Arabesque Records is an American record company and label specializing in jazz and classical music.

It was founded by Ward Botsford with Caedmon Audio as a classical music label. In 1988 it was acquired by Botsford and Marvin Reiss, becoming an independent label, and in 1992 added jazz to its production, with early releases by Craig Handy and Carmen Lundy. Its catalogue grew to include Jane Ira Bloom, Bruce Brubaker, Thomas Chapin, Dave Douglas, Art Farmer, Billy Hart, Myra Melford, and Charles McPherson, and Horace Tapscott.

Discography

Jazz Catalogue No: AJOArtistAlbum101Split Second Timing102Moment to Moment1038 Bold SoulsSideshow104E Por Que Nao? (And Why Not?)105Amethyst106Excursion107Art and Aviation108String Trio of New YorkIntermobility109Introducing Three for All + One110I've Got Your Number111Continuum112 & Tom HarrellThe Company I Keep113First Flight Out1148 Bold SoulsAnt Farm115You Don't Know Me116Straight Ahead117Come Play with Me118The Meaning of Art119Aiee! The Phantom120The Nearness121Kamau122Vignettes123Endless Fingers124Leo Rising125Listen126Tiny Bell Trio: Live in Europe127Marlon's Mode128Thoughts of Dar es Salaam129Oceans of Time130Silk Road131Dust132Stargazer133Lost TribeMany Lifetimes134Manhattan Nocturne135Trio Art136She's Dangerous137The Challenge138Twelve Sacred Dances139Magic Triangle140The Antidote1411-2-3-4142Above Blue143One Step Closer144The Red Quartets145Leap of Faith146Rhyme & Reason147Dance Beyond the Color148Excavation149Live & In Clave!!"Faculty Experts” , The New School. Retrieved 2012-08-25.150  151Seen from Above152The Magic Line153Sabino154 & Marty EhrlichYet Can Spring155Sometimes the Magic156Sidewalk Meeting157Enchantment158Chasing Paint159Where the Two Worlds Touch160The Way Through161  162  163  164Abacus165  166Snake Charmer180 Big BandExcalibur189Out of the New

Classical (early issues) Schubert and Schnabel – An Historical Recording, Volume IV., Therese Behr (1987) Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sir Yehudi Menuhin Conducting the English Chamber Orchestra (1988) The Complete Chopin Piano Works – Garrick Ohlsson, piano (1989) Music of Alkan – Ronald Smith, piano (1985) The Complete Piano Variations of Johannes Brahms – Ian Hobson, piano (1994) George Gershwin: An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F – London Symphony Orchestra, Mitch Miller, conductor, David Golub, piano (1992) Mozart: Complete Works for Four Hands – Artur Balsam & Gena Raps, piano (1995) Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica; 4 Orchestral Songs – Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1989) Benjamin Britten: Illuminations; Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Simple Symphony - English Chamber Orchestra; Elisabeth Söderström, Soprano; Gilbert Levine, Conductor (1989) Dmitri Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto; Age of Gold Suite - Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra; Garrick Ohlsson, Piano; Gilbert Levine, Conductor (1989)

Classical (later issues) Encore Rossini, Rockwell Blake Inner Cities (2003), Alvin Curran, Bruce Brubaker, piano Karol Szymanowski: Solo Piano Works, Emily White, piano (2009) Chopin: 24 Etudes, op.10 and op.25, Matthew Cameron, piano (2015) Schumann: Liederkreis (Kerner Lieder; Lenau Lieder and Requiem; Eichendorff Liederkreis), Sergey Schepkin with Darren Chase, baritone (2013) Quynh Nguyen plays Schubert, Chopin (2004) Matthew Cameron plays Romantic Favorites for Piano (2012) Forgotten Americans Z6823, includes: "A Life," Ernst Bacon, Joel Krosnick, cello and Gilbert Kalish, piano. La fedeltà premiata, Haydn, Z6751-3 (1999) Schumann: Song Cycles Op. 24, 42 & 48 – Leon Fleisher, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, John Shirly-Quirk (2009) Franz Schubert: String Quartets – Guarneri String Quartet, (2009)

See also

List of Record Labels

References

Further reading S. Gribetz, "Label Watch: Arabesque's Dual Personality". Jazz Times vol. 22, no. 9 (1992), p. 24.

External links Arabesque Records website