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RT and Classic FM want your help in finding the nation's favourite classical music, composers and performers.
Read our lists of nominees - drawn up by a panel of RT and Classic FM experts - then go to www.classicfm.com to have your say. Vote and you could treat yourself and four others to a Classic FM musical extravaganza at London's Royal Albert Hall on 25 September.
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There are 20 Roberts solar-powered DAB radios for runners-up.
Composer
Bach - the greatest composer before Mozart, much loved for religious choral music.
Beethoven - a symphonic visionary who also wrote beguiling chamber music.
Brahms - a master of the symphony, concerto and chamber works.
Elgar - the musical voice of Edwardian England.
Mahler - one of the greatest symphonists ever.
Mozart - 18th-century genius with a vast and varied output.
Schubert - the finest of all Lieder (song) writers and the first great Romantic voice.
J Strauss (son) - the "Waltz King", known for his melodic dance music and operettas.
Tchaikovsky - famed for ballet scores, yearning operas, stirring symphonies and concertos.
Vaughan Williams - influential leader of the 20th-century revival in English music.
Soloist
Daniel Barenboim - pianist and conductor, famed for his marathon Beethoven recital series.
Alfred Brendel - a poet among pianists, embracing a huge repertoire.
James Galway - "The man with the golden flute", who so popularised the instrument.
Evelyn Glennie - dynamic percussionist who's deaf but "senses" sound through vibration.
Nigel Kennedy - maverick violinist who loves to jazz it up as well as play the classics.
Yehudi Menuhin - pre-eminent violin virtuoso of his day and a great teacher.
Anne-Sophie Mutter - protégée of Karajan, one of the great violinistas.
Jacqueline du Pré - magnificently soulful cellist whose career was tragically cut short.
Arthur Rubinstein - legendary Polish pianist, peerless Chopin interpreter.
John Williams - brilliant and adventurous classical and crossover guitarist.
Singer (male)
Roberto Alagna - honey-toned, Italian-French lyric tenor once dubbed "The Fourth Tenor".
Thomas Allen - leading British baritone with a warmly distinctive voice.
Andrea Bocelli - blind Italian tenor, and the worldâÂÂs leading operatic crossover artist.
Jose Carreras - poetic Spanish tenor who became one of the Three Tenors.
Placido Domingo - the greatest singing actor of our time, and possibly the most versatile tenor in history.
Geraint Evans - Welsh baritone who led a British opera house invasion in the 60s.
Simon Keenlyside - the British baritone of the moment, famed as Billy Budd and Papageno.
Luciano Pavarotti - thrilling tenor, probably the most famous singer of the 20th century.
Bryn Terfel - Welsh bass baritone who's conquered the world as Figaro and Falstaff.
Russell Watson - "People's Tenor", who's sung his way from working men's clubs to Wembley.
Singer (female)
Janet Baker - probably the greatest British mezzo of the 20th century, a fine singing actress and recitalist.
Cecilia Bartoli - bubbly Italian high-flier, unforgettable in Mozart and Rossini.
Maria Callas - legendary American-Greek soprano and great singing actress.
Renée Fleming - great American soprano, particularly suited to the music of Richard Strauss.
Lesley Garrett - irrepressible English National Opera soprano and operatic populariser.
Angela Gheorghiu - Romanian soprano, with a voice that combines sweetness and intensity.
Katherine Jenkins - Welsh mezzo-soprano, also a great crossover success story.
Anna Netrebko - charismatic Russian soprano, widely perceived as todayâÂÂs superstar diva.
Joan Sutherland - Australia's "La Stupenda", one of the great Bellini and Donizetti interpreters.
Kiri Te Kanawa - poised New Zealand soprano who smoothly embraced Mozart and Verdi.
Opera
The Barber of Seville - Rossini's sparkling comedy about that incorrigible crimper, Figaro.
La Boheme - Puccini's magnificent evocation of life in 19th-century Bohemian Paris.
Carmen - Bizet's torrid take on Spain, with some of the best-loved tunes in opera.
Madam Butterfly - Puccini's melodic tearjerker about an abandoned Japanese bride.
The Magic Flute - Mozart's spine-tingling operatic panto.
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart's witty yet revolutionary masterpiece of wedding intrigue.
The Merry Widow - Lehar's sparkling confection remains one of the most popular operettas.
The Mikado - Gilbert and Sullivan's delightful Japanese spoof.
La Traviata - Verdi's majestic drama of blighted love, centring on courtesan Violetta.
Turandot - Nessundorma is just one highlight of PucciniâÂÂs exotic drama about an icy Chinese princess.
Film soundtrack
Born Free - John Barry's stirring score added extra poignancy to this true story.
Chariots of Fire - composer Vangelis's splendid hymn to the triumph of Olympic endurance.
The Dam Busters - Leighton Lucas's exhilarating score ensured that this RAF drama took off.
Doctor Zhivago - Lara's Theme by Maurice Jarre sets the tone for this sprawling Russian romance.
Lawrence of Arabia - Jarre's haunting music perfectly complemented David Lean's desert epic.
The Magnificient Seven - Elmer Bernstein's rousing music perfectly captured this lively western.
The Mission - a turbulent score from Ennio Morricone.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - one of the finest of the Bond scores.
Star Wars - enduring score from John Williams, the king of the Hollywood blockbuster.
Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann's eerie music adds dizzy tension to Hitchcock's classic.
On 13 July, Classic FM at the Movies will showcase this category.
How to vote
For more information on the nominees, listen to Classic FM from Monday 7 July, then register your vote at www.classicfm.com/nationsfavourite.
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