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Re: GG top 100 of the century results!



>I just saw the December 1999 Gramaphone magazine.
>In the voter top 100 of the century contest, GG won 5th
>place for the 1981 Goldberg Variations!  Congratulations GG!
>
>I think 5th place is very good and quite remarkable, especially
>for a solo project.
>
>First place went to Solti for Wagner's Ring (if I remember right)
>The Gramophone web site is way behind, still back in
>September, but I'm sure they will have the full list up
>eventually.
>
>Mike


Top hundred performers according to "Classic CD"

 100. Sabine Meyer
 99. Louis Armstrong
 98. Byrin Janis
 97. Pinchas Zukerman
 96. Charlie Parker
 95. Ton Koopman
 94. Earl Wild
 93. John Williams
 92. Miles Davis
 91. Kyung-Wha Chung
 90. Ravi Shankar
 89. Marc-André Hamelin
 88. Michael Rabin
 87. Zoltan Kocsis
 86. Franz Brüggen
 85. Maria João Pires
 84. Lionel Tertis
 83. Gillian Weir
 82. Benjamin Britten
 81. Mitsuko Uchida
 80. Rosalyn Tureck
 79. Bronislaw Huberman
 78. Jorge Bolet
 77. Steven Isserlis
 76. Clara Haskil
 75. Robert Marcel Casadesus
 74. Gidon Kremer
 73. Helmut Walcha
 72. Ginette Neveu
 71. Myra Hess
 70. Walter Gieseking
 69. Simon Preston
 68. Håkan Hardenberger
 67. Yuri Bashmet
 66. Maxim Vengerov
 65. John Ogdon
 64. Adolf Busch
 63. Evgeny Kissin
 62. Vladimir Ashkenazy
 61. Henryk Szeryng
 60. Willian Primrose
 59. Stephen Kovacevich
 58. Gustav Leonhardt
 57. Julius Katchen
 56. Krystian Zimerman
 55. Leon Goossens
 54. Josef Hofmann
 53. Jean-Pierre Rampal
 52. János Starker
 51. Heinz Holliger
 50. Wanda Landowska
 49. Radu Lupu
 48. Gregor Piatigorsky
 47. Maurice André
 46. Annie Fischer
 45. Benny Goodman
 44. Kennedy
 43. András Schiff
 42. Jack Brymer
 41. Julian Bream
 40. Marie-Claire Alain
 39. Anne-Sophie Mutter
 38. Emanuel Feuermann
 37. Solomon
 36. Paul Tortelier
 35. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
 34. Andres Segovia
 33. Nathan Milstein
 32. Rudolf Serkin
 31. Emil Gilels
 30. Wilhelm Kempff
 29. Pierre Fournier
 28. Murray Perahia
 27. Itzhak Perlman
 26. Maurizio Pollini
 25. James Galway
 24. Artur Grumiaux
 23. Edwin Fischer
 22. David Munrow
 21. Isaac Stern
 20. Alfred Cortot
 19. Clifford Curzon
 18. Alfred Brendel
 17. Dennis Brain
 16. Jacqueline du Pré
 15. Claudio Arrau
 14. Dinu Lipatti
 13. Martha Argerich
 12. Artur Rubinstein
 11. Arthur Schnabel

 10. Fritz Kreisler
 9. Glenn Gould
 8. Sergei Rachmaninoff
 7. Jascha Heifetz
 6. Yehudi Menuhin
 5. Mstislav Rostropovich
 4. Pablo Casals
 3. Vladimir Horowitz
 2. David Oistrakh

 1. Sviatoslav Richter