Sony Classical is an American

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the pr ...

founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the A ...

. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

in 1988, and in 1990 it was renamed Sony Classical Records.

Artists

Sony Classical represents artists including: * Alexis Ffrench * James Horner * Yo-Yo Ma * Igor Levit * Jonas Kaufmann * Glenn Gould * Wiener Philharmoniker * Joshua Bell * Hans Zimmer * John Williams * Khatia Buniatishvili * Arthur Rubinstein * Eugene Ormandy *

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* Teodor Currentzis * Arcadi Volodos * Christian Gerhaher * Vladimir Horowitz * Dirk Maassen * Christoph Koncz * Pasquale Grasso *

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* Martin Fröst * Leif Ove Andsnes * Lavinia Meije

Presidents

* 1997: Peter Gelb (NY) * 2009–2019: Bogdan Roscic * 2019:

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{{Authority control American record labels Record labels established in 1924 Classical music record labels Soundtrack record labels Sony Music

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