Top ten musicians of all time

[Beef Oven!]

In Order Of Merit:

1 Reginald Goodall
2 Holger Czukay
3 Jaco Pastorius
4 Bill Evans
5 Sergiu Celibidache
6 Ginger Baker
6 Leonard Bernstein
7 Jimi Hendrix
7 John Lydon
8 Ornette Coleman
8 Miles Davis
9 Freddie Mercury
9 Frank Sinatra
10 Tony Williams

If I could have a #11 it'd be Bill Bruford

[cloughie]

In Order Of Merit:

1 Reginald Goodall
2 Holger Czukay
3 Jaco Pastorius
4 Bill Evans
5 Sergiu Celibidache
6 Ginger Baker
7 Jimi Hendrix
7 John Lydon
8 Ornette Coleman
8 Miles Davis
9 Freddie Mercury
9 Frank Sinatra
10 Tony Williams

As Ginger is there your ten qualifies as a Baker's dozen then?
I see this is a Lifetime selection.

[Beef Oven!]

As Ginger is there your ten qualifies as a Baker's dozen then?
I see this is a Lifetime selection.

Less a Lifetime selection, more a Point Of Departure from the usual suspects.

[amateur51]

Wot?! No Sooty?

[cloughie]

Less a Lifetime selection, more a Point Of Departure from the usual suspects.

Whilst I respect that appreciation of music is very personal and very much in the ear and perception of the listener - but how on earth did John Lydon get in there - I doubt he would get near my top 1000?

[Beef Oven!]

Whilst I respect that appreciation of music is very personal and very much in the ear and perception of the listener - but how on earth did John Lydon get in there - I doubt he would get near my top 1000?

You either get it, or you don't. That's how it is with art.

P.S. Let's have your list, please.

[cloughie]

You either get it, or you don't. That's how it is with art.

P.S. Let's have your list, please.

In no particular order and leaving loads out:

SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
SIR GEORG SOLTI
GEORGE MARTIN
JONI MITCHELL
ROBERTA FLACK
PETER GREEN
PIERRE MONTEUX
BILLY MAY
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
ANDRE PREVIN

JIMMY PAGE (FOR HIS SESSION WORK IN THE '60s WHICH MADE GOOD SONGS GREAT!)

ALSO SHOULD INCLUDE ARLEEN AUGER AND FELICITY LOTT

[Beef Oven!]

In no particular order and leaving loads out:

SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
SIR GEORG SOLTI
GEORGE MARTIN
JONI MITCHELL
ROBERTA FLACK
PETER GREEN
PIERRE MONTEUX
BILLY MAY
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
ANDRE PREVIN

JIMMY PAGE (FOR HIS SESSION WORK IN THE '60s WHICH MADE GOOD SONGS GREAT!)

ALSO SHOULD INCLUDE ARLEEN AUGER AND FELICITY LOTT

Damn!!! I left off Bernstein from my list, and he's a dead cert no-brainer inclusion!!

Original list has been updated accordingly

[Mary Chambers]

Benjamin Britten, of course. Perhaps Mozart.

'All time' has not finished, however, so who knows what is to come?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Sir Edward Elgar
Sir John Barbirolli
Sir Mark Elder
Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Colin Davis
Sir Georg Solti
Sir Simon Rattle
Richard Hickox
Bryden Thomson
…and for my decimal baker's dozen, anyone else who can conduct Elgar's music well (apart from Sir Edward Heath)

[remdataram]

Sir John Barbirolli
Claudio Abbado
Sir Georg Solti
Bernard Haitink
Carlo Maria Giulini
Andre Cluytens
Emil Gilels
Janet Baker
Luciano Pavarotti
Lucia Popp
I could easily add another ten!

[jean]

...anyone else who can conduct Elgar's music well...

Vasily Petrenko?

[cloughie]

...anyone else who can conduct Elgar's music well

Vasilly Sinaisky
Vernon Handley
Norman de Mar
Constantin Silvestri

I should have included Carole King and Carlo Maria Giulini on my list.

[Beef Oven!]

Vasilly Sinaisky
Vernon Handley
Norman de Mar
Constantin Silvestri

I should have included Carole King and Carlo Maria Giulini on my list.

Giuseppe Sinopoli

[Zucchini]

There's Daniel Barenboim & then there's everyone else. An amazing man