Zéphyr (Producteur phonographique) was a Belgian independent classical record label founded and owned by Schott frères, s.p.r.l. (Schott Brothers, private limited liability company), a Belgian music publishing and distributing firm. Zéphyr was based in the Brussels office of Schott frères. Schott frères had founded Zéphyr in 1978 for the purpose of showcasing instrumental works of Belgium composers, many of whom in its sheet music catalog. Since the 1960s, Schott Music had been distributing otherwise neglected recordings from catalogs of other small multinational European labels such as Harmonia Mundi, which specializes in baroque music, and WERGO, which produces contemporary music.
Recording venues Klankstudio Steurbaut, Ghent, owned by Gilbert Steurbaut Cavaillé-Coll organ, Chapel, Sacred Heart Institute, Jette, Brussels Van Bever organ at the St. Peterskerk, Jette, Brussels
Selected composers recorded Joseph Jongen Albert Dupuis Marcel Poot Flor Peeters Fernand Quinet Jean Absil René Defossez Albert Huybrechts Jacques Leduc (in French) Frederik van Rossum (in French)
Selected discography
Z series CatalogAlbum titleArtistReleasedLibrary code Z-03 Organ Music of Kerckhoven Jozef Sluys Z-04 Organ Music of Lemmens Jozef Sluys 1979 Z-05 Two Centuries of Spanish Music for Two Guitars Ilse & Nicolas Alfonso 1980 Z-06 Organ Music Liège Jozef Sluys Z-07 Sax-Retro François Daneels Z-08 Saxo-rama Elie Apper Z-09 Organ Works of Georg Böhm Jozef Sluys Z-10 Organ Works of Georg Böhm Jozef Sluys Z-11 Organ Works of Georg Böhm Jozef Sluys Z-12 The Romantic Guitar in 18th Century Spain Gonzalez Mohino 1982 Z-13 Three quartets for clarinet, violin, viola, & cello Ensemble Contrasts Z-14 Goethe Songs Josef Baert, baritone 1982 Z-16 Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae Greta de Reyghere 1982 Z-17 Suites from 3rd Organ Book, Nivers Jozef Sluys 1982 Z-18 Four Quartets for Clarinet Belgium Clarinet Quartet 1982 Z-19 Birds: German & French melodies of Mozart & Ravel Greta de Reyghere 1983 Z-20 Saxophone & Organ Jean-Pierre Rorive Z-23 Saxophone Concert François Daneels Z-24 Guitar Duo Mirel & Michael Burton
Other labels named Zephyr Zephyr Records of Hollywood, California, founded in 1956 by George Albert Hormel II (aka Geordie Hormel; 1929–2006), jazz pianist and grandson of the founder of Hormel Foods Zephyr Records , a small classical label founded in 1997, based in Fort Worth, Texas, and wholly owned by Zephyr Productions Inc., both founded by in 1997 by classical pianist Ian Hobson Zephyr Records of Casper, Wyoming, founded in the 1990s by American roots singer Spencer Bohren
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