Concord Buys Telarc

Cleveland-based classical recording company Telarc International has been acquired by the California-based Concord Music Group. In Telarc’s nearly 30 years of existence, it has captured 46 Grammy awards and led the way in making compact discs the new standard for recording in the 1980s. “[Telarc’s] catalog has 1,000 titles, including albums by the Cleveland Orchestra, jazz great Dave Brubeck and the South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo.” The merger will not mean the end of the Telarc name, and the business will continue to operate from its suburban Cleveland home.