Gramophone Hall of Fame 2016

We have moved into a new phase of the Hall of Fame--half of the new inductees are people I have never heard of.

*** New in 2016
● Eugene ORMANDY conductor (2016-d)  ***
● Yevgeny MRAVINSKY conductor (2016-d)  ***
● Friedrich GULDA pianist (2016-d)  ***
● Gustav LEONHARDT harpsicordist and conductor (2016-d) ***
● Jon VICKERS tenor (2016-d) *** 
● Trevor PINNOCK harpsicordist and conductor (2016-a)  ***
● Gundula Janowitz soprano (2016-r) ***
● Dame Emma KIRBY soprano (2016-a) ***
● Anne Sophie von OTTER mezzo-soprano (2016-a) *** 
● Grigory SOKOLOV pianist (2016-a)  ***

Conductors:

● Claudio ABBADO (2012-fd)
● John BARBIROLLI (2012-fd)
● Daniel BARENBOIM  (2012-fa)
● Thomas BEECHAM  (2012-fd)
● Leonard BERNSTEIN  (2012-fd)
● Karl BÖHM (2013-d)
● Pierre BOULEZ  (2012-fd)
● Adrian BOULT (2013-d)
● Benjamin BRITTEN (2014-d)
● Sergiu CELIBIDACHE (2013-d)
● Riccardo CHAILLY (2014-a)
● Colin DAVIS (2013-d)
● Gustavo DUDAMEL (2013-a)
● Wilhelm FURTWÄNGLER  (2012-fd)
● John Eliot GARDINER  (2012-fa)
● Carlo Maria GIULINI (2013-d)
● Bernard HAITINK (2013-r)
● Nikolaus HARNONCOURT (2012-fd)
● Christopher HOGWOOD (2015-d)
● Mariss JANSONS (2013-a)
● Herbert von KARAJAN  (2012-fd)
● Carlos KLEIBER  (2012-fd)
● Otto KLEMPERER  (2012-fd)
● Rafael KUBELÍK (2013-d)
● Gustav LEONHARDT harpsicordist and conductor (2016-d) ***   
● James LEVINE (2013-a/r)
● Charles MACKERRAS (2013-d)
● Sir Neville MARRINER (2015-a)  
● Zubin MEHTA (2013-a)
● Yevgeny MRAVINSKY (2016-d)  *** 
● Riccardo MUTI (2014-a)  
● Eugene ORMANDY (2016-d)  ***
● Sir Anthonio PAPPANO (2015-a) 
● Trevor PINNOCK harpsicordist and conductor (2016-a)  ***
● Simon RATTLE  (2012-fa)
● Georg SOLTI  (2012-fd)
● George SZELL (2013-d)
● Michael Tilson THOMAS (2015-a) 
● Arturo TOSCANINI  (2012-fd)
● Bruno WALTER (2013-d)

Singers:

● Thomas ALLEN baritone (2014-a)
● Janet BAKER mezzo-soprano (2012-fr)
● Cecilia BARTOLI mezzo-soprano (2012-fa)
● Jussi BJÖRLING tenor (2012-fd)
● Montserrat CABALLÉ soprano (2013-r)
● Maria CALLAS soprano (2012-fd)
● José CARRERAS tenor (2014-semi-retired)
● Enrico CARUSO tenor (2012-fd)
● Feodor CHALIAPIN bass (2014-d)
● Joyce DIDONATO mezzo-soprano (2012-fa)
● Plácido DOMINGO tenor (2012-fa)
● Kathleen FERRIER contralto (2015-d) 
● Dietrich FISCHER-DIESKAU baritone (2012-fd)
● Renée FLEMING soprano (2013-a)
● Angela GHEORGHIU soprano (2014-a) 
● Nicolai GHIAUROV bass (2014-d)
● Tito Gobbi bass-baritone (2014-d)
● Thomas HAMPSON baritone (2013-a)
● Marilyn HORNE mezzo-soprano (2014-r)
● Hans HOTTER bass (2015-d)
● Dmitri HVOROSTOVSKY baritone (2014-d)
● Gundula Janowitz soprano (2016-r) ***
● Simon KEENLYSIDE baritone (2014-a)
● Dame Emma KIRBY soprano (2016-a) ***
● Anna NETREBKO soprano (2013-a)
● Birgit NILSSON soprano (2012-fd)
● Anne Sophie von OTTER mezzo-soprano (2016-a) *** 
● Luciano PAVAROTTI tenor (2012-fd)
● Leontyne PRICE soprano (2013-r)
● Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF soprano (2012-fd)
● Joan SUTHERLAND soprano (2012-fd)
● Renata TEBALDI soprano (2015-d)
● Kiri TE KANAWA soprano (2014-r)
● Bryn TERFEL baritone (2013-a)
● Jon VICKERS tenor (2016-d) ***
● Fritz WUNDERLICH tenor (2013-d)
 

Pianists

● Leif Ove ANDSNES (2013-a)
● Martha ARGERICH (2012-fa)
● Claudio ARRAU (2012-fd)
● Vladimir ASHKENAZY (2013-a)
● Daniel BARENBOIM (2012-fa)
● Alfred BRENDEL (2012-fa)
● Emil GILELS (2013-d)
● Glenn GOULD (2012-fd)
● Friedrich GULDA (2016-d)  ***
● Marc-André HAMELIN (2015-a)
● Angela HEWITT (2015-a)
● Vladimir HOROWITZ (2012-fd)
● Stephen HOUGH (2014-a)
● Wilhelm KEMPFF (2013-d)
● Evgeny KISSIN (2014-a)
● LANG LANG (2012-fa)
● Dinu LIPATTI  (2014-d)
● Radu LUPU (2014-a)
● Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI (2013-d)
● Sir Anthonio PAPPANO (2015-a) 
● Murray PERAHIA (2012-fa)
● Maurizio POLLINI (2012-fa)
● Sergey RACHMANINOV (2013-d)
● Sviatoslav RICHTER (2012-fd)
● Arthur RUBINSTEIN (2012-fd)
● Sir Andras SCHIFF (2015-a)
● Artur SCHNABEL (2014-d)
● Grigory SOKOLOV (2016-a)  **
● Mitsuko UCHIDA (2014-a)

String/brass/woodwind players 

● Maurice ANDRÉ (trumpet)(2013-d)
● Dennis BRAIN (horn)(2012-fd)
● Julian BREAM (guitar)(2013-a)
● Pablo CASALS (cello)(2012-fd)
● Jacqueline DU PRÉ  (cello)(2012-fd)
● James GALWAY (flute)(2013-a)
● Jascha HEIFETZ (violin)2012-fd)
● Heinz HOLLIGER (oboe)(2013-a)
● Steven ISSERLIS (cello)(2013-a)
● Yo-Yo MA (cello)(2013-a)
● Wynton MARSALIS (trumpet)(2013-a)
● Albrecht MAYER  (oboe)(2013-a)
● Yehudi MENUHIN  (violin)(2012-fd)
● Anne-Sophie MUTTER  (violin)(2013-a)
● David OISTRAKH (violin)(2012-fd)
● Emmanuel PAHUD (flute)(2013-a)
● Itzhak PERLMAN (violin)(2012-fa)
● Jean-Pierre RAMPAL (flute)(2013-d)
● Mstislav ROSTROPOVICH (cello)(2012-fd)
● Jordi SAVALL (viol)(2013-a)
● Andrés SEGOVIA (guitar)(2013-d)
● John WILLIAMS (guitar)(2013-a)

Vocal and instrumental ensembles 

● Alban Berg Quartet (string quartet)(2013-r)
● Amadeus Quartet (string quartet)(2013-r)
● Beaux Arts Trio (piano trio)(2012-fr)
● The King's Singers (vocal ensemble)(2013-a)
● Takács Quartet (string quartet)(2012-fa)
● The Tallis Scholars (vocal ensemble)(2013-a)

Producers/engineers/record label executives 

● Emile BERLINER, inventor, founder (2014-d)
● Bernard COUTAZ, founder (2013-d)
● John CULSHAW, producer (2012-fd)
● C Robert FINE, inventor (2014-d)
● Fred GAISBERG, producer (2013-d)
● Klaus HEYMANN, founder, producer (2013-a)
● Alain LANCERON, executive (2014-a)
● Walter LEGGE, producer (2012-fd)
● Edward LEWIS, executive (2014-d)
● Goddard LIEBERSON, executive (2013-d)
● Richard MOHR, producer (2014-d)
● Ted PERRY, executive (2012-fd)
● Kenneth WILKINSON, engineer (2013-d)


key--f=founding, a=active, r=retired, d=dead

This is the Gramophone Hall of Fame list with this years entries added.  Still no Kirsten Flagstad.  Also no Alicia de Larrocha, a favorite pianist.