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An independent label. For the artists, composers, orchestras and institutions that build for the long term, on a global scale.
21 Music is a full-service ecosystem: we produce the recordings, distribute them on streaming platforms and on disc, champion them with both specialist and mainstream media, and guide artists and institutions on the editorial and artistic level.
21 Music handles every link of the classical record chain, from the recording session to the international press.
We have collaborated with:
Renaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau, Frank Braley, Christian Zacharias, Thomas Zehetmair, Kazuki Yamada, Thierry Pécou.
Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ensemble Variances, Cameristi della Scala.
Collaborations praised by Gramophone, The Guardian, Diapason, Le Monde, France Musique, the International Classical Music Awards, Crescendo Magazine, Scherzo, Musica…
An initiative of Music&Arts Networks.
Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Support in launching OnA Live, France's first fully digital orchestra label, then a physical label.
Digital and physical strategy, artistic identity, distribution on every major platform in over 160 countries.
Collaborations with Thomas Zehetmair, Christian Zacharias, Alena Baeva, Betsy Jolas, Roberto Forés Veses, Romain Leleu.
Thierry Pécou and his Ensemble Variances. Support in the creation of Ohuaya Records, a strong-identity label dedicated to their work.
Beyond the standard recording contract: full editorial independence and the showcasing of a singular artistic vision.
Jean-Pascal Beintus. Building collaborations with the finest: Renaud Capuçon, Alexandra Conunova, Frank Braley, Romain Leleu, the LSO.
Three albums, including a Concert Suite on The Little Prince after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), R. Capuçon, F. Braley, A. Conunova. Producing in the fullest sense of the word: develop, bring together, release.
The Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo was one of the first orchestras to launch its own label, on the initiative of the visionary Yakov Kreizberg.
Its landmark catalogue — Mahler, Shostakovich, Berlioz, Strauss, Ravel, Debussy, Bacalov — is now available digitally across all major platforms and has been enriched over the years with new releases.
For the 2025 Ravel year, 21 Music developed a landmark heritage project: Playing Ravel.
A reissue — for the first time since the 78 rpm era — of essential performances for understanding the art of Maurice Ravel, by musicians who knew him.
Your recordings are described and catalogued so that search engines and AI assistants can easily read and understand them: streaming platforms, music databases (MusicBrainz, Wikidata, Discogs), structured data.
Performers, works, composers, dates: every detail accurate and consistent everywhere.
Beintus · Shostakovich · Planel
Jean-Pascal Beintus : Fantaisie concertante. Dmitri Shostakovich : Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35. Robert Planel : Trumpet Concerto.
Romain Leleu, trumpet · Frank Braley, piano and conductor · Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie.
Thierry Pécou
Commissioned by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance in 2025, We Caliban revisits Shakespeare's The Tempest, shifting focus to the figure of Caliban and the colonial question. The album offers an autonomous dramaturgy, in the manner of a symphonic suite in thirteen tableaux.
Ensemble Variances.
Luis Bacalov
A deep dive into Luis Bacalov's orchestral work — between cinematic memory and concertante writing — under the composer's own baton.
Luis Bacalov, piano and conductor · Alessandro Cadario, conductor · Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo · Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus.
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 99 in E flat major, Hob. I:99. Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104 “London”. The pinnacle of Viennese classicism.
Thomas Zehetmair, conductor · Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Our releases stream worldwide across 160 countries on every major platform — distributed by Believe.
Some titles are also available on CD.
Six premium digipacks on the OnA label.
The OPMC Classics catalogue: Mahler, Shostakovich, Berlioz, Strauss, Ravel, Debussy, Bacalov, and more.
