The Decca Music Group is a recording lable. It is a division of Universal Classics. It is also known as Decca Records. Universal Music Group put all its classical labels (Decca Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and ECM Records) under the Universal Classics Group umbrella. ... Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929. ...

Artists

 Roberto Alagna
 Elly Ameling
 Arleen Auger
 Janet Baker
 Cecilia Bartoli
 Teresa Berganza
 Carlo Bergonzi
 Jussi Björling
 Andrea Bocelli
 Barbara Bonney
 Olga Borodina
 Catherine Bott
 James Bowman
 Montserrat Caballé
 Joseph Calleja
 José Carreras
 Franco Corelli
 Régine Crespin
 José Cura
 Suzanne Danco
 Mario Del Monaco
 Lisa Della Casa
 Alfred Deller
 Giuseppe Di Stefano
 Plácido Domingo
 Kathleen Ferrier
 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
 Renée Fleming
 Juan Diego Flórez
 Mirella Freni
 Angela Gheorghiu
 Nicolai Ghiaurov
 Matthias Goerne
 Galina Gorchakova
 Wolfgang Holzmair
 Marilyn Horne
 Dmitri Hvorostovsky
 Sumi Jo
 Emma Kirkby
 Christa Ludwig
 Karita Mattila
 Sylvia McNair
 Sherrill Milnes
 Birgit Nilsson
 Jessye Norman
 Luciano Pavarotti
 Peter Pears
 Leontyne Price
 Margaret Price
 Ruggero Raimondi
 Samuel Ramey
 Katia Ricciarelli
 Andreas Scholl
 Gérard Souzay
 Cheryl Studer
 Joan Sutherland
 Kiri Te Kanawa
 Renata Tebaldi
 Bryn Terfel
 Anne Sofie Von Otter
 

Roberto Alagna (born June 7, 1963) is French operatic tenor. ... Elly Ameling (born Elisabeth Sara Ameling) was born February 8, 1933 in Rotterdam, Holland. ... Janet Baker as Mary Stuart The British mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker,[[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire [DBE]; Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] (born August 21, 1933) is a well-known opera, concert, and lieder singer. ... The Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli (born 4 June 1966) is a popular opera singer and recitalist. ... Teresa Berganza The Spanish opera singer Teresa Berganza (born 16 March 1935) is a well-known mezzo-soprano most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. ... This article is about Carlo Bergonzi the singer. ... Jussi Björling The Swedish tenor Jussi Björling  listen?, (5 February 1911–9 September 1960) was one of most highly regarded opera singers of the 20th century. ... Andrea Bocelli (born September 22, 1958 in Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy) is a singer, writer and music producer. ... Olga Borodina is a star of the Kirov Opera performing with the company in St Petersburg and throughout the world with artistic director Valery Gergiev, who was the first to recognise the Russian mezzo soprano’s tremendous potential. ... Montserrat Caballé The Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé (born April 12, 1933) is a famous opera singer, renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. ... José Carreras The Catalan tenor José Carreras (born December 5, 1946) is a famous opera singer much admired for his Verdi and Puccini roles. ... Franco Corelli Franco Corelli (Ancona, 8 April 1921 - Milan, 29 October 2003) was an Italian tenor active in opera from the 1950s to 1976. ... José Cura, Tenor and Conductor José Cura (born December 5, 1962 in Rosario, Argentina) a world-famous opera tenor singer known for his intense and original interpretations of his characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson, as well as for his unconventional and innovative concert performances. ... Mario del Monaco (Florence July 27, 1915 - October 16, 1982 in Mestre) was an Italian tenor. ... Alfred Deller (born May 31, 1912, died July 16, 1979) was an English singer, one of the main figures in popularizing the use of the countertenor voice in renaissance and baroque music. ... The Italian tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano (born 24 July 1921) is a famous opera singer whose career spanned from the late 1940s to the early 1970s. ... Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (born January 21, 1941) is a famous Spanish opera singer. ... Kathleen Ferrier Kathleen Mary Ferrier (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953), was a British contralto born in Preston, Lancashire, England. ... Missing image Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau The German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born May 28, 1925) is regarded by many as the finest Lieder singer of his generation. ... Renée Fleming The American soprano Renée Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is a leading opera singer. ... The Italian soprano Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935) is a famous opera singer much admired for the youthful quality of her voice and her acting skills. ... Opera singer Angela Gheorghiu (born September 7, 1965) is one of the most famous contemporary sopranos. ... Nicolai Ghiaurov (13 September 1929–2 June 2004) was a Bulgarian opera singer and probably the most famous bass of the postwar period. ... Matthias Goerne (born 1967) is a German baritone. ... The American opera singer Marilyn Horne (born January 16, 1934) is a mezzo soprano who is particularly associated with the music of Rossini and Handel. ... Dmitri Hvorostovsky (born 1962) is a top baritone opera singer from Russia. ... Sumi Jo is an operatic soprano. ... Soprano Emma Kirkby is recognized as one of the worlds greatest early music specialists. ... Christa Ludwig (born March 16, German mezzo_soprano, known both for her opera performances and her singing of Lieder. ... Karita Mattila (born September 5, 1960) is a Finnish operatic soprano. ... Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Sylvia McNair is equally at home on the stages of Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and in the intimate environs of the Rainbow Room and the Algonquin’s legendary Oak Room. ... Milnes as Scarpia in Tosca Sherrill Milnes (born January 10, 1935) is an American baritone famous for his Verdi roles. ... Birgit Nilsson (Marta Birgit Svensson) (born May 17, 1918) is a Swedish soprano. ... Jessye Norman The American soprano Jessye Norman (born 15 September 1945) is one of the most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists. ... Luciano Pavarotti The Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (born October 12, 1935), is one of the most famous living opera singers. ... Peter Neville Luard Pears (June 22, 1910 – April 3, 1986) was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten. ... The soprano Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an African American opera singer. ... The American opera singer Samuel Edward Ramey (March 28, 1942) is considered by many the finest bass-baritone singer of his generation. ... Katia Ricciarelli (January 16, 1946) is an Italian soprano, born in Rovigo, in the Veneto region. ... Gérard Marcel Souzay (December 8, 1918 – August 17, 2004) was a French baritone singer. ... Dame Joan Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE is a great Australian opera singer noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AO (March 6, 1944), is a well-known New Zealand opera singer of Maori ancestry. ... The Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi (February 1, 1922 - December 19, 2004) was one of the most famous sopranos of the post-war period. ... The Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel (born November 9, 1965) is one of the best-known contemporary opera and concert singers. ...

Conductors

 Ernest Ansermet
 Vladimir Ashkenazy
 Leonard Bernstein
 Herbert Blomstedt
 Karl Böhm
 Richard Bonynge
 Benjamin Britten
 Frans Brüggen
 Riccardo Chailly
 Colin Davis
 Christoph von Dohnányi
 Antal Dorati
 Charles Dutoit
 Iván Fischer
 John Eliot Gardiner
 Valery Gergiev
 Bernard Haitink
 Christopher Hogwood
 Herbert von Karajan
 István Kertész
 Charles Mackerras
 Neville Marriner
 Zubin Mehta
 Riccardo Muti
 Seiji Ozawa
 Philip Pickett
 André Previn
 Christophe Rousset
 Sir Georg Solti
 

Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (November 11, 1883 – February 20, 1969) was a Swiss conductor. ... Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a conductor and pianist. ... Bernstein with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, at 1974 Charles Ives Centenary Concert in Danbury, Connecticut. ... Herbert Blomstedt was born 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Swedish parents, and moved to Sweden at age 2. ... Karl Böhm (August 28, 1894 - August 14, 1981) was a noted conductor. ... Richard Bonynge (born 1933) is an Australian conductor. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. ... Frans Brüggen (born October 30, 1934) is a Dutch recorder soloist and conductor. ... Riccardo Chailly (born February 20, 1953) is an Italian conductor. ... Sir Colin Rex Davis (born September 25, 1927) is a noted British conductor. ... Christoph von Dohnányi (born September 18, 1929) is a German conductor. ... Antal Dor ti (April 9, 1906 - November 13, 1988) was a conductor and composer. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... John Eliot Gardiner (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell, Dorset, England) is a prominent British conductor famous for his performances of Baroque music on early instruments. ... Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev (born 1953) is a Russian conductor associated with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera and the Mariinski Theatre. ... Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (born March 4, Dutch conductor. ... Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (born 10 September 1941) is a well-known British conductor and harpsichordist. ... Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. ... István Kertész (August 28, 1929 – April 16, 1973) was a Hungarian conductor, equally adept at opera and concert. ... Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, CH, AC, CBE (born November 17, 1925) is a conductor. ... Sir Neville Marriner (born April 15, 1924) is a conductor and violinist. ... Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is a Indian-born American conductor of European classical music. ... Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941) is an Italian conductor best known for being the music director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he has held since 1986. ... Seiji Ozawa (born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor. ... Philip Pickett (born November 19, 1950) is an English musician and leader of Early Music ensembles. ... André Previn (born April 6, 1930)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... Sir Georg Solti (October 21, 1912 - September 5, 1997) was a well-known orchestral and operatic conductor, who was still actively engaged in performing right up until his death. ...

Film Composers

 John Barry
 Jerry Goldsmith
 James Horner
 Michael Kamen
 Michael Nyman
 Alan Silvestri
 John Williams
 Hans Zimmer
 

People called John Barry include: John Barry (1745-1803), an officer in the Continental Navy. ... Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous film score composer from Los Angeles, California. ... James Horner (born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer of film scores. ... Michael Kamen Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 - November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, song writer, and session musician. ... Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. ... Alan Silvestri (b. ... There have been a number of noteworthy men named John Williams: John Williams (actor) (1903-1983), actor John Williams (archer) American archer and Olympic gold medallist John Williams (author) (1922-), wrote historical novel Augustus John Williams (accordionist), Chicago-born accordion player John Williams (archbishop) (1582-1650), archbishop John Williams (composer... Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is a German composer, best known for composing movie soundtracks. ...

Ensmbles

 Beaux Arts Trio
 I Musici
 Quartetto Italiano
 Takács Quartet
 

The Beaux Arts Trio is a world famous piano trio. ... The Takács Quartet is a world famous string quartet, founded in 1975, and based in Boulder, Colorado, whose members are: Edward Dusinberre, first violin Károly Schranz, second violin Roger Tapping, viola András Fejér, cello Awards and Recognitions Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance: Andrew Keener...

Crossover Artists

 Bond
 Jodie Brooke Wilson
 Duel
 Matt Dusk
 Ludovico Einaudi
 Rick Guard
 I Salonisti
 Ute Lemper
 Ashley MacIsaac
 Dominic Miller
 Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
 Donny Osmond
 Ana Salazar
 Eimear Quinn
 Vocal Sampling
 Russell Watson
 Hayley Westenra
 

Dutch East India Company bond, issued in 1623. ... A duel or duel of honour is a formalised type of armed combat in which two individuals participate. ... Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Einaudi (Born in Turin, 1955) is a modern-day italian composer and pianist particularly noted for the use of developing melodious phrases in his piano compositions. ... Ute Lemper (born July 4, 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress. ... Ashley MacIsaac, born February 24, 1975 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, is a gay fiddler. ... Dominic Miller was born in Buenos Aires Argentina in 1960. ... Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is a singer/pianist who plays a fusion of jazz and mugham (a traditional improvisational style of Azerbaijan). ... Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah) is an American entertainment personality. ... Eimear Quinn is an Irish singer. ... Russell Watson (born Salford, England, November 24, 1967 - NOT 1968 as some sources report) is a British tenor, who has released popular albums of operatic-style songs. ... Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born April 10, 1987) is a soprano singer from Christchurch, New Zealand. ...

Instrumental

 Salvatore Accardo
 Martha Argerich
 Claudio Arrau
 Vladimir Ashkenazy
 Wilhelm Backhaus
 Joshua Bell
 Jorge Bolet
 Alfred Brendel
 Benjamin Britten
 Kyung Wha Chung
 Clifford Curzon
 Alicia De Larrocha
 Ludovico Einaudi
 Nelson Freire
 Arthur Grumiaux
 Ida Haendel
 Håkan Hardenberger
 Clara Haskil
 Heinz Holliger
 Peter Hurford
 Nobuko Imai
 Janine Jansen
 Leila Josefowicz
 Julius Katchen
 Zoltán Kocsis
 Gidon Kremer
 Katia and Marielle Labèque
 Alexandre Lagoya
 Radu Lupu
 Viktoria Mullova
 David Oistrakh
 Kun Woo Paik
 Itzhak Perlman
 André Previn
 Sviatoslav Richter
 Pascal Rogé
 Pepe Romero
 Mstislav Rostropovich
 Christophe Rousset
 András Schiff
 Heinrich Schiff
 Akiko Suwanai
 Henryk Szeryng
 Jean-Yves Thibaudet
 Mitsuko Uchida
 Julian Lloyd Webber
 

Salvatore Accardo (born 1941) is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor. ... Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is a pianist of Argentinian origin. ... Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau (February 6, 1903–June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist, of world fame for his interpretations of a huge repertory spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. ... Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (sometimes transliterated Ashkenazi) (Russian: Влади́мир А́шкенази) (born July 6, 1937) is a conductor and pianist. ... Wilhelm Backhaus Wilhelm Backhaus (March 26, 1884–July 5, 1969) was a German pianist. ... Joshua Bell Joshua Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist. ... Jorge Bolet (November 15, 1914–October 16, 1990) was a pianist and conductor. ... Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel (born January 5, 1931) is a Bohemian pianist. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) was a British composer, conductor and pianist. ... Clifford Michael Curzon (May 18, 1907 - September 1, 1982) was a famous English pianist. ... Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Einaudi (Born in Turin, 1955) is a modern-day italian composer and pianist particularly noted for the use of developing melodious phrases in his piano compositions. ... Arthur Grumiaux (March 21, 1921–October 16, 1986) was a Belgian violinist who was also proficient in piano. ... Ida Haendel (born December 15, 1928) is a violinist. ... Clara Haskil (January 7, 1895 - December 7, 1960) was a classical pianist. ... Heinz Holliger (born May 21, 1939) is a Swiss oboe player. ... Leila Bronia Josefowicz was born in Toronto, Canada, on October 20, 1977 to a Polish-English family. ... Zoltán Kocsis (born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer. ... Gidon Kremer (born February 27, 1947) is a Latvian violinist and conductor. ... Alexandre Lagoya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Viktoria Mullova (born in 1959) is a Russian violin virtuoso. ... David Fiodorovich Oistrakh (Russian: Давид Фёдорович Ойстрах; September 30, 1908 – October 24, 1974) was a Jewish Soviet violinist who made many recordings, and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works. ... Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. ... André Previn (born April 6, 1930)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter (Святосла́в Теофи́лович Ри́хтер) (March 20, 1915 – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet pianist of German extraction. ... Pepe Romero (from [1]) Pepe Romero (born March 8, 1944 in Malaga, Spain) is a world-renowned classical and flamenco guitarist. ... Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич) (born March 27, 1927) is a Russian cellist and conductor, considered to be one of the greatest living cellists. ... András Schiff (born December 21, 1953) is a Hungarian-born classical pianist. ... Henryk Szeryng (September 22, 1918 – March 8, 1988) was a Polish violinist. ... Mitsuko Uchida is a pianist born in Japan in 1952. ... Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14, 1951) is a composer and cellist. ...

External Links

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