Sony BMG Masterworks is a record label. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music It is the result of a "restructuring" of Sony BMG Music Entertainment's classical music division. Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group
Its formation marked the merger of the Sony Classical and BMG Classics (including RCA Red Seal) product lines. Sony Classical Records was started in 1927 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of the American Columbia Records. RCA Red Seal Records is a prestigious classical music label and is now part of Sony BMG Masterworks. Gilbert Hetherwick was the president of the label from January 2005 through November of 2006, displacing Peter Gelb who was the head of Sony Classical before the merger. Peter Gelb (born 1953 is an American arts administrator He is currently General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Hetherwick claimed (as of 2005) the label may reissue between one hundred and two hundred historical recordings per year. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 200 ( two hundred) is the Natural number following 199 and preceding 201. A year (from Old English gēr) is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the Orbit of the Earth around the Sun Hetherwick left in November of 2006, to be replaced by Alex Miller, a former BMG Employee.
The label owns rights to recordings dating from the 20th century and late 19th century, including ones featuring Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Fritz Reiner, Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, E. Power Biggs, and Plácido Domingo, as well as from more recent performers such as Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Enrico Caruso (born Errico Caruso; February 25 1873 &ndash August 2 1921) was an Italian Opera singer WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Mario Lanza ( January 31, 1921 &ndash October 7 1959 WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Frederick Martin “Fritz” Reiner ( December 19, 1888 Arthur Rubinstein KBE ( January 28 1887 &ndash December 20 1982) was a Polish - American pianist who is widely Jascha Heifetz (ˈhaɪfɪts was a Lithuanian born American Violin Virtuoso ( &ndash December 10, 1987) Edward George Power Biggs ( March 29, 1906 - March 10, 1977) more familiarly known as E WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941) better This is an Anglicized version of the Chinese name "Ma Yo-yo" the family name is " Ma " Joshua David Bell (born 9 December 1967) is an American Grammy Award -winning Violinist. It is also responsible for SONY BMG's immense archives of film scores (including scores for such films as Star Wars, The Phantom of the Opera, Memoirs of a Geisha and many others. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart 's 1986 stage musical, which is based Memoirs of a Geisha is an Academy-Award -winning movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblin It also maintains the archive of theater soundtracks, via its Masterworks Broadway imprint. Masterworks Broadway is a Record label created by the consolidation of Sony Music Entertainment 's Broadway theatre music divisions Columbia Broadway
The merged label's name echoes the moniker used by Sony Classical's predecessor, Columbia Masterworks (later CBS Masterworks). Columbia Masterworks Records was a Record label started in 1927 by Columbia Records. The label's name was changed after CBS sold its records division to Sony in the late 1980s. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Sony BMG Masterworks has several imprints, used primarily for its reissues of Broadway cast recordings (Masterworks Broadway Records) and select jazz titles (Masterworks Jazz). Masterworks Broadway is a Record label created by the consolidation of Sony Music Entertainment 's Broadway theatre music divisions Columbia Broadway
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- Sony BMG announce new classical division
- Kozinn, A. This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also (2005, April 12). In restructuring, Sony BMG introduces classical label. In The New York Times, CLIV, B1, B7.
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