From Rubinstein to Richard Goode: the recording sessions

Max Wilcox joined RCA Victor Red Seal in 1958 and became a producer in 1959. He was responsible for the recordings of Artur Rubinstein from 1959 until Rubinstein's retirement in 1976. His other RCA artists included the Guarneri Quartet (whom he brought to the label in 1965 and with whom he recorded the complete Beethoven Quartets and ten piano quartets and quintets with Rubinstein), Tashi, the Cleveland Quartet, Peter Serkin, Van Cliburn, Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Munch and the Boston Symphony, Itzhak Perlman, Henryk Szerying, Gregor Piatigorsky and Pierre Fournier.

Max became an independent producer in 1974 and has produced recordings for many domestic and international labels. His artists have included Richard Goode (1977 to present), the Emerson Quartet, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Stoltzman, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Tokyo Quartet, Pamela and Claude Frank, the Beaux Arts Trio, and many others. From 1976-81 he was the audio producer for the Unitel Munich television series with Solti and the Chicago Symphony and Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra.