Odradek Records

Odradek Records is a cooperative, non-profit record label that releases recordings of classical music.

Odradek Records
Founded2012 (2012)
FounderJohn Anderson
StatusActive
Genreclassical music
Country of originUnited States
Official websiteOdradek Records web site

History

Odradek Records, based in the United States, was founded by John Anderson[1] in 2012[2] as an artist-controlled label for performers wishing to release recordings with more freedom than with other labels. Designed according to the model of peer-reviewed scientific journals, Odradek Records allows submissions from any performer, and these submissions are evaluated by other professionals. The founder, John Anderson, described this process: "Artists are chosen anonymously based solely on a demo recording by a committee of myself and four others, who rotate year to year."[3]

Odradek Records also organizes festivals to showcase its artists.[4] The first festival was held in five cities in Italy in July, 2012, and featured six artists performing works by a dozen composers.

Odradek Records takes its name from a mythical creature in Franz Kafka's story "The Cares of a Family Man."

Artists and composers

Odradek Records focuses on classical music for piano, and features artists such as Domenico Codispoti, Mei Yi Foo, Duo Masumi & Miho Hio, Pina Napolitano and Javier Negrin.[5] Malaysian pianist Mei Yi Foo received a BBC Music Magazine recording award for her Musical Toys disc, featuring works by Gubaidulina, Unsuk Chin and Ligeti.[6]

The label has released recordings by composers such as Liszt, Ravel, Hindemith, Ligeti and Schönberg, and has received the first recording rights from Boosey & Hawkes for Unsuk Chin’s Piano Études.[7]

Economic model

As a non-profit record label, Odradek Records keeps only enough money to cover expenses, passing on all profits to the performers. Odradek Records provides access to their recording studio[8] for all recordings.

Odradek Records' recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0” license[9] whenever possible. This license is used for works in the public domain, but not for recordings of compositions that are still under copyright.

See also
  • List of record labels

References
  1. JohnClementAnderson.com
  2. "Odradek Records – An Artist Controlled Music Label | Piano Street's Classical Piano Blog". Pianostreet.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  3. "Start-up 2: A record label with real ideals". Artsjournal.com. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  4. "Festivals". Odradek records. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  5. "artists". Odradek Records. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  6. "Hallé victorious at BBC Music Magazine recording awards | Classical Music". Classical Music magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  7. "News from International Piano Magazine". Rhinegold.co.uk. 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  8. "Odradek Studio". Odradek records. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  9. "Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-NC-ND 3.0". Creativecommons.org. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
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