Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Gramophone Hall of Fame - 2012

As Gramophone approaches its 90th birthday in April 2013, the following  musicians, producers, engineers and executives were chosen  for their talent, vision and genius - making the classical music industry what it is today.
Claudio Abbado - Conductor*
Marta Argerich - Pianist
Claudio Arrau - Pianist
Dame Janet Baker - Mezzo-soprano
Sir John Barbirolli - Conductor
Daniel Barenboim - Pianist and conductor
Cecilia Bartoli - Mezzo-soprano
Beaux Arts Trio - Piano trio
Sir Thomas Beecham - Conductor
Leonard Bernstein - Conductor and pianist*
Pierre Boulez - Conductor and composer
Dennis Brain - Horn player
Alfred Brendel - Pianist
Maria Callas - Soprano*
Enrico Caruso - Tenor
Pablo Casals - Cellist and conductor
John Culshaw - Producer
Joyce Didonato - Mezzo-soprano
Placido Domingo - Tenor and conductor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Baritone and conductor
Wilhelm Furtwangler - Conductor*
Glenn Gould - Pianist
Jascha Heifetz - Violinist
Herbert Von Karajan - Conductor*
Carlos Kleiber - Conductor
Otto Klemperer - Conductor
Lang Lang - Pianist
Walter Legge - Producer
Yehudi Menuhin - Violinist and conductor
Birgit Nilsson - Soprano
David Oistrakh - Violinist
Murray Perahia - Pianist and conductor
Itzhak Perlman - Violinist
Ted Perry - Record label founder
Maurizio Pollini - Pianist
Sir Simon Rattle - Conductor
Mstislav Rostropovich - Cellist and conductor
Sir Georg Solti - Conductor
Takacs Quartet - String quartet
Arturo Toscanini - Conductor

* Top Quintet

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