The Philips label was founded in 1950. First...

Philips

The Philips label was founded in 1950. First recordings took place in December 1950 with the lesser known Willem van Otterloo and the Residentie Orkest Den Haag. Since there was no hall with good acoustics in either Baarn or The Hague, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam was chosen as the recording location.