Max Wilcox American record producer
Max Wilcox (December 27, 1928 - January 20, 2017) was an American producer of classical music records, known for his relationship with pianist Arthur Rubinstein .[ 1] [ 2]
The Rubinstein years
Wilcox joined RCA Red Seal Records in 1958, as a music editor. In 1959, he started to work as producer for Arthur Rubinstein , a relationship that lasted until Rubinsteins's retirement in 1976. Their recordings include Sonatas , Piano Concerto No. 1 (1961), Waltzes , Polonaises , Impromptus (1964), Mazurkas (1965/66), Nocturnes (1965/67) by Frédéric Chopin and the five piano concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven with Daniel Barenboim and the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1976), which won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) in 1977.
Work with other artists
He also worked for the Guarneri Quartet , the Emerson String Quartet , Zubin Mehta with the New York Philharmonic , Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra , Charles Munch with the Boston Symphony Orchestra , pianists Richard Goode , Van Cliburn , Vladimir Feltsman , Sviatoslav Richter , Gary Graffman , Menahem Pressler , Peter Serkin , Gabriela Imreh, and even crossed roads with rock singer David Bowie in David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf .[ 5]
References
International National Artists Other
