Erato: version 1

Saved 2026-09-24 22:51 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the 1991 European Erato 4-CD box of Rostropovich/Orchestre National de France Prokofiev complete symphonies (2292-45737-2), from the wanted list. Identity, disc barcodes, companies and tracklist. This is the current version.

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# Erato <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Erato
disambiguation: French classical record label founded in 1953
summary: French classical record label founded in Paris in 1953, part of Warner Music Group since 1992 and revived in 2013 alongside Warner Classics.
founded: 1953
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                | market | from | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/erato-disques | global | 1953 |       |       | sourced | ^wp-erato | Wikipedia: the label was founded in 1953 as Erato Disques S.A.; ℗ Erato Disques S.A. on the 1991 box per Discogs |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name          | type   | locale | from | until |
| ------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Erato Records | name   | en     |      |       |
| Erato Disques | search | fr     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                         | title                      | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-erato | https://api.discogs.com/labels/29600        | Discogs label 29600: Erato | 2026-09-24 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 29600     | profile |              |             |          |
| wp-erato      | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erato_Records | Wikipedia: Erato Records   | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Erato is a French classical record label founded in 1953 as Erato Disques S.A. by Philippe Loury to promote French classical music, with Michel Garcin as artistic director and producer.[^wp-erato] RCA Records took a minority interest in 1972 and distributed the label; Discogs gives its label code as LC 0200.[^wp-erato][^discogs-erato] Warner Music Group took over Erato in 1992, retired the label before 2003 and revived it in 2013 after acquiring EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, when it absorbed the Virgin Classics roster and catalogue.[^wp-erato]
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