This is a label. It may also appear as 'CBS Records Masterworks', 'CBS Records Master Works' or 'CBS Master Works' on releases. Label specialising in classical recordings, in use from the mid-1950s to 1990. Until 1980, the label was mainly employed in territories where the Columbia name was being used by the , acting as a parallel label to the predominantly-US . Once Columbia Masterworks was renamed CBS Masterworks in 1980, all releases worldwide used this label until it was rebranded and in 1990 shortly after Sony acquired CBS. However, some pre-1980 US releases exist which use the label. via Discogs →