In Reply to: Gramophone's Hall of Fame posted by Mali on April 12, 2012 at 10:32:36:
Such lists are worse than useless. They serve to polarize those who know something about music and performing, and mislead those who don't.
I see no point here.
I'll avoid the rush and list my usual suspects in just three categories: conductors, instrumentalists, and singers. None will be a surprise to just about anyone on this board:
Conductors: E. Kleiber, Klemperer, Walter, Furtwaengler, Toscanini ("The Five General Music Directors of Europe")
Instrumentalists: Schnabel, Hoffmann, Rachmaninoff, Richter, Horowitz;
Heifetz, Oistrakh, Huberman, Szigeti, Kreisler; Casals, duPre, Fournier; Primrose; Brain, Tabuteau
Singers: Caruso, Gigli, diStefano, Melchior, Fischer-Dieskau, Hotter, Schorr; Flagstad, Callas, Forrester, Berganza, Schwarzkopf
And about one hundred others.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Gramophone's Hall of Fame - Brian Cheney 13:12:59 04/12/12 (5)
- RE: Gramophone's Hall of Fame - Old Listener 15:49:34 04/12/12 (0)
- RE: Gramophone's Hall of Fame - nairb 14:10:22 04/12/12 (0)
- "Worse than useless" - rbolaw 13:34:05 04/12/12 (2)
- Click the links. - Mali 14:30:01 04/12/12 (1)
- OK, but it still ain't Cooperstown. ;) nt - rbolaw 19:03:07 04/12/12 (0)