Calliope is a French classical record label originally based in Compiègne.
It was founded in 1972 by Jacques Le Calvé,[1] a record shop owner, upon the encouragement of Erato Records producer Michel Garcin.
[2] Its artists included the organists André Isoir and Louis Thiry and Jean-Claude Casadesus with the Orchestre de Lille.
The rights to some of the Calliope catalogue were then acquired by Phaia Records with a dozen reissues made available.
Jacques Le Calvé keeps being a close and active artistic consultant, and inspires the new productions.