Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 1898 |
Founder | Emile Berliner |
Distributor(s) | Decca Records[1] Verve Records (US) |
Genre | Classical music
Contemporary Classical Music |
Country of origin | Germany |
Location | Stralauer Allee 1 10245 Berlin, Germany |
Official website | https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en |
Deutsche Grammophon (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ɡʁamoˈfoːn]; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of labels in 1999. Deutsche Grammophon is the world's oldest surviving established record company.[2] Presidents of the company are Frank Briegmann, Chairman and CEO Central Europe of Universal Music Group and Clemens Trautmann.
History
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft was founded in 1898 by German-born United States citizen Emile Berliner as the German branch of his Berliner Gramophone Company. Berliner sent his nephew Joseph Sanders from America to set up operations.[3] Based in the city of Hanover (the founder's birthplace), the company became a fully owned subsidiary of the Gramophone Company Ltd. in 1900 and an affiliate of the US Victor Talking Machine Company. After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the company seceded from the Gramophone Company.[4] Though no longer affiliated with Gramophone Company and Victor, Deutsche Grammophon retained the "His Master's Voice" trademark featuring Nipper the dog for use in Germany until the late 1940s; for several years following its secession, the company even continued selling recordings made from pre-war matrices owned by the Gramophone Company and Victor.[5]
In 1941, Deutsche Grammophon was purchased by Siemens & Halske. In 1949, Deutsche Grammophon sold the German rights of the His Master's Voice trademark to the Electrola unit of EMI.[6] The dog and gramophone were replaced by the crown of tulips, designed by Siemens advertising consultant Hans Domizlaff.[7] The distinctive yellow cartouche banner, occupying almost a third of each recording's cover, first appeared in 1957[8] and was a staple of the majority of its full-price recordings until the early years of the 21st century, when it all but disappeared from new releases. It has since enjoyed something of a revival in newer recordings.
In 1962, Siemens formed a joint venture with Netherlands-based
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Deutsche Grammophon pioneered the introduction of the compact disc to the mass market, debuting classical music performed by
Deutsche Grammophon has a huge back catalogue of notable recordings. The company was reissuing a portion of it in its Originals series; compact disc releases are noted for their
Although Deutsche Grammophon acquired the reputation of releasing mainstream classical recordings, from the 1960s onwards it released an increasing number of avant-garde recordings (initially under the Avant-Garde imprint), including Bruno Maderna, David Bedford, Cornelius Cardew, Luigi Nono and improvisations. It also released the majority of the compositions of Karlheinz Stockhausen until the composer bought the rights to the recordings and re-released them on his own label. Other German composers associated with the label included Paul Hindemith and Hans Werner Henze.
Contemporary composers whose works were released by Deutsche Grammophon include Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sofia Gubaidulina, Oliver Knussen, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Mohammed Fairouz, Péter Eötvös, Luigi Nono, Sven Helbig, Jonny Greenwood, Bryce Dessner, Witold Lutosławski, Philip Glass, Vangelis, Tori Amos and Max Richter.
The conductor most associated with the label is
.The label's Recomposed series[11] features electronic adaptations of classical works.[12]
Artists
- Conductors: Long Yu
- Chamber Ensembles: Amadeus Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio, Emerson String Quartet, Hagen Quartet, Janáček Quartet, LaSalle Quartet, Melos Quartet
- Choir and Vocal Ensembles: Sofia National Opera Chorus, Swedish Radio Choir, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera Choir, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Wiener Singverein, Zürich Opera HouseChorus
- Orchestras: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Musica Antiqua Köln, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic
- Singers: Elina Garanca, Matthias Goerne, Gundula Janowitz, Siegfried Jerusalem, Magdalena Kožená, Edith Mathis, Jolanda Meneguzzer, Anna Netrebko, Jessye Norman, Anne Sofie von Otter, René Pape, Patricia Petibon, Anna Prohaska, Thomas Quasthoff, Christine Schäfer, Peter Schreier, Leopold Simoneau, Antonietta Stella, Rita Streich, Cheryl Studer, Bryn Terfel, Jonathan Tetelman, Camille Thomas, Gerhard Unger, Rolando Villazón, Fritz Wunderlich, Teresa Żylis-Gara
- Pianists: Yundi Li, Bruce Liu, Jan Lisiecki, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Víkingur Ólafsson, Alice Sara Ott, Murray Perahia, Maria João Pires, Menahem Pressler, Ivo Pogorelić, Maurizio Pollini, André Previn, Max Richter, Sviatoslav Richter, Francesco Tristano Schlimé, Rudolf Serkin, Grigory Sokolov, Daniil Trifonov, Anatol Ugorski, Yuja Wang, Alexis Weissenberg, Ingolf Wunder, Krystian Zimerman
- Violinists: Yuri Bashmet, Lisa Batiashvili, Renaud Capuçon, María Dueñas, Joshua Epstein, Christian Ferras, David Garrett, Reinhard Goebel, Hilary Hahn, Daniel Hope, Bomsori Kim, Gidon Kremer, Daniel Lozakovich, Nathan Milstein, María Dueñas (violinist), Mikhail Simonyan, Shlomo Mintz, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Itzhak Perlman, Nemanja Radulović, Vadim Repin, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Gil Shaham, Esther Yoo, Pinchas Zukerman
- Cellists: Pierre Fournier, Mischa Maisky, Truls Mørk, Siegfried Palm, Mstislav Rostropovich, Kian Soltani
- Trumpet: Maurice André, Philip Jones, Adolph Herseth, Wynton Marsalis, Rafael Méndez, Philip Smith, Pierre Thibaud
Catalogue Series
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References
- ^ "Decca Records". Decca. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ^ Billboard –. Nielsen Business Media. 15 September 1973. p. 36. Retrieved 28 February 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Who's who in the nation's capital. p. 448.
- ISBN 0-7134-6207-8.
- ^ "Grammophon 78 RPM – Label Discography – Germany – 78 RPM World". 45worlds.com.
- ^ "DG History: The Fifth Decade (1940–1949)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ^ "About us – Chronicle". Emil Berliner Studios. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "The History of DG Logos".
- ^ Cullingford, Martin. "DG signs Long Yu and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra". Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Deutsche Grammophon Announces Exclusive Recording Contract with Yannick Nézet-Séguin". The Violin Channel. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ "Max Richter Recomposes Vivaldi's Four Seasons". Ra.co. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
The next edition in the Deutsche Grammophon series takes on one of the most recognizable pieces of music ever written.
- ^ "Herbert recomposes Mahler". Ra.co. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
The UK experimentalist is next in line for Deutsche Grammophon's acclaimed series of electronic remixes of classical music.
External links
- Media related to Deutsche Grammophon at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website