Geography (cont.)

Now that we've seen where the music came from, I thought I'd take a look at where the recordings came from. Using a system similar to that used for the posts Composers and Composers, Revisited, I arrived at the following list of ensembles, ranked by number of recordings at the website ArkivMusic.com. From this, London is officially the classical music recording capital of the world. Other major countries besides England that have produced classical music recordings include Germany, USA, Austria, and Italy.

Ensembles' legacies, as measured by number of recordings appearing at ArkivMusic.com:

1. London Symphony Orchestra (1,834)
2. Philharmonia Orchestra (incl. New Philharmonia Orchestra) (1,816)
3. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1,378)
4. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (1,220)
5. London Philharmonic Orchestra (1,051)
6. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (923)
7. English Chamber Orchestra (806)
8. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (670)
9. Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra (625)
10. New York Philharmonic (538)
11. Chicago Symphony Orchestra (500)
12. Philadelphia Orchestra (489)
13. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (456)
14. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (447)
15. Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus (443)
16. Vienna State Opera Chorus (414)
17. Boston Symphony Orchestra (399)
18. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra (388)
19. BBC Symphony Orchestra (365)
20. Dresden Staatskapelle (360)
21. Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (356)
22. Cleveland Orchestra (316)
23. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (295)
24. Vienna Symphony Orchestra (286)
25. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (266)
26. National Philharmonic Orchestra (256)
    
27. Bavarian Radio Chorus (252)
28. Capella Istropolitana (250)
29. Royal Scottish National Orchestra (239)
30. Berlin State Opera Orchestra (233)
    
31. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus (231)
32. Vienna State Opera Orchestra (231)
33. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (213)
34. Rome Opera House Orchestra (209)
35. BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (206)
36. King's College Choir, Cambridge (202)
37. Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra (200)
    
38. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (193)
39. Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (192)
40. Suisse Romande Orchestra (191)
41. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (190)
42. London Symphony Chorus (187)
43. NBC Symphony Orchestra (187)
    
44. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (186)
45. Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra (186)
    
46. Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra (184)

Edit: Due to oversights, I have added six ensembles to the list since the original post, and the list is now complete.