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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

orchestra based in London

1

Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet

British conductor and impresario

2

Colin Davis

British conductor

3

Christian Thielemann

German conductor

4

Carlos Kleiber

German-born Austrian conductor

5

Eugen Jochum

German conductor

6

Georg Solti

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

7

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London based symphony orchestra

8

Malcolm Sargent

English conductor, organist and composer

9

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony

10

Helen Donath

American soprano

11

John Barbirolli

British conductor and cellist

12

Karl Böhm

Austrian conductor

13

BBC Symphony Orchestra

British orchestra based in London

14

Walter Legge

English classical music producer

15

James Loughran

British conductor

16

Peter Rösel

German pianist

17

Albert Coates

British conductor

18

Richard Strauss

German composer and orchestra director

19

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

20

Paul Tortelier

French cellist and composer

21

William Steinberg

American conductor

22

Otto Klemperer

German conductor and composer

23

Wolfgang Sawallisch

German conductor and pianist

24

Pierre Monteux

French conductor

25

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

26

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

German composer

27

Vladimir Jurowski

Russian conductor

28

Clemens Krauss

Austrian conductor

29

Gerhard Hüsch

German opera singer

30

Francisco Araiza

opera singer

31

Ferenc Fricsay

Hungarian musician

32

Felix Weingartner

Austrian conductor, composer and pianist

33

David Porcelijn

Dutch composer and conductor

34

Lorin Maazel

French-American conductor

35

Adrian Boult

English conductor

36

Hugo Rignold

British conductor

37

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Canadian conductor and pianist

38

Ben Heppner

Canadian opera singer

39

Peter Schreier

German tenor and conductor