

Riccardo Chailly’s career hopefully still has a ways to go, […]

One of the last German conductors of the old school,

Pierre Monteux was born in 1875 and died in 1964.

Born in 1886, Paul Paray’s discography, mostly for Mercury Living

Christoph von Dohnányi may not have been the most demonstrative

Igor Markevitch was a child prodigy and a composer of

Say what you will about Harnoncourt’s sometimes weird interpretive profile,

André Previn was such a “star” during his heyday that

Zubin Mehta, now 86, has left a discography as distinguished

George Szell offers the most telling example of the ability
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