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 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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Dvorák: Symphonies,Tone Poems, Requiem...
London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész
Symphonies - Released by Decca on Nov 1, 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Black Coffee With Peggy Lee
Vocal Jazz - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1956
The Qobuz Ideal Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann
Classical - Released by Decca on Jul 5, 2019
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Farinelli
Cecilia Bartoli, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini
Secular Vocal Music - Released by Decca on Nov 29, 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite
Nicola Benedetti, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cristian Măcelaru
Classical - Released by Decca on Jul 12, 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stravinsky, Bartók : Ballet Music
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi, Lorin Maazel, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper
Ballets - Released by Decca on May 10, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: The Complete Symphonies
Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti
Symphonies - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms Ungarische Tänze, Dvorak Slawische Tänze (Classical Choice)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
Classical - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wolf : Italianisches Liederbuch
Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Lieder (German) - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1959
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Play Bach N. 1
Jazz - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 2000
The Qobuz Ideal Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Concertgebouw Recordings
Jean Fournet, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on May 11, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: Water Music - Mozart: Epistle Sonatas
Thurston Dart, Philomusica of London, Boyd Neel, Boyd Neel Orchestra, George Szell, London Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Aug 16, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rimsky-Korsakov : Scheherazade - Capriccio espagnol
Igor Markevitch, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Gruenberg
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1963
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
J. Strauss Jr.: Wiener Walzer
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky
Classical - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach : Cello Suites
Cello Solos - Released by Decca on Nov 1, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner : Symphonies Nos. 3, 4, 5 & 8
Symphonies - Released by Decca on Feb 7, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Munchinger Miniatures
Chamber Music - Released by Decca on Oct 18, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D.911, Op.89
Hermann Prey, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Classical - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1973
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Royal Brass Music & English Baroque Trumpet Music
Chamber Music - Released by Decca on Aug 16, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner, Weber, Wolf : Orchestral Works
Horst Stein, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Jan 1, 1974
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo