Pipeline Music

Pipeline Music Inc. is a record label notable for having negotiated the rights to distribute more than 400,000 hours of classical Russian audio and video recordings^[1] from the archive of the Russian State Television and Radio Company and dating back to the 1930s, including works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Mstislav Rostropovich and Yehudi Menuhin. The label has financially supported the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition.^[2]

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. Initially Jamie Cook funded Tristen Del in 1990 to go on a trip to Russia to find and license all music made in the Soviet Union at the time consisting of over 400,000 hours of music. Upon his return Jamie Cook, Joseph Saraceno and Sid Sharp entered into a deal to secure the world wide rights. Once the deal collapsed due to the fall of the Soviet Union Jamie Cook worked with King Fahad and The crown prince of Saudi Arabia to secure the deal once again. Eckel, Mike (June 12, 2002). "Out of the shadow of the IRON CURTAIN". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
2. Haithman, Diane (March 20, 2002). "New Competitor at the Bench". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 20, 2016.