In Reply to: RE: There are 20 in that list with many you nominate in it + 20 TOP CONDUCTORS!!!! posted by Todd Krieger on August 20, 2016 at 23:47:57:
The British homerism is just too obvious on that list. More than 1/4 of the greatest conductors of all time are all from one tiny country? Who else would put on their own list Rattle, Gardiner, Davis, Beecham, Barbirolli and MacKerras (an Aussie who conducted several British orchestras and last night at the Proms)?
Your list of notable omissions highlights the absence of Russians. In addition to the names you mention as contenders -- Kubelik, Bohm, Jansons, Chailly, Klemperer, Jarvi, Mitropoulos, Jochum ......
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
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- British homerism - Amphissa 07:56:30 08/22/16 (1)
- RE: British homerism - Todd Krieger 00:20:11 08/23/16 (0)