About First Inversion
First Inversion is proud to be the holding company for Rosebrook Classical, Rosebrook Media, the Divine Art, Métier, Athene, Diversions, Heritage Media, Historic Sound, Pilgrim’s Sound, Ekkozone record labels, and Divine Art Edition Music Publishing.
Rosebrook Classical
Marketing services for performing arts organizations since 2009.
Rosebrook Media
Artist and Label Services, website development and management since 2009.
Divine Art
The Divine Art label was established in 1993 and has since become one of the premiere UK labels.
Métier
Founded in 1992, the Metier label quickly gained a reputation for outstanding modern repertoire and production quality.
Athene
Originally formed in 1991 by Joanna Leach to record on period square pianos, Athene has became a leader in early music recordings.
Diversions
Diversions was established in 1995 as a premiere home for recordings of shorter length, operettas, and specialized re-issues.
Pilgrim’s Star
A small catalog of sacred and liturgical music recordings curated by Alexander Deriev and poet Regina Derieva.
Heritage Media
Heritage Media was the first company in the UK other than the BBC to archive, remaster and distribute classical radio dramas.
Ekkozone
Ekkozone was originally founded by renowned Danish percussionist Mathias Reumert. The label focuses on the most cutting edge of contemporary music.
Divine Art Edition
Founded in 2020, Divine Art Edition was launched as a music publishing company with the purpose of offering composers on the Divine Art, Métier, and Diversions labels a publishing house for their scores.
Historic Sound
A collaboration between Divine Art founder Stephen Sutton and BBC engineer Andrew Rose to release audio restorations of historic performances.
DanSing (distributed)
A specialist label for the music of Dan Evans, singer, guitarist, and composer, and leading exponent of the Appalachian Dulcimer.