Erato Disques: 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.

Source of v1

# Erato Disques <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Erato Disques
summary: Paris record company founded in 1953 by Philippe Loury that owns the Erato classical label; taken over by Warner Music Group in 1992.
legal_name: Erato Disques S.A.
country: FR
founded: 1953
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                     | market | from | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                             |
| -------- | -------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/warner-music-group |        | 1992 |       |       | sourced | ^wp-erato | Wikipedia: "In 1992, Erato was taken over by Warner Music Group" |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name               | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Erato Disques S.A. | legal | fr     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref      | url                                         | title                                                                                                                                                | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                                             | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs  | https://api.discogs.com/releases/11509653   | Discogs release 11509653: Prokofiev / Orchestre National De France, Rostropovich – Complete Symphonies = Les Symphonies (Erato 2292-45737-2, Europe) | 2026-09-24 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 11509653  | identifiers, companies, formats, credits, tracklist |              |             |          |
| 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 Disques S.A. is the Paris company founded in 1953 by Philippe Loury, head of the music publisher Costallat, to issue recordings of French classical music on the Erato label.[^wp-erato] RCA Records obtained a minority interest in 1972, and Daniel Toscan du Plantier ran the company from 1985 until about 1988.[^wp-erato] Warner Music Group took it over in 1992.[^wp-erato] It holds the ℗ on Erato releases such as the 1991 Prokofiev symphonies box.[^discogs]
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