Marquis Classics

{{Short description|Canadian record label}}

Marquis Classics is a Canadian record label, founded in 1981 by Earl Rosen.{{cite news|title=Canadian Classical Chases Niches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=marquis+classics+earl+rosen&pg=PA49|accessdate=14 June 2016|work=Billboard Magazine|date=21 June 1997}} The company is based in Toronto and owned by Rosen and Dinah Hoyle.{{cite news|title=Canadian Label Marquis Crosses Over to Success|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rg8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=marquis+classics+earl+rosen&pg=PA49|accessdate=14 June 2016|work=Billboard Magazine|date=29 Nov 2003}}

Marquis specializes in jazz and classical recordings. The label's recordings are distributed in North America by Entertainment One Music Distribution. Marquis Classics distributes re-issues of a number of reissued 1960s and 1970s releases from the independent label Orion Master Recordings.Jason Victor Serinus, [http://www.stereophile.com/news/031207orion/ "Return of Orion Classics"]. Stereophile