Robert Russ (music producer)


Robert Russ is a music producer from Berlin-Reinickendorf, Germany. He is the first German producer to be awarded with a Grammy for the Best Historical Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in 2018.

Life

Robert Russ is mainly known in the United States as a producer of elaborate artist editions with recordings of Columbia Records and RCA Records : "Robert Russ, who produced Sony's recent boxed sets of Reiner/Chicago and Pierre Monteux recordings, has done as usual thorough job". His "ambitious archival project", the release of previously unknown live recordings of American pianist Vladimir Horowitz from New York's Carnegie Hall, caused a stir in 2013.
His historically significant documentary "the ultimate find of recording history", a set with Canadian pianist Glenn Gould’s complete recording sessions for his famous debut album of Bach's Goldberg Variations Glenn Gould—The Goldberg Variations—The Complete Unreleased Recording Sessions June 1955 was nominated for a Grammy in 2017, and in 2016 he received a nomination for the edition Vladimir Horowitz—The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966–1983, a collection of 25 previously unpublished live recitals of the pianist.
His edition Arthur Rubinstein—The Complete Album Collection with 142 CDs was awarded the World Record for the "Largest CD box set for a classical instrumentalist" in 2011.

Awards

Awarded to Russ or to releases produced by him: