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Sony Classical
Parent company Sony Music
Founded1924; 100 years ago (1924), as Columbia Masterworks Records
Distributor(s) Sony Masterworks
Genre Classical
Country of originUnited States
Official website 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. [1]

Artists

Sony Classical has represented artists including:

Presidents

See also

References

  1. ^ "About". www.sonyclassical.com. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Kongreßthemen Klassik Komm". Neue Musikzeitung.
  3. ^ "Neue Allianzen in der Musikbranche". Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (in German).
  4. ^ "Wiener Philharmoniker und Sony Classical verlängern Zusammenarbeit". www.mediabiz.de (in German).
  5. ^ "Sony Classical ist das größte Konzerthaus der Welt". Tagesspiegel (in German). December 12, 2019.