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Classical music label - a sister label of Angel Records. Initially established by EMI Records Ltd. It was launched in 1983 as a midline LP label, although the releases were also available on cassette. The word text trademark "Eminence" was registered 15th Feb 1983 under the immediate ownership of . On the 3rd March 2004 the trademark rights were reassigned to 's intellectual property holding company EMI (IP) Ltd., with EMI Records Ltd. and EMI Group Plc becoming the licensee. As of 2017 the immediate proprietor of the trademark remains EMI (IP) Ltd. which is still controlled by EMI Group Plc successor , which subsequently forms part of the Universal Music Group.
Top EMI Eminence Releases
Requiem
Mozart; Felicity Lott, Della Jones, Keith Lewis, Willard White, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Franz Welser‐Möst
1990
The Complete Preludes
Chopin; Dmitri Alexeev
Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninov; Philip Fowke, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
1985
Sinfonia Antartica / Serenade To Music
Vaughan Williams; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley
1991
Organ Symphony Nº 3 / The Carnival of the Animals
Camille Saint‐Saëns; Christopher Robinson, John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas, Louis Frémaux
1996
Songs of the Auvergne
Joseph Canteloube; Jill Gomez, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
A Selection from The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs and Cassettes
Ivan March, Edward Greenfield and Robert Layton
1992
