PARMA Recordings has acquired MSR Classics and its catalog of nearly 800 commercial releases. Founded in 1998 by Robert LaPorta, MSR Classics becomes part of the GRAMMY Award–winning PARMA family of labels, with PARMA assuming responsibility for the label’s operations and catalog administration. The acquisition follows PARMA’s earlier purchase of Albany Records and brings the total number of releases administered {…}
The New Hampshire-based PARMA Recordings label will acquire Albany Records and its catalog of nearly 2,000 releases. The acquisition marks the mutuality of both parties’ artistic visions, allowing Albany’s catalog to continue to resonate with classical music enthusiasts for years to come. PARMA has updated and relaunched Albany’s website, maintaining the presence of Albany’s celebrated catalog with updated aesthetics, new {…}
PARMA Recordings has released Garth Baxter’s newest opera “Lily” on YouTube. Composed alongside librettist Lisa VanAuken (Lisa Van Allen), the opera is based very loosely on the novel “The House of Mirth” by Edith Wharton and tells the story of the tragic descent of Lily Bart from high society in upstate New York in the early 20th Century. The recording {…}
Parma Recordings is set to present a concert entitled “New Songs from New England.” The showcase, which is set for June 24, 2021, will be streamed live via the company’s official website. The performance will feature soprano Jamie-Rose Guarrine as she takes on a song cycle by Scott Gendel entitled “To Keep the Dark Away.” She will be joined by {…}
Parma Recording is set to release a chamber opera “Two Cells in Sevilla, or: Don Quixote is Hungry.” The album will feature the father-son duo Walter Steffens and Marec Béla Steffens, who have weaved the stories of an unlikely pair of authors locked in an exciting competition. The libretto, written by Marec Béla Steffens, merges the lives of Brother Gabriel {…}