Accord is a French classical
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
, and the main classical imprint of
Universal Music France
Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.
According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammopho ...
. The brand originally belonged in France to Musidisc, founded in 1995, which incorporated the labels Accord, Adès, Disc AZ, Adda, Vega, Le Club Français du Disque, Sofrason. When
Polygram
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ...
acquired Musidisc in 1999 it began to use the label Accord for releases of Decca France, and for the Euterp series of the
Orchestra of Montpellier.
Qobuz - Accord
"Fondée en 1955, la maison Musidisc a regroupé au cours des années les labels Accord, Adès, Decca France, Disc AZ, Adda, Véga, Le Club français du disque, Sofrason. Après son rachat en 1999, Universal France exploite et développe son riche catalogue classique sous la marque Accord."
''For the Polish label CD Accord see Accord (Polish record label)''
References
External links
Universal Music France
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Classical music record labels
French record labels