Labels

The ancronyms are the same as the ones used in the book by Karsten Steiger (Opern-Diskographie, Saur: München 2008).

Abbreviation Label Remark
ABC American Broadcasting Company
BASF Badische Anilin- und Sodafabriken
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCS Bel Canto Society
BLV BellaVoce
BMC Budapest Music Center Records
BMG Bertelsmann Music Group
BWS Bruno Walter Society
CA Celestial Audio Internet label
CBC Canadian Broadcasting Company
CBS Columbia Broadcasting Society
CPO Classic Production Osnabrück
CRQ Classical Recordings Quarterly
DG Deutsche Grammophon
DHM Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
EA Estro Armonico
EJS Edward J. Smith Recordings Defunct LP-label
EMI Electrical and Musical Industries
ENGT Encore Productions/Grand Tier
ERR Ed Rosen Records Defunct LP-label
FKM Fachmann für Klassische Musik
FSM Fono Schallplatten
FWR Roger W. Frank Defunct LP-label
GAO Golden Age of Opera
GAW Die goldene Aera Richard Wagners
GDS Giuseppe di Stefano Records
GFC Great Opera Favourites of the Century
GM Golden Melodram
GOP Great Opera Performances
Hag Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst
HMV His Master’s Voice
HO House of Opera Internet label
HOPE Historical Opera Performances Edition
HRE Historical Recording Enterprises
IDIS Istituo Discografico Italiano S.R.L.
IGI I Grandi Interpreti
IGS International Gramophone Soceiety
INA Institut national de l’audiovisuel
INBA Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes
IP Immortal Performances
KRO Katholieke Radio Omroep
LRO Live Rare Opera
LS Living Stage
LyR Lyrica Records Internet Label
M&A Music & Arts
MCA Music Corporation of America
MD+G Dabringhaus und Grimm
MDP Michael D. Polimeni
MFA Musique Française d’Aujourd’hui
MGB Migros Genossenschaftsbund
MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MHS Musical Heritage Society
MK Meschdunarodnaja Kniga Old Russian LP-label
MM Movimento Musica
MMS Musical Masterwork Society
MOP Metropolitan Opera Performances
MRF Mauro R. Fuguette Records Defunct LP-label
NM Nederlandse Muziek
OA Opera Addiction Internet label
OD Opera Depot Internet label
OMS Oriel Music Society Defunct CD-label
OOP Omega Opera Archiv Internet label
PO Premiereopera Italy Internet label
RCA Radio Corporation of America
RHR Robin Hood Records Defunct LP-label
ROHS Royal Opera House Series
RR Recital Records
RRE Rare Recorded Editon
RTVE Radio Television Espanola
RTVS Radiotelevizije Slovenija
SNE Societé Nouvelle d’Enregistrement
SPA Society of Participating Artists
SRO Standing Room Only
SWF Société Wilhelm Furtwängler
TER That’s Entertainment Records
TIM The International Music Company
TOL The Opera Lovers Internet label
UORC Unique Opera Records Defunct LP-label
VAI Video Artists International
VMM Vienna Modern Masters