Philips Records
Dutch label that pioneered digital recording and formed PolyGram.
It was an early adopter of compact discs, issuing them in 1983 using digital recordings made since 1978.[1] The classical recording and mastering facilities run by Philips in the Netherlands ceased operations in 1999.[2]
Quick Facts
- Parent
- Universal Music Group
- Previously
- Philips (1950–1962)
- PolyGram (1962–1999)
- Founded
- 1950 (as Philips Phonographische Industrie)
- Founder
- Philips
- Distributor
- Decca Music Group
- Verve Label Group
- Island Records
- Universal Music Group
- Country
- Netherlands
- Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
These recordings were made in Walthamstow Town Hall near London.[3] One such recording was the Liszt piano concertos by Sviatoslav Richter and the London Symphony Orchestra.[3] That Richter Liszt album was recorded on 3-track 35mm magnetic film.[3] Also in 1961, Philips and Mercury Records agreed to an exchange deal.[4]
Philips Classics was integrated into the Decca Music Group in 1999.[2] The Baarn recording center was acquired by its former staff, who then established Polyhymnia International and Pentatone Records.[2]
What the cited sources add
The Richter Liszt album was reissued on CD from a remaster made from the 35mm film by original producer Wilma Cozart Fine.[3] The Eloquence label has reissued a large number of Philips classical albums.[2] To celebrate Philips Records' 50th anniversary, Universal put out a "Philips 50" collection in the early 2000s.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Philips Records" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The first digital recordings, however, were actually remastered versions of vintage recordings by the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, using the Soundstream proce (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Philips Records" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Pentatone Classics", Pentatonemusic.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Philips Records" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Liszt: The Two Piano Concertos; The Piano Sonata: Sviatoslav Richter, Franz Liszt, Kiril Kondrashin, London Symphony Orchestra: Music", Amazon, 1995 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Philips Records" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Billboard – Google Boeken", 20 February 1961 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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