Telarc
| Telarc International Corporation | |
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| Parent company | Concord Music Group |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Founder |
Jack Renner Robert Woods |
| Genre |
Classical Blues Jazz Pop/Rock Crossover |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Official website | www |
Telarc International Corporation is an American audiophile, independent record label founded in 1977 by two classically trained musicians and former teachers, Jack Renner and Robert Woods. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the label has had a long association with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Though it started as a classical-only label, Telarc has released jazz, blues and country music recordings.
In 1996, Telarc merged with another independent label, Heads Up, now a Telarc subsidiary. In late 2005 both Telarc and Heads Up were bought by Concord Records. Today both labels operate as semi-autonomous units in the Concord Music Group.
Telarc is noted for the high quality of its recordings, encapsulated in the slogan "The Telarc Sound". Its audio engineers are highly regarded within the recording business and have led Telarc to 54 Grammy Awards on its own label and two others it distributes, Heads Up and MCG. In 2004 it received the "Label of the Year" award from Gramophone magazine. Telarc was one of the first labels to record music with a 20-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in the late 1980s and has used 24-bit formats since 1996. Currently, the majority of Telarc's releases are (generally hybrid) Super Audio CDs (SACDs) based on Direct Stream Digital (DSD) recordings.
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