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Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtwängler (1896-1983) was a highly influential German conductor primarily associated with Beethoven and Wagner...

German Symphony Romantic 20TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber was a highly influential 20th-century Austrian conductor renowned for his intensely demanding standards a...

Symphony Austrian Opera 20TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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George Szell

George Szell was a prominent conductor known for his rigorous standards and significant impact on orchestral performance...

Symphony Hungarian American Historical

9.3 Excellent

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Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini (1867-1955) was a prominent Italian conductor renowned for his demanding interpretations and rigorous s...

Symphony Opera Italian 20TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Evgeny Mravinsky

Evgeny Mravinsky was a prominent Soviet conductor primarily associated with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra during...

Symphony Russian 20TH Century Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons was a highly respected 20th-century conductor known for his interpretations of Romantic orchestral music....

Symphony Romantic 20TH Century Historical

9.1 Excellent

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Fritz Reiner

Fritz Reiner was an American conductor celebrated for his demanding standards and meticulous approach to musical interpr...

Symphony Opera Hungarian American

9.1 Excellent

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Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan was a prominent 20th-century conductor recognized for his significant contributions to orchestral pe...

Symphony Austrian Opera 20TH Century

8.9 Great

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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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Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter was a prominent German-American conductor renowned for his deeply considered performances of Romantic orche...

German Symphony Romantic American

8.7 Great

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Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski was a British-born conductor who directed the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1912 to 1941 and famously ap...

Symphony Showman American Historical

8.4 Great

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Eugene Ormandy

Hungarian-American conductor (1899–1985) who led the Philadelphia Orchestra for over four decades, shaping its internati...

Symphony Hungarian American Historical

8.3 Great

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André Previn

André Previn was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor who served as the music director of the London Symph...

German American Historical Piano

8.3 Great

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Pierre Monteux

Pierre Monteux was a French conductor who famously premiered Stravinsky's controversial The Rite of Spring in 1913 and l...

Symphony Ballet French American

8.2 Great

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Dimitri Mitropoulos

Dimitri Mitropoulos was a Greek conductor notable for his exceptional memory and advocacy of modern music, serving as mu...

Symphony Modern American Historical

8.1 Great

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Antal Doráti

Antal Doráti was a Hungarian-American conductor who notably made the first complete recorded cycle of Joseph Haydn's sym...

Symphony Hungarian Ballet American

7.9 Good

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Lorin Maazel

Lorin Maazel was an American conductor known for his exceptional memory, serving as music director of the New York Philh...

Symphony Opera American Prodigy

7.8 Good

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David Zinman

American conductor known for his tenure as music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich from 1995 to 2014 and his acc...

Symphony Classical American Historical

7.8 Good

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Erich Leinsdorf

Austrian-American conductor (1912–1993) who served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1962 to 1969,...

Symphony Austrian Opera American

7.6 Good

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William Steinberg

German-American conductor (1899–1978) who served as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1952 to 197...

German Symphony American Historical

7.3 Good