Nimbus returns with Terezin tribute. (Classical news).

Nimbus Records has released its first new title for almost two years, marking a significant upturn in the fortunes of the small independent classical label, which fell into receivership in October 2001. The Monmouth-based company's directors reacquired its assets, master recordings, finished goods stock, contracts and trademark among them, in February 2002. Since then Nimbus has slowly put its business back in order, reissuing archive titles and moving towards the release of new recordings.

Nimbus's phoenix act is set to draw attention with the release of a disc of works written by three composers who were interned in the Terezin ghetto in the former Czechoslovakia and did not survive the Nazi Holocaust. Classical Brit Award-winning violinist Daniel Hope (pictured) is partnered on the album by viola player Paul Dukes and cellist Paul Watkins. A new addition to the label's Prima Voce series of historic vocal recordings has also appeared.

Nimbus director Adrian Farmer explains that, although the liquidation process is still in train, the old company's creditors have received an interim payout. "We are, in fact, doing business again with a lot of the people we did business with ...