Gramophone Hall of Fame - 2014

 
"The Gramophone Hall of Fame celebrates those performers, producers, engineers and label executives whose contributions to classical music recording, whether through artistic excellence, innovation or imagination, have proved the most influential and inspiring." 

Here are some that you can find in the Audiovisual Room at the library:

  

Sir Thomas Allen (b 1944) (Baritone)

Emile Berliner (1851-1929) (Inventor)

Benjamin Britten (1913-76) (Pianist and Conductor)

Jose Carreras (b 1946) (Tenor)

Riccardo Chailly (b 1953) (Conductor)

Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) (Bass)

C. Robert Fine (1922-82) (Recording engineer)

Angela Georghiu (b 1965) (Soprano)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929-2004) (Bass)

Tito Gobbi (1913-84) (Baritone)

Marilyn Horne (b 1934) (Mezzo-Soprano)

Stephen Hough (b 1961) (Pianist)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (b 1962) (Baritone)

Simon Keenlyside (b 1959) (Baritone)

Evgeny Kissin (b 1971) (Pianist)

Alain Lanceron (b 1949) (Record company executive)

Sir Edward Lewis (1900-80) (Record executive)

Dinu Lipatti (1917-50) (Pianist)

Radu Lupu (b 1945) (Pianist)

Richard Mohr (1919-2002) (Producer)

Riccardo Muti (b 1941) (Conductor)

Jessye Norman (b 1945) (Soprano)

Artur Schnabel (1882-1951) (Pianist)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (b 1944) (Soprano)

Mitsuko Uchida (b 1948) (Pianist)