swap_horiz Christopher Hogwood Alternatives

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Otto Klemperer

Otto Klemperer (1885-1970) was a prominent German conductor recognized for his intensely deliberate and powerfully expre...

German Symphony Classical 20TH Century

8.9 Great

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Georg Solti

Georg Solti was a Hungarian-born British conductor known for his work in both opera and the symphonic repertory. He serv...

Symphony Opera Hungarian Historical

8.6 Great

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolaus Harnoncourt was an Austrian conductor and cellist who played a central role in the early music movement and his...

Austrian Historical Cello Early Music

8.6 Great

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Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski was a highly influential British-born conductor who directed the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1912 to 1...

Symphony Showman American Historical

8.4 Great

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John Barbirolli

John Barbirolli (1899–1970) was a British conductor and cellist who served as music director of the New York Philharmoni...

Symphony Opera 20TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner (born 1943) is an English conductor associated with historically informed performance of Baroque, Cl...

Contemporary British Early Music Choir

8.4 Great

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Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham was a prominent British conductor who founded both the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1932 and the...

Symphony Opera Showman Historical

8.3 Great

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Paavo Berglund

Paavo Berglund was a prominent Finnish conductor recognized for his authoritative interpretations of the symphonies of h...

Symphony Classical Historical Violin

8.3 Great

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Adrian Boult

Sir Adrian Boult was an influential English conductor who lived from 1889 to 1983, renowned for his championing of Briti...

Symphony Classical 20TH Century Historical

8.1 Great

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Frans Brüggen

Frans Brüggen was a Dutch conductor and virtuoso recorder player recognized as a major figure in the historical performa...

Recorder Historical Dutch Early Music

8.1 Great

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Masaaki Suzuki

Masaaki Suzuki is a Japanese conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and specialist in early music. He founded Bach Collegi...

Contemporary Japanese Early Music Bach

8.1 Great

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Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen was a British composer and conductor who lived from 1952 to 2018 and became closely associated with conte...

Composer Symphony Modern Historical

8.1 Great

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Mark Elder

Sir Mark Elder is a prominent British conductor born in 1947, recognized for his extensive work in both symphonic and op...

Symphony Classical Opera Contemporary

8.1 Great

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Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock is a British conductor and harpsichordist recognized for his foundational role in the historically inform...

Classical Contemporary British Early Music

7.8 Good

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Andrew Manze

Andrew Manze is a British conductor and violinist recognized for his expertise in historically informed performance prac...

Classical Contemporary Violin British

7.8 Good

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Roger Norrington

Sir Roger Norrington is a British conductor recognized for his significant influence on the historically informed perfor...

Classical Contemporary British Early Music

7.7 Good

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Nicholas McGegan

British conductor who served as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco for over three decades...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.6 Good

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Harry Bicket

Harry Bicket is a British conductor and harpsichordist internationally recognized for his expertise in Baroque and Class...

Opera Contemporary British Early Music

7.5 Good

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Richard Egarr

Richard Egarr is a British harpsichordist and conductor known for period-instrument performance of Baroque and early Cla...

Classical Contemporary British Early Music

7.3 Good

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Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen is a British conductor and cellist whose work focuses particularly on Baroque and early Classical music....

Contemporary British Cello Early Music

7.2 Good