Capstone Records

North Hampton · US

Capstone Records is an American classical music record label focusing particularly on contemporary classical music . It was established by Richard Brooks in 1986 and was based in Brooklyn , New York. The label has hundreds of releases featuring a wide range of composers from William Albright , Milton Babbitt , Robert Baksa, and John Cage to Mary Jeanne van Appledorn , Rodney Waschka II , Iannis Xenakis , and Chen Yi . Performers represented on the label include such groups as the California EAR Unit , the Nevsky String Quartet , Steven Graff , and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra .