Accent Records is a
Belgian record label
"Big Three" music labels
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started in
1978
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by Adelheid and
Andreas Glatt, releasing
classical music
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from between 1500 AD and the 20th century, but primarily from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Artists having recorded for Accent Records include
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Luc Devos (
fortepiano
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)
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Paul Dombrecht (
oboe
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The most common type of oboe, the soprano oboe pitched in C, ...
, leader)
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Roel Dieltiens
Roel Dieltiens (born 1956) is a Belgian cellist and composer. Dieltiens plays both Baroque and modern cello. Dieltiens grew up in a musical family and initially studied piano. At the age of fifteen, just as he was about to give up music, his elde ...
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violoncello
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)
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René Jacobs
René Jacobs (born 30 October 1946) is a Belgian musician. He came to fame as a countertenor, but later in his career he became known as a conductor of baroque and classical opera.
Biography Countertenor
Born in Ghent, Jacobs began his musi ...
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countertenor
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)
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Konrad Junghänel
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Career
Junghänel studied at the Hochschule ...
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lute
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More specifically, the term "lu ...
)
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Robert Kohnen (
harpsichord
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)
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Sigiswald Kuijken
Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Biography
Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble o ...
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violin
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,
viola da gamba
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Barthold Kuijken
Barthold Kuijken (; born 8 March 1949, Dilbeek) is a Belgians, Belgian flautist and Recorder (musical instrument), recorder player, known for playing baroque music on Historically informed performance, historical instruments and particularly kno ...
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flute
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)
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Wieland Kuijken
Wieland Kuijken (; born 31 August 1938 in Dilbeek) is a Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello.
Biography
Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part until ...
(
violoncello
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,
viola da gamba
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)
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Marcel Ponseele
Marcel Ponseele (born 1957 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian Oboe, oboist.
Ponseele studied at Bruges and other conservatories in Belgium. He has specialised in the baroque oboe and is involved in making his own instruments in 18th-century style. He is kn ...
(oboe)
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Raphaella Smits (
guitar
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)
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Liuwe Tamminga (
organ
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Musical instruments
...
)
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Jos van Immerseel
Jos Van Immerseel (born 9 November 1945) is a Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and Conducting, conductor.
Van Immerseel studied Pipe organ, organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsicho ...
(fortepiano)
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Erik Van Nevel
Erik Van Nevel (1956) is a Belgian singer and conductor. He is the nephew of Paul Van Nevel.
He pursued instrumental and vocal studies at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels) and the Koninklijk Conservatori ...
with
Currende (vocal and instrumental ensemble)
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La Petite Bande
La Petite Bande is a Belgium-based ensemble specialising in music of the Baroque and Classical eras played on period instruments. They are particularly known for their recordings of works by Corelli, Rameau, Handel, Bach, Haydn, and Mozart.
Hi ...
(ensemble)
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La Colombina
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*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...
(ensemble)
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Concerto Palatino (ensemble)
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William Dongois & Le Concert Brisé (chamber ensemble featuring
cornett
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See also
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List of record labels
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External links
Official site{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219144653/http://www.accent-records.com/public/news.php , date=2009-12-19
Belgian record labels
Record labels established in 1978
Classical music record labels