Klaus Heymann started the Naxos label almost by accident in 1987, distributing performances by obscure orchestras that failed entirely to impress either the critics or the competition. But 20 years on, Heymann’s scrappy label that could is a behemoth in the music world, and in an age when classical is getting short shrift from nearly every major label, Naxos releases 20 new CDs every month. “In the breadth, depth, ambition and prestige of its repertoire, Naxos has no serious rival anywhere in the world today, even among specialist labels.”