EMI Classics
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| Parent company | EMI | ||
| Founded | 1990 | ||
| Founder(s) | - | ||
| Distributing label | EMI Classics (In the UK) Angel Records (In the US) Virgin Classics |
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| Genre(s) | Classical Music | ||
| Country | UK | ||
| Web address | www.emiclassics.com | ||
EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed classical music releases.
Classical recordings were formerly simultaneously released under combinations of Angel, Seraphim, Odeon, Columbia, HMV, and other labels, in part because competitors own these names in various countries. These have been moved under the EMI Classics umbrella to avoid the trademark problems. Releases created for distribution in specific countries are still distributed under the historical names, except for Columbia as EMI sold the Columbia name to Sony Music Entertainment. The red logo harkens back to the Red Seal releases, introduced by EMI predecessor the Gramophone Company in 1902. So HMV classical releases had red labels.
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[edit] Artists
[edit] Composers
[edit] Conductors
- Claudio Abbado
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Bernard Haitink
- Mariss Jansons
- Rudolf Kempe
- Otto Klemperer
- Ingo Metzmacher
- Riccardo Muti
- Antonio Pappano
- André Previn
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Franz Welser-Most
[edit] Crossover
- Becky
- Sarah Brightman
- Celtic Tenors
- Keith Emerson
- Libera
- Natasha Marsh
- Maksim Mrvica
- The Planets
- Keedie
- Wild
[edit] Ensembles
[edit] Instrumentalists
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Ole Edvard Antonsen
- Martha Argerich
- Alison Balsom
- Daniel Barenboim
- Manuel Barrueco
- Han-Na Chang
- Sarah Chang
- Kyung-Wha Chung
- Natalie Clein
- Nigel Kennedy
- Stephen Kovacevich
- Dong-Hyek Lim
- Sabine Meyer
- Gabriela Montero
- Emmanuel Pahud
- Itzhak Perlman
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Simon Trpceski
- Maxim Vengerov
- Lars Vogt
- Frank Peter Zimmermann
[edit] Singers
- Roberto Alagna
- Ian Bostridge
- Olaf Bär
- Maria Callas
- Franco Corelli
- Natalie Dessay
- Plácido Domingo
- Lesley Garrett
- Angela Gheorghiu
- Jane Gilchrist
- Thomas Hampson
- Barbara Hendricks
- Denise Leigh
- Jonathan Lemalu
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
