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unusual facts about Virgin Classics


Paul McCreesh

The Gramophone Award winning album "Venetian Coronation" (released on Virgin Classics in 1990) represented a break-through for the Gabrieli Consort and Players.


Erato Records

In 2013, the label was revived with WEA’s acquisition of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics, which became part of Warner Classics.

Rolando Villazón

He has recorded four solo CDs with Virgin Classics and is additionally featured, along with Patrizia Ciofi and Topi Lehtipuu, on the recording of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Claudio Monteverdi, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm.


see also

Emmanuelle Haïm

Monteverdi, Il Combatimento Di Tancredi I Clorinda with Rolando Villazón etc. al. (2006, Virgin Classics)

London Classical Players

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Overture Les Francs-Juges, Virgin Classics 3632862 (reissue)

Nancy Argenta

She has recorded Schubert for the Virgin Classics label, and has sung in performances of music by Mahler and Schoenberg.

Paula Morris

After completing a D. Phil at the University of York, under the supervision of Hermione Lee, and after a brief stint living in Manchester, she moved to London – working for BBC Radio 3 as a production assistant, Virgin Records as Press Officer for Virgin Classics, and PolyGram (now Universal) as Press and Promotions Manager for Philips.

Quatuor Ébène

Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano (2011), Virgin Classics