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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Mitternacht - Midnight - Minuit - Nocturnes
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2003
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Mendelssohn, Bruch: Konzerte für 2 Klaviere
Marielle Labèque, Katia Labèque, Philharmonia Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 2 apr 1993
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Mozart: Messe c-moll (Audior)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2009
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Saint-Saens: Sinfonie Nr.3 "Orgelsinfonie"
Peter Hurford, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1998
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Brendel spielt Beethoven (Klavierkonzerte / Klaviersonaten)
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2010
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Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 & 4
Alfred Brendel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1976
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J.S. Bach Johannes-Passion (Audior)
Frans Brüggen, Orchestra Of The 18th Century
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1993
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Welcome To Goran Bregovic
World music - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2009
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Lieder von Franz Schubert - Lied-Edition Vol. 2
Hermann Prey, Karl Engel, Gerald Moore, Leonard Hokanson, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1974
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Panis Angelicus - Festliche Klänge für Panflöte
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1990
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J. Strauss Jr.: Wiener Walzer
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1998
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Cécile Ousset : The Recordings For Decca France
Assoli per pianoforte - Pubblicato da Decca il 13 set 2019
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Carl Maria von Weber: Klarinettenkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2, Fagottkonzert
Andrew Marriner, Klaus Thunemann, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2008
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The Voice Of The Century ([blank])
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2006
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I Love Jazz
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
Jazz - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1962
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A. Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni Opus 8
Werner Krotzinger, Karl Münchinger, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Jean-Pierre Rampal
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1992
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Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 7 "Leningrader"
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 1980
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Anita Cerquetti Recital
Anita Cerquetti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin
Estratti d'opera - Pubblicato da Decca il 30 apr 2019
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Ravel, Debussy : The Decca 78s
Musica sinfonica - Pubblicato da Decca il 8 giu 2018
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Concierto de Aranjuez / Gentilhombre / Malaga (CC) (Classical Choice)
Classica - Pubblicato da Decca il 1 gen 2011
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