Where's Beecham ? Where's Carlos Kleiber's dad ? where's etc., etc., etc ?
Considering the basis of the choices that seems to have been operating when the list was made I'm surprised that Dean Dixon, Ruth Gipps and Ivy Benson weren't on it.
Perhaps I ought to post this with an apology or some kind of trigger warning:
Classic FM has recently given us a list of the 25 'greatest conductors of all time'. Most of the entries seem fairly sensible although the diversity agenda is at work again. I am not sure if the list is in order of merit; but if it is I doubt if there would be widespread agreement on the ranking.
I must add that I am somewhat bemused by the inclusion of Berlioz and Chevalier Saint-Georges as conductors - splendid though they may have been in their own time.
the list is here: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/conductor/best-maestros-all-time/
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