A conductor does more than just keep the beat and cue entrances. Given a composition, the conductor shapes the music according to a unique vision and lends an interpretation to the work. A large part of a conductor's work takes place during rehearsals and even prior to rehearsals, when the conductor researches the composition. Thus, when you attend a performance or listen to a recording, the conductor is a critical part of the music making, as are the composer, ensemble, and individual performers.
Just as I have done for composers and ensembles, I have done now for conductors. The following list ranks conductors based on number of recordings available at the website ArkivMusic.com. Curiously, the number of conductors meeting the criterion for inclusion in the list (having a number of recordings that is at least one tenth of the #1 conductor's total) was 102, which is almost exactly double the number of composers appearing on the composers list (50) and only slightly more than double the number of ensembles appearing on the ensembles list (46). Could this be because there have been about two generations of conductors since classical music recording became widespread?
Conductors' legacies, as measured by number of recordings appearing at ArkivMusic.com:
- Karajan, Herbert von (924)
- Marriner, Sir Neville (585)
- Bernstein, Leonard (469)
- Abbado, Claudio (408)
- Solti, Sir Georg (373)
- Ormandy, Eugene (372)
- Davis, Sir Colin (358)
- Mackerras, Sir Charles (335)
- Levine, James (334)
- Böhm, Karl (334)
- Mehta, Zubin (323)
- Järvi, Neeme (315)
- Hickox, Richard (299)
- Previn, André (272)
- Muti, Riccardo (271)
- Maazel, Lorin (266)
- Giulini, Carlo Maria (260)
- Bonynge, Richard (256)
- Haitink, Bernard (255)
- Ozawa, Seiji (248)
- Gardiner, John Eliot (241)
- Barenboim, Daniel (238)
- Barbirolli, Sir John (235)
- Masur, Kurt (227)
- Rilling, Helmuth (215)
- Furtwängler, Wilhelm (212)
- Szell, George (209)
- Rattle, Simon (202)
- Dutoit, Charles (201)
- Kubelik, Rafael (200)
- Chailly, Riccardo (197)
- Schwarz, Gerard (197)
- Serafin, Tullio (196)
- Doráti, Antal (193)
- Stokowski, Leopold (192)
- Harnoncourt, Nikolaus (189)
- Boult, Sir Adrian (186)
- Gavazzeni, Gianandrea (186)
- Hogwood, Christopher (179)
- Klemperer, Otto (178)
- Slatkin, Leonard (177)
- Beecham, Sir Thomas (176)
- Sawallisch, Wolfgang (171)
- Leinsdorf, Erich (169)
- Boulez, Pierre (164)
- Pretre, Georges (163)
- Wordsworth, Barry (161)
- Toscanini, Arturo (160)
- Walter, Bruno (158)
- Leppard, Raymond (156)
- Reiner, Fritz (153)
- Zinman, David (152)
- Ashkenazy, Vladimir (151)
- Handley, Vernon (149)
- Sargent, Sir Malcolm (148)
- Sinopoli, Giuseppe (144)
- Wit, Antoni (142)
- Thomas, Michael Tilson (141)
- Norrington, Roger (133)
- Fiedler, Arthur (130)
- Munch, Charles (130)
- Lopez-Cobos, Jesús (129)
- Halász, Michael (129)
- Wildner, Johannes (129)
- Cleobury, Stephen (125)
- Davis, Sir Andrew (123)
- Kunzel, Erich (122)
- Shaw, Robert (119)
- Segerstam, Leif (117)
- Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi (115)
- Gergiev, Valery (114)
- Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco (113)
- Jansons, Mariss (111)
- de Fabritiis, Oliviero (111)
- Votto, Antonio (110)
- Gunzenhauser, Stephen (109)
- Pinnock, Trevor (109)
- Kempe, Rudolf (109)
- Jochum, Eugen (107)
- Plasson, Michel (107)
- Willcocks, Sir David (107)
- Herreweghe, Philippe (106)
- Knappertsbusch, Hans (106)
- Christophers, Harry (104)
- Litton, Andrew (103)
- Gardelli, Lamberto (103)
- Kondrashin, Kiril (103)
- Nagano, Kent (103)
- Svetlanov, Yevgeny (103)
- Leaper, Adrian (100)
- Tate, Jeffrey (100)
- Kegel, Herbert (99)
- Lenard, Ondrej (98)
- Pritchard, John (97)
- Vänskä, Osmo (96)
- Cluytens, Andre (96)
- Schippers, Thomas (96)
- Blomstedt, Herbert (95)
- Dohnányi, Christoph von (95)
- Erede, Alberto (95)
- Järvi, Paavo (94)
- Pesek, Libor (93)
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