Archiv Produktion
Archiv Produktion | |
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Parent company | Deutsche Grammophon |
Founded | 1948 |
Genre | Classical music (Early and Baroque music) |
Country of origin | Germany |
Location | Berlin |
Official website | deutschegrammophon |
Archiv Produktion is a classical music record label of German origin. It originated in 1948 as a classical label for the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft (DGG), and in 1958 Archiv was established as a subsidiary of DGG, specialising in recordings of Early and Baroque music. It has since developed a particular focus on "historically informed performance" and the work of artists of the Early music revival movement of the 20th and 21st centuries.[1]
The first head of Archiv Produktion, serving in the position from 1948 to 1957, was Fred Hamel, a
In parallel, the Decca Records also acquired the rights to the recording catalogue of the French-Australian music publishers Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre in 1970 and began to issue early music recordings using the l'Oiseau-Lyre brand.
Key artists and recordings
1940s
- Archiv Produktion's first recording was of Helmut Walcha playing Bach, 1947, released in 1948. Walcha went on to make two complete series of Bach's organ output (excepting a few minor pieces), one in mono recorded in 1947-52, one in stereo in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Both sets were released by Archiv to wide acclaim and have later been reissued on cd.
- Fine Krakamp making solo harpsichord recordings in 1948 of Buxtehude & Krieger.
1950s
- Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord, many recordings of Bach and Handel)
- Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under August Wenzinger
1960s
- Cappella Coloniensis
- Berlin Hugo Distler Chor, Klaus Fischer-Dieskau
- Josef Ulsamer
- Münchener Bach-Chor & Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter
- Colin Tilney, Jörg Demus, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Schola Cantorum "Francesco Coradini" - Fosco Corti
- viola da gamba)
1970s
- Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens
- Pro Cantione Antiqua (medieval/renaissance vocal music, including a long series of albums of 15th/16th century polyphony)
- Charles Mackerras
- Camerata Bern, Heinz Holliger
1980s
- Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel
- The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock.
- Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
- harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert
1990s
- Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski - first recording for Archiv was Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie 1994.
- Orlando Consort
- Pomerium (ensemble)
- Piffaro, The Renaissance Band
2000s
- Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
- Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
2010s
- Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, Giuliano Carmignola
- Pablo Heras-Casado
- Mahan Esfahani
References
- ISBN 9781135949501. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ Dorottya Fabian Bach performance practice, 1945-1975: a comprehensive review 2003
- ^ Interview "Sunken Musical Treasure" Billboard 4 May 1968
- ^ "Around the yellow label", Gramophone interview (archived link)
- ^ Martin Elste Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750 - 2000