{{Short description|Canadian classical music record label}} {{multiple issues| {{original research|date=July 2014}} {{self-published|date=July 2014}} {{third-party|date=July 2014}} }} '''Analekta''' is [[Canada]]'s largest independent [[classical music]] recording label.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Analekta {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/analekta-emc |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>
The label, which takes its name from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''analekta'' ("a collection of the finest works"), was founded in 1988 by the Canadian music industry manager and entrepreneur François Mario Labbé, who is its owner and president. It is based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], and has released more than 500 classical albums in the past 26 years.
Its first three CDs were an album by the Canadian violinist [[Angèle Dubeau]], the first [[digital recording]] of the [[Alexandrov Ensemble|Red Army Choir]], and a recording of the soundtrack of ''The Music Teacher'' starring [[José van Dam]].
== History == In 1988, while François Mario Labbé was producing shows around the world, he had in mind three recording projects, including one from violinist Angèle Dubeau. The multinationals at the time rarely agreed to produce music from Canadian artists, hence Labbé's motivation to create a recording company that would be focused on them.<ref name="Inc.1996">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Analecta has Classical Solution|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|date=24 February 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=46|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
The label's initial CD was by [[Angèle Dubeau]],<ref>[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/violinist-angele-dubeau-looks-beyond-the-touring-life "Violinist Angèle Dubeau looks beyond the touring life"]. ''Montreal Gazette'', Arthur Kaptainis, November 16, 2017.</ref> followed by the world's first digital recording of the [[Alexandrov Ensemble|Red Army Choir]], and the soundtrack to ''[[The Music Teacher (film)|The Music Teacher]]'' starring [[José van Dam]].
The success of these three recordings, both nationally and internationally, led to more signings, and in 1995 the company released 40 albums.<ref name="Inc.1996" />
In April 2022, [[Outhere]], a Belgian classical music and jazz publisher, acquired Analekta.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/outhere-music-acquires-analekta-brand-and-catalogue-and-moves-across-the-ocean-843758162.html|title=Outhere Music Acquires Analekta brand and catalogue and Moves Across the Ocean |access-date=2022-04-04}}</ref>
===Founder=== Labbé is the founder and CEO of the Canadian classical recording label Analekta. He was honored in 2010 with the title of Knight of [[National Order of Quebec]] for his contribution to the cultural development of Quebec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre-en.asp?id=2400 |title=François Mario Labbé |publisher=National Order of Quebec |language=French |accessdate=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005232609/http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre-en.asp?id=2400 |archivedate=5 October 2015 }}</ref>
== Artists == Its catalogue includes recordings from major Canadian artists such as [[Angèle Dubeau]], [[Alain Lefèvre]], [[Kent Nagano]] and the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]], [[Marie-Nicole Lemieux]], [[Anton Kuerti]], [[Gryphon Trio]], Ensemble Caprice, Stick&Bow, [[I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra|I Musici de Montréal]], the [[Orchestre Symphonique de Québec|Orchestre symphonique de Québec]].<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * [http://www.analekta.com Official website]
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[[Category:Classical music record labels]] [[Category:Canadian independent record labels]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1988]]