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Sony Classical Records

American record label

American record label

FieldValue
nameSony Classical
image[[File:Sony Classical logo.svg150pxclass=skin-invert]]
image_size150px
parentSony Music Entertainment (SME)
founded, as Columbia Masterworks Records
founder
distributorSony Masterworks
genreClassical
countryUnited States
location
url

Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by Sony in 1988, and in 1990 it was renamed Sony Classical.

Artists

Sony Classical has represented artists including:

  • Alexis Ffrench
  • Yo-Yo Ma
  • Igor Levit
  • Jonas Kaufmann
  • Glenn Gould
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Joshua Bell
  • Hans Zimmer
  • John Williams
  • Khatia Buniatishvili
  • Arthur Rubinstein
  • Eugene Ormandy
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Teodor Currentzis
  • Arcadi Volodos
  • Christian Gerhaher
  • Vladimir Horowitz
  • Christoph Koncz
  • Ivo Pogorelich
  • Martin Fröst
  • Leif Ove Andsnes
  • Lavinia Meijer
  • Rachel Willis-Sørensen
  • Mao Fujita
  • Pablo Ferrández
  • Miloš Karadaglić
  • Attacca Quartet
  • Hayato Sumino

Presidents

  • 1997: Peter Gelb (NY)
  • 2009–2019: Bogdan Roscic
  • 2019: Per Hauber

References

References

  1. "About".
  2. "Kongreßthemen Klassik Komm.".
  3. "Neue Allianzen in der Musikbranche".
  4. "Wiener Philharmoniker und Sony Classical verlängern Zusammenarbeit".
  5. (2019-12-12). "Sony Classical ist das größte Konzerthaus der Welt".
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