Gramophone Hall of Fame

Thu 16th May 2013

The 2013 list is announced!

Gramophone Hall of Fame

Anna Netrebko (DG/Dario Acosta)

Anna Netrebko (DG/Dario Acosta)

Mariss Jansons (Anne Doktor)

Mariss Jansons (Anne Doktor)

Leontyne Price (Tully Potter Coll)

Leontyne Price (Tully Potter Coll)

Sir Adrian Boult (Tully Potter Coll)

Sir Adrian Boult (Tully Potter Coll)

Renée Fleming (Eccles/Decca)

Renée Fleming (Eccles/Decca)

Bryn Terfel (Mat Hennek/DG)

Bryn Terfel (Mat Hennek/DG)

Last year we launched the Gramophone Hall of Fame to celebrate 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. We ran a vote on this website to help select 50 new names for 2013 and the results are listed below, followed by the complete Gramophone Hall of Fame. Click on each name to read classic Gramophone articles, reviews of recommended recordings, and to watch videos of the honorees in action. 

Gramophone Hall of Fame – 2013 list

Conductors Karl BÖHM ● Adrian BOULT ● Sergiu CELIBIDACHE ● Colin DAVIS ● Gustavo DUDAMEL ● Carlo Maria GIULINI ● Bernard HAITINK ● Mariss JANSONS ● Rafael KUBELÍK ● James LEVINE ● Charles MACKERRAS ● Zubin MEHTA ● George SZELL ● Bruno WALTER       

Singers Montserrat CABALLÉ ● Renée FLEMING ● Thomas HAMPSON ● Anna NETREBKO ● Leontyne PRICE ● Bryn TERFEL ● Fritz WUNDERLICH

Pianists Leif Ove ANDSNES ● Vladimir ASHKENAZY ● Emil GILELS ● Wilhelm KEMPFF ● Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI ● Sergey RACHMANINOV

String/brass/woodwind players Maurice ANDRÉ ● Julian BREAM ● James GALWAY ● Heinz HOLLIGER ● Steven ISSERLIS ● Yo-Yo MA ● Wynton MARSALIS ● Albrecht MAYER ● Anne-Sophie MUTTER ● Emmanuel PAHUD ● Jean-Pierre RAMPAL ● Jordi SAVALL ● Andrés SEGOVIA ● John WILLIAMS    

Vocal and instrumental ensembles Alban Berg QuartetAmadeus QuartetThe King's SingersThe Tallis Scholars 

Producers/engineers/record label executives Bernard COUTAZ ● Fred GAISBERG ● Klaus HEYMANN ● Goddard LIEBERSON ● Kenneth WILKINSON   

 

Gramophone Hall of Fame – complete list

Conductors Claudio ABBADO ● John BARBIROLLI ● Daniel BARENBOIM ● Thomas BEECHAM ● Leonard BERNSTEIN ● Karl BÖHM ● Pierre BOULEZ ● Adrian BOULT ● Sergiu CELIBIDACHE ● Colin DAVIS ● Gustavo DUDAMEL ● Wilhelm FURTWÄNGLER ● John Eliot GARDINER ● Emil GILELS ● Carlo Maria GIULINI ● Bernard HAITINK ● Nikolaus HARNONCOURT ● Mariss JANSONS ● Herbert von KARAJAN ● Carlos KLEIBER ● Otto KLEMPERER ● Rafael KUBELÍK ● James LEVINE ● Charles MACKERRAS ● Zubin MEHTA ● Simon RATTLE ● Georg SOLTI ● George SZELL ● Arturo TOSCANINI ● Bruno WALTER 

Singers Janet BAKER ● Cecilia BARTOLI ● Jussi BJÖRLING ● Montserrat CABALLÉ ● Maria CALLAS ● Enrico CARUSO ● Joyce DIDONATO ● Plácido DOMINGO ● Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU ● Renée FLEMING ● Thomas HAMPSON ● Anna NETREBKO ● Birgit NILSSON ● Luciano PAVAROTTI ● Leontyne PRICE ● Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF ● Joan SUTHERLAND ● Bryn TERFEL ● Fritz WUNDERLICH

Pianists Leif Ove ANDSNES ● Martha ARGERICH ● Claudio ARRAU ● Vladimir ASHKENAZY ● Daniel BARENBOIM ● Alfred BRENDEL ● Glenn GOULD ● Vladimir HOROWITZ ● Wilhelm KEMPFF ● LANG LANGArturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI ● Murray PERAHIAMaurizio POLLINISergey RACHMANINOV ● Sviatoslav RICHTERArthur RUBINSTEIN

String/brass/woodwind players Maurice ANDRÉ ● Dennis BRAIN ● Julian BREAM ● Pablo CASALS ● Jacqueline DU PRÉ ● James GALWAY ● Jascha HEIFETZ ● Heinz HOLLIGER ● Steven ISSERLIS ● Yo-Yo MA ● Wynton MARSALIS ● Albrecht MAYER ● Yehudi MENUHIN ● Anne-Sophie MUTTER ● David OISTRAKH ● Emmanuel PAHUD ● Itzhak PERLMAN ● Jean-Pierre RAMPAL ● Mstislav ROSTROPOVICHJordi SAVALL ● Andrés SEGOVIA ● John WILLIAMS

Vocal and instrumental ensembles Alban Berg Quartet ● Amadeus Quartet ● Beaux Arts Trio ● The King's Singers ● Takács Quartet ● The Tallis Scholars 

Producers/engineers/record label executives  Bernard COUTAZ ● John CULSHAW ● Fred GAISBERG ● Klaus HEYMANN ● Walter LEGGE ● Goddard LIEBERSON ● Ted PERRY ● Kenneth WILKINSON