The 2013 list is announced!
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 Quartet ● Amadeus Quartet ● The King's Singers ● The 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 LANG ● Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI ● Murray PERAHIA ● Maurizio POLLINI ● Sergey RACHMANINOV ● Sviatoslav RICHTER ● Arthur 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 ROSTROPOVICH ● Jordi 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








