Norman Lumsden

BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies

Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Gladys Parr (Florence Pike), Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth), Otakar Kraus (Mr Gedge), Roy Ashton (Mr Upfold), Norman Lumsden (Spt. Budd), Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans (Nancy), Catherine Lawson (Mum), Anne Sharp (Emmie), Elisabeth Parry (Cis), Alan Thompson (Harry), Libretto by Eric Crozier and Directed by Basil Coleman The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Bruce Boyce (Lamparilla), Maria Perill (Paloma), Marjorie Westbury (Marquesita Estrella), Thomas Round (Don Luis), Ian Wallace (Don Juan), Norman Lumsden (Don Pedro), Andrew Gold (Lope), Ronald Evans (A Sergeant) Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

Alfred Deller (Oberon), Jennifer Vyvyan (Tytania), Leonide Massine II (Puck), Kevin Platts (Cobweb), Robert McCutcheon (Mustardseed), Barry Ferguson (Moth), Michael Bauer (Peaseblossom), George Maran (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Marjorie Thomas (Hermia), April Cantelo (Helena), Forbes Robinson (Theseus), Johanna Peters (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince), Peter Pears (Flute), David Kelly (Snug), Edward Byles (Snout), Joseph Ward (Starveling) London Symphony Orchestra, Choirs of Downside & Emanuel Schools, Benjamin Britten

John Barbirolli & Reginald Goodall

Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (lead vocals, bass-baritone), Morgan Jones (lead vocals), Heddle Nash (lead vocals, vocals, tenor), Norman Allin (lead vocals), Constance Willis (lead vocals, mezzo-soprano), Roy Henderson (lead vocals, bass-baritone), Aulikki Rautawaara (soprano), Audrey Mildmay (soprano, lead vocals), John Brownlee (bass-baritone), Irene Eisinger (soprano), Luise Helletsgruber (soprano), Ina Souez (soprano), Koloman Von Pataky (vocals), David Franklin (bass), Salvatore Baccaloni (bass), Michael Redgrave (bass-baritone, lead vocals), Linda Gray (lead vocals), Bruce Flegg (lead vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Norman Lumsden (bass), Nancy Evans (vocals), Frederick Sharp (bass-baritone), Denis Dowling (bass-baritone), Margaret Ritchie (soprano), Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano), Joan Cross (soprano), Truls Mørk (violoncello), Vera Terry (soprano), Margherita Grandi (soprano), Ernest Frank (bass-baritone), Mario Borriello (bass-baritone), Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Sena Jurinac (soprano, lead vocals), Erich Kunz (bass-baritone), Richard Lewis (vocals, tenor), Dorothy McNeil (lead vocals), Sesto Bruscantini (bass-baritone, baritone, lead vocals), Noni Alda (soprano), Alda Noni (soprano), Marina De Gabarain (mezzo-soprano), Juan Oncina (tenor, vocals), Ian Wallace (bass, bass-baritone), Hervey Alan (bass), Fernanda Cadoni (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Balkwill (harpsichord), Kurt Gester (announcer), Murray Dickie (vocals), Elaine Malbin (soprano), Robert Helpmann (performed by), Robert Helpman (lead vocals), Terence Longdon (lead vocals), Anthony Nicholls (narrator), Arthur Leavins (leader, orchestra leader), Raymond Leppard (harpsichord), Sesto Bruscantini/Graziella Sciutti/Ian Wallace/Monica Sinclair/Risë Stevens/Franco Calabrese/Hugues Cuénod/Sena Jurinac/Gwyn Griffiths/Jeannette Sinclair/Daniel McCoshan/Glyndebourne Chorus/Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra/Vittorio Gui, Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Daniel McCoshan (vocals), Franco Calabrese (bass), Gwyn Griffiths (bass-baritone), Monica Sinclair (vocals, contralto), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Jeannette Sinclair (soprano), Leopold Simoneau (tenor), Lucille Udovick (soprano), Dermot Troy (tenor), Sari Barabas (soprano), Cora Canne-Meijer (mezzo-soprano), Michel Roux (bass-baritone), Laura Sarti (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor, vocals), Myer Fredman (choir director), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), John Rhys Evans (bass-baritone), Carlo Cava (bass), Duncan Robertson (tenor, vocals), Harold Williams (bass), Magda László/Richard Lewis/Oralia Dominguez/Lidia Marimpietri/Walter Alberti/Carlo Cava/Frances Bible/Duncan Robertson/Soo-Bee Lee/John Shirley-Quirk/Hugues Cuénod/Dennis Wicks/Dennis Brandt/Gerald English/Elizabeth Bainbridge/Annon Lee Sil, Magda László (soprano), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), Kimmo Lappalainen, Noel Mangin (bass), Danièle Perriers (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone, baritone), Keith Lewis (vocals), Carol Vaness (soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), John Rawnsley (bass-baritone), Maria Ewing (mezzo-soprano), Dale Duesing (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Delores Ziegler (soprano), Claudio Desderi (bass, tenor), Lilian Watson (soprano), Gianna Rolandi (soprano), Richard Stilwell (baritone), Glyndebourne Chorus, Faith Esham (mezzo-soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Anne Dawson (soprano), Harolyn Blackwell (soprano), Willard White (baritone, bass-baritone, bass), Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Bruce Hubbard (bass-baritone), Marietta Simpson (vocals), Cynthia Clarey (soprano), Damon Evans (vocals), Barrington Coleman (vocals), Maureen Braithwaite (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (lead vocals), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Alison Hagley (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (vocals), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, Peter Gellhorn, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Craig Ruttenberg, Fritz Busch, Michael Mudie, Sir Reginald Goodall, Mariss Jansons, Sir Thomas Beecham, Vittorio Gui, Sir John Pritchard, Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Franz Welser-Möst, Antony Pay, Sir Andrew Davis

Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), Robert Tear (Novice), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend), David Bowman (Donald), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs Julian), Dame Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere), Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Sir Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces), John Lanigan (Rector), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince), Dame Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Lucia), Jenny Hill (Bianca), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Bryan Drake (Junius), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Peter Pears (Prologue/Peter Quint), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller, Elderly Fop etc), James Bowman (Apollo), Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, English Opera Group Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford, Sir Charles Mackerras