Sterling Records
Parent company	none
Founded	1980
Founder(s)	Bo Hyttner
Genre(s)	classical music Classical music Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
Country	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Web address	www.sterlingcd.com

Sterling Records is a classical music record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

, specializing in releasing world premiere recordings of the orchestral work of romantic composers.

The label was founded by Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 resident Bo Hyttner as a continuation of his record shop in 1980. Since then, it has released over eighty CDs, most of them containing works that were previously unavailable on record. Sterling is known for its series of 'national' romantic repertoire, e.g. 'Swedish romantics', 'German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

romantics', and so on.