Robert E. Myers (record producer)

In his later career, Myers led the Angel label in the United States, which included responsibility for all business and artist and repertoire decisions.

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.

[8] More recently, in her memoir Simple Dreams, singer Linda Ronstadt cited the Almeida-Terri-Ruderman Duets with the Spanish Guitar as "...one of my most cherished recordings.

EMI classical recordings previously released in the United States by RCA Victor were ultimately contractually transferred to the Angel label, distributed by Capitol.

[11] Until 1974, Myers was responsible for the release schedules, marketing strategies and manufacturing sound quality for all Angel recordings in the United States.

The ICRC had representatives from EMI's classical subsidiaries around the world; the committee established international recording schedules, budgets and artist commitments.

[13] Many internationally renowned classical music artists recorded for EMI/Angel Records, including singers Maria Callas, Victoria de los Ángeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Birgit Nilsson, Tito Gobbi; conductors Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Georges Prête, Sir Thomas Beecham; soloists Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim and Dennis Brain.

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.

[15] 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.

Chipman wrote: "The Melodiya recording was the serendipitous discovery of Angel's general manager Robert Myers while on a trip to the Soviet Union.

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.