Penguin Rosettes, Romantic (era)

original 1913 version London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Gerald Finley (baritone) BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Murray Perahia (piano)

Alicia de Larrocha

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich

Paul Groves (Gerontius), Alice Coote (Angel), Bryn Terfel (Priest/Angel of the Agony) Halle, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Sir Mark Elder

Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) & Julian Milford (piano)

Dame Janet Baker

BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme) Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer

Peter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar Howarth, Camarata

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Kaja Danczowska (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano)

Les Musiciens du Louvre & Chœur de l’opéra de Lyon, Marc Minkowski

Alfred Brendel (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Régine Crespin (soprano) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Richard Bonynge, Ernest Ansermet, Alain Lombard

Dinu Lipatti (piano)

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Howard Shelley (piano) London Mozart Players

Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele) La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Emma Johnson (clarinet) English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Domus

Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron di Trombonok), Leo Nucci (Don Alvaro) Prague Philharmonic Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado

Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus), Mark Stone (Un chef grec), Leigh Melrose (Un soldat troyen/Mercure), Orlin Annastassov (L'Ombre d'Hector), Andrew Greenan (Premiere Sentinelle), Roderick Earle (Deuxieme Sentinelle) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

Malcolm Binns (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Sumi Jo (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Lorraine McAslan (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Vladimir Horowitz (piano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Suisse Romande Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Donald Adams (The Mikado), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Nanki-Poo), Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Marie McLaughlin (Yum-Yum), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Nicholas Folwell (Pish-Tush) Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Edith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wieslaw Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch, Maria Stader, Claudia Hellman, Ernst Haefliger, Kim Borg Bavarian Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

Simon Trpčeski (piano)

Régine Crespin (soprano) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Kathleen Ferrier Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la RTF, Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Placido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimura (Brangäne), René Pape (König Marke), Olaf Bär (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Ian Bostridge (Hirt), Matthew Rose (Steuermann) & Rolando Villazon (Seemann) Orchestra & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Los Romeros

Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Samuel Ramey (Méphistophélès), Susanne Mentzer (Siébel), Alexandru Agache (Valentin), Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe), Philippe Fourcade (Wagner) Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

Joan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse), Hugues Cuénod (Franz) Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Ad Libitum Quartet

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard

Krystian Zimerman (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Ivan Moravec (piano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek