Classique: Cover Art for Classical Music

Classique introduces 777 of the most inspiring classical LP covers from its heyday, documenting groundbreaking art work and cover culture from the 1950s to the 1980s. Ranging from romantic motifs, naturalism, abstract art, psychedelic and surreal experimentation to supernatural artwork and pure unadulterated kitsch, the diverse examples of classical cover design from cover to cover is striking. The book is divided into fifteen detailed chapters ? dedicated to the stylistic approaches and characteristic trends significant to each decade, country, musical genres and graphic mediums. Classique also provides ample information about championed record labels and their repertoires.

CONTENIDO

Preface

Part One: The cover culture of the classical Lp
Introduction
Notes of the presentation
1. The nostalgic charm of the fifties
- Covers in "poster style"
- The early illustrative Style
- Urania, Usa
- Mercury Records, Mono, USA
- Remington, USA
2. Covers to the Mid-Sixties
- Capitol Records, USA
- Columbia, USA
- Command Classics, USA
- English Decca
- English EMI
- Everest Records, USA
- London Records, USA
- Mercury Records, Stereo, USA
- RCA, USA
- Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
3. Recognition of typical label forms
- Originals
- Reissues
4. Designing with Photos
- The large format photograph
- Nature Photography
- From the photograpic studio
- Photo collages
- Photo arrangements
- A microcosm of nature
5. Maestros and other musical artist
6. The painting museum in the record cabinet
- Romanticism, Classicism and Earlier
- Impressionism and Related
- Art Noveau and Related
- The Twentieth Century
- Psychedelia, Surrealism, Supernatural
- Pictures from Russia and the Soviet Union
7. Cover Design with Abstract Art
8. Composers
- English composers
- Russian and Soviet composers
- European composers
- Composers from the "New World"
9. The Diversity of themes
- Magnificent Operas
- Inmortal ballet
- Knights and folk heroes
- Proud America
- American Idyll
- English Countryside
- Variations on a theme
10. Without colour pencil and paintbrush - Printing Techniques
11. The Best Covers from the Czech Republic
- Panton
- Supraphon
12. Three decades of typical picture illustration
- To 1964
- 1965-1969
- 1970-1974
- 1975-1979
- Beyond 1980
13. The diversity of stylistic devices
- The world of the stage
- From the old days
- Ornaments
- Folk Art
- Variations on Notes
- Instruments
- Dominant typography
- Caricatures
- Standar covers

Part Two: A brief history of labels
A brief history of labels
Introduction
Angel - USA
Argo - GB
Capitol - USA
Columbia and Epic - USA, CBS, Europe
Command Classics - USA
Decca and London - Great Britain
EMI - Great Britain
Everest - USA
RCA - USA
Mercury - USA
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
Phillips - The Netherlands
Melodiya and its Forerunners - USSR
Other American companies
French companies
Scandinavian companies
East European companies
Additional German companies
Selected Highlights from around the world

Part Three
Appendix