My favorite time of year – Ravinia, Millenium Park and baseball. As MLB’s midsummer classic approaches, I thought it would fun to have a fan-vote for our own “classical all-stars”. Here’s a comprehensive look at the Facebook voting results and categories, which should be self-explanatory. We’ll feature your choices at each of our nine “positions” Tuesday, July 13.
1 Piano
Today’s Stars: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim
Vintage Stars: Vladimir Horowitz, Alfred Brendel
Others receiving votes: Dinu Lipatti, Emil Gilels, Pierre Laurant Aimard, Emanuel Ax, Mauricio Pollini, Mitsuko Uchida, Artur Rubinstein
2 Violin
Today’s Stars: Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell/Midori (tie)
Vintage Stars: Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern
Others receiving votes: Hillary Hahn, Midori, Maxim Vengerov, Joseph Szigeti, Michael Rabin, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, Janine Jansen, David Oistrakh, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gil Shaham, Pinchas Zukerman
3 Cello
Today’s Stars: Yo Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell
Vintage Stars: Jacqueline DuPre, Mstislav Rostropovich
Others receiving votes: Janos Starker, Truls Mork
4 Wind
Today’s Stars: James Galway, Larry Coombs
Vintage Stars: Ray Still
5 Brass
Today’s Stars: CSO Brass, Canadian Brass
Vintage Stars: Bud Herseth, Dennis Brain
6 Male Vocal
Today’s Stars: Thomas Hampson/Bryn Terfel (tie)
Vintage Stars: Jussi Bjorling/Luciano Pavarotti (tie)
Others: Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Wunderlich, Thomas Quasthoff, Enrico Caruso, Chanticleer
7 Female Vocal
Today’s Stars: Renee Fleming, Cecelia Bartoli
Vintage Stars: Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland
Others: Elly Ameling, Elizabeth Schwartzkopf, Mirelle Freni, Kathleen Battle, Susan Graham, Leontine Price, Natalie Dessay
8 Chamber Group
Today’s Stars: Emerson (in a landslide), Kronos/Juilliard/Vermeer (tie)
Vintage Stars: Beaux Arts Trio, Fine Arts (tie)
Others: 8th Blackbird, CMSLC, BSO Chamber Players, Orpheus
9 Orchestra
Today’s Stars/Vintage Stars: CSO (top vote getter in all categories), Berlin
Others receiving votes: Vienna, NY Phil, BSO, Concertgebouw
Sunday July 11th 2010 around 1230-1pm there was an amazing aria (?) duet playing on your station. I had to take leave of the radio and didnt get to learn who was the composer was nor what song was this.
HELP! Desperately so!
Thanks,
Marimonica Murray
larry combs*
sad that leila josefowicz isn’t there. she’s a badass!