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- ↑ Billboard - 18 Jul 1998 - Page 46 Vol. 110, No. 29 One of the most compelling is Glossa, founded in 1992 as Spain's first independent classical label by guitarist/luthier Jose Miguel Moreno and violin- ist/violist Emilio Moreno — brothers who felt they had to work outside the usual