American Modern Recordings (AMR) is an American classical music record label focusing on contemporary classical music, and in particular, music by living American composers. It was established by Robert Paterson in 2006, and is a subsidiary of Lumiere Records. It is based in New York, New York and is distributed through Naxos of America, a division of Naxos Records.
| American Modern Recordings (AMR) | |
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| Parent company | Lumiere |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Robert Paterson Victoria Paterson |
| Distributor(s) | Naxos |
| Genre | Contemporary classical music |
| Country of origin | US |
| Location | New York City |
| Official website | americanmodernrecordings |
History
editAMR was founded in 2008 with the mission of producing and promoting albums of contemporary classical music by living composers, with an emphasis on American composers. AMR is a subsidiary of Lumiere Records, Inc., a commercial classical label that was founded a few years earlier by Victoria Paterson.[1]
As of July 2015[update], AMR has released ten albums, including six featuring the American Modern Ensemble, AMR's house band, and many of the albums featuring AMR's founder Robert Paterson, in particular.[2] AMR has also released albums featuring Duo Scorpio, Makoto Nakura, Musica Sacra (New York) and saxophonist Jeremy Justeson. AMR's albums have been released to critical acclaim in newspapers, magazines and online journals and blogs such as The New York Times,[3] Sequenza21,[4] Gramophone[5] and many other publications.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sandow, Greg. "From Victoria Paterson: Filling the house for new music". Arts Journal. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ NYC New Desk. "CG: Robert Paterson's Song Cycle Performed By American Modern Ensemble 3/1". New York Spaces. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna da. "Classical Playlist: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christian Tetzlaff, Richard Egarr and More". Arts Beat: The Culture At Large. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Batzner, Jay. "Two marimba discs from American Modern". Sequenza 21. Sequenza 21. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Rosenberg, Donald (July 2015). "R Paterson: Eternal Reflections". Gramophone (July 2015). Retrieved 20 July 2015.