Orchid Classics was founded in 2005 by violinist Matthew Trusler, with the goal of producing artist-focused recordings of the highest quality and artistic interest. Since its launch, Orchid has achieved widespread media coverage including features in magazines such as Time Out and Classical Music Magazine, extensive radio airplay in the UK and abroad, and superlative reviews in all major publications from music magazines to broadsheets.
"Trusler is an apostle of commercial savvy in the arts ... And now Trusler's own record label, Orchid, shows the way for classical artists after the giant companies' economic turbulence ...... the Orchid label holds plenty of surprises yet." (Time Out, Dec 2006)
The label, still under Trusler's artistic direction and now chaired by James Brown, managing director of Hazard Chase, has quickly established a reputation for distinctive, recordings of high quality and originality. Releases range from James Gilchrist performing the great Schubert song cycles, Guy Johnston in recital and the Brodsky Quartet playing Ravel, Gershwin and Golijov, to Ralph Fiennes reading Kipling and Bjarke Mogensen in a stunning and revelatory accordion recital. Orchid Classics is managed by an experienced team, including Pawlina Bednarczyk, formerly of ASV and Sanctuary Classics, industry veteran Hywel Davies and highly regarded producer and engineer Patrick Allen.
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