Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre (commonly referred to as L'Oiseau-Lyre) is a French music publishing company and a classical music record label that specialises in Early and Baroque music. It was founded in 1932 as a publisher of scholarly editions of Early music that had never been previously published. Its specialist recording arm, developed from the 1960s onwards, grew into a specialist label that is now a part of Decca. The recording arm of Oiseau-Lyre developed by Jeff Hanson produced an extensive catalogue of hundreds of LP records featuring rare and previously unrecorded Early and Baroque music, often performed by young artists. Oiseau-Lyre was the first record company to issue 33rpm LPs in France. The technical side of the recordings was handled by engineers from the Decca Recording Company. In 1970, Hanson sold the recording branch to Decca, which continued using the Oiseau-Lyre name as their specialised Early music label. Peter Wadland took over as label manager of L'Oiseau-Lyre and developed a recording partnership with the Academy of Ancient Music. Many noted Oiseau-Lyre recordings feature performances by artists on "period instruments", including fortepiano recordings of the Beethoven piano sonatas played by Malcolm Binns, a collection of Henry Purcell's theatre music directed by Christopher Hogwood, and a number of recordings by The Consort of Musicke and Anthony Rooley. (Rondo DB)

Parent label	Decca Records
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Wikipedia	Éditions_de_l%27Oiseau-Lyre
Country	Monaco
Started	1932