[1][2][3] In 1962 Ariane Segal, who had been working as a producer for the French division of Ricordi, left the firm with her entire team, including her sound engineer Claude Morel.

[4][5] While most single LPs produced in France during the 1960s and 70s were packaged in sleeves, Arion's records were presented in books with copious liner notes, most of which were written by Segal herself.

These included Les flutes de terres Incas performed by the Andean music ensemble Los Calchakis [es] and Guillaume Bouzignac's Motets et scènes sacrées.

An example of the latter was their 1993 recording of Daniel Auber's opera Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué, composed thirty-five years prior to Verdi's more famous setting, Un ballo in maschera.

[2] Under Ariane Segal, Arion also recorded 40 LPs of music by women composers, including that of the medieval troubador Beatritz de Dia.