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RE: Gramophone's Hall of Fame

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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