Synopses & Reviews
Extensively illustrated with many never-before-published archival images, this handsome slipcased volume, complete with two CDs, makes an ideal gift or perfect self-indulgence for classical music lovers. Founded over a century ago, Deutsche Grammophon has come to define excellence in recorded classical music. With contributions from a star-studded roster of celebrated artists, this lavishly produced volume contains two CDs featuring the firms most seminal recordings, past and present. With unprecedented access to the archives, this collection also features reproductions of playbills, documents, album covers, and behind-the-scenes photographs of recording sessions, along with contributions from Wilhelm Furtwängler, Pierre Boulez, Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hélène Grimaud, Eliette von Karajan, Elisabeth Köhler, Yehudi Menuhin, and many others.
About the Author
Rémy Louis is a journalist based in Paris whose work appears in Diapason magazine. Thierry Soveaux is a reviewer for Diapason. Olivier Boruchowitch is the former editor-in-chief of Regards magazine and co-founder of Richard Oliver Publishing, which focuses on illustrated biographies of classical music artists. Yannick Coupannec is a photographer focused on classical music.
Table of Contents
The Story of Deutsche Grammophon1898–1945
The Birth of Recording
The Beginnings of an Industry
The First Artist Contracts
The German Deutsche Grammophon
The Era of Electrical Recording
The Dark Years
1945–1979
The Yellow Label
The First Golden Age
The Arrival of Stereo...and Karajan
Towards Internationalization
New Perspectives, New Artists
1979–2010
The Arrival of the Compact Disc
Bernstein Forever
The Twilight of the Gods
New Horizons, New Artists
Nearing the Centenary
One Hundred Years Old…and More
And Now?
Fifty Years of Stereo in the Service of Music
Fricsay and Jochum: The Pioneers
The Böhm Sound from Concert to Disc
Herbert von Karajan: a Unique Sound
The Wonderful Decade
'Konzert Für Millionen'
Karajan Forever
'Stereophony Demonstrated on one Composer’
Conquering America
Formula Uno: Claudio Abbado
Wozzeck: From Berlin to Vienna
The Amadeus Quartet: Thirty Years of Fidelity
The Revival of German Song with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Carlo Maria Giulini Conducts Brahms, Bruckner, and Mahler
Half a Century of Opera in Stereo
Leonard Bernstein: The Union of New York and Vienna
Deutsche Grammophon and the Piano
From Analogue to Digital
Pierre Boulez: From Vienna to Cleveland via Berlin and Chicago
Deutsche Grammophon and Contemporary Music
Discovery and Rediscovery with the Originals Series
From 4D to the Emile Berliner Studios
Deutsche Grammophon’s Visual Communication: Between Apollo and Dionysus
Apollonian Neo-Classicism
The Dionysian Revolution
Interviews
Elisabeth Koehler
Dr. Andreas Holschneider
Alfred Kaine
Hanno Rinke
Craig Urquhart
Bill Holland
Michel Glotz
Ewald Markl
Heinz Wildhagen
Rainer Höpfner
Rainer Maillard
Günther Breest
Dr. Hans Hirsch
Michael Lang
Deutsche Grammophon as Seen by its Artists
Claudio Abbado
Roberto Alagna
Rafal Blechacz
Pierre Boulez
Plácido Domingo
Eugene Drucker / Emerson String Quartet
Gustavo Dudamel
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Elina Garanc¡a
Osvaldo Golijov
Hélène Grimaud
Hilary Hahn
Daniel Hope
Magdalena Koená
Lang Lang
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Anna Netrebko
Maria João Pires
Maurizio Pollini
Thomas Quasthoff
Vadim Repin
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Bryn Terfel
Rolando Villazón
Selected Deutsche Grammophon Artists
Selected Archiv Produktion Artists
Index
Credits and Acknowledgments