EMI Classics was a record label founded by Thorn EMI in 1990 to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogues for internationally distributed classical music releases. After Thorn EMI demerged in 1996, its recorded music division became the EMI Music Group. Following the European Commission's approval of the takeover of EMI Music Group by Universal Music Group in September 2012, EMI Classics was listed for divestment. The label was sold to Warner Music Group, which absorbed EMI Classics into Warner Classics in 2013. Classical recordings were formerly simultaneously released under several combinations of EMI, Angel, Seraphim, Odeon, Columbia, His Master's Voice, and other labels, in part because competitors own these names in various countries. These were moved under the EMI Classics umbrella to avoid the trademark problems.
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Artists on EMI Classics
Yehudi Menuhin
1916–1999 · American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)
Nigel Kennedy
b. 1956 · British-born violinist and violist (born 1956)
Richard Rodney Bennett
1936–2012 · British composer and pianist (1936-2012)
Markus Stockhausen
b. 1957 · German trumpeter, music producer and composer (jazz…
Label profile
EMI Classics was a classical music label, introduced in April 1991 as EMI's new worldwide classical music brand. It replaced the Angel and His Master's Voice (Dog & Trumpet) trademarks, which however kept being used in some territories.
In 2007, the EMI Group Plc restructured its labels, with EMI Classics becoming part of the UK Angel Music Group operation.
In 2013, following 's acquisition of (formed for the divestment of former ultimate owner ), EMI Classics became part of .
After the acquisition, a lot of the former EMI Classics releases were reissued on Warner Classics / Erato.
Releases may mention the following label codes: LC 6646 / LC 0542
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