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Virgin Classics was a record label founded in 1988 as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Records.<ref name="Wiki"/> | '''Virgin Classics''' was a record label founded in 1988 as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Records.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
Virgin Classics, along with EMI Classics, was acquired by Universal Music in 2012 as part of the takeover of the EMI Group, however the terms of the European Commission's September 2012 approval of the takeover requires divestment of the classical labels which were sold on 7 February 2013 to Warner Music Group. Warner Music's Warner Classics unit absorbed the Virgin Classics artists roster and catalogue into Erato Records but lost the rights to use either EMI or Virgin names. <ref name="Wiki"/> | |||
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