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Label specialising in classical recordings, in use from the mid-1950s to 1990. Until 1980, the label was mainly employed in territories where the Columbia name was being used by the Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd., acting as a parallel label to the predominantly-US Columbia Masterworks.
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.
In 1988, Sony Corporation (Japan) acquired the CBS Records group (USA), and two years later it created Sony Classical to succeed the time-honoured Columbia and CBS Masterworks labels.
The structure of US Columbia remained the same until 1980, when it spun off the classical/Broadway unit, Columbia Masterworks Records, into a separate imprint, CBS Masterworks Records. In 1988, the CBS Records Group, including the Columbia Records unit, was acquired by Sony, which re-christened the parent division Sony Music Entertainment in
Columbia Masterworks was renamed CBS Masterworks Records in 1980 and removed from the Columbia label. In 1990 it was again renamed Sony Classical Records because of the sale of CBS Records to the Sony Corporation. The Masterworks brand is currently used on Masterworks Broadway Records as well as Sony Masterworks, Sony being the parent label for ...
Columbia Masterworks was a record label started in 1924 by Columbia Records. In 1980, it was separated from the Columbia label and renamed CBS Masterworks. In 1990, it was revived as Sony Classical after its sale to the Sony Corporation.
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