Robert E. Myers (record producer)
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Robert E Myers aka Bob Myers was an American classical music record producer and artists & repertoire specialist. Myers spent most of his career at Capitol Records
and the classical music division of its EMI
parent company, Angel Records
. During his early years with Capitol Records, Myers produced Grammy Award
winning classical albums. In his later career, Myers led the Angel label in the United States, which included responsibility for all business and artist and repertoire decisions.
where he worked in marketing and promotion, as well as producing records under the direction of artists and repertoire chief Bill Richards. Myers produced records by the Budapest String Quartet, Helen Traubel
, Rise Stevens
and Nelson Eddy
.
Myers joined Capitol as classical sales promotions manager in 1949, the year that marked the company's first foray into the field of classical music. In 1952, Myers assumed responsibilities as a classical producer. During his tenure, Myers produced albums by Hollywood String Quartet
, Felix Slatkin
, Laurindo Almeida
, Carmen Dragon
, Roger Wagner Chorale, Marcel Grandjany
, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Pennario
and Salli Terri
, among others.
At the first Grammy Awards ceremony in 1959, five separate recordings produced by Myers were nominated in the classical categories. Three recordings were awarded the first Grammys in their respective categories. Duets with Spanish Guitar
with Laurindo Almeida, Salli Terri and Martin Ruderman won Best Engineered Classical Recording. The 1959 Grammy for Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music was awarded to the Hollywood String Quartet for the Myers produced Beethoven String Quartet No 13 in B flat Op. 130. Also that year, the Roger Wagner Chorale recording Virtuoso won the Grammy for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral. Virtuoso was co-produced by Myers and Ralph O’Connor.
Myers produced several other notable recordings during his early career. These include: The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, the 1960 Grammy winner Best Classical performance Instrumental Soloist or Duo; Conversations with the Guitar with Laurindo Almeida, Salli Terri and others, which won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance Vocal or Instrumental-Chamber Music; the Grammy-nominated Music for the Harp by Marcel Grandjany; the Roger Wagner Chorale's 1955 Folk Songs of the New World featuring a solo by the young Marilyn Horne
on "He’s Gone Away"; the Roger Wagner Chorale's 1956 Gold Record Joy to the World; and the Hollywood String Quartet 1953 recording of the Creston String Quartet, Op.8 which earned the acclaim of the composer. Paul Creston wrote to Myers: "I am tremedously pleased with the performance and reproduction of the work. Would you...convey my deepest appreciation and gratitude to the Hollywood String Quartet for their splendid execution."
A partial Robert Myers discography is located at the end of this article. As noted, several Myers recordings have been re-released in multiple formats, and continue to earn commendations, including the 2010 induction of Duets with the Spanish Guitar in the Fanfare Magazine Classical Recording Hall of Fame.
Two classical labels in one company resulted in confusion in the marketplace. Capitol ultimately eliminated Cap-EMI, naming Robert Myers as Artist and Repertoire Director of Angel Records. Until 1974, Myers was responsible for the release schedules, marketing strategies and manufacturing sound quality for all Angel recordings in the United States. While collaborating with its EMI parent and other subsidiaries within the greater EMI organization, Angel Records in the United States exercised considerable autonomy in deciding how to meet the demands of the American classical market.
In his capacity as director of Angel classical repertoire, Myers represented the business and artistic interests of Capitol Records as a member of the EMI International Classical Repertoire Committee ("ICRC"). The ICRC had representatives from EMI's classical subsidiaries around the world; the committee established international recording schedules, budgets and artist commitments. Many internationally renowned classical music artists recorded for EMI/Angel Records, including among others singers Maria Callas
, Victoria de los Angeles
, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Di Stefano
, Franco Corelli
, Mirella Freni
, Brigette Nielsen, Tito Gobbi
; conductors Otto Klemperer
, Herbert Von Karajan
, Carlo Maria Giulini
, Georges Prête, Sir Thomas Beecham; soloists Yehudi Menuhin
, Jacqueline du Pre
, Daniel Barenboim
and Dennis Brain
. In the US, Angel Records also maintained an active recording program of American musicians, including Christopher Parkening
, Angel Romero
, Ransom Wilson
, and Leonard Pennario
.
Among the achievements during Myers’ tenure was the creation of the Melodiya Angel label, led by Capitol’s President Alan W. Livingston
. Under Capitol's contractual agreement, Capitol Records had exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for recordings made in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War
. The agreement made previously unreleased recordings by Soviet-controlled artists including David Oistrakh
, Sviatoslav Richter
, Emil Gilels
and Mstislav Rostropovich
available in the United States. Robert Myers decided which records would be released under the agreement, and was responsible for liaison with Soviet officials, artists and recording experts.
While heading Melodiya Angel, Myers was credited with the introduction of music that had not previously been known in the United States, including Shostakovitch’s The Execution of Stepan Razin and Prokoviev’s film score for Ivan the Terrible. In addition, Myers secured the landmark 1973 release of the first recording ever made of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, Op. 37, also known as the All Night Vigil, Op.37 by Alexander Sveshnikov with the State Russian Choir
(at the time known as the USSR Academic Russian Choir). In the March, 1974 issue of Stereo Review, reviewer Abram Chipman observed that previously only excerpts of the work had been available on record. Chipman wrote: "The Melodiya recording was the serendipitous discovery of Angel's general manager Robert Myers while on a trip to the Soviet Union. Once he tracked down the recording, he had to prevail rather heavily on the Soviet powers that be to make it part of their trade agreement with Angel."
During his Angel tenure, Myers was also responsible for the selection of music for The Story of Great Music and Concerts of Great Music, a twenty-two volume set issued by Time-Life Records in collaboration with Angel from 1966-1968. The series covers the history of classical music from The Early Renaissance through The Music of Today. Sample titles include: The Baroque Era, The Age of Elegance, The Age of Revolution, and The Spanish Style. Each box set includes four to five long playing LPs with an accompanying book on the art and history of the respective era, as well as a "Listening Guide" for each recording. Upon Myers’ death in 1976, The Story of Great Music was noted as "the best selling series of classical records in history".
From approximately 1966 to 1971, Bob Myers represented the classical music field as an elected member of the Los Angeles Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
(NARAS), which hosts the Grammy Awards among other recording industry endeavors.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
and the classical music division of its EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
parent company, Angel Records
Angel Records
Angel Records is a record label belonging to EMI. It was formed in 1953 and specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway score...
. During his early years with Capitol Records, Myers produced Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winning classical albums. In his later career, Myers led the Angel label in the United States, which included responsibility for all business and artist and repertoire decisions.
Early career (record producer)
Robert Myers began his career at RCA Victor. In 1945 he moved to Columbia RecordsColumbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
where he worked in marketing and promotion, as well as producing records under the direction of artists and repertoire chief Bill Richards. Myers produced records by the Budapest String Quartet, Helen Traubel
Helen Traubel
Helen Francesca Traubel was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she began her career as a concert singer and went on to sing at the Metropolitan...
, Rise Stevens
Risë Stevens
Risë Stevens is a retired American operatic mezzo-soprano.-Professional life:Stevens studied at New York's Juilliard School for three years. She went to Vienna, where she was trained by Marie Gutheil-Schoder and Herbert Graf. She made her début as Mignon in Prague in 1936 and stayed there until...
and Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddy was an American singer and actor who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. A classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred...
.
Myers joined Capitol as classical sales promotions manager in 1949, the year that marked the company's first foray into the field of classical music. In 1952, Myers assumed responsibilities as a classical producer. During his tenure, Myers produced albums by Hollywood String Quartet
Hollywood String Quartet
The Hollywood String Quartet was formed in 1939 by violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife, cellist Eleanor Aller.The original formation of the quartet was rounded out by Joachim Chassman and Paul Robyn. They broke up in 1941 due to Slatkin's entry into the army. The quartet was...
, Felix Slatkin
Felix Slatkin
Felix Slatkin was an American violinist and conductor.-Biography:Slatkin was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a Jewish family originally named Zlotkin from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. He began studying the violin at the age of nine with Isadore Grossman...
, Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
, Carmen Dragon
Carmen Dragon
Carmen Dragon was an American conductor, composer, and arranger who in addition to live performances and recording, worked in radio, film, and television.Dragon was born in Antioch, California...
, Roger Wagner Chorale, Marcel Grandjany
Marcel Grandjany
Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany was a French-born American harpist and composer. He began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriette Renié. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at age eleven where he also studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning the coveted Premier Prix at age...
, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Pennario
Leonard Pennario
Leonard Pennario was an American classical pianist and composer.He was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles, attending Los Angeles High School remaining in L.A. for his entire career. He first came to notice when he performed Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto at age 12, with the...
and Salli Terri
Salli Terri
Salli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
, among others.
At the first Grammy Awards ceremony in 1959, five separate recordings produced by Myers were nominated in the classical categories. Three recordings were awarded the first Grammys in their respective categories. Duets with Spanish Guitar
Duets with Spanish Guitar
Duets with Spanish Guitar is an album by the Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with the singer Salli Terri and the flautist Martin Ruderman. It was originally released by Capitol Records in 1958....
with Laurindo Almeida, Salli Terri and Martin Ruderman won Best Engineered Classical Recording. The 1959 Grammy for Best Classical Performance, Chamber Music was awarded to the Hollywood String Quartet for the Myers produced Beethoven String Quartet No 13 in B flat Op. 130. Also that year, the Roger Wagner Chorale recording Virtuoso won the Grammy for Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral. Virtuoso was co-produced by Myers and Ralph O’Connor.
Myers produced several other notable recordings during his early career. These include: The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida, the 1960 Grammy winner Best Classical performance Instrumental Soloist or Duo; Conversations with the Guitar with Laurindo Almeida, Salli Terri and others, which won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance Vocal or Instrumental-Chamber Music; the Grammy-nominated Music for the Harp by Marcel Grandjany; the Roger Wagner Chorale's 1955 Folk Songs of the New World featuring a solo by the young Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne
Marilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages....
on "He’s Gone Away"; the Roger Wagner Chorale's 1956 Gold Record Joy to the World; and the Hollywood String Quartet 1953 recording of the Creston String Quartet, Op.8 which earned the acclaim of the composer. Paul Creston wrote to Myers: "I am tremedously pleased with the performance and reproduction of the work. Would you...convey my deepest appreciation and gratitude to the Hollywood String Quartet for their splendid execution."
A partial Robert Myers discography is located at the end of this article. As noted, several Myers recordings have been re-released in multiple formats, and continue to earn commendations, including the 2010 induction of Duets with the Spanish Guitar in the Fanfare Magazine Classical Recording Hall of Fame.
Later career (classical repertoire and business leader)
In 1955, British based EMI acquired a 96% ownership interest in Capitol Records. EMI classical recordings previously released in the United States by RCA Victor were ultimately contractually transferred to the Angel label, distributed by Capitol. While still a producer, in 1958 Myers assumed the additional responsibility as Classical Coordinator, assuming administrative responsibility for all Capitol and EMI classical releases (called Cap-EMI and Angel respectively).Two classical labels in one company resulted in confusion in the marketplace. Capitol ultimately eliminated Cap-EMI, naming Robert Myers as Artist and Repertoire Director of Angel Records. Until 1974, Myers was responsible for the release schedules, marketing strategies and manufacturing sound quality for all Angel recordings in the United States. While collaborating with its EMI parent and other subsidiaries within the greater EMI organization, Angel Records in the United States exercised considerable autonomy in deciding how to meet the demands of the American classical market.
In his capacity as director of Angel classical repertoire, Myers represented the business and artistic interests of Capitol Records as a member of the EMI International Classical Repertoire Committee ("ICRC"). The ICRC had representatives from EMI's classical subsidiaries around the world; the committee established international recording schedules, budgets and artist commitments. Many internationally renowned classical music artists recorded for EMI/Angel Records, including among others singers Maria Callas
Maria Callas
Maria Callas was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique, a wide-ranging voice and great dramatic gifts...
, Victoria de los Angeles
Victoria de los Ángeles
Victoria de los Ángeles was a Spanish Catalan operatic soprano and recitalist whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her obituary in The Times noted that she must be counted “among the finest singers of the second half...
, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. He was known as the "Golden voice" or "The most beautiful voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli...
, Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli
Franco Corelli was a famous Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. Associated in particular with the spinto and dramatic tenor roles of the Italian repertory, he was celebrated universally for his powerhouse voice, electrifying top notes, clear timbre, a...
, Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni, birth name Mirella Fregni, is an Italian opera soprano whose repertoire includes Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Tchaikovsky...
, Brigette Nielsen, Tito Gobbi
Tito Gobbi
Tito Gobbi was an Italian operatic baritone with an international reputation.-Biography:Tito Gobbi was born in Bassano del Grappa and studied law at the University of Padua before he trained as a singer. Giulio Crimi, a well-known Italian tenor of a previous generation, was Gobbi's teacher in Rome...
; conductors Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer was a German conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading conductors of the 20th century.-Biography:Otto Klemperer was born in Breslau, Silesia Province, then in Germany...
, Herbert Von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...
, Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor.-Biography:Giulini was born in Barletta, Italy, to a father born in Lombardy and a mother born in Naples; but he was raised in Bolzano, which at the time of his birth was part of Austria...
, Georges Prête, Sir Thomas Beecham; soloists Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
, Jacqueline du Pre
Jacqueline du Pré
Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE was a British cellist. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at 28 and led to her...
, Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, KBE is an Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings....
and Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain was a British virtuoso horn player and was largely credited for popularizing the horn as a solo classical instrument with the post-war British public...
. In the US, Angel Records also maintained an active recording program of American musicians, including Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening is an American classical guitarist.Parkening was born in Los Angeles, California, and pursued music in part because of his cousin Jack Marshall, a studio musician in the 1960s. Marshall first introduced Parkening to the recordings of Andrés Segovia when he was 11, and...
, Angel Romero
Ángel Romero
Ángel Romero is a Spanish classical guitarist, conductor and former member of the guitar quartet Los Romeros. He is the youngest son of Celedonio Romero, who in 1957 left Franco's Spain for the United States with his family....
, Ransom Wilson
Ransom Wilson
Ransom Wilson is an American flutist and conductor. Studying at the Juilliard School in New York City, he formed a close friendship with Jean-Pierre Rampal...
, and Leonard Pennario
Leonard Pennario
Leonard Pennario was an American classical pianist and composer.He was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles, attending Los Angeles High School remaining in L.A. for his entire career. He first came to notice when he performed Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto at age 12, with the...
.
Among the achievements during Myers’ tenure was the creation of the Melodiya Angel label, led by Capitol’s President Alan W. Livingston
Alan W. Livingston
Alan Wendell Livingston , born Alan Wendell Levison, was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best-known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets, then as the executive who...
. Under Capitol's contractual agreement, Capitol Records had exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for recordings made in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. The agreement made previously unreleased recordings by Soviet-controlled artists including David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh , , David Fiodorović Ojstrakh, ; – October 24, 1974, was a Soviet violinist....
, Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Childhood:...
, Emil Gilels
Emil Gilels
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist, widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.His last name is sometimes transliterated Hilels.-Biography:...
and Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
available in the United States. Robert Myers decided which records would be released under the agreement, and was responsible for liaison with Soviet officials, artists and recording experts.
While heading Melodiya Angel, Myers was credited with the introduction of music that had not previously been known in the United States, including Shostakovitch’s The Execution of Stepan Razin and Prokoviev’s film score for Ivan the Terrible. In addition, Myers secured the landmark 1973 release of the first recording ever made of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, Op. 37, also known as the All Night Vigil, Op.37 by Alexander Sveshnikov with the State Russian Choir
Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir
The A. V. Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir is one of the principal choirs of Russia, founded in 1936 by Alexandr Sveshnikov as the choir of the USSR All-Union Radio with Sveshnikov as permanent director from 1941...
(at the time known as the USSR Academic Russian Choir). In the March, 1974 issue of Stereo Review, reviewer Abram Chipman observed that previously only excerpts of the work had been available on record. Chipman wrote: "The Melodiya recording was the serendipitous discovery of Angel's general manager Robert Myers while on a trip to the Soviet Union. Once he tracked down the recording, he had to prevail rather heavily on the Soviet powers that be to make it part of their trade agreement with Angel."
During his Angel tenure, Myers was also responsible for the selection of music for The Story of Great Music and Concerts of Great Music, a twenty-two volume set issued by Time-Life Records in collaboration with Angel from 1966-1968. The series covers the history of classical music from The Early Renaissance through The Music of Today. Sample titles include: The Baroque Era, The Age of Elegance, The Age of Revolution, and The Spanish Style. Each box set includes four to five long playing LPs with an accompanying book on the art and history of the respective era, as well as a "Listening Guide" for each recording. Upon Myers’ death in 1976, The Story of Great Music was noted as "the best selling series of classical records in history".
From approximately 1966 to 1971, Bob Myers represented the classical music field as an elected member of the Los Angeles Board of Governors for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
(NARAS), which hosts the Grammy Awards among other recording industry endeavors.
Discography (partial)
- Hollywood String QuartetHollywood String QuartetThe Hollywood String Quartet was formed in 1939 by violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife, cellist Eleanor Aller.The original formation of the quartet was rounded out by Joachim Chassman and Paul Robyn. They broke up in 1941 due to Slatkin's entry into the army. The quartet was...
:- Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 with Victor AllerVictor AllerVictor Aller was an American pianist.He had a successful career behind the scenes in the film industry, and he taught piano in Hollywood, where his students sometimes included actors preparing to depict musicians on screen, such as Dirk Bogarde and Cornel Wilde...
(1952) Capitol P-8171, CTL 7024, Testament SBT 1077 - Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 and Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D (1953) Capitol P 8187, CTL 7031, Testament SBT 1061
- Franck Piano Quintet in F minor with Victor Aller (1953) Capitol P-8220, CTL 7045, Testament SBT 1077
- Turina La Oracion del Torero, Op. 34 and Creston String Quartet, Op. 8 with Victor Aller (1953) Capitol P- 8260, CTL 7063, Testament SBT 1053
- Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (1954) Capitol P-8269, CTL 7075, Testament SBT 3063
- Dvorak String Quartet No. 6 in F, Op. 96 ("American") and Dohnanyi String Quartet No. 3 in A minor, Op. 33 (1955) Capitol P-8307, CTL 7098, Testament SBT 1081
- Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44 with Victor Aller and Hummel String Quartet Op 30 No. 2 (1955) Capitol P 8316
- Smetana String Quartet and Glazunov Novelettes (1955) Capitol P-8331
- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 26 (1956) Capitol P-8376, PBR 8346 Testament SBT 3063 (3 CD set)
- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 with Victor Aller (1956) Capitol P-8377, PBR 8346 Testament SBT 3063
- Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 with Victor Aller (1956) Capitol P-8378, PBR 8346 Testament SBT 3063
- Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 ("Death and the Maiden") (1957) Capitol P-8359 Testament 1061
- Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1957) Capitol P-8424/PER 8394 Testament SBT 3082
- Beethoven String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 (1957) Capitol P-8425/PER 8394 Testament SBT 3082
- Beethoven String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Op. 130 (1957) Capitol P-8429/PER 8394 Testament SBT 3082, Grammy Award Winner, 1959
- Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op. 133 (1957) Capitol P-8455/PER 8394 Testament SBT 3063
- Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 6 and Kodaly String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 Capitol (1958) P(SP) 8472
- Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 with Victor Aller
- Laurindo AlmeidaLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
:- Guitar Music of Spain (1954)
- Guitar Music of Latin America (1955) Capitol P-8321
- From the Romantic Era (1956) Capitol P-8341
- Vistas di Espana (1956) Capitol P-8367
- Impressoes do Brasil (1957) Capitol P-8381
- New World of the Guitar (1957) Capitol P-8392
- Duets with Spanish GuitarDuets with Spanish GuitarDuets with Spanish Guitar is an album by the Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, with the singer Salli Terri and the flautist Martin Ruderman. It was originally released by Capitol Records in 1958....
(1958) Capitol P-8406, Angel S-36050, EMI CD GMR 2167 with Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
and Martin Ruderman, Grammy Award Winner - For My True Love (1959) Capitol P(SP)-8461 with Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
Selected tracks Reissued Angel S-36051 as Duets with the Spanish Guitar Vol. 2 - Music for a Spanish Guitar (1959) Capitol P(SP)-8497
- The Spanish Guitars of Laurindo Almeida (1960) Capitol P(SP)-8521 Grammy Award Winner
- Conversations with the Guitar (1960) Capitol P(SP)-8532 with Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
, Martin Ruderman, Mitchell Lurie, Sanford Schonbach, Grammy Award Winner Selected tracks Reissued Angel S-36051 as Duets with the Spanish Guitar Vol. 2 - Guitar World of Laurindo Almeida (1961) Capitol P(SP)- 8546
- Roger Wagner Chorale:
- Faure Requiem, Op. 48 (1953) with Patricia Beems, Theodor Uppman, Concert Arts Orchestra, Capitol P 8241, CTL 7050 CD: CDM 5 67251 2
- Songs of Stephen Foster (1954) Capitol P 8267, CTL 7073, Angel S-36071
- Folk Songs of the New World (1955) with Harve PresnellHarve PresnellHarve Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid 1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States...
, Marilyn HorneMarilyn HorneMarilyn Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring a large sound, beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages....
, Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
, Capitol P-8324/PBR 8345 - Folk Songs of the Frontier (1955) with Harve PresnellHarve PresnellHarve Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid 1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States...
, Richard Levitt, Capitol P-8332 - Folk Songs of the Old World, Volumes 1 and 2 (1956) Capitol P 8387 (Vol. 1), P 8388 (Vol. 2), PBR 8345 (Vols. 1 & 2)
- Joy to the World (1956) Capitol P(SP) 8353 CD:CDP 7 94688 2
- House of the Lord (1957) Capitol P(SP) 8365
- Songs of Latin America (1957) Capitol P 8408
- Virtuoso (1958) Capitol P(SP)-8431 Grammy Award Winner, Produced with Ralph O'Connor
- Felix SlatkinFelix SlatkinFelix Slatkin was an American violinist and conductor.-Biography:Slatkin was born in St. Louis, Missouri to a Jewish family originally named Zlotkin from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. He began studying the violin at the age of nine with Isadore Grossman...
conducting:- Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (1954) with Victor Aller, Eleanor AllerEleanor AllerEleanor Aller was a world-renowned cellist and founding member, with her husband, Felix Slatkin, of the Hollywood String Quartet....
, Harry Sukman and the Concert Arts Orchestra, Capitol P-8270, CTL 7069 - Debussy Children's Corner Suite and Petite Suite (1955) Concert Arts Orchestra Capitol P-8328
- Espana (1957) Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Capitol P(SP)-8357
- Cello Galaxy (1959) Marni NixonMarni NixonMarni Nixon is an American soprano and playback singer for featured actresses in movie musicals. She has also spent much of her career performing in concerts with major symphony orchestras around the world and in operas and musicals throughout the United States.-Biography:Born Margaret Nixon...
, Eleanor AllerEleanor AllerEleanor Aller was a world-renowned cellist and founding member, with her husband, Felix Slatkin, of the Hollywood String Quartet....
with the Concert Arts Orchestra Capitol P(SP)-8484, (2010) re-issue: A Felix Slatkin Compendium-Stereo and Mono Recordings, 1954-1959 Pristine Classical PASC 218 - Debussy Dances Sacrée et Profane (1959) with Marcel GrandjanyMarcel GrandjanyMarcel Georges Lucien Grandjany was a French-born American harpist and composer. He began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriette Renié. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at age eleven where he also studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning the coveted Premier Prix at age...
, Concert Arts Orchestra Capitol P-8492
- Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (1954) with Victor Aller, Eleanor Aller
- Marcel GrandjanyMarcel GrandjanyMarcel Georges Lucien Grandjany was a French-born American harpist and composer. He began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriette Renié. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at age eleven where he also studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning the coveted Premier Prix at age...
:- Pour le Harp (1957) Capitol P-8401
- Music for the Harp (1958) Capitol P-8420 Grammy Award Nominee, Best Classical Performance Instrumental other than Concerto
- Bach by Grandjany (1958) Capitol P-8459
- Grandjany The Children's Hour; Rhapsodie pour le Harpe (1958) Capitol P(SP)-8492 reissue Seraphim 60412
- Leonard PennarioLeonard PennarioLeonard Pennario was an American classical pianist and composer.He was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Los Angeles, attending Los Angeles High School remaining in L.A. for his entire career. He first came to notice when he performed Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto at age 12, with the...
:- Ravel Miroirs and Garspard de la Nuit (1952) Capitol P-8152
- Chopin Polonaise No. 6 in A flat, Op. 54 ("Heroic"), Debussy Suite Bergamasque-Claire De Lune, and Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat (1952) Capitol P-8156/CCL 7510
- Waltzes (1952) Capitol P-8167
- The Complete Chopin Waltzes (1952) Capitol P-8172/CTL 7027
- Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2, Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5, and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor, S 157 (1952) Capitol H-8186 P-8312 CCL 7522
- Piano Music of Spain (1952) Capitol P-8190 CTL 7054
- Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1, and Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp minor, Op. 60 (1953) Capitol P-8246 CCL 7523
- Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1953) with Joseph Schuster Capitol P-8248 CTL 7052
- Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (1953) Capitol LAL-8266 CCL 7525
- Delibes Naila-Waltz, Ravel La Valse, and Strauss Der Zigeunerbaron Walzer (1954) Capitol P-8294 CTL 7087
- Albeniz Cantos de Espana, and Lecuona Andalucia (1954) Capitol P-8319
- Bartok Piano Sonata, Rosza Piano Sonata, and Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 3 in A, Op. 20 (1957) Capitol-8376
- Franck Prelude, Fugue et Chorale, and Schumann Fantasia in C, Op. 17 (1957) Capitol P(SP)-8397
- Keyboard Fantasies (1957) Capitol P-8391
- Salli TerriSalli TerriSalli C. Terri was a singer, arranger, recording artist, and songwriter.-Biography:...
:- Songs of Enchantment (1959) with Laurindo Almeida, Hollywood String Quartet Capitol P(SP)-8482
- At the Gate of Heaven (1959) Capitol P(SP)-8504
- Songs of the American Land (1960) Capitol P(SP)-8522 Angel S-36085
- I Know My Love (1961) with Laurindo Almeida Capitol P(SP)-8556
- Additional recordings:
- Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 (1952) Los Angeles Wind Ensemble, William Steinberg conducting
- On Wings of Song (1955) Dorothy Warenskjold, Jack Crosson
- Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat (1958) the Immaculate Heart Trio Capitol P-8442
- Los Angeles Horn Club (1960) Capitol P(SP)-8525 reissue Seraphim S 60095, CD: EMI Studio 63764
- Stories in Song (1961) William Clauson Capitol P(SP)-8539