Musicaphon

German label Label Code: LC 0522 / LC 00522 At the end of the 1950s, Karl Merseburger, owner of the Tonkunst Verlag Karl Merseburger, founded the label Cantate. Nearly at the same time, Karl Vötterle (Publisher Bärenreiter-Verlag in Kassel) started Bärenreiter-Musicaphon. Intention in both cases was to release parts of the own published catalogue on soundcarriers. After Merseburger had to terminate his Tonkunstverlag in 1963, Bärenreiter took over the label Cantate and made it together with Musicaphon part of the distribution company Vereinigte Schallplattenvertriebsgesellschaft Disco-Center, founded in 1965. In 1994, the musicologist Dr. Rainer Kahleyss (Kassel) bought both labels, in 1996 also the distribution company, now known as Klassik Center Kassel, from Bärenreiter. Since then is released on Cantete sacred music, on Musicaphon mundane music from early Baroque up to our time. Elder but important releases from the back catalogue are also newly edited on CD continuously. This company is member of CLASS Association of Classical Independents in Germany e.V.