Editing Colin Davis (section)

===Philips and RCA===
In the 1960s, Davis signed as an exclusive artist for [[Philips Records]], with whom he made an extensive range of recordings in the symphonic repertoire and many operatic recordings, including the major Mozart operas; operas by Tippett, Britten, Verdi and Puccini; and a comprehensive survey of the operas of Berlioz, culminating in an award-winning first recording of the complete ''Les Troyens'' issued in May 1970.<ref name=naxos /><ref>''Gramophone'', May 1970, p. 84</ref>

Davis's 1966 Philips recording of Handel's ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' was regarded as revelatory at the time of its issue for its departure from the large-scale Victorian-style performances that had previously been customary.<ref>''Gramophone'', November 1966, p. 77. It was produced by Mercury Records' Harold Lawrence and recorded by Philips engineer Hans Lauterslager using the Mercury 3-spaced-omni mic technique, called "M3" by Philips. See Lauterslager, Hans: presentation at Audio Engineering Society Amsterdam 2008 Historical Event. Presentation included listing of Philips M3 recording sessions. The recording was reissued on CD by Philips in the 1990s as a 2-CD set in the "Duo" series.</ref> Other Philips recordings included a 1982 set of [[Joseph Haydn|Haydn]]'s twelve [[London symphonies]] with the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]] "distinguished by performances of tremendous style and authority, and a sense of rhythmic impetus that is most exhilarating";<ref>''Gramophone'', June 1982, p. 33</ref> and a 1995 Beethoven symphony cycle with the Dresden Staatskapelle, of which ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'' wrote, "There has not been a Beethoven cycle like this since [[Otto Klemperer|Klemperer's]] heyday."<ref>''Gramophone'', December 1995, p. 75</ref>

Davis made a number of records with the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] for Philips, including the first of his three Sibelius cycles, which remains in the CD catalogues. They also recorded works by [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]], [[Edvard Grieg|Grieg]], [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]], [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]], and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]].

For [[RCA Victor Red Seal]], Davis recorded complete symphony cycles of Sibelius (with the LSO), Brahms (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1989–98), and Schubert (Dresden Staatskapelle, 1996).