Listening: Flute, Violin, Cello, Vocal...

Here is a list of some great flute, violin, cello and vocalists for you to listen to all summer. Enjoy and let me know if you have some favorites to add to it!

Flutists
Eva Amsler 
Francesca Arnone 
Julius Baker 
Jeanne Baxtresser 
William Bennett 
Sharon Bezaly 
Denis Bouriakov 
Bonita Boyd
Leone Buyse 
Jasmine Choi
Ian Clarke
Tadeo Coelho
Tim Day
Michel Debost 
Philip Dikeman 
Aralee Dorough 
Mathieu Dufour 
Jean Ferrandis 
James Galway 
Marianne Gedigian 
Marco Granados 
Susan Hoeppner 
Sarah Jackson 
Christina Jennings 
Jennifer Keeney 
Barthold Kuijken 
Robert Langevin 
Goran Marcusson 
Aurele Nicolet 
Thomas Nyfenger 
Emanuel Pahud 
Michael Parloff 
Greg Pattillo
Marina Piccinini 
Amy Porter
Jean Pierre Rampal 
Angela Jones-Reus 
Paula Robison 
Elizabeth Rowe 
Lisa Garner Santa

Joshua Smith Jonathan Snowden Mark Sparks
Alexa Still
Mimi Stillman 
Raffaele Trevisani 
Keith Underwood 
Jim Walker 
Manuela Wiesler 
Robert Willoughby 
Ransom Wilson 
Carol Wincenc

Great Historic Violinists
Fritz Kreisler 
Jascha Heifetz 
Isaac Stern 
David Oistrakh
Arthur Grumiaux 
Jascha Heifetz 
Fritz Kreisler 
Yehudi Menuhin 
Nathan Milstein 
Ginette Neveu
David Oïstrakh 
Michael Rabin 
Ruggiero Ricci 
Joseph Szigeti 
Eugène Ysaÿe


Contemporary Violinists
Joshua Bell
Sarah Chang 
Hilary Hahn
Nigel Kenedy 
Gidon Kremer 
Anne Akiko Meyers 
Midori
Viktoria Mullova 
Anne-Sophie Mutter I
tzhak Perlman
Gil Shaham

Listening To Great Musicians: Flute, Violin, Cello and Voice

Cellists
Anner Bylsma
Pablo Casals 
Jaqueline du Pré 
Pierre Fournier
Lynn Harrell
Steven Isserlis
Yo-Yo Ma
Gregor Piatigorsky 
Msistlav Rostropovich 
Alisa Weilerstein

Sopranos & Mezzos
Janet Baker
Erna Berger 
Kathleen Battle Cecilia Bartoli 
Montserrat Caballé 
Maria Callas
Joyc DiDonato
Kirsten Flagstad
Renee Fleming
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 
Anna Moffo
Birgit Nilsson
Rosa Ponselle
Lucia Popp
Leontyne Price 
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf 
Joan Sutherland 
Renata Tebaldi
Dawn Upshaw

Tenors-& Bass/Baritones
Jussi Björling
Enrico Caruso
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 
Plácido Domingo 
Giuseppe Di Stefano 
Juan Diego Flórez 
Beniamino Gigli 
Thomas Hampson

Timothy Jones 
Mario Lanza 
Peter Pears 
Luciano Pavarotti 
Tito Schipa
Fritz Wunderlich

 NPR 50 Great Voices
Hear and read stories about each of the 50 vocalists profiled in our special series. You can also download the podcast, explore more than 100 nominations and find out more about the series.
Sezen Aksu: The Voice Of Istanbul
Biggie Smalls: The Voice That Influenced A Generation
Asha Bhosle: The Voice Of Bollywood And More
Bjork: A Celestial Voice
Dennis Brown: The 'Crown Prince' Of Reggae
Buika: The Voice Of Freedom
Montserrat Caballe: A Voice Of Passionate Grandeur
Maria Callas: Voice Of Perfect Imperfection
Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic

Twinkie Clark: Riffing On Gospel
Radmilla Cody: Two Cultures, One Voice
Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice
Celia Cruz: The Voice From Havana
Camaron De La Isla: The Voice Of Flamenco
Sandy Denny: Mercurial Queen Of British Folk Rock
Placido Domingo: The Spellbinding Voice Of A Titan Tenor
Fairuz: Lebanon's Voice Of Hope
Ella Fitzgerald: America's First Lady Of Song
Carlos Gardel: Argentina's Tango Maestro
Donny Hathaway: Neglected Heart Of Soul
The Many Voices Of Lauryn Hill
Billie Holiday: Emotional Power Through Song
Howlin' Wolf: Booming Voice Of The Blues
Iggy Pop: The Voice As Weapon

Mahalia Jackson: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement
George Jones: The Voice Of Heartbreak Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: The Voice Of Hawaii
Khaled: The King Of Rai
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan
Umm Kulthum: 'The Lady' Of Cairo
John McCormack: The Charming Irish Tenor
Lydia Mendoza: The First Lady Of Tejano
Freddie Mercury: Rock 'N' Roll's Humble Showman
Meredith Monk: A Voice For All Time Youssou N'Dour: The Voice Of Senegal
Roy Orbison: A Great Voice, A Lonely Sound
Robert Plant: Born In England; Made In America
Esma Redzepova: 'Queen Of The Gypsies'

Dianne Reeves: A Jazz Voice With Pop
Sensibilities
Elis Regina: The Feeling Between The Notes
Amalia Rodrigues: The Voice Of Extreme Expression
Yossele Rosenblatt: The Cantor With The Heavenly Voice
Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Protest Through Poetry
Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen Of New Orleans
Luther Vandross: The Velvet Voice
Chavela Vargas: The Voice Of Triumph
Kitty Wells: The Queen Of Country Music
Jackie Wilson: The Singer And The Showman
Ahmad Zahir: The Voice Of The Golden Years