Naxos of America Launches ArcoDiva, Bethlehem Records, EMEC, Intakt, MAXJAZZ, Signum and Sospiro for Distribution in North America

FRANKLIN, TN--(Marketwired - Aug 5, 2013) - Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, Naxos of America (http://naxosusa.com/) is the #1 independent classical music distributor in the U.S. and Canada. Naxos of America is proud to announce the distribution of the labels below.

Since its founding in the year 1998, ArcoDiva Recording Company from Prague has become the most important independent producer of classical music in the Czech Republic and the Middle-European territory established after the 1989 political changes.

Verse Music Group is happy to announce the reissue of the iconic jazz catalog Bethlehem Records (http://bethlehemrecords.com/). Each track has been restored from the original analog sound recording and digitally re-mastered to ensure 100% clarity. Formed by Gus Wildi in the 1950s, Bethlehem Records' legacy is a lengthy discography that freshly and ambitiously captures and preserves and era of truly amazing music, including West Coast Cool Jazz and East Coast Bop.

Founded in 1991, EMEC Discs (http://www.emecdiscos.com/) is a Spanish label that has been working intensively to cover the classical repertoire without forgetting contemporary composers.

Intakt Records (http://www.intaktrec.ch/) focuses on the musicians and their music. The label has worked with many of the world's leading contemporary jazz musicians: Barry Guy & The London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Irène Schweizer, Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Aki Takase, Han Bennink, Eugene Chadbourne, Thurston Moore, Elliott Sharp, David Moss, Andrew Cyrille, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Marilyn Crispell, George Lewis, and many more.

MAXJAZZ (http://www.maxjazz.com/) is an award-winning independent jazz label with a roster of highly talented vocal and instrumental jazz artists. The style is straight-ahead with a "feel good" pulse, and the artists perform a wide variety of standards and originals in an acoustic format.

Signum Classics (http://www.signumrecords.com/) is a label dedicated to high standards of performance and a loyalty to composers' intentions. Performers include some of the best choral and instrumental groups in the UK: The Kings Singers, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers, as well as Oxford and Cambridge University College choirs.

Sospiro Records (http://www.sospirorecords.com/index.htm) strives to release an archive of old gems and some fascinating previously unheard material by international artists which were unearthed in the process of launching the record label.