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| Philips Classics Records | |
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| Parent company | PolyGram (1983-1998) Universal Music Group (1999-2008) |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Phonogram International B.V., subsidiary of PolyGram |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Genre | Classical music |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Location | Baarn |
Philips Classics Records, commonly referred to asPhilips Classics, was a classical music label founded byPolyGram that existed from 1983 until 2009.[1] A new division called Philips Classics Productions was set up to manage the Philips Classics label.
It was successful with artists includingAlfred Brendel, SirJohn Eliot Gardiner, SirNeville Marriner and theAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields,Ton Koopman and theAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir,Mitsuko Uchida,Julian Lloyd Webber,Sir Colin Davis andAndré Rieu.
A significant release by the label was the 180-CDThe Complete Mozart Edition, which featured all works byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, known at the set's publication in 1990–1991 for the bicentenary of the composer's death. It was re-released as theComplete Compact Mozart Edition.
In 1997, Philips Classics Productions was reorganized as Philips Music Group.
ParentUniversal Music Group, which was formed in 1999 from the merger of thePolyGram andMCA families of labels, merged the label intoDecca Records. Decca continued to use the Philips Classics label for re-editions until 2009 under a licensing agreement with the Philips company.
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