One of Germany's largest and most important independent record labels, Hänssler Classic is renowned for having recorded every single piece of music written by J.S. Bach. Their 172-disc set of the complete works of J.S. Bach perfomed by Helmuth Rilling and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart was the first complete set of Bach's works to be released together on CD. It won the prestigious 2001 Cannes Classical Award for best special edition and the 2000 Echo Classical award for Editorial Achievement.