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The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. With operations in over 25 other countries, EMI Group is one of the Big Four record labels. Image File history File links EMIlogo. ...
A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ...
Kensington is an area to the west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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History
The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, EMI entered the American market by acquiring 96% of the stock of Capitol Records. Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. ...
The Gramophone Company, based in the United Kingdom, was one of the early recording companies. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ...
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...
Capitol Records Logo Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ...
The company established subsidiary operations in a number of other countries in the British Commonwealth, including India, Australia and New Zealand. EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the popular music industry in those countries from the 1920s until the 1960s, when other locally-owned labels (such as Festival Records) began to challenge EMI's market near monopoly in those regions. The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
Referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
In 1958, Herb Abramson leaves Atlantic Records. ...
Under the management of Sir Joseph Lockwood, during the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s the company enjoyed huge success in the popular music field. The groups and solo artists signed to EMI and its subsidiary labels -- including Parlophone, HMV and Columbia Records (Australia) and Capitol Records -- made EMI the best-known and most successful recording company in the world at that time, with a roster that included scores major pop acts of the period including The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Hollies, Cilla Black and Pink Floyd. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ...
Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ...
His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ...
The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their considerable commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. ...
The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the 21st century. ...
The Byrds (formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964) were an American rock group. ...
The Hollies The Hollies are a British rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. ...
Cilla Black, in a still from an interview done in 2000. ...
Pink Floyd (formed in 1965 in Cambridge, England) is an English rock band, noted for their progressive compositions, thoughtful lyrics, sonic experimentation, cover art and elaborate live shows. ...
In 1969, EMI established a new subsidiary label, Harvest Records, which signed groups in the emerging progressive rock genre, including Pink Floyd. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...
Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ...
Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ...
Pink Floyd (formed in 1965 in Cambridge, England) is an English rock band, noted for their progressive compositions, thoughtful lyrics, sonic experimentation, cover art and elaborate live shows. ...
Electric & Musical Industries changed its name to EMI Ltd in 1971 and the subsidiary Gramophone Company became EMI Records Ltd in 1973. In February 1979, EMI Ltd. acquired United Artists Records. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
United Artists Records was a record label founded by United Artists soon after its own founding in 1919 to distribute soundtracks from its movies. ...
In October 1979 THORN Electrical Industries Ltd. merged with EMI Ltd. to form Thorn EMI. THORN Electrical Industries Ltd. ...
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
In 1989 Thorn EMI bought a 50% interest in Chrysalis Records, buying the outstanding 50% in 1991. In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, Thorn EMI took over Richard Branson's Virgin Records in 1992. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Chrysalis Records is a record label that was created in 1969. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Richard Branson during the announcement of the Virgin Express airline which would compete with Ryanair and EasyJet. ...
Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ...
On August 16, 1996, Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals. The resulting media company has since been known by the name EMI Group PLC.
Under the control of Sir Louis Sterling, EMI opened the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England in November 1931. Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands Cliff Richard and The Shadows and The Beatles. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK...
Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Legal issues On December 15, 2005, Apple Records, the record label representing The Beatles, launched a suit against EMI for non-payment of royalties. The suit alleges that EMI have withheld $50 million from the record label. An EMI spokesman noted that audits of record label accounts are not unusual, confirming at least two hundred such audits have been performed, but that they rarely result in legal action[1]. December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ...
The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their considerable commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. ...
Labels under the EMI banner Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ...
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. ...
Capitol Records Logo Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ...
Mosaic records is an American specialist jazz record label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Louris to issue coherent limited edition box sets (initially on LP) of jazz recordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out of print or suffered neglect. ...
Chrysalis Records is a record label that was created in 1969. ...
DFA Records is an independent record label that was launched in 2002 by producers Tim Goldsworthy, James Murphy and financed by bubble wrap heir Tyler Brodie. ...
Electrola was founded in Berlin in 1925 by the Gramophone Company. ...
EMI Christian Music Group is a subsidiary of EMI which contains its Christian music record labels. ...
Forefront Records is a Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. ...
Sparrow Records is a popular Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. ...
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label. ...
BEC Recordings is a Christian rock record label that is a subsidiary of Tooth and Nail Records. ...
Solid State Records is a division of Tooth & Nail Records, which features predominantly Christian hardcore and Christian metal bands. ...
EMI Films is a motion picture production arm of The EMI Group, and its films were released between 1939 and 1990. ...
Food Records is the record label of Blur, Jesus Jones and Dubstar. ...
Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ...
Forefront Records is a Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. ...
Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ...
Heavenly Records is a record label, distributed by Arista Records and EMI Records. ...
His Masters Voice, often abbreviated to HMV, is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record company. ...
Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ...
Narada Productions is a record label formed in 1983 as a new age music label. ...
Odeon Records was a record label founded by Max Strauss and Heinrich Zunz in Berlin, Germany. ...
Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ...
Pathé Records was a France based international record label active from the 1890s through the 1930s. ...
Positiva Records is a subsidiary of EMI Records. ...
RAK Records is a British record company, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. ...
Real World Records was formed by Peter Gabriel in the late 1980s. ...
Regal Zonophone Records was a British record label formed in 1932, through a merger of Regal Records and Zonophone Records. ...
Reliquias is an argentinean record label. ...
S-Curve Records was founded in 2000 by former Mercury Records executive Steve Greenberg. ...
Sparrow Records is a popular Christian Music record label; a Division of EMI Music. ...
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Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ...
Astralwerks is an New York based record label which releases primarily electronic music. ...
Hut Records was started in 1990 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Records. ...
Musicians signed, or previously signed, to EMI The musicians may have been signed under one of EMI's subsidiary labels. The subsidiary is noted next to the artist if this is the case.
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Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 -October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. ...
Wanda Jackson (born October 20, 1937 in Maud, Oklahoma) was the first female Rock And Roll singer in the United States , releasing her debut record in 1956. ...
The Kingston Trio is an American folk group. ...
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Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered by many to have been the finest male popular song vocalist of all time. ...
Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabilly pioneer musician, best known for his hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. He started playing in various country bands in his native Norfolk, Virginia after leaving the United States Navy with a permanent leg...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
The US edition of The Animals self-titled debut album. ...
The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the 21st century. ...
The Beatles were a British rock music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their considerable commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. ...
Cilla Black, in a still from an interview done in 2000. ...
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker, May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ...
The Dave Clark Five were a British rock and roll group in the 1960s, and one of the few that were able to present a commercial threat to the Beatles, the dominant group of the period. ...
This article is about the rock group. ...
Gerry & the Pacemakers was a British rock and roll group during the 1960s, and one of the few groups to challenge the Beatles in popularity. ...
Hermans Hermits was a British rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester, England in 1963 (see 1963 in music). ...
The Hollies The Hollies are a British rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. ...
Billy J. Kramer (born August 19, 1943) was a British Invasion merseybeat singer. ...
Cock-A-Hoop Groovin Manfred Mann was a British R&B and pop band of the 1960s, named after the keyboard player. ...
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Peter & Gordon were a British Invasion-era performing duo, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, that rocketed to fame with 1964s A World Without Love. Peter Ashers sister (the actress Jane Asher) was dating Paul McCartney (of the Beatles), and so Peter & Gordon recorded several songs written...
Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb in Lucknow, India, on October 14, 1940) is one of the United Kingdoms most popular singers. ...
Roger Whittaker, born in Nairobi, Kenya on March 22, 1936 to English parents, is a popular singer and musician with worldwide record sales nearing 50 million. ...
Yardbirds album cover The Yardbirds were an early British rock band, noted for spawning the careers of several of rock musics most famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. ...
Metal bands on EMI during the 1980s included: The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
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The 22-20s are a British rock band. ...
Alfie is a Manchester-based Indie rock band. ...
// Biography The Arrows were a three piece Anglo-American band, based in London, England. ...
Athlete is a band from Peru consisting of:- Carey Willets - bass and vocals, Joel Pott - guitar and vocals, Steve Roberts - drums and backing vocals, Tim Wanstall - keyboards and backing vocals. ...
Melissa Auf der Maur Melissa Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ...
Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (born April 7, 1970) is a Norwegian pianist born in Karmøy. ...
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The Beta Band is Scottish musical group whose self-described style is folktronic, a blend of folk, rock, trip hop, and experimental jamming. ...
Black Dice are a band from Providence, Rhode Island, USA. They formed in 1997. ...
Blue Mink was a United Kingdom five-piece pop group from 1969 to 1973. ...
Blur is the name of a British rock band. ...
David Bowie David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English rock musician and actor. ...
TIME cover featuring Garth Brooks, March 1992 Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, and charity director who performs country music. ...
Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London) is an English singer-songwriter known for her expressive three-octave voice, idiosyncratic and literary lyrics, and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. ...
John Cale is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ...
Kim Carnes Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter. ...
The Spice Girls were a British vocal girl band. ...
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born January 12, 1974) is a British pop singer who was a member of the Spice Girls, where she was known as Sporty Spice or Mel C. She has also enjoyed relative success as a solo artist. ...
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Victoria Caroline Beckham (born Victoria Caroline Adams on 17 April 1954) is an English popular music singer, who first came to prominence as a member of girl band the Spice Girls, as Posh Spice, a nickname given to her by the BBCs Top of the Pops magazine. ...
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Fey can refer to: A word for Fairies with manifold spellings. ...
The cover of the Hey Boy, Hey Girl single The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo, comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. ...
Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. ...
Chingy, as seen on the cover of Jackpot Chingy (born Howard Bailey, Jr. ...
Chumbawamba performing at Guildford Live 2001 Chumbawamba is a band from the UK who play pop music with influences of folk and several other styles of popular music. ...
Marillion are a British Rock group formed in Aylesbury in 1979, whose 13 album career is generally regarded as comprising two eras, delineated by the departure of frontman Fish and arrival of Steve Hogarth in 1988. ...
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker (born John Robert Cocker, May 20, 1944) is a pop music singer. ...
Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, England well known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ...
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Graham Coxon singing in the video to Blurs Tender Graham Coxon (born Graham Leslie Coxon on 12 March 1969, in Hanover, West Germany) is best known as the former guitarist in the British band Blur. ...
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The Decemberists are an indie pop band from Portland, Oregon. ...
The Departure is a British rock band from Northampton, that formed in January 2004. ...
The self-titled album of Dirty Vegas. ...
Neil Hannon in a promotional photo for The Divine Comedys 2004 album, Absent Friends. ...
Doves are an English rock band from Manchester, England. ...
Dr. John album cover Dr. John, born Malcolm Rebennack (born November 21, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a colorful pianist, singer, and songwriter, whose music spans, and often combines, blues, boogie woogie, and rock and roll. ...
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Duran Duran are an electronic pop-rock band, often classified into the aggregate 80s rock genre and notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. ...
Sheena Easton in a 1981 publicity photo. ...
The ELO Logo as seen on numerous music covers Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a successful Birmingham rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Enigma is a musical project started by Michael Cretu and his wife Sandra Cretu in 1990. ...
Erasure is a British synth pop duo band consisting of keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. ...
Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ...
Faith Renee Evans (born June 10, 1973 in Lakeland, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy award winning R&B singer/songwriter who rose to fame even while under her late husbands rather large shadow, hip-hop icon The Notorious B.I.G.. Evans father is...
Neil Finn in Hamburg, June 1996 Neil Mullane Finn OBE (b. ...
Casey Spooner, and Warren Fischer Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. ...
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David Gilmour while a member of Pink Floyd in the 1970s David Jon Gilmour, CBE (born March 6, 1946) is an English guitarist and vocalist with British rock band Pink Floyd. ...
Gorillaz is a virtual band, comprised of four fictional animated band members: 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel. ...
Grand Funk Railroad is an American power trio band. ...
Ed Harcourt. ...
George Harold Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ...
Heart was a hugely successful female-fronted hard rock band of the 1970s, that became an AOR outfit in the following decade and amassed a number of big hits. ...
Hot Chocolate was a British band of the 1960s and 1970s formed by Errol Brown (a Briton born in Jamaica). ...
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Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal band from East London. ...
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Junior Senior is a pop group from Denmark. ...
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Album cover of Trans-Europe Express (1977). ...
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KT Tunstall performing at the 2005 Summer Sundae in Leicester Kate KT Tunstall (born 23 June 1975, Edinburgh) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Fife. ...
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Wizzard was a Birmingham band formed by Roy Wood, former member and founders of bands The Move and Electric Light Orchestra. ...
Ulysses Adrian Wood, known as Roy (born 8 November 1946 in Birmingham), is a songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. ...
The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label from October 8, 1976 to January 27, 1977 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry. In a gesture of retaliation, the Sex Pistols added to their first album (released on Virgin Records), Never Mind the Bollocks, a song entitled "EMI" insulting the company. Virgin was acquired by EMI in 1992. For information about the shark, see Great White Shark. ...
This article is about the band. ...
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For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
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Never Mind the Bollocks is an album by the British punk rock band the Sex Pistols. ...
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Classical Classical musicians exclusively or chiefly associated with EMI (on HMV or Columbia labels) Roberto Alagna (born June 7, 1963) is French operatic tenor. ...
Leif Ove Andsnes Leif Ove Andsnes (born April 7, 1970) is a Norwegian pianist born in Karmøy. ...
Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ...
Thomas Beecham (April 29, 1879 - March 8, 1961) was a British conductor. ...
Ian Bostridge was born on Christmas Day 1964. ...
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (April 8, 1889 - February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ...
Dennis Brain (May 17, 1921 - September 1, 1957) is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished horn players of all time. ...
Maria Callas on book cover Maria Callas (Greek name: ΜαÏία ΚαλογεÏοποÏλου; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ...
Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873–August 2, 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. ...
Jacqueline du Pré Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (January 26, 1945 – October 19, 1987) was an English cellist. ...
Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, Bt OM GCVO (June 2, 1857 – February 23, 1934) was a British composer, born in the small Worcestershire village of Broadheath to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ...
Mariss Jansons (born 1943) is a prominent Latvian conductor. ...
Herbert von Karajan (Salzburg April 5, 1908 – Anif near Salzburg July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. ...
Rudolf Kempe (June 14, 1910 – May 12, 1976) was a German conductor. ...
Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. ...
Otto Klemperer (May 14, 1885 – July 6, 1973) was a German-born conductor and composer. ...
Dinu Lipatti Dinu Lipatti (March 19, 1917 – December 2, 1950) was a Romanian pianist whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkins disease at age 33. ...
Fritz Kreisler (sitting) with Yehudi Menuhin The Right Honourable Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22, 1916. ...
Sabine Meyer is regarded as one of the most outstanding soloists of our time. ...
Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941, in Naples) is an Italian conductor best known for being the Music Director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he held from 1986 to 2005, and of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. ...
Antonio Pappano is the music director for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden since 2002. ...
Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) (in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. ...
Simon Rattle recording Porgy and Bess with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road in 1988 Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born January 19, 1955) is an English conductor. ...
Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist. ...
Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a classical pianist, who also composed and taught. ...
Maxim Vengerov (born August 20, 1974 in the Siberian Federal District capital, Novosibirsk) is a Russian violinist. ...
Sir William Turner Walton (March 29, 1902 - March 8, 1983) was a British composer influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and the jazz genre. ...
Franz Welser-Möst (born 1960) is the seventh and current Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra. ...
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The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...
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