Building a Library, Late 20th Century (era)

Danny Driver (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller

BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson

Belcea Quartet

Steven Isserlis (cello), with Thomas Adès (piano)

Pepe Romero (guitar) The Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov

Steven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena

Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Mark O’Keefe (trumpet) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton

Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ) Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best

Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano) RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Joseph Edward, Grace Davidson (soprano), Joshua Davidson, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), Tenebrae, Nigel Short

London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner

Mei Yi Foo (piano)

Belcea Quartet

Pascal Moraguès (clarinet) Trio Wanderer

Richard Hosford (basset clarinet), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Alexander Schneider, Thierry Fischer

Quartet Gerhard

Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Michael Wager (narrator) Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Jeunesse Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Felicia Montealegre (speaker), Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), John Bogart (alto) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes Martenot) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Bernard Walton (clarinet) London Symphony Orchestra, The Aeolian String Quartet, Jascha Horenstein

Jeremy Denk (piano)

Olivier Messiaen, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Yvonne Loriod (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maria Oràn (soprano), Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano), pianos, Rachel Yakar (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes Martenot), Jeanne Loriod (onde Martenot), organ (Recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in La Trinité Church, Paris), Georges Barboteu (horn), Alain Jacquet (xylorimba), François Dupin (glockenspiel) Solistes des chœurs de l’ORTF, Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Maîtrise et Orchestre de Chambre de la RTF, Ensemble Ars Nova, Kent Nagano & Pierre Boulez, Marcel Couraud, Kent Nagano, Pierre Boulez, Marius Constant

Ensemble InterContemporain

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Arcanto Quartet

Matt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Saschko Gawriloff Hagen Quartett, Wiener Bläsersolisten, LaSalle Quartet, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Pierre Boulez, David Atherton

Howard Shelley (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes-martenot) BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier

London Cast Recording, Barry Dennen (vocal), Lila Kedrova (vocal), Judi Dench (vocal), Kevin Colson (vocal), Venetia Fernandez (vocal), Maggie Goodwin (vocal), Peter Sallis (vocal), Kit Kat Band, Richard Owens (vocal), Pamela Strong (vocal), Cabaret (Original London Cast)

David Allsopp (countertenor) Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

John Scott (Fauré), Thomas Trotter (Duruflé), organ English Chamber Orchestra, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best

Czech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach

Antonio Janigro (cello), Gunhild Stappenbec, Paul Badura-Skoda (piano), Jean Fournier (violin), Jan Natermann (piano), Stefano Passaggio (viola), Jörg Demus (piano), Milton Preves (viola), John Weicher (violin), Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Zagreb Soloists, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe, Franco Caracciolo, Erich Kleiber, Fritz Reiner

The Alban Berg Quartet

Sibylle Ehlert, Laura Claycomb, Charlotte Hellekant, Jard van Nes Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Hélène Guilmette (soprano) & Martin Dubé (piano)

Pablo Strong (treble), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Simon Baker (counter tenor), Jamie Bernstein Thomas (narrator) London Oratory School, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Choir of St John's College, George Guest

Alasdair Malloy (solo typewriter) & Catherine Moore (solo trumpet) BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Wind Quintet of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Katalin Károlyi (mezzo), Pascal Gallois (bassoon) International Contemporary Ensemble

Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown (vocals), Tom Culbert (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Herbert Dawson (organ), Joan Cross (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ian Partridge (vocals), Wesley Warren (trumpet), Philip Langridge (vocals), Richard Suart (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Peter Hall (vocals), Michael George (vocals), David Wilson-Johnson (vocals), Elise Ross (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), Men's voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (vocals), David Atherton (vocals), Paul Robinson (bass-baritone), Michael Pearce (bass-baritone), Christopher Hughes (organ), Leonard Pearcey (vocals), Louis Kentner (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Cyril Smith (piano), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), David Bell (organ), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Ronald Thomas (director), Neville Dilkes (harpsichord), Harry Bramma (organ), David Willison (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Lisa Saffer (soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Sir Adrian Boult (director), Laurence Olivier (vocals), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone), Ernest Lush (piano), Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Howard Shelley (piano), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Neil Mackie (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Richard Farnes (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Bach Choir (vocals), Peter Donohoe (piano), Janet Craxton (cor anglais), Hugh Bean (violin), Frances Mason (violin), David Butt (flute), Eileen Croxford (cello), Christopher Wellington (viola), Graham Johnson (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus (vocals), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Britten Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sinfonia of London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Children's Chorus, London Madrigal Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Group Of London, Northern Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota, Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, New Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Studio 2 Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood, Sir David Willcocks, Sir William Walton, Daniel Harding, Christopher Robinson, Barry Wordsworth, Christopher Finzi, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Reginald Goodall, Meredith Davies, Christopher Bishop, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Stephen Cleobury, Robert Irving, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Arnold, Oliver Knussen, Philip Brunelle, Sir Edward Elgar, Reginald Kilbey, André Previn, Sir Charles Groves, Philip Ledger

Irina Schnittke, Victoria Postnikova (piano) London Sinfonietta, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Pierre-Laurent Almard (piano), Irina Kataeva (piano) The King's Singers, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet) Rotterdam Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Witold Lutoszlawski

Martha Argerich (piano)

English Bach Festival Choir Columbia Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Richard Watkins (horn) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Tomlinson

John Williams (guitar), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) The Philharmonia Orchestra, Louis Frémaux

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Juliette Hurel (flute), Helene Couvert (piano)

Clare Howick (violin) & Sophia Rahman (piano)

Pierre Charial (barrel organ), Jürgen Hocker (piano), Françoise Terrioux (metronomes)

Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, James Watson

Friedrich Gulda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan