Volker Straus

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Volker Straus [b. July 5, 1936 in Speyer, Germany d. April 21, 2002 in Bilthoven, the Netherlands] was one of the foremost Tonmeisters of the twentieth century. He sound-engineered some 590 albums the vast majority uncredited during his remarkable career, for many of the greatest artists of his day. His last recording before his retirement was of soprano Jessye Norman performing the opening song at the 1996 Olympics.The majority of Straus'' career was spent with the Philips label in the Netherlands. In that association, he engineered significant recordings of such artists as Sir Colin Davis, Claudio Arrau, Henryk Szeryng, Josef Krips, Alfred Brendel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the Beaux Arts Trio, Ingrid Haebler, Sir Neville Marriner]], and -- above all -- the conductor Bernard Haitink.... Mehr