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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Saint-Saens: Sinfonie Nr.3 "Orgelsinfonie"
Peter Hurford, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1998
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Mendelssohn, Bruch: Konzerte für 2 Klaviere
Marielle Labèque, Katia Labèque, Philharmonia Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 02/04/1993
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Mitternacht - Midnight - Minuit - Nocturnes
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2003
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Brendel spielt Beethoven (Klavierkonzerte / Klaviersonaten)
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2010
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Arrau spielt Liszt (Eloquence)
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2011
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Beethoven: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 & 4
Alfred Brendel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1976
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J.S. Bach Johannes-Passion (Audior)
Frans Brüggen, Orchestra Of The 18th Century
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1993
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Panis Angelicus - Festliche Klänge für Panflöte
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1990
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Cécile Ousset : The Recordings For Decca France
Solo Piano - Lançado por Decca em 13/09/2019
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Übers Meer (International Version)
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2010
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Dream Street
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Decca em 01/12/2009
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J. Strauss Jr.: Wiener Walzer
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1998
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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
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2008
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The Voice Of The Century ([blank])
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2006
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I Love Jazz
Louis Armstrong & His All Stars
Jazz - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1962
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A. Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni Opus 8
Werner Krotzinger, Karl Münchinger, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Jean-Pierre Rampal
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1992
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Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 7 "Leningrader"
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/1980
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Anita Cerquetti Recital
Anita Cerquetti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin
Opera Extracts - Lançado por Decca em 30/04/2019
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Ravel, Debussy : The Decca 78s
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Decca em 08/06/2018
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Concierto de Aranjuez / Gentilhombre / Malaga (CC) (Classical Choice)
Classical - Lançado por Decca em 01/01/2011
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Tchaikovsky : Ballet Suites - Serenade
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Decca em 06/03/2020
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