Editing 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|Sony Music Entertainment]] (SME)
| founded       = {{start date and age|1924}}, as Columbia Masterworks Records
| founder       = <!-- name of founders, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| distributor   = [[Sony Masterworks]]
| genre         = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| country       = United States
| location      = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.sonyclassical.com/about |website=www.sonyclassical.com |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>

==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]]
*[[Danny Elfman]]

==Presidents==
* 1997: [[Peter Gerber (Manager)|Peter Gelb]]<ref>{{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=}}</ref> (NY)
* 2009–2019: [[Bogdan Roščić|Bogdan Roscic]]<ref>{{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=}}</ref><ref>{{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=}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Per Hauber]]<ref>{{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=}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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]]
[[Category:Sony Music]]