Erato Records

Erato Records is a record label founded in 1953 as Disques Erato by Philippe Loury to promote French classical music. Loury was head of éditions musicales Costallat. His first releases in France were licensed from the Haydn Society of Boston.  Michel Garcin became the label's artistic director and producer and built up the catalogue with contemporary French composers and French artists. Erato was distributed in the USA on the RCA Red Seal label for many years. In 1992, Erato was acquired by Warner Music, who shuttered it in 2002.  In 2013, the label was revived with WEA’s acquisition of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, which became part of Warner Classics.