{{Short description|Record label}} {{Infobox company | name = GENUIN classics | logo =210px|GENUIN logo | type = Private | founded = 1998<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/recording.php | title=GENUIN Recording Studio | accessdate=2011-05-05}}</ref> (music production), 2003<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/label.php | title=The GENUIN Label Portrait | accessdate=2011-05-05}}</ref> (label) | hq_location_city = Leipzig | hq_location_country = Germany | key_people = Tonmeister Holger Busse, Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian (co-founders) and Michael Silberhorn (2006) | area_served = | industry = Music entertainment | products = | website = {{url|www.genuinclassics.com}} | footnotes = }} '''GENUIN''' is an independent classical music label and remote classical music recording studio based in Leipzig, Germany. The term “genuin” comes from Latin and stands for “innate, authentic, not counterfeit.”
== History ==
The company was founded in Detmold, Germany in 1998 as "GENUIN Musikproduktion" by sound engineers Holger Busse and Alfredo Lasheras Hakobian. Five years later, in January 2003, the "GENUIN" classical music label began distributing CDs throughout Germany, with most releases produced by its own recording engineers. In 2005, the company moved from Detmold to Leipzig as a result of which a fruitful collaboration with German broadcaster MDR and the famed Leipzig Gewandhaus resulted. In January 2006 Tonmeister Michael Silberhorn joined the company.
During 2009 GENUIN Musikproduktion restructured operations and now consists of its “GENUIN classics” label and music production company "GENUIN recording group."
== Repertoire and awards ==
In addition to the gamut of classical music repertoire, ranging from the Renaissance to New Music, the label also focuses on rarely performed works and promoting talented young recording artists. The label’s catalog now encompasses some 800 classical music albums<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |title=The GENUIN catalog with all recordings from 2026 |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/catalog.php |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=GENUIN |language=en}}</ref> which are distributed internationally through specialist CD retailers, record stores and online download and streaming platforms.
GENUIN recordings have, among other commendations, won the ECHO Klassik,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |date=2016-09-29 |title=News: Saxophonist Asya Fateyeva wins 2016 ECHO Klassik Award |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/news_1.php?k=803 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=www.genuinclassics.com |language=en}}</ref> the Opus Klassik,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |date=2019-09-02 |title=News: 4 GENUIN artists among the OPUS KLASSIK winners |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/news_1.php?k=914 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=www.genuinclassics.com |language=en}}</ref> the Diapason d'Or<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |date=2018-02-27 |title=News: "All-Night Vigil" from the MDR Rundfunkchor receives the Diapason d' Or award |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/news_1.php?k=873 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=www.genuinclassics.com |language=en}}</ref> as well as nominations for the Grammy Award and the MIDEM Classical Award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |date=2009-01-27 |title=News: Sensational Kick-Off for GENUIN this Year |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/news_1.php?k=476 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=www.genuinclassics.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Musicians and Ensembles ==
Some musicians and ensembles who have recorded with GENUIN sound engineers:<ref name="References">{{Cite web |last=Busse |first=Holger |title=GENUIN {{!}} The mobile classical music studio from Leipzig |url=https://www.genuinclassics.com/_new/recording.php |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=GENUIN |language=en}}</ref>
{|valign=top width=100% |valign=top width=26%| * Artemis-Quartet * Baiba Skride * Camerata Musica Limburg * Christoph Prégardien * ensemble amarcord * Gewandhaus Brass Quintett * Gewandhaus Chor |valign=top width=26%| * Helen Donath * Caroline Fischer * La Petite Bande * L'arpa festante * Leipziger Streichquartett * Martin Stadtfeld * Matthias Kirschnereit |valign=top width=48%| * Nicolas Altstaedt * Noëmi Nadelmann * Paul Badura-Skoda * Ragna Schirmer * Stephan Schreckenberger * Tobias Koch * Walter Hilgers |}
== Orchestras == GENUIN recording engineers have worked with the following orchestras:<ref name="References" />
{|valign=top width=100% |valign=top width=40%| * Bach Collegium Japan (through MDR) * Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt * Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen * Dresdner Philharmonie (through Deutschlandradio) * Freiburger Barockorchester * Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Seoul * Gewandhausorchester Leipzig * Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (through Deutschlandradio) |valign=top width=60%| * MDR Sinfonieorchester (through MDR) * Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim * Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (through Deutschlandradio) * Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie * Staatskapelle Halle * Staatskapelle Weimar * Staatsorchester Braunschweig * Suwon Symphony Orchestra, Seoul |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links == * [http://www.genuinclassics.com/ Official site]
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GENUIN classics Category:German record labels Category:1998 establishments in Germany