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Labels of Canned Classical Music

Labels of Canned Classical Music Speaker: Marc Why Canned Music? Though not live, but real enough One-time cost Easy to access Long-term preservation Universal Classics Group Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft Philips Decca Records Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft Founded in Hanover

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Labels of Canned Classical Music

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  1. Labels of Canned Classical Music Speaker: Marc

  2. Why Canned Music? • Though not live, but real enough • One-time cost • Easy to access • Long-term preservation

  3. Universal Classics Group • Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft • Philips • Decca Records

  4. Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft • Founded in Hanover • Since December 1898 • Long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity • Nowadays Pillars of the label • Bryn Terfel • Lang Lang • Yundi Li • Hilary Hahn

  5. Philips Classics • Started in the eighties • Record label of Dutch electronics giant Philips • The label is was merged by parent Universal Music into Decca Records • Nowadays Pillars of the label • Valery Gergiev • Alfred Brendel

  6. Decca Records • Became major classical label in the 40’s. • A leading label for both classical music and Broadway scores • Now making comparatively few major classical recordings • The Solti Ring was voted best recording of all time by readers of the influential magazine The Gramophone

  7. Warner Classics • Erato Records • founded in 1953 to promote French classical music • became part of Warner in 1992 • Teldec • Apex • offer outstanding value of money

  8. Sony BMG Music Entertainment • Sony Classical Records • BMG Classics • RCA • Arte Nova • Melodiya

  9. Sony Classical • Started in 1927 as Masterworks Records • Acquired by Sony in 1990 and renamed • Nowadays Pillars of the label • Yo-Yo Ma • John Williams • Joshua Bell

  10. BMG Classics • RCA • the best-known classical label in the early years of the 20th century • Arte Nova • makes classical music available at bargain prices • Melodiya • the Russian label

  11. EMI Classics • Formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed classical music releases • Celebrated its Centenary in 1997 • Nowadays Pillars of the label • Maxim Vengerov • Simon Rattle

  12. Independent Labels • BIS • Brilliant Classics • Chandos • Harmonia Mundi • Hyperion • Supraphon • Telarc

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