Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon is a German classical record label. The company has long been known for its high standards of audio fidelity.
The Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft was founded in 1898 by German-born United States citizen Emile Berliner as the German branch of his Berliner Gramophone Company. Based in the city of Hanover, the company had links with the U.S. Victor Talking Machine Company and the British HMV, but those links were severed at the onset of World War I.
In 1941 Deutsche Grammophon was purchased by the Siemens & Halske electronics company.
In 1945 as part of Germany's surrender terms ending World War II, Deutsche Grammophon forfeited its rights to the His Master's Voice trademark to EMI. The dog and gramophone were replaced by the "crown of tulips", designed by Siemens advertising consultant Hans Domizlaff.
In 1962 Siemens formed a joint venture with Netherlands based Philips to create the DGG/PPI Record Group, which was to include the PolyGram label.
Deutsche Grammophon were owners of the Beatles' first record label, Polydor Records.
Deutsche Grammophon pioneered the introduction of the compact disc to the mass market, debuting classical music performed by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic for sale in the new medium in 1983, the first recording being Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie.
In 1987 Siemens sold off its interest in Deutsche Grammophon, and Philips became the majority shareholder. In 1998 Seagram Company Ltd of Canada purchased Deutsche Grammophon and Polygram. Since then Deutsche Grammophon has been merged into the Universal Music Group, a division of Vivendi.
Deutsche Grammophon has a huge back catalogue of notable recordings. The company currently is reissuing a portion of it with the indication Originals. Originals compact disc releases are noted for their vinyl record stylized design. They are also releasing some of Decca Records' albums from the 1940's and '50's, such as those that Leonard Bernstein made for Decca in 1953, and the classic Christmas album which features Ronald Colman starring in A Christmas Carol and Charles Laughton narrating Mr. Pickwick's Christmas.
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| Crossover Media Projects: |
| Freiburger Barockorchester : Mozarts Mannheim |
| Joep Beving : Post |
| Moby : Resound NYC |
| Maria Duenas : Beethoven and Beyond |
| Camille Thomas : The Chopin Project |
| Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Fabio Luisi : Carl Nielsen - The Symphonies |
| Dream House Quartet : Eclipse |
| Raphael Feuillatre : Visages Baroques |
| Daniel Lozakovich : Spirits |
| Bruce Liu : Bach - French Suite #5 BWV 816 |
| Max Richter : SLEEP - Tranquility Base |
| Yuja Wang : The American Project |
| Various : Storytellers On Verbier Festival Gold |
| L. DRE : LOFI Symphony |
| Rafal Blechacz : Chopin |
| Mivos Quartet : Steve Reich - Three String Quartets |
| Seong-Jin Cho : The Handel Project |
| Helene Grimaud : Silent Songs - Silvestrov w/ Konstantin Krimmel |
| Matthias Goerne : Schubert Revisited, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Br |
| Various : The Verbier Festival Celebrates Rodion Shchedrin |
| Maurizio Pollini : Beethoven - The Late Sonatas Op. 101 & 106 |
| Balmorhea : The Wind - Live In Marfa |
| Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Fabio Luisi : Carl Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 |
| Kurt Masur - Marthe Keller : Cesar Franck - Psyche |
| Konstantin Reymaier : Cesar Franck - Trois Pieces & Trois Chorals |
| Rudolf Buchbinder : Soiree de Vienne |
| Andre Schuen - Daniel Heide : Franz Schubert - Schwanengesang |
| Peter Gregson : Quartets |
| David Garrett : ICONIC |
| Daniel Barenboim : Schumann - The Symphonies w/Staatskapelle Berlin |
| Daniel Hope, Alexey Botvinov : Silvestrov |
| Various : Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture TAR |
| Lahav Shani : Paul Ben-Haim - Symphony #1 w/Israel Philharmonic |
| La Cetra Baroque Orch. Basel - La Cetra Vocal Ens. : Christmas Vespers |
| Balmorhea : the WIND deluxe |
| Krystian Zimerman : Karol Szymanowski - Piano Works |
| Peter Gregson : Piano Book |
| Mikhail Pletnev : Concerti & Encores |
| Yuja Wang, Andreas Ottensamer, Gautier Capucon : Works by Sergei Rachmaninoff & Johannes Brahms |
| Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla : Weinberg - Symph 3&7, Flute Concerto No. 1 w/COBSO |
| Hilary Hahn : Eclipse |
| Evgeny Kissin : The Salzburg Recital |
| Vikingur Olafsson : From Afar |
| Lisa Batiashvili : Secret Love Letters w/Giorgi Gigashvili, Phil Orch |
| Kristof Barati : Johann Sebastian Bach Complete Sonatas & Partitas |
| Jonathan Tetelman : ARIAS |
| Martha Argerich : in Verbier (Live) |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Antonin Dvorak - Symphonies Nos. 7-9 w/LA Phil |
| Janoska Ensemble : The Big B's |
| Various : Summer Tales - The Essential Summer Soundtrack |
| Lang Lang : The Disney Book |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Beethoven - The Symphonies w/Chamber Orch. Europe |
| Herbert Blomstedt : Schubert Symphonies w/Gewandhausorchester |
| John Williams - Anne-Sophie Mutter : Williams_ Violin Concerto No. 2 & Film Themes |
| Time for Three : Letters for the Future |
| Mari Samuelsen : Lys |
| phil Blech Wien - Olivier Latry : Live In Vienna |
| Andris Nelsons : Strauss with Yo-Yo Ma, Yuja Wang, BSO, GWO |
| Matthias Goerne - Daniil Trifonov : Lieder |
| Max Richter : The New Four Seasons, Vivaldi Recomposed |
| Various : Erik Satie - Fragments |
| Lucas & Arthur Jussen : Dutch Masters |
| Roger Eno : The Turning Year |
| Daniel Barenboim : Encores |
| Daniel Hope, Alexey Botvinov : Music For Ukraine |
| Johann Johannsson : Drone Mass |
| Nadine Sierra : Made for Opera |
| Jan Lisiecki : Night Music |
| Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists : Bach - St. John Passion w/John Eliot Gardiner |
| John Williams : The Berlin Concert w/Berlin Philharmonic |
| Max Richter : Voyager - Essential Max Richter |
| Daniel Hope : America w/ Roberts Trio, Denalane, Zurich Chamber |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : sofia gubaidulina |
| Yuja Wang, Gautier Capucon : Sergei Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. |
| Magdalena Hoffmann : Nightscapes |
| Martha Argerich | Daniel Barenboim : Claude Debussy, w/Staatskapelle Berlin |
| Bruce Liu : Chopin |
| Albrecht Mayer : Mozart - Extended Edition |
| Hania Rani, Dobrawa Czocher : Inner Symphonies |
| Anna Netrebko : Amata dalle tenebre |
| Various : WINTER TALES |
| Kian Soltani : Cello Unlimited |
| Emily D'Angelo : enargeia |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Florence Price - Symphonies 1 & 3 w/Phil.Orch. |
| Daniil Trifonov : Bach - The Art Of Life |
| Daniel Hope : Hope |
| Vikingur Olafsson : Mozart & Contemporaries |
| Jan Lisiecki : Chopin Complete Nocturnes |
| Max Richter : Exiles |
| Alice Sara Ott : Echoes Of Life |
| Seong-Jin Cho : Chopin_Piano Concerto No. 2 - Scherzi |
| Helene Grimaud : The Messenger, Extended Version |
| Kit Armstrong : William Byrd, John Bull - The Visionaries of Pian |
| Various : Shades Of Love |
| Long Yu - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra : The Song Of the Earth - Mahler, Ye Xiaogang |
| Krystian Zimerman : Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos w/LSO, Rattle |
| Stefan Obermaier : BTHVN |
| Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony : Shostakovich Sym. #1,14,15 - Chamber Sym. in Cm |
| Peter Gregson : PATINA |
| Bomsori : Violin on Stage - NFM Wrocław Phil. |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Introspection - Solo Piano Sessions |
| Agnes Obel : Live from Brooklyn |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Mahler Symphony #8 w/Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Moby : Reprise |
| Dustin O'Halloran : Silfur |
| Jacob Muhlrad : Time w/Swedish Radio Choir |
| Clark : Playground in a Lake |
| Balmorhea : The Wind |
| Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla : The British Project w/ City of Birmingham Sym. |
| Peter Gregson : An Evening at Capitol Studios_ Bach Recomposed |
| Albrecht Mayer : Mozart |
| Lucas & Arthur Jussen : The Russian Album |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : Bruckner Sym. 2&8 _ Wagner Meistersinger Prelude |
| Daniel Hope, Alexey Botvinov : Schnittke - Works for Violin and Piano |
| Rafal Blechacz : Chopin Polonaises |
| Hilary Hahn : Paris |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Rachmaninoff Sym. 1 - Symphonic Dances w/ Phil.Or. |
| SIGNUM saxophone quartet : Echoes |
| Max Richter : Beethoven - Opus 2020 |
| Seong-Jin Cho : Mozart - Allegro in D Major, K. 626b 16 |
| Nick Cave - Nicholas Lens : L.I.T.A.N.I.E.S |
| Christian Loffler : Parallels |
| Avi Avital : Art of the Mandolin |
| Hera Hyesang Park : I am Hera |
| Daniil Trifonov : Silver Age |
| Helene Grimaud : The Messenger |
| Elina Garanca - Malcolm Martineau : Brahms, Schumann Lieder |
| Daniel Hope : Hope@Home |
| Lang Lang : Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations |
| Daniel Lozakovich : Beethoven Violin Concerto |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Charles Ives - Complete Symphonies |
| Max Richter : Voices |
| Kian Soltani : Dvorak Cello Concerto, Staat Berlin, Barenboim |
| Sergei Babayan : Rachmaninoff |
| Matthias Goerne, Seong-Jin Cho : Im Abendrot |
| Mutter, Ma, Barenboim : Beethoven - Sym. #7 & Triple Concerto w/WE DIVAN |
| Camille Thomas : Voice of Hope |
| Grigory Sokolov : Beethoven * Brahms |
| Rudolf Buchbinder : The Diabelli Project |
| Lisa Batiashvili : City Lights |
| Seong-Jin Cho : The Wanderer |
| Matthias Goerne - Jan Lisiecki : Ludwig van Beethoven Lieder - Songs |
| John Williams : John Williams in Vienna w/Vienna Philharmonic |
| Daniel Hope : Belle Epoque |
| Rolando Villazon : Mozartissimo |
| Thomas Ades : Conducts Ades, w/Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Vikingur Olafsson : Debussy - Rameau |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Mahler - Symphony No. 8 w/Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Dustin O'Halloran : Sundoor |
| Daniil Trifonov : Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival |
| Echo Collective : Johannsson - 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann |
| Daniel Lozakovich : Tchaikovsky - None but the Lonely Heart |
| Andris Nelsons, Vienna Philharmonic : Beethoven Complete Symphonies |
| Jan Lisiecki : Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos |
| Gidon Kremer/Giedre Dirvanauskaite/Yulianna Avdeev : Mieczysaw Weinberg - Chamber Music |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter : John Williams - Across the Stars |
| Vikingur Olafsson : J.S. Bach Works & Reworks |
| Ilan Eshkeri : The White Crow OMPS w/Lisa Batiashvili |
| Long Yu - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra : Gateways w/Maxim Vengerov |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : Bruckner Symphony No. 6&9 - Wagner |
| Evgeny Kissin & Emerson String Quartet : The New York Concert |
| Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla : Weinberg Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21 w/COBSO, KBKremer |
| Elina Garanca : Sol Y Vida |
| Max Richter : Never Look Away OST |
| Katia & Marielle Labeque : Dessner - El Chan |
| Avi Avital : J.S. Bach |
| Joep Beving : Henosis |
| Andreas Ottensamer, Yuja Wang : Blue Hour w/Berlin Philharmonic - Jansons |
| Janoska Ensemble : Revolution |
| Lang Lang : Piano Book |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Celebrating John Williams w/LA Philharmonic |
| Sistine Chapel Choir : O Crux Benedicta |
| Jan Lisiecki : Mendelssohn w/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony : Dmitri Shostakovich: Under Stalin's Shadow Sym 6&7 |
| Various : Orff: Carmina Burana Live From the Forbidden City |
| Steve Nieve : Welcome to the Voice |
| Maurizio Pollini : Chopin |
| Rafal Blechacz | Bomsori Kim : Faure * Debussy *Szymanowski * Chopin |
| Giuliano Carmignola : JS Bach Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1006 |
| Nemanja Radulovic : Baika |
| Vikingur Olafsson : Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Bryn Terfel : Dreams & Songs |
| Franco Fagioli : Handel - Serse w/Il Pomo d'Oro |
| Yuja Wang : The Berlin Recital |
| Chamber Choir Of Europe, Nicol Matt : Light Eternal-Choral Music Of Morten Lauridsen |
| Rolando Villazon : Feliz Navidad |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker w/LA. Philharmonic |
| Francesca Dego, Francesca Leonardi : Suite Italienne |
| Max Richter : Mary Queen of Scots OMPS |
| Peter Gregson : Recomposed |
| Krystian Zimerman : Bernstein - The Age of Anxiety w/Berlin-Rattle |
| Seong-Jin Cho : Mozart Piano Concertos w/COE, Nezet-Seguin |
| Daniil Trifonov : Destination Rachmaninov - Departure |
| Helene Grimaud : Memory |
| Alice Sara Ott : Nightfall |
| Nadine Sierra : There's a Place for Us |
| Max Richter : White Boy Rick OST |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter : Hommage a Penderecki |
| Leonard Bernstein : The Best of Bernstein |
| Daniel Barenboim : Brahms - The Symphonies w/Staatskapelle Berlin |
| Rolando Villazon : Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito w/Nezet-Seguin, COE |
| Daniele Pollini : Chopin, Scriabin, Stockhausen |
| Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony : Shostakovich - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 11 |
| Max Richter : The Blue Notebooks |
| Daniel Lozakovich : Bach Concertos No. 1/2 & Partita No.2 |
| Johann Johannsson : Englaboorn & Variations |
| Maurizio Pollini : Debussy - Preludes II |
| Lisa Batiashvili : Visions of Prokofiev |
| Martha Argerich | Sergei Babayan : Prokofiev for Two |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Bernstein Mass |
| Murray Perahia : Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op 106, Op 27 |
| Daniel Hope : Journey to Mozart |
| Vienna Philharmonic : Bruckner: Symphony No.2 & Strauss w/Riccardo Muti |
| Daniel Barenboim : Claude Debussy |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : Bruckner Symphony No.4 | Wagner Lohengrin Prelude |
| Kian Soltani : Home |
| Max Richter : Hostiles |
| Hilary Hahn : Retrospective |
| Dario Marianelli, Vikingur Olafsson : Darkest Hour - Soundtrack |
| Francesca Dego : Paganini 1 | Wolf-Ferrari - Violin Concerto |
| Benny Andersson : Piano |
| Nemanja Radulovic : Tchaikovsky |
| Seong-Jin Cho : Debussy |
| Krystian Zimerman : Schubert Piano Sonatas - D959 & D960 |
| Sistine Chapel Choir : Veni Domine |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov : Schubert - Trout Quintet |
| Daniil Trifonov : Chopin Evocations |
| Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov : Romanza |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Mendelssohn - Symphonies 1-5 |
| Rolando Villazon, Ildar Abdrazakov : Duets |
| Evgeny Kissin : Beethoven |
| Avi Avital | Omer Avital : Avital Meets Avital |
| Helene Grimaud : Perspectives |
| Esther Yoo : Tchaikovsky - Philharmonia Orchestra, Ashkenazy |
| Joep Beving : Prehension |
| Grigory Sokolov : MOZART RACHMANINOV CONCERTOS - LIVE |
| Andris Nelsons | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig : Bruckner - Symphony No. 3 | Wagner - Tannhauser Ov |
| Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales : Room 29 |
| Emerson String Quartet : Music of Britten and Purcell Chaconnes & Fantasias |
| Daniel Hope : For Seasons |
| Tale Of Us : Endless |
| Max Richter : Three Worlds - Music from Woolf Works |
| Daniel Barenboim | West-Eastern Divan Orchestra : Hommage A Boulez |
| Fernando Varela : Vivere |
| Maurizio Pollini : Chopin Late Works |
| Rafal Blechacz : Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Vikingur Olafsson : Philip Glass - Piano Works |
| Jan Lisiecki : Chopin - Works for Piano and Orchestra |
| Gidon Kremer|Daniil Trifonov|Giedre Dirvanauskaite : Preghiera - Rachmaninov Piano Trios |
| Emerson String Quartet : Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon |
| Soundtracks : Arrival |
| Sistine Chapel Choir : Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli |
| Lisa Batiashvili | Daniel Barenboim : Tchaikovsky | Sibelius Violin Concertos |
| Nemanja Radulovic : Bach |
| Murray Perahia : Bach: French Suites |
| Karl Jenkins : Cantata Memoria |
| Elina Garanca : Revive |
| Daniil Trifonov : Transcendental |
| Alice Sara Ott : Wonderland |
| Johann Johannsson : Orphee |
| Mahan Esfahani : Bach - Goldberg Variations |
| Emil Gilels : The Seattle Recital |
| Anna Netrebko : Verismo |
| Richard Galliano : Mozart |
| Rufus Wainwright : Take All My Loves - 9 Shakespeare Sonnets |
| Various : Brahms Lieder - Live from Verbier |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro |
| Martha Argerich : Early Recordings |
| Ksenija Sidorova : Carmen |
| Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony : Shostakovich: Symphonies 5 / 8 / 9 |
| Anoushka Shankar : Land of Gold |
| Tonhalle Orchester Zurich : Ravel Complete Orchestral Works |
| Soundtracks : The Danish Girl |
| Martha Argerich | Daniel Barenboim : Live from Buenos Aires |
| Helene Grimaud : Water |
| Daniel Hope : My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin |
| Yundi : Chopin Ballades |
| Jan Lisiecki : Schumann |
| Grigory Sokolov : Schubert | Beethoven |
| Seong-Jin Cho : Chopin Piano Competition |
| Vienna Boys Choir : Merry Christmas |
| Vladimir Horowitz : Return To Chicago |
| Alice Cooper | National Youth Orchestra of Germany : Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood |
| Rufus Wainwright : Prima Donna |
| Yuja Wang : Ravel w/Tonhalle-Orchester Zurich |
| Rolando Villazon : Treasures of Bel Canto |
| Daniel Barenboim-Gustavo Dudamel-Staatskapelle Ber : Brahms - The Piano Concertos |
| Martha Argerich : Verbier Festival - Carte Blanche |
| Cistercian Monks|Timna Brauer-Elias Meiri Ensemble : Chant for Peace |
| Anoushka Shankar : Home |
| Max Richter : Sleep |
| Itzhak Perlman | Emanuel Ax : Faure & Strauss Violin Sonatas |
| Daniil Trifonov : Rachmaninov Variations |
| Yundi : Chopin Preludes |
| Sistine Chapel Choir : Cantate Domino |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter : The Club Album - From the Yellow Lounge |
| Krystian Zimerman : Lutosławski PC & Symphony #2 w/Rattle - BPO |
| Gidon Kremer : Kremerata Baltica - New Seasons |
| Andris Nelsons - Boston Symphony : Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 |
| Claudio Abbado : Orchestra Mozart - Schubert / Symphony in C major |
| Pete Townshend : Classic Quadrophenia |
| Hilary Hahn : Mozart 5, Vieuxtemps 4 - Violin Concertos |
| Daniel Hope-Paul Neubauer-David Finckel-Wu Han : Piano Quartets |
| Andreas Ottensamer : Brahms: The Hungarian Connection |
| Avi Avital : Vivaldi |
| Mohammed Fairouz : Follow, Poet |
| Albrecht Mayer : Lost and Found |
| Piotr Beczala : The French Collection |
| Anna Netrebko : Tchaikovsky - Iolanta |
| Grigory Sokolov : The Salzburg Recital |
| Maurizio Pollini : Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Op. 31 & 49 |
| Valentina Lisitsa : Etudes |
| Daniel Hope : Escape to Paradise: The Hollywood Album |
| Anna Thorvaldsdottir : Aerial |
| Elina Garanca : Meditation |
| Martha Argerich | Daniel Barenboim : mozart / schubert / stravinsky piano duos |
| Alice Sara Ott | Francesco Tristano : Scandale |
| Anna Netrebko : Richard Strauss |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Mahler 7 |
| Lisa Batiashvili : Bach |
| Richard Reed Parry : Music For the Heart and Breath |
| Pierre-Laurent Aimard : J.S. Bach - The Well-tempered Clavier |
| Max Richter : Vivaldi Recomposed |
| Milos : Aranjuez |
| Pablo Heras-Casado : El Maestro Farinelli |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter | Lambert Orkis : The Silver Album |
| Myung Whun Chung : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 |
| Thomas Hampson : Notturno - Songs by Richard Strauss |
| Ingolf Wunder : Tchaikovsky & Chopin |
| Karl Jenkins : motets - Polyphony |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Schumann: Symphonies |
| Maurizio Pollini : Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 2 |
| Martha Argerich | Claudio Abbado : Mozart Piano Concertos |
| Bryce Dessner | Johnny Greenwood : St. Carolyn by the Sea | There Will Be Blood |
| Max Raabe with Palast Orchester : Golden Age |
| Daniil Trifonov : The Carnegie Recital |
| Rolando Villazon : Mozart |
| Soundtracks : Summer in February |
| Avi Avital : Between Worlds |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Tchaikovsky Pathetique w/Lisa Batiashvili |
| Hilary Hahn : In 27 Pieces |
| Milos : Cancion |
| Anne-Sophie Mutter : Dvorak |
| Anoushka Shankar : Traces of You |
| Yannick Nezet-Seguin : Stravinsky & Stokowski |
| Helene Grimaud : Brahms Piano Concertos No. 1&2 |
| Anna Netrebko : Verdi |
| Gustavo Dudamel : Berliner Phil - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra |
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