CBC Records was a Canadian record label owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which distributed CBC programming, including live concert performances, in album and digital format(s).
[1] For much of its history, the label focused primarily on classical music and jazz,[2] as well as tie-in albums to CBC Radio shows such as Royal Canadian Air Farce and Brave New Waves.
The division's origins were in the network's transcription service, which produced and distributed recordings of CBC radio and television programming prior to the 1960s.
[1] The label's primary mandate was to promote and distribute Canadian artists, including recordings by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra,[4] the National Arts Centre Orchestra,[4] Anton Kuerti,[4] James Campbell,[4] Maureen Forrester,[4] Glenn Gould,[5] Healey Willan,[6] Angela Hewitt,[6] Ben Heppner[7] and Measha Brueggergosman.
[9] The label's last classical release was Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos, a recording by Bramwell Tovey and James Ehnes in conjunction with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra which won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra) in 2008.