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Sony Classical Records

{{short description|American record label}}

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{{Infobox record label

| name = Sony Classical

| image = Sony Classical logo.svg

| image_size = 150px

| parent = Sony Music Entertainment (SME)

| founded = {{start date and age|1924}}, as Columbia Masterworks Records

| founder =

| distributor = Sony Masterworks

| genre = Classical

| country = United States

| location =

| url = {{URL|www.sonyclassical.com}}

}}

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.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.sonyclassical.com/about |website=www.sonyclassical.com |access-date=27 September 2022}}

Artists

Sony Classical has represented artists including:

Presidents

  • 1997: Peter Gelb{{cite web|title=Kongreßthemen Klassik Komm.|periodical=Neue Musikzeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.nmz.de/artikel/kongressthemen-klassik-komm|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}} (NY)
  • 2009–2019: Bogdan Roscic{{cite web|title=Neue Allianzen in der Musikbranche|periodical=Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten|publisher=|url=https://www.pnn.de/ueberregionales/neue-allianzen-in-der-musikbranche/22235142.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=Wiener Philharmoniker und Sony Classical verlängern Zusammenarbeit|website=www.mediabiz.de|publisher=|url=http://www.mediabiz.de/news/index.php|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}
  • 2019: Per Hauber{{cite web|title=Sony Classical ist das größte Konzerthaus der Welt|periodical=Tagesspiegel|publisher=|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/neuer-klassik-chef-per-hauber-sony-classical-ist-das-groesste-konzerthaus-der-welt/25324710.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2019-12-12|language=de|pages=|quote=}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{Official website|www.sonyclassical.com}}

{{Sony Music}}

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Category:American record labels

Category:Record labels established in 1924

Category:Classical music record labels

Category:Soundtrack record labels

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