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Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding

Concertgebouworkest, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Eugen Jochum, Antal Doráti

Christof Keymer (piano)

Edith Mathis, Helen Donath, Hanna Schwartz, Kurt Moll, Peter Schreier & Bernd Weikl

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lance Friedel

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Daniel Behle (tenor) WDR Runfunkorchester Koln, Helmuth Froschauer

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Dresdner Philharmonie, Kurt Masur, Otmar Suitner, Rudolf Kempe, Franz Konwitschny, Willi Boskovsky, Bernhard Klee, Siegfried Kurz

Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustavo Dudamel

Arnold van Mill (bass), Raphael Arié (bass), Wilfred Parry (piano) Robert Wagner

New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Ernst Haefliger (tenor)

Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Patrick Lange

Narrated by Stephen Fry BBC Singers & BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

August Seider, Margarete Bäumer, Willi Schwenkreis, Walter Streckfuß, Friedrich Dalberg, Rosel Schaffrian, Theodor Horand, Paul Reinecke, Max Saal, Stadt- und Gewandhaus Orchester, Leipzig, Leipziger Sinfonieorchester, Mitglieder des Orchesters der Staatsoper Berlin, Kleines Orchester des Reichssenders Frankfurt, Ilja Livschakoff Tanzorchester, Paul Schmitz, Hilmar Weber, Hermann Weigert, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Franz Hauck

Dora Labette (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Jean Pougnet (violin), Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Moura Lympany (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham, Eduard van Beinum, Sir Adrian Boult, Anatole Fistoulari

WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Helmuth Froschauer

New Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Pantelli

Ruth-Margret Pütz (soprano)

Claude Rippas (trumpet) Sinfonietta Schaffhausen, Paul K. Haug

Marc Reift & Philharmonic Wind Orchestra Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Marc Reift

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Gerald Kegelmann, Heidelberger Madrigalchor

Carleton Etherington (organ) Choir of The Abbey School, Tewkesbury, Benjamin Nicholas

London Symphony Orchestra, London Proms Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Swarowsky

Ildikó Iván (soprano) Máv Symphony Orchestra, János Kovács

Hans Hotter (baritone), Michael Raucheisen (piano)

Janos Selmeczi (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Transsylvanica, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari, Gyorgy Selmeczi, Ondrej Lenárd, Michael Halász, Alfred Walter, Barry Wordsworth, Johannes Wildner, Anthony Bramall, Uwe Mund, Robert Stankovsky, Adrian Leaper, Christian Pollack

Albert Schweitzer Octet

Julia Broxholm and Martin Karz

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Radio Chorus, Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner, Pinchas Steinberg, Michael Halász

Staatskapelle Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell

Alfred Krips (violin) Arthur Fiedler

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Maurizio Pollini (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Jérôme Ducros (piano), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), François Le Roux (baritone), Jeff Cohen (piano), Thierry de Brunhoff (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Irwin Gage (piano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Olivier Baumont (harpsichord), Peter Schreier (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Martin Isepp (harpsichord), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Peter Wiltschinsky (guitar), Robin Hill (guitar), Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Anthony Rooley (lute), Carl Hoppe (baritone), Friedrich Lenz (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Gabriel Bacquier (bass-baritone), Susan Tomes (piano), Éliette Schenneberg (mezzo-soprano), Stephanie Voss (soprano), Boris Christoff (bass), Pascal Monteilhet (lute), Gidon Kremer (violin), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Miriam Pirazzini (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Lozakovich (violin), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Erna Sack (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hartmut Höll (piano), RIOPY (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Éric Heidsieck (piano), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Ensemble vocal Stéphane Caillat (vocal ensemble), José van Dam (baritone), Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Corine Durous (piano), Stephen Hough (piano), Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano), Natalie Pérez (mezzo-soprano), Jean-François Rouchon (baritone), Alessandro Fagiuoli (violin), Andrea Musto (cello), Karina Gauvin (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Siegfried Mauser (piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass-baritone), Uta Spreckelsen (soprano), Julius Drake (piano), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Fabio Biondi (violin), Günther Weissenborn (piano), Wolfgang Anheisser (baritone), Anton Scharinger (baritone), New York Philharmonic, Chœur de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Andreyev Imperial Russian Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hilliard Ensemble, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, English Baroque Soloists, Stockholm Chamber Choir, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, New World Show Orchestra, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Kammersensemble de Paris, Orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Städtischen Oper Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Chœur de chambre "Les Éléments", Nouvel Ensemble instrumental du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, Il Pomo d'Oro, Wiener Philharmoniker, Florilegium, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Europa Galante, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Fretwork, Kurt Masur, Yutaka Sado, Dmitri Hochlov, André Previn, Vernon Handley, Paul Hillier, Robert Heger, Jean Martinon, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Eric Ericson, Charles Munch, Alan Braden, Georges Tzipine, Gabriele Santini, Sir Adrian Boult, Armin Jordan, Marc Minkowski, John McGlinn, Hugo Diez, Pierre Dervaux, Jean-Francois Paillard, Stéphane Caillat, Michel Plasson, Daniel Harding, Joël Suhubiette, Jacques Pési, Riccardo Minasi, Riccardo Muti, Hans Ludwig Hirsch, Sir Neville Marriner, Georges Prêtre, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Seiji Ozawa

Johannes Pieper (clarinet) Philharmonie Sudwestfalen & Evangelische Kantorei Siegen, David Stern

Kurt Moll, Edith Mathis, Hanna Schwarz & Helen Donath Staatskapelle Berlin, Bernhard Klee

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Kim Borg, Erika Köth, Hertha Töpper, Hans Günther Nöcker, Karl Christian Kohn, Naan Pöld, Eva Maria Rogner Fritz Rieger

Fritz Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Gisela Litz, Edith Mathis Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Horst Stein, Rudolf Kempe

Ilona Tokody (soprano), Gyorgy Melis (baritone), Klara Takacs (mezzo-soprano), Stefka Evstatieva (soprano), Wolfgang Schone (baritone), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michael Knapp (tenor), Gertrud Ottenthal (soprano), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone) Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian National Svetoslav Obretenov Choir, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian Radio Symphony O, Vassil Stefanov, Georgi Robev, Emil Tabakov, Boris Hinchev, Andras Mihaly, Andras Korodi, Vilmos Komor, Janos Sandor, Giuseppe Patane, Rouslan Raichev, Stoyan Angelov, Pinchas Steinberg, Roberto Paternostro, Kurt Woss

Berlin Staatskapelle, German Staatsoper Berlin String Quartet, German Staatsoper Berlin Choir, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Otmar Suitner, Giuseppe Patane

Chen-Ye Yuan, Kurt Moll (bass), Inga Nielsen, Mariusz Kwiecień (baritone), Valerian Ruminski, Gloria Banditelli, Rosita Frisani, Mario Cecchetti, Mediterraneo Concento, Sergio Vartolo, Jana Valaskova, Ingrid Kertesi, János Berkes, Nicola Martinucci, Miriam Gauci, Eduard Tumagian, Miroslav Dvorský, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Alessandro Carmignani, Joanna Borowska, Peter Mikulas, Rohangiz Yachmi, Mariana Zvetkova, Andreana Nikolova, Boiko Zvetanov, Alexander Tekeliev, Peter Naydenov, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, Kristine Jepson, Indra Thomas, Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Brussels Philharmonic, Alexander Rahbari, Adriana Kohútková, Denisa Šlepkovská, Vincenzo La Scola, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Ann-Christine Biel, Katarina Dalayman (soprano), Thomas Sunnegårdh, Kertesi Ingrid, Csonka Zsuzsa, Roberto Servile, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest and Will Humburg, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Coro de la Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Camerata Budapest, Hungarian Operetta Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Orchestra della Cappella Musicale di San Petronio, Cappella Istropolitana, Hungarian State Opera, Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Drottningholm Theatre, Drottningholm Theatre Chorus, Kungliga Hovkapellet, Budapest, Marin Alsop, Michael Halász, Charles Rosekrans, Johannes Wildner, Maximiano Valdés, László Kovács, Ali Rahbari, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Ryan Brown, Arnold Östman, Leif Segerstam, Kovács László, Will Humburg, Uwe Mund

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lance Friedel

Bayrische Staatsoper München, Choir of the Bayrische Staatsoper, Orchestra of the Bayrische Staatsoper, Otto von Rohr, Karl Paul, Marianne Schech, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Gerhard Pflüger, Choir of the Scala Milano, Orchestra of the Scala Milano, Silvio Maionica, Armando La Rosa Parodi, Hamburg Choir, Georges Singer, Leipzig Radio Choir, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe, Robert Heger, Franco Capuana

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Simon Giles, David Dyer, Camerata of London, Barry Mason

Simon Nieminski (pipe organ)

Lucia Popp (soprano), Andrew Lucas (organ), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ambrosian Singers, Sir Neville Marriner

Gottlob Frick (Falstaff), Hans Braun (Herr Fluth), Leo Heppe (Herr Reich), Waldemar Kmentt (Fenton), Erich Majkut (Junker Spärlich), Harald Proglhof (Dr Cajus), Mimi Coertse (Frau Fluth), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Frau Reich) & Else Liebesberg (Jungfer Anna Reich) Vienna Radio, Kurt Richter

Robert Taub (piano), Members of the Hurwitz Chamber Ensemble (chamberensemble), Sir Andrew Davis (harpsichord), The City of London Chamber Orchestra (chamberensemble), Antonio Manca Serra (baritone), Gino Sarri (tenor), Anna La Pollo (soprano), Ada Landi (mezzo-soprano), Bamberger Symphoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Choir of the Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula, London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Rome Opera House, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Christian Rainer, Lawrence Siegel, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Richard Kapp, Leopold Stokowski, Siegfried Landau, Alfred Scholz, John Williams, Thomas McIntosh, Sir Adrian Boult, Alberto Paoletti

Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw & Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ola Rudner

Berlin Staatskapelle, Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Chorus, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Otmar Suitner, Giuseppe Patane

Berlin Staatskapelle, Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Chorus, Giuseppe Patane, Otmar Suitner

Hanna Schwarz (alto), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Claude Dormoy (baritone), Kurt Moll (bass), Siegfried Vogel (bass), Edith Mathis (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Kurt Ludwig (tenor), Peter Schreier (tenor), Heinz Schunk (violin) Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Chorus, Berlin Staatskapelle, Bernhard Klee

Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos Kleiber

Siegfried Borries, Friedrich Thomas, Franz Rupp Arthur Nikisch, Alfred Hertz, Bruno Walter, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Pietro Mascagni, Max von Schillings, Hans Knappertsbusch, Jascha Horenstein, Hans Pfitzner, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Alois Melichar, Victor de Sabata, Max Fiedler, Vis

The President's Own United States Marine Band, John R. Bourgeois

Kolner Rundfunkorchester, Michail Jurowski