Please introduce the British classical music record brands.

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EMI Classic:

Its predecessor was the British phonograph company and the British Columbia record company founded by Berlin, the originator of the recording industry. 193 1 year, in order to survive in the great depression, the two opposing companies merged into one, and some small record companies were annexed to form EMI, the largest record publishing group at that time. The brand used by the British phonograph company, the predecessor of EMI, is HMV, while the trademark of the British Columbia company is Columbia. These two companies are still used separately after being merged into EMI. In postwar Japan and the United States, EMI has always used the trademark Angel, and it was not until the 1990s that it was unified into EMI classics.

Due to the oldest qualification, EMI has the largest historical database. Here, the most outstanding musicians of various periods left recordings, including violinists Chrysler, Adolf Busch, Jacques Thibaud, Hafez, milstein, Sigetty, Mei Niuyin, Janet Neve, oistrakh, Paalmann, cellists casals, Feynman, Dupree and Tortrier. Conductors Futvingler, Klemperer, karajan, Cheribidakai, Beacham, Giurini, Muti, Tensted, Jansons, pianist cortot, Rubinstein, schnabel, Ripatti, Edwin Fisher, Gisekin, Solomon, Kovacevich, singers caruso, Geely, Shariapin, Karas, Bjoring, Schwartz. In recent years, new people have emerged in an endless stream, such as Korean violinist, cellist Zhang Hanna, conductor, Wilshere-Moster, etc ... The unparalleled glory of the past has been perfectly continued with the efforts of a new generation of musicians.

When sorting out and reprinting old records, the digital processing technology used by EMI is very mature, and the advanced CEDAR program can reduce the noise in old records without damaging the sound quality. Toshiba's 2088 technology is also a new technology developed in recent years. It uses 20-bit analysis ability and 88.2 kHz sampling frequency to process the master tape, which improves the timbre and dynamics of the old recording. ART (meaning "Abbey Road Studio Technology") is a common symbol on the recently reprinted old recording CD, which tells us that the recording on this CD has been carefully handled by the engineers of Abbey Road Studio. At present, the "century recording series" of EMI is the highlight of the end of the century. The tracks and versions are carefully selected, and the masters gather, which is of great collection value.

Decca:

1929 The brand of Dika Records was established in Britain. 1940 developed the most advanced full-band recording at that time, referred to as FFRR. This technology was originally developed at the request of the Admiralty to distinguish between British submarines and German submarines. 1944, Deka Company applied this technology to records and made great progress in sound quality. Since then, Deka's recording quality has been in a leading position. He is especially good at recording big scenes (such as operas). Sound stage is vast, with a strong sense of space and fluent timbre, which makes others lag behind. Although its artist lineup is not as strong as DG and Philip, it does not show weakness: conductors Soti, karajan, Ansermet, Monte, Keltez, Meta, Du Tuwa, violinists Zheng Jinghe, Ricky, Ai Mengmeng, pianists Backhaus, Ke Zeng, Askin Nachi, Bolet, Rup, Schiff, singers De monaco, Pavarotti, Sutherland. London and L 'Oiseau-Lyre are also trademarks of the company. The latter is committed to the recording of "primitivism", that is, to express the original appearance of the work on ancient musical instruments with retro playing techniques. Hogwood is the most active conductor of Jade Bird. With the acquisition of Polaroid Group by Universal Group, three European classical music brands, Decca, DG and Philips, have now been placed under Universal Record Group.

Hyperion:

The name of a giant in Greek mythology. Hyperion, a British record brand founded in 1980, is the pride of the British record industry. Its scale is very small, only 12 people at present, but after years of development, its influence in the classical music industry is no less than that of those record giants, and it is known as "the brightest record brand in Britain". Hyperion has a wide range of recorded tracks, mainly English music and early music, but it is not limited to this. From the early music of 12 century to the avant-garde of this century, from chorus to solo, from indoor to big band performance, it covers everything. Hyperion's achievements in developing new racetracks are even more remarkable, ahead of many big companies.

1June 65438, 1996 to1October 65438, HyPerion made remarkable achievements: it beat many competitors at the Cannes International Audiovisual Expo (MIDEM) and won the "Best Brand of the Year" award. This marks the recognition of Hyperion by the whole record industry. Now, Hyperion's catalogue contains more than 1000 records, and nearly 80 new films are released every year, showing great vitality. From 65438 to 0994, Hyperion sold 900,000 copies, accounting for 3.9% of the British classical record market.

Among thousands of Hyperion records, the most historic ones are the Complete Works of Liszt Piano by pianist leslie howard (49 CDs) and Schubert Art Songs by piano accompaniment Gram Qiang Sen (***3 1 CD). These two sets of records are considered as milestones in the history of records. A set of "Romantic Piano Concerto" (including works by Padlevski, Moskovski, Saul, Shawnka, Mesner, etc. ) from 199 1 was also widely praised. Hyperion's best-selling CD is Feather in God's Breath performed by Gothic Voice Choir, which won numerous awards and sold as many as 250,000 copies.

Like most independent record brands, Hyperion records have a high cost to maintain quality. Faced with the competition from cheap brands such as "Nassos", 1996, it followed the practice of Philins, DG and Decca and launched a cheap two-piece series called dyad, which sold for only the price of a genuine CD. Exquisite packaging, particularly eye-catching.

Chandos:

A small British record company founded in 1979 is dedicated to promoting and publishing the works of British composers. In 1980s, this brand developed rapidly and won wide acclaim with its excellent digital recording, fresh tracks and high-level interpretation. Many outstanding musicians such as Rozhestvensky, Hicox, Nimi Jarvi and Bao Luoting Trio have recorded for it. This brand has recently appeared in the domestic market. Although it is expensive, the overall recording quality is excellent, and the timbre is clear, transparent and unique. It is the first choice for fans who have a preference for English music.

Nimbus:

There are few classical music record companies with great influence in Britain, but they have made extraordinary achievements. They are well-known in the record industry for their "automatic piano series", "vocal master series" and "world music series", and they are also the first record company in Britain to launch CDs. "Automatic Piano Series" has a large collection of automatic piano paper tapes made in piano master at the beginning of this century. Through the records, we can enjoy the performances of legendary masters such as Hoffman, Pa Dylev, busoni, Scharwenka, Granger and Lamond nearly a hundred years ago. "Vocal Master Series" is a unique stunt of Nimbus. Up to now, it has issued 100 copies, almost including the classic recordings of the predecessors in the golden age of Bel Canto art at the beginning of this century, and the sound quality has been greatly improved after exclusive processing by Nimbus, which is superior to similar CDs of other companies. In the "World Music Series", there are all kinds of folk music from all over the world, from China, Brazil, Argentina and Ireland to Southeast Asia, Cuba, Iran and the Middle East ... This is the richest treasure for studying the world folk music.

In addition to these three series, Secard, Vlado Pellermott, Shumski, Viennese trio, young pianist Martin Jones and young violinist Hu Kun who studied in Britain all left wonderful recordings for it. British composer Tippett personally directed the recording of his own works, which is also one of Nimbus's treasures.

Teldec:

1929 was jointly established by Telephony and Decca, and now it has been merged into Warner Group. Its database contains recordings of some experienced musicians, such as conductor Meng Le Berger, old Kleber and violinist Kulenkampff. Ma Zeer, Macur, Meta, Clemot, barenboim, Fontaine Trio and Borodin Quartet have all recorded for it. Now, its most popular performer is undoubtedly the violinist Vingrove who rose in Ran Ran. This young performer was named "Newcomer of the Year" by Gramophone magazine in 1994, which attracted the attention of the music industry. Since then, several CDs he released have been well received, which makes him one of the best young violinists today. In addition, piano newcomers such as Berezovsky and Huang Hailun (from China) are also attracting the attention of the music world.

Virgin (virgin)

The founder of Virgin Classic is richard branson, an Englishman. Branson, born in 1950, founded Student magazine at the age of 16, and set up a student counseling center at the age of 17 to help young people. 1970, he founded Virgin Company, started the mail-order business of records, and soon opened a record store in Oxford Street, London. 1972, he set up a recording studio and recorded Virgin's first record, Mike Oldfield's Guanzhong, which was released the following year. As a result, Virgin began to take off and developed into Virgin Music Group. Its most successful record has released 5 million copies. Some famous British families gave it a lot of support, which soon made it the sixth largest record company in the world. 1in April, 988, Branson founded a new trademark of classical music, "Virgin Classics". 1992, Branson sold Virgin Music Group including record trademark, music publishing and recording studio to EMI for 1 billion dollars. Virgin Classics is also owned by EMI and is now headquartered in Paris, France. Since then, Branson's Virgin Group has turned to other fields, including music retail, Internet, book and software publishing, film editing equipment, clubs, tourism, hotels and cinemas, and even airlines. At present, there are more than 100 companies in 23 countries around the world.

1998, Virgin China was established in Taiwan Province Province, which is Virgin's first branch in Asia.

The goal of Virgin Classics is to produce works by non-first-class classical writers neglected by big companies, such as violin sonatas by German violinist and composer von Bibel, orchestral works by British composer John Cascen, works by British composer John Taverna, piano works and violin sonatas by Czech composer Janacek, violin sonatas by Nelson and works by early British composer William Routh. Most of them are the first records in the world. There are no particularly famous people under the name of Virgin Classics, but it attaches great importance to the performance of young artists, such as David Daniels, Véronique Gens, Natalie Dessay, Preite Neve, Litton and Kent Nagano, as well as Norwegian cellist Therus Mock and young conductor Paavo Jarvi in EMI. Rvi) and so on. Because of its own characteristics, Virgin's brand has made great achievements, quickly established its own image in the recording industry, won various record awards including the phonograph record award, and more than 20 records were rated as "three stars with flowers" by Penguin Record Guide.