Gramophone Awards, Strauss, R (composer)

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche-Comté, Jean-François Verdier

Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

Jessye Norman (soprano) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Mathieu Pordoy (piano)

Soile Isokoski (soprano) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Hildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans (Brighella), Paul Keohone (Wig-Maker), Dean Robinson (Footman), Declan McCusker (An Officer) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Richard Armstrong

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) & Helmut Deutsch (piano)

Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp)

Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest) Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano)

Christine Brewer (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Kirsten Flagstad Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote) Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazushi Ono

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Brindley Sherratt (bass), Julius Drake (piano)

Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov

Diana Damrau (soprano) Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Irwin Gage (piano)

Nina Stemme (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (Herod) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Asmik Grigorian (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck, Markus Hinterhauser (piano)

Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer) Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber

Emily Magee (Salome), Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Peter Bronder (Herodes), Benjamin Bruns (Narraboth) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andres Orozco-Estrada

Jessye Norman (soprano) Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest) Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth) Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst

Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth) Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Vilde Frang (violin) & Michail Lifits (piano)

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), with Anneliese Rothenberger, Karl Kohn, with Claude Heater, Albrecht Peter, Anneliese Rothenberger, with Eberhard Wächter, with Lucia Popp, Lisa Della Casa, Robert Kerns, Waldemar Kmentt, Walter Berry, with Hilde Güden, Vera Little, with Kurt Böhme, Josef Knapp, with Ingeborg Hallstein, Kurt Böhme Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchester der Bayer. Staatsoper, Fritz Rieger, Karl Böhm, Georges Prêtre, Rudolf Kempe, Heinz Wallberg, Josef Krips

Sueye Park (violin)

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (piano)

Kiri Te Kanawa, Andre Previn & Waihirere Maori Group London Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Barlow

Carolyn Sampson (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano)