The largest music company in the world

DG is the world's largest record company. Its full name is Deutsche Grammophon-Gesellschaft (German Gramophone Company). It is the flagship company of PolyGram Group. It was established in 1898 and is headquartered in Hamburg. It owns Archiv (Archiv). Husband) and many other subsidiaries.

The predecessor of DG Records was the Deutsche Grammophon Company founded in 1898 by the German E. Benarin in his hometown of Hamburg. At that time, she belonged to a branch of the British Gramophone Company (EMI, also founded by Benarin). Most of its shares were in the hands of the British, and it mainly processed and pressed the master discs shipped from the UK into records. Later, due to the outbreak of World War I, Britain and Germany became belligerent countries. The German government took over the British-owned DG Company. From then on, she embarked on the road of independent management. In 1941, Siemens acquired the operating rights of DG and changed its name to Polydor International. In 1962, Siemens and Philips merged their subsidiaries DG and Philips to form the DGG/PPI Group. In 1972, two record companies, DG and Philips, formally formed a joint venture to form the Polygram Group, a record empire that would become world-renowned in the future. Although DG has a glorious history of more than a century, the yellow tulip trademark we are familiar with has only been used for 50 years. Because DG was founded by Mr. Benarin, the "father of records," before 1909, DG used The image of "a little angel sitting in a disk" was used as a trademark, and the two British and American brother companies EMI and RCA also used the trademark of "a white Nipper puppy listening to a gramophone" until after the end of World War II. DG completely severed these ties and launched a new tulip corolla trademark in 1949. In the 1920s and 1930s, DG also established a Polydor trademark to distribute records abroad. The now familiar rectangular yellow label was designed by the famous trademark design master Hans Domitzlav in 1949. Today, this yellow tulip corolla has almost represented the spirit of DG and has become the pride of this century-old brand. As the largest classical record brand in the world today, DG can be said to have fully witnessed all important figures in the music scene over the past century, and is unanimously recognized as a breeding ground for classical performance giants.

In terms of recording technology, DG released a new recording method, 4D, in 1990, which suddenly reversed DG's lagging behind in recording technology. This technology, jointly developed by DG Recording Center Director Klaus Hiemann and engineer Stefan Shibata***, was officially used in recording projects in 1993. An important part of it is a super D/A jointly developed by DG and Japan's Yamaha *** with A/D converter. This converter has a high-bit analysis effect and operates in 21bit. It was later changed to 24bit, which greatly improved the accuracy of recording. To sum up, 4D technology includes four important parts: the first is a remote-controllable preamplifier and microphone, allowing the sound engineer to make adjustments without disturbing the musicians on the stage; the second is a 24bit A/D converter with a gain of 18dB Above; the third is the Stage Box and digital network system, which allows the recorder to monitor the recording remotely, and the signal transmission is fully digital, eliminating various noises generated by the original analog transmission; the fourth is the use of digital equalizers , to control the signal picked up by the microphone most effectively. These four parts constitute 4D technology. Today, DG has produced more than hundreds of recordings in 4D, and the results have long been recognized by music fans around the world. After the successful development of 4D technology, DG has developed a technology called "Original-lmage Bit-Processing" for reproducing old recording master tapes. This technique was first used in the "Golden Karajan" series commemorating the death of Karajan. In the 1990s, in the face of the Great Depression of the global recording industry, DG continued to tap market potential and consolidated its undisputed authority and dominance in the field of classical music. On the one hand, DG makes full use of the precious recording materials left behind in its early years and uses advanced technology to bring many classic recordings to light again. For example, the "Golden Karajan Series", "Twentieth Century Masters Original Sound Series", and the Large Flower Edition Series are all very popular, and the numerous "ultra-thin mini double sheets" are even more pleasing to music fans. On the other hand, DG pays more attention to the application of new technologies and the expansion of new markets to adapt to the requirements of the new century. For example, DG Company has recently cooperated with the IT industry to develop CD-Pluesare multi-function records that can be used under the computer Windows interface, that is, users can listen to records while watching music scores on the computer monitor. For example, DG Company has been a famous Guitarist Yepes released such a record.

Guitar players who have published records in DG:

Siegfried Behrend (Shefried Behrend)

Narciso Yepes (Yepes )

S?llscher, G?ran (Gran Soscher)

Andres Segovia (Segovia)

Rodrigo: concierto de aranjuez

Rodrigo: Aranjuez Concerto

DG 474 174-2, [2003]

Schubert for Two

Conversation Schubert

DG 471 568-2, [2002]

The art of Segovia