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12 March 2010 -

Classic fMOpinion Poll Archive

Opinion Poll Archive

Which is your favourite concerto solo instrument?

Which is your favourite brass instrument?

  • 1. Cornet

  • 3%

  • 2. Bugle

  • 1%

  • 3. Trumpet

  • 32%

  • 4. Flugelhorn

  • 4%

  • 5. French horn

  • 31%

  • 6. Tenor horn/Alto horn

  • 2%

  • 7. Tenor Trombone

  • 6%

  • 8. Bass Trombone

  • 2%

  • 9. Euphonium

  • 6%

  • 10. Tuba

  • 5%

  • 11. Sousaphone

  • 3%

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Who is your favourite Cellist?

  • 1. Mstislav Rostropovich

  • 9%

  • 2. Pablo Casals

  • 9%

  • 3. Andreas Brantelid

  • 0%

  • 4. Mischa Maisky

  • 4%

  • 5. Sol Gabetta

  • 0%

  • 6. Lyn Harrel

  • 2%

  • 7. Jacqueline Du Pré

  • 31%

  • 8. Yo-Yo Ma

  • 33%

  • 9. Natalia Gutman

  • 0%

  • 10. Gautier Capuçon

  • 0%

  • 11. Han-na Chang

  • 1%

  • 12. Natalie Clein

  • 0%

  • 13. Steven Isserlis

  • 1%

  • 14. Zuill Bailey

  • 0%

  • 15. Heinrich Schiff

  • 2%

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Gramophone Awards: Artist of the year 2009 (International poll) Voting 1st July to 3rd September

  • 1. The Sixteen – Choral group

  • 10%

  • 2. Gustavo Dudamel – Conductor of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, Venezuela

  • 8%

  • 3. Pierre-Laurent Aimard – Pianist and Messiaen specialist

  • 2%

  • 4. Bryn Terfel – Welsh baritone

  • 30%

  • 5. Gerald Finlay – Canadian bass-baritone in both opera and song

  • 2%

  • 6. René Jacobs – Belgian counter-tenor and conductor

  • 4%

  • 7. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet – French pianist, complete Debussy piano works

  • 12%

  • 8. Mariss Jansons – Latvian conductor, Bavaria Radio Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

  • 10%

  • 9. Sarah Connolly – British mezzo soprano

  • 9%

  • 10. Diana Damrau – German soprano

  • 8%

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Which is your favourite woodwind instrument? (there is not enough space to list all the woodwind instruments so we have stuck to seven general groups).

  • 1. Recorder, Tin Whistle (Closed flute family)

  • 3%

  • 2. Piccolo, flute and bass flute (Open flute family)

  • 11%

  • 3. Oboe, Cor anglais (Exposed double reed)

  • 28%

  • 4. Clarinet and bass clarinet (Single reed)

  • 26%

  • 5. Bassoon and contra-bassoon (Exposed double reed)

  • 7%

  • 6. Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophone (Single reed)

  • 13%

  • 7. Bagpipe, Crumhorn and Cornamuse (Capped double reed)

  • 7%

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Which is your favourite orchestra? [We are aware that there are many other great Orchestras and plan to include them in upcoming polls]

  • 1. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • 23%

  • 2. London Symphony Orchestra

  • 15%

  • 3. Chicago Symphony Orchestra

  • 3%

  • 4. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • 9%

  • 5. Philharmonia Orchestra

  • 2%

  • 6. The Philadelphia Orchestra

  • 3%

  • 7. Academy of St Martin in the Fields

  • 30%

  • 8. English Chamber Orchestra

  • 1%

  • 9. New York Philharmonic

  • 3%

  • 10. Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart

  • 5%

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Who is your favourite (living) film composer?

  • 1. John Williams

  • 16%

  • 2. James Horner

  • 2%

  • 3. Rachel Portman

  • 4%

  • 4. Hans Zimmer

  • 23%

  • 5. James Newton Howard

  • 0%

  • 6. Justin Doyle

  • 0%

  • 7. Howard Shore

  • 2%

  • 8. Ennio Morricone

  • 43%

  • 9. Harry Gregson-Williams

  • 0%

  • 10. John Barry

  • 5%

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Who is your favourite performing pianist?

  • 1. Daniel Barenboim

  • 17%

  • 2. Evgeny Kissin

  • 10%

  • 3. Murray Parahia

  • 16%

  • 4. Emanuel Ax

  • 6%

  • 5. Martha Argerich

  • 10%

  • 6. Lang Lang

  • 10%

  • 7. Hélène Grimaud

  • 2%

  • 8. Maria João Pires

  • 5%

  • 9. Maurizio Pollini

  • 4%

  • 10. Anton Nel

  • 15%

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Who is your favourite conductor?

  • 1. Claudio Abbado

  • 14%

  • 2. Valery Gergiev

  • 2%

  • 3. Simon Rattle

  • 25%

  • 4. Bernard Haitink

  • 8%

  • 5. Lorin Maazel

  • 4%

  • 6. James Levine

  • 16%

  • 7. Riccardo Chailly

  • 5%

  • 8. Zubin Mehta

  • 23%

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Which is your favourite music genre?

  • 1. Symphonies

  • 34%

  • 2. Concertos

  • 24%

  • 3. Chamber

  • 13%

  • 4. Opera

  • 15%

  • 5. Choral

  • 11%

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