Decca
The name "Decca" has its origins in a portable gramophone called the Decca Dulcephone, patented in 1914 by the manufacturers of the instrument, Barnett Samuel and Sons. Invented by Wilfred S. Samuel, the name is the result of the fusion of the word ‘Mecca’ with the initial D of ‘Dulcephone’. The company then renamed itself the ‘Decca Gramophone Company’, and at the same time became known as ‘The Supreme Record Company’. It was bought in 1929 by the former stockbroker Edward Lewis.
In 1939 Decca was the only record label in the United Kingdom, aside from EMI. Within a few years it had become the second biggest label in the world. During the 1930s and 1940s, Decca counted within its catalogue a plethora of legendary signatures: including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Jane Froman, the Boswell Sisters, Billie Holiday, the Andrews Sisters, Ted Lewis, Judy Garland, the Mills Brothers, Billy Cotton, Guy Lombardo, Chick Webb, Louis Jordan, Bob Crosby, the Ink Spots, Dorsey Brothers, Connee Boswell and Jack Hylton, Victor Young, Earl Hines, Claude Hopkins and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
In 1966 Edward Lewis created Deram, the first British label devoted entirely to pop and rock music. Deram released the albums Songwriter and Night Flight by Justin Hayward, and in 1969 launched a progressive rock section of the label, entitled Nova, which lasted less than a year. Consequently, the 1970s were disastrous years for the Deram label as a whole. Meanwhile, Decca became increasingly famous for its classical repertoire. On the death of Edward Lewis in January 1980, the company Polygram took on what remained of Decca. Deram reappeared briefly during the early 1980s with albums by the groups Bananarama, the Mo-debts and Splodgenessabounds.
In 1997 Seagram bought MCA, Universal Studios and Polygram Deutsche Grammophon. Decca Records has now become a trademark of Universal Group; comprising Decca Classics (employing a blue and red logo), Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and Verve Music Group, Concord Records, Blue Thumb, and UCJ Round Records.
Today, Decca Records continues to support our chosen artists and unearth new talent, be it in pop, rock, folk or Americana (especially in its Broadway repertoire), releasing albums by Robert Plant, Imelda Peut, William Orbit, Kirsty Almeida, Melody Gardot, Eric Whitacre and Nikki Yanofsky. It also promotes the classical music of a new generation of great artists; including Riccardo Chailly, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nelson Freire, Cecilia Bartoli, Renee Fleming, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Janine Jansen and Albrecht Mayer. Decca continues to release music from older classical musicians such as Wilhelm Backhaus, Benjamin Britten, Clifford Curzon, Radu Lupu, Kathleen Ferrier, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Julius Katchen, Georg Solti, Alicia de Larrocha and Luciano Pavarotti.
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The First Recordings
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2005
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Guten Abend, gut' Nacht
Children - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2003
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C.P.E. Bach: Hamburger Sinfonien Wq182
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1970
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Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphonische Metamorphosen - Violinkonzert
David Oïstrakh, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2001
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Brahms : Piano Concerto No. 1 - Overtures
Clifford Curzon, Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Keyboard Concertos - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1953
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Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodien (Eloquence)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1986
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Christmas in Venice
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2012
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Hänsel und Gretel - Gesamtausgabe
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1993
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J. S. Bach: Kaffee-Kantate, Bauern-Kantate, Hochzeits-Kantate
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2008
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Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms : Violin Sonatas
Georg Kulenkampff, Sir Georg Solti
Duets - Lançado por Decca em 12 de ago. de 2016
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Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodien / Les Préludes (CC)
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2012
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Chopin, Etüden op. 10 & 25
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Schumann: Klavierkonzert, Op.54 - Cellokonzert, Op.129
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1999
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Die lustige Witwe - Ein Walzertraum - Der Graf von Luxemburg
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1993
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Das Land des Lächelns - Der Zarewitsch - Paganini
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1993
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J.S. Bach: Markus-Passion BWV 247
Wolf Euba, Christiane Oelze, Rosemarie Lang, Peter Schreier, Favorit- und Capellchor Leipzig, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Handel : Messiah - Bach : Magnificat
Sacred Oratorios - Lançado por Decca em 13 de set. de 2019
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Smetana, Mein Vaterland
Antal Doráti, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1987
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French Virtuoso Organ Music
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de nov. de 2019
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C. Loewe: Balladen
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 1974
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Mendelssohn: Sinfonie Nr.2 "Lobgesang"
Margaret Price, Sally Burgess, Siegfried Jerusalem, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 1 de jan. de 2003
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