the reissue of numerous recordings of the Maestro and the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Seraphim reissued some of Toscanini's EMI British recordings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, made in London's Queen's Hall from 1937 to 1939; these recordings had formerly been distributed in the U.S. by RCA Victor. Several albums featured Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, including Beecham's 1959 stereo recordings, which were switched from the Angel label to Seraphim. Some historic EMI recordings have appeared in the U.S. on the Seraphim label on CD in recent years. Since 1990, international use of the Angel mark has been replaced by the EMI Classics label. It is still active in the U.S. In 1992, Angel expanded into the musical theatre genre by adding the Angel Broadway imprint. Angel achieved its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 chart in 1994 with Chant, an album of Gregorian chants by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. In 2001, Angel released newly remastered and expanded editions of the soundtracks of three Rodgers and Hammerstein films – Oklahoma!, Carousel and The King and I. The LP versions and original CD versions of these soundtracks had previously been released by Capitol Records. In the mid 2000s the Angel label was used by Parlophone Records in the UK for a number of releases by American acts such as Diana Ross' I Love You album and rapper Mims' single "This Is Why I'm Hot" The label has been dormant since 2006 when it was placed under the Blue Note Label Group, dissolving and reassigning Angel Records' artists and catalogues into its parent label EMI Classics, which is also under the Blue Note Label Group and musical theatre artists and catalogues into Capitol Records. EMI Classics was sold and absorbed into Warner Classics. See also List of record labels References External links Dorle Soria papers, 1930-1991 Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Record labels established in 1953 1953 establishments in the United States 2006 disestablishments in the United States American record labels EMI Classical music record labels