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Otto Klemperer

German conductor and composer

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

German opera soprano

2

Georg Solti

Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor

3

Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet

British conductor and impresario

4

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

German lyric baritone and conductor

5

Suvi Raj Grubb

Indian record producer

6

Sena Jurinac

Female opera singer

7

London Philharmonic Orchestra

London based symphony orchestra

8

Jon Vickers

Canadian singer

9

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

10

Carlo Maria Giulini

Italian conductor

11

Nicolai Gedda

Swedish opera singer

12

Walter Susskind

Czech conductor, composer and pianist

13

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

orchestra based in London

14

Victor de Sabata

Italian conductor and composer

15

Colin Davis

British conductor

16

John Barbirolli

British conductor and cellist

17

Adrian Boult

English conductor

18

Luigi Alva

Peruvian opera tenor

19

BBC Symphony Orchestra

British orchestra based in London

20

Warwick Braithwaite

British musician

21

Dinu Lipatti

Pianist, Composer

22

William Walton

English composer

23

Lucia Popp

Slovak operatic soprano

24

Fritz Wunderlich

German tenor

25

Malcolm Sargent

English conductor, organist and composer

26

Arthur Nikisch

Hungarian conductor

27

Otto Ackermann

Romanian conductor

28

Helen Donath

American soprano

29

Tito Gobbi

Italian opera singer (1913-1984)

30

Karl Böhm

Austrian conductor

31

Hugo Wolf

Austrian composer

32

Wolfgang Sawallisch

German conductor and pianist