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 Art Of Camille Maurane
Mélodies (French) - Lançado por Decca em 11/05/2018
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Schumann, Grieg: Klavierkonzerte
Claudio Arrau, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1963
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Bach: Matthäus Passion - QS
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra Of The 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 09/03/1998
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Mozart: Symphonies 35, 41, 36, 38 - Posthorn Serenade
Eduard van Beinum, Eugen Jochum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Symphonies - Lançado por Decca em 08/06/2018
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Symphony No.9 In D Minor Opus 125 "Choral" - L. Van Beethoven
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1966
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Munchinger Miniatures
Chamber Music - Lançado por Decca em 18/10/2019
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Carreras singt Puccini
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2011
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Franz Liszt: Liebestraum - Virtuose Klaviermusik
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2011
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Tchaikovsky : Symphonies 4 & 5
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Albert Wolff, Carl Schuricht
Symphonies - Lançado por Decca em 06/03/2020
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Brahms 2. Sinfonie, Franck Sinfonie in d-moll
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2004
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Der Bettelstudent - Gasparone - Die Dubarry
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1993
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The Southern Style
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Decca em 06/01/2021
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Best Of Pavarotti & Friends - The Duets
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2008
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Liszt : Piano works (9CD)
Solo Piano - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2001
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Sweet Smell Of Success (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Deluxe Edition)
Elmer Bernstein, Chico Hamilton
Film Soundtracks - Lançado por Decca em 01/10/1957
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Purcell: Theatre Music (6CD set)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1990
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Beethoven: Klavierkonzerte
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2008
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Mendelssohn: Paulus
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1987
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Brendel spielt Mozart
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 15/01/2016
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Strawinsky: Feuervogel/Pulcinella
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2002
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Mitternacht - Midnight - Minuit - Nocturnes
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2003
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