Élan Recordings
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History

Élan Recordings was established in 1985 by pianist Santiago Rodriguez
Santiago Rodriguez (pianist)
Santiago Rodriguez is a Cuban-American pianist. Rodriguez is an exclusive recording artist for Élan Recordings. His Rachmaninov recordings received the Rosette award in The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music and he is a Silver Medalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano...

 and his wife, Natalia Rodriguez. The catalogue features numerous Spanish/Latin recordings. It also features a number of historic re-releases. Élan is the exclusive recording company for Santiago Rodriguez.

Artists

  • Santiago Rodriguez
    Santiago Rodríguez
    Santiago Rodríguez is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Monte Cristi in 1948.-Location:The Santiago Rodríguez province has the Monte Cristi and Valverde provinces to the north, the Santiago province to the east, the San Juan and Elías Piña provinces to the south and the...

    , pianist
  • Carmen Balthrop, soprano
    Soprano
    A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...

  • Elias Barreiro, guitar
  • Bibiano Borrato, guitar
  • Rudolfo Brito, pianist
  • Hsuan-Ya Chen, pianist
  • Mark Clinton and Nicole Narboni, duo pianists
  • Cuarteto Latinoamericano
    Cuarteto Latinoamericano
    Celebrating its thirtieth anniversary season, Cuarteto Latinoamericano is a world renown string quartet from Latin America. They have toured extensively in Europe, the Americas, Israel, China, Japan and New Zealand...

    , string quartet
    String quartet
    A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...

  • Evelyn Garvey, fortepiano
    Fortepiano
    Fortepiano designates the early version of the piano, from its invention by the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century. It was the instrument for which Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven wrote their piano music...

  • Jaemi Kim, pianist
  • André Laplante, pianist
  • Noel Lester, pianist
  • Raymond Lewenthal, pianist
  • Donald Manildi, pianist
  • Elmar Oliveira
    Elmar Oliveira
    Elmar Oliveira is a contemporary American violinist.The son of Portuguese immigrants, Elmar Oliveira was born on June 28, 1950, in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Mr. Oliveira was nine when he began studying the violin with his brother John. He later continued his studies with Ariana Bronne and Raphael...

    , violinist
  • Reubén Pelåez, pianist
  • Nathaniel Rosen, cellist
  • Thomas Schumaker, pianist
  • Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Earl Wild, pianist

Sources

  • Ashby. "Guide to Records: Santiago Rodriguez." American Record Guide
    American Record Guide
    The American Record Guide is a classical music magazine. It has reviewed classical music recordings since 1935.Since 1992, with the incorporation of the Musical America editorial functions into ARG, it started covering concerts, musicians, ensembles and orchestras in the US.The magazine prides...

    , Jul/Aug 1994, Vol. 57 Issue n. 4, pg. 155.
  • Cornelius, Stephen. "Pianist Searches For The Unexpected In The Music". Toledo Blade, September 27, 1996, p. 28
  • Gerber, L. "A Conversation with Santiago Rodriguez." Fanfare, 1992, Vol. 15 Issue n. 3, pp. 107–11.
  • Manildi, Donald. "Guide to Records: Santiago Rodriguez." American Record Guide, Jan/Feb 1995, Vol. 58 Issue n.1, p157.
  • March, Ivan; Greenfield, Edward; Layton, Robert. The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010
    The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music
    The Penguin Guide To Recorded Classical Music is a widely-distributed annual publication from Britain published by Penguin Books, reviewing and rating currently available recordings of classical music...

    . Penguin, 2009
  • McLellan, Joseph. "The Little Record Company That Could". Washington Post, April 1, 1990.
  • McLellan, Joseph. "Some Big Names Fit Well on Small Labels". Washington Post, Nov. 6, 1994.
  • McLellan, Joseph. "Santiago Rodriguez, Playing with Élan". Washington Post, June 7, 1998.
  • Phillip, Scott. "Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas, Piano Sonata No. 1..." Fanfare, July 1, 2010.

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