Arabesque Records is an American classical and jazz record label.Arabesque began as a classical music subsidiary of the Caedmon company. In 1988, Marvin Reiss and Ward Botsford bought the company, turning it into an independent record label, and continued releasing classical until 1992, when it switched to jazz under Daniel Chriss's supervision. The label began recording classical music again under the Arabesque Recordings imprint in the 1990s. They are based in New York.