Shakespeare said "If music be the food of love, play on!” 

The team of Challenge Classics embraces these words and like to take them even one step further: music is not only the food of love, but even the food for LIFE itself. “If music be the food of LIFE, play on!” The team is composed by music lovers, who publish with great expertise and love classical music recordings.They passionately share the music and the stories of their artists, as they understand how the beauty of music can enrich your live.

Challenge Classics is an independent record label, founded in 1994 and located in The Netherlands. The extensive catalogue offers a lot of chamber music, but also contains a number of excellent recordings of the ‘lied-repertoire' and symphonic music. The company is artist-driven, which means that the artist has a big say in the whole process. Challenge Classics works with artists like Ton Koopman, Jaap van Zweden, Christoph Prégardien, Isabelle van Keulen, La Petite Bande under the baton of Sigiswald Kuijken, Simone Lamsma, Liza Ferschtman, Jan Willem de Vriend, Hannes Minnaar and many others.