handel

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Byrd and the Bird

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Byrd and the Bird

Artists Giovanni Antonini, Sheng-Fang Chiu

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Sibelius: Violin Concerto & Lemminkäinen Suite

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Sibelius: Violin Concerto & Lemminkäinen Suite

Artists Ava Bahari, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

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Bomba Flamenca

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Bomba Flamenca

Artists La Tempete, Simon-Pierre Bestion

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Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 2

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Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 2

Artists Nicolas Baldeyrou, Michael Alexander Willens, Kolner Akademie

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Britten

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Britten

Artists Julie Roset, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster

Composers Britten

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Blackbirds

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Blackbirds

Artists Nicolas Altstaedt, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Emelyanychev

Composers Bacewicz, Feldman, Britten, Veress, Lennon, McCartney

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Vsevolod Zavidov Plays Rachmaninoff

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Vsevolod Zavidov Plays Rachmaninoff

Artists Vsevolod Zavidov

Composers Bach, RACHMANINOFF

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So Poétique!

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So Poétique! [World Premiere Recordings]

Artists Cyrille Dubois, Brussels Philharmonic, Pierre Dumoussaud

Composers Gounod, Godard, Saint-Saens, Vierne, Dubois, Lamartine, Faure, La Tombelle, Massenet, Holmès, Musset, Franck, David, Hugo, Thomas

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On Modes

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On Modes

Artists Anthony Romaniuk

Composers Ligeti, Part, Radiohead, Romaniuk

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Haydn: La Création du monde (The Creation of the World) (Vol. 2)

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Haydn: La Création du monde (The Creation of the World) (Vol. 2)

Artists Julie Roset, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Nahuel Di Pierro, Le Concert de la Loge, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Julien Chauvin

Composers Haydn

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Haydn: La Création du monde (Vol. 1)

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Haydn: La Création du monde (Vol. 1)

Artists Julie Roset, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Nahuel Di Pierro, Le Concert de la Loge, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Julien Chauvin

Composers Haydn

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Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres (Lessons of Darkness) & Lalande: Miserere

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Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres (Lessons of Darkness) & Lalande: Miserere

Artists Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

Composers Couperin, Lalande

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Mahler: Symphony No. 7

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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor

Artists Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Jarvi

Composers Mahler

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Reines

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Reines

Artists Veronique Gens, Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas

Composers Francoeur, Pinolet de Monteclair, Rameau

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From Silence

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From Silence

Artists Miguel Bonal

Composers Abel, Bach, Faure, Hume, Marais, Tarrega, Telemann

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Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Vienna [World Premiere Recording]

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Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Vienna [World Premiere Recording]

Artists Filippo Gorini

Composers Beethoven, Schubert

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Lasso & Agostini: Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears Of St. Peter)

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Lasso & Agostini: Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears Of St. Peter)

Artists Denis Raisin Dadre

Composers Anonymous, Lasso, Agostini

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OR (Light): Couperin & Vivaldi

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OR (Light): Couperin & Vivaldi

Artists Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Composers Couperin, Vivaldi

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Symphonies In 3 Movements

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Symphonies In 3 Movements

Artists Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Bar Avni

Composers Sohy, Milhaud, Bach, Stravinsky

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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring', 9 'Kreutzer' & 3

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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 'Spring', 9 'Kreutzer' & 3

Artists Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko, Vadym Kholodenko

Composers Beethoven

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Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18

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Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18

Artists Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino

Composers Mozart

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Unsuk Chin

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Unsuk Chin

Artists Ensemble InterContemporain

Composers Chin

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J. S. Bach: Mein Geist (My Spirit)

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J. S. Bach: Mein Geist (My Spirit)

Artists Le Banquet Celeste

Composers Bach

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East Meets West

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East Meets West

Artists Anne-Sophie Mutter

Composers Darvishi, Chin, Widmann, Ades

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Tranquilles Cœurs

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Tranquilles Cœurs

Artists Ensemble Théodora

Composers Bach, Bohm, Campra, Couperin, Fischer, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Krieger, Lully

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Piano Heroines

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Piano Heroines

Artists Claire Huangci

Composers Mendelssohn, Beach, Schumann, Price

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Bowed Spaces

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Bowed Spaces

Artists Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Clemens Schuldt, Munchener Kammerorchester, Nicolas Altstaedt

Composers Illés

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Out Of Vienna

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Out Of Vienna

Artists Leonkoro Quartet

Composers Berg, Schulhoff, Webern

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Lully: Atys (Volume 3)

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Lully: Atys (Volume 3)

Artists Various Artists

Composers Lully

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Lully: Atys (Volume 2)

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Lully: Atys (Volume 2)

Artists Various Artists

Composers Lully

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Lully: Atys (Volume 1)

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Lully: Atys (Volume 1)

Artists Various Artists

Composers Lully

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Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev: With All My Breath and All My Blood

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Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev: With All My Breath and All My Blood

Artists Giorgi Gigashvili

Composers Sergei Prokofiev

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M'a dit Amour (Love Said To Me)

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M'a dit Amour (Love Said To Me)

Artists Julie Roset and Susan Manoff, Julie Roset

Composers Koechlin

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Komm!

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Komm!

Artists Giovanni Antonini

Composers Bach

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Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Hong Kong

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Sonata for 7 Cities: Live in Hong Kong

Artists Filippo Gorini

Composers Brahms, Schubert

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Lalande: Suites pour les soupers du Roy

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Lalande: Suites pour les soupers du Roy

Artists Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

Composers Lalande

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Schönberg: Piano Works

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Schönberg: Piano Works

Artists Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Composers Schonberg

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Chopin: The Complete Études

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Chopin: The Complete Études

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La Nascita del Violoncello: Napoli - Bologna - Modena - Vol. 1

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La Nascita del Violoncello: Napoli - Bologna - Modena - Vol. 1

Artists Bruno Cocset, Les Basses Réunies

Composers Ortiz, Falconieri, Greco, Strozzi, Caresana, Scarlatti, Supriano, Bononcini, Alborea, Fiorenza, Pergolesi, Lanzetti

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La Nascita del Violoncello: Napoli - Bologna - Modena - Vol. 2

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La Nascita del Violoncello: Napoli - Bologna - Modena - Vol. 2

Artists Bruno Cocset, Les Basses Réunies

Composers Vitali, Gabrielli, Jacchini, Antonii, Cocset, Gabriellie

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Strauss & Bartok: Violin Concertos

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Strauss & Bartok: Violin Concertos

Artists Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen, Paavo Jarvi

Composers Strauss, Bartók

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