Contrastes Records

Contrastes Records... For the Elite Audience

Contrastes Records' goals go beyond simply creating a novel project in the world of classical guitar. Contrastes Records works towards redefining the aesthetical aspect pertaining to the receptive interpretation of guitar music. The performers and composers who work with our label, beyond possessing polished technique, have a vision of music and of the

guitar, and of their place in their cultural function today. Contrastes Records is not an elitist label, it is simply a label for an elite audience. The work of Contrastes Records is based on continuity, and on the continued development of the artists that we take on from the beginning. From this point of view, Contrastes Records it is not influenced by current fashions, or by a passing parade that comes and goes in the world of classical guitar or in contemporary composition. In addition, the importance we give to marketing and design allows for our CD's to stand out from the myriad of other albums on a record store shelf. Contrastes Records sublimates and searches to establish connections between sound images and visual metaphors that are out of the ordinary. Our design concept doesn't pander to the established tastes of the established market of classical guitar recordings. On the contrary, we are more interested in stimulating the market to evolve and to reinvent itself. Our designs accentuate emotions by means of images and musicological texts, where the aesthetic experience and the existential real-life experience meet. We fine-tune all aspects of our albums by tailoring each CD in a meticulous fashion. In order to do this, we work with highly qualified musicologists, photographers and graphic artists. Our records are distributed by Naxos International Inc and Universal Music.