Divine Art Recordings Group

Divine Art Recordings Group is a British classical music label. The Divine Art label was born in 1992, founded by Stephen Sutton, a commercial and property lawyer with a love of music. The label's first commercial release was 'Cantatas from the Georgian Drawing Room'. In 2005, Stephen Sutton gave up his legal career to manage Divine Art full time, having by then launched the mid-price Diversions series and Pilgrim's Star. The label presents rare, new and re-discovered masterpieces and has issued over 25 CDs in 2006 on its flagship label.

The Divine Art label was born in 1992. Founder Stephen Sutton was a commercial and property lawyer with a love of music and a fascination with records. The organ at his local church was being restored and in order to raise funds, Stephen arranged the making of a cassette, played by Henry Wallace, then assistant organist at Hexham Abbey. Expecting to sell a few copies around the village, Stephen was delighted to see this modest recording receive excellent reviews and sell 700 copies. The following year, baroque flute specialist Peter Harrison who was performing at St. Mungo's church with his ensemble Concert Royal asked about making a CD, as the group had previously had success with some locally-made cassette tapes. That project led to the first commercial release 'Cantatas from the Georgian Drawing Room' and from then on, as they say 'one thing led to another' – and soon the label was in demand for production of high quality recordings of unusual and rare music by such artists as Murray McLachlan. A commission from BBC Scotland led to our first co-production with the Aberdeen Youth Choir and the catalogue began to grow, albeit very slowly, as it was still being run in Stephen Sutton's spare time. In 2005, Stephen gave up his legal career to manage Divine Art full time, having by then launched the mid-price Diversions series and Pilgrim's Star. Growth increased exponentially, especially after the introduction of a recording option which allowed artists, composers and independent producers retention of ownership in their recordings and a much higher degree of financial and artistic control. Over 25 CDs were issued in 2006 on our flagship label, which was designed to present rare, new and re-discovered masterpieces.

Presents rare, new and re-discovered masterpieces.

Product categories. classical music recordings · CDs

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