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. Artists Sony Classical represents 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 Dirk Maassen Christoph Koncz Ivo Pogorelich Martin Fröst Leif Ove Andsnes Lavinia Meijer Luka Faulisi Rachel Willis-Sørensen Mao Fujita Pablo Ferrández Miloš Attacca Quartet Presidents 1997: Peter Gelb (NY) 2009–2019: Bogdan Roscic 2019: Per Hauber See also List of record labels References American record labels Record labels established in 1924 Classical music record labels Soundtrack record labels Sony Music