Decca Gold

{{Short description|American classical music record label}} {{Distinguish|Decca Records}} '''Decca Gold''' is a United States–based record label focusing on classical repertoire. It falls under the umbrella of Verve Label Group, owned by Universal Music Group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Decca Gold - Official Site|url=http://www.deccagold.com/|website=Decca Gold - Official Site|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> The label has a new roster of classical artists and partnerships, and was inspired by the historic Decca Gold Label Series established in 1956 that featured artists such as Andrés Segovia, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Arrau and Dave Brubeck.<ref>{{cite web|title=Verve Label Group - UMG|url=https://www.universalmusic.com/label/verve-label-group/|website=UMG|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref> The label's first album, Emerson String Quartet's ''Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell'', was released on April 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chaconnes And Fantasias - Music Of Britten And Purcell|url=http://www.emersonquartet.com/artist.php?view=record&rid=3603|website=Emerson String Quartet|access-date=31 January 2018|language=en|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075400/http://www.emersonquartet.com/artist.php?view=record&rid=3603|url-status=dead}}</ref> Decca Gold partnered with the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition to release recordings of the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliburn Gold 2017 Digital Album Released – The Cliburn|url=https://www.cliburn.org/cliburn-gold-2017-digital-album-released/|website=www.cliburn.org|date=23 June 2017|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref> That album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Traditional Chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yekwon tops Billboard Chart! - Keynote Artist Management|url=https://keynoteartistmanagement.com/yekwon-tops-billboard-chart/|website=keynoteartistmanagement.com|access-date=31 January 2018|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075247/https://keynoteartistmanagement.com/yekwon-tops-billboard-chart/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although the group's primary focus is on Western classical music, it also has subsidiaries dealing with jazz and musical theater. The main Decca label also issues some pop and country releases.

==Universal Music Classical== *Decca Classics *Deutsche Grammophon *Philips Records *Mercury Classics *Mercury KX

==Decca Records== *Decca Records *Decca Vision *EmArcy Records

==See also== Similar sub-divisions of rival companies: *EMI Classics (now part of Warner Music Group) *Sony Masterworks *Warner Classics

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== External links == * [http://www.deccagold.com/ Official '''Decca Gold''' website]

Category:American record labels Category:Classical music record labels Category:Labels distributed by Universal Music Group Category:Entertainment companies based in New York City Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Universal Music Group Gold