Virgin Classics

French record label; founded 1988, absorbed into Warner Classics/Erato from 2013
Organization record_label Q3560636
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Virgin Classics

Summary

Virgin Classics is a record label[1].

Key Facts

  • Virgin Classics is in the country of France[2].
  • Virgin Classics's instance of is recorded as record label[3].
  • Virgin Classics's founder is recorded as Richard Branson[4].
  • Virgin Classics's genre is classical music[5].
  • Virgin Classics's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[6].
  • 1988 marks the founding of Virgin Classics[7].
  • Virgin Classics was dissolved in 2013[8].
  • Virgin Classics's parent organization or unit is recorded as Thorn EMI Plc[9].
  • Virgin Classics's parent organization or unit is recorded as Parlophone Label Group[10].
  • Virgin Classics's official website is recorded as http://www.virginclassics.com[11].
  • Virgin Classics's replaced by is recorded as Erato Records[12].
  • Virgin Classics's name is recorded as Virgin Classics[13].
  • Virgin Classics's related category is recorded as Category:Virgin Classics artists[14].

Product Details

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  • Type: Imprint[15]

  • Country: GB[16]

  • Began / founded: 1988[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2013-07-19[18]

  • Genre(s): classical[19]

  • Community tags: classical, love lives on[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aeae98ea-d990-4312-a3ec-e27b04a2715f[21]

Body

Founding

Virgin Classics's founder is recorded as Richard Branson[4]. 1988 marks the founding of it[7].

Operations

Virgin Classics's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[6]. Parent organizations include Thorn EMI Plc[9], a conglomerate[22], in United Kingdom[23], founded in 1980[24], headquartered in London[25] and Parlophone Label Group[10], a holding company[26], in United Kingdom[27], founded in 2012[28], headquartered in London[29].

Dissolution

Virgin Classics was dissolved in 2013[8].

References

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  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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