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Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor
1
William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
3
Kurt Sanderling
Kurt Sanderling
German conductor
4
James Loughran
James Loughran
British conductor
5
Eugen Jochum
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
6
Walter Legge
Walter Legge
English classical music producer
7
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
8
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
9
Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
Czech conductor, composer and pianist
10
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
American conductor
11
Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
12
Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
13
Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor
14
Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
15
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London based symphony orchestra
16
Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
17
John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
18
Colin Davis
Colin Davis
British conductor
19
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
20
Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor and impresario
21
Peter Erős
Peter Erős
Hungarian-American symphony and opera conductor
22
Anatole Fistoulari
Anatole Fistoulari
British musician
23
Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
24
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
25
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Singverein
concert choir
26
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
27
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German opera soprano
28
Janet Baker
Janet Baker
Opera and concert singer
29
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
30
Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
German conductor
31
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
German composer
32
Adrian Boult
Adrian Boult
English conductor
33
Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
34
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra based in London
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Carlos Païta
Carlos Païta
Argentine conductor
Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer

Otto Klemperer

Intro
German conductor and composer
Genres
Record Labels
EMI
Awards Received
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Goethe-Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft

Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 1885 – 6 July 1973) was a German-born orchestral conductor and composer, described as "the last of the few really great conductors of his generation."