Bellini

Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Balsadonna

Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni; with Freddie De Tommaso (tenor), Elisabeth Boudreault (soprano), Kezia Bienek (mezzo)

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi

Maria Callas (Norma), Christa Ludwig (Adalgisa), Franco Corelli (Pollione), Nicola Zaccaria (Oroveso), Edda Vincenzi (Clotilde), Piero De Palma (Flavio) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Michael Spyres (baritenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Peterborough String Orchestra, Nicholas Daniel

Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

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

Matilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba

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

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (violin) Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer

Simon Keenlyside Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

Pretty Yende (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Marco Armiliato

Cecilia Bartoli (Norma), Sumi Jo (Adalgisa), John Osborn (Pollione) & Michele Pertusi (Oroveso), Liliana Nikiteanu (Clotilde), Reinaldo Macias (Flavio) Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Vocalists, Giovanni Antonini

Maria Callas (soprano)

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Sarah Coburn (Elvira), Lawrence Brownlee (Arturo), Constantine Orbelian

Daniela Barcellona (Nelly), Enea Scala (Salvini), Maurizio Muraro (Bonifacio), Leah-Marian Jones (Madame Rivers), Simone Alberghini (Lord Adelson), Kathryn Rudge (Fanny), Rodion Pogossov (Struley), David Soar (Geronio) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Daniele Rustioni

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova Choir, Massimo Zanetti

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Francesco Demuro (tenor) Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Omer Meir Wellber

Stephen Costello (tenor) Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian

Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Orchestra e Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Sesto Quatrini

Cecilia Bartoli & Maxim Vengerov (violin) Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer

Venera Gimadieva (soprano) The Hallè, Gianluca Marciano

Greta Bradman (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Justin Taylor (piano)

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Maria Goldschmidt (flute), Una Prelle (harp), Daniel Pezzotti (cello), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone), Celso Albelo (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (baritone), James Levine (piano), Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Bernhard Forck (concertmaster), International Chamber Vocalists, Orchestra La Scintilla, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Teatro alla Scala, International Chamber Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Il Giardino Armonico, Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Giovanni Antonini, Riccardo Chailly, Ádám Fischer, Alessandro De Marchi, Claudio Abbado, Myung-Whun Chung, Gianluca Capuano

Melody Moore (Norma), Stefan Pop (Pollione), Roxana Constantinescu, Adam Lau (Oroveso) Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Pier Giorgio Morandi

Felix Klieser (horn), I Solisti di Pavia

Lawrence Brownlee (Lord Arturo Talbo), Lisette Oropesa (Elvira), Anthony Clark Evans (Sir Riccardo Forth), Riccardo Zanellato (Sir Giorgio Valton), Roxana Constantinescu (Enrichetta di Francia) Dresdner Philharmonie, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Frizza

Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo Forth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Walton), Anita Caminada (Enrichetta de France), Gian Carlo Luccardi (Gualtiero Walton), Renato Cazzaniga (Bruno Robertson) Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Janet Baker (Romeo), Beverly Sills (Giulietta), Robert Lloyd (Capellio), Nicolai Gedda (Tebaldo), Raimund Herincx (Lorenzo) New Philharmonia Orchestra & John Aldis Choir, Giuseppe Patanè

Duo Praxedis (harp and piano)

Lucia Aliberti (Imogene), Stuart Neill (Gualtiero), Hermine May (Adele), Roberto Frontali (Ernesto), Kelly Anderson (Goffredo), José Guadalupe Reyes (Itulbo) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Marcello Viotti

Renata Tebaldi (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Alberto Erede, Fausto Cleva, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Anton Guadagno, Sir Georg Solti

Maria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Pretty Yende (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Sagripanti

Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Luisa Tetrazzini, Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe de Luca, Grace Anthony, Eva Turner, Alfred Piccaver, Ezio Pinza, Alexander Kipnis, Lotte Lehmann, Kirsten Flagstad, Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Wunderlich

Maria Callas (Norma), Mario Filippeschi (Pollione), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Oroveso), Paolo Caroli (Flavio), Rina Cavallari (Clotilde) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Franco Corelli featuring RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin and Arturo Basile, Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Ferraris, Franco Corelli featuring Alfredo Simonetto and RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin, Turin and Umberto Cattini, Umberto Cattini, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Metropolitan Opera (opera company), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Arturo Basile, Alfredo Simonetto, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Anton Guadagno

Silvia Dalla Benetta (soprano), Marina Viotti (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Mironov (tenor), Vittorio Prato (baritone), Luca Dall’ Amico & Zong Shi (basses) Virtuosi Brunensis & Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań, Antonino Fogliani

Matteo Malagoli (cello), Yukiko Shimizu, Ludovica Marcuzzi (soprano), Flavia Del Guidice, Milli Fullin (mezzo-soprano), Alberto Pelosin conductor Cristina Centa (harp), Lisa De Polo (piano), Alvise Mason (organ/harmonium), Raffaele Giordani (tenor), Hazar Mursitpinar (baritone)

Renée Fleming (soprano)

Beverly Sills, Paula Robison, Charles Wadsworth, Leslie Parnas, Charles Treger, Stuart Burrows, Norman Treigle, Susanne Marsee, Eileen Farrell, Christian Du Plessis, Patricia Kern, Louis Quilico, Walter Cassel & Frances Bible New York City Opera Orchestra, Emerson Buckley, The John Alldis Choir, John Alldis, London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ion Marin

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Sylvia Gestzy (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Alfred Scholz (piano), Karl-Heinz Steffens (clarinet), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Ben Heppner (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Will Sanders (horn), Eugene Istomin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Leonard Rose (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Guarneri Quartet I Soloisti di Zaghreb, London Musici, Boston Pops Orchestra, Charles Munch, Arthur Fiedler, Sir Thomas Beecham, John McCarthy, Eduardo Mata, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Dmitri Kitayenko, Georg Solti

Leontyne Price (soprano) The Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Sascha Reckert (glass harmonica), Karine Deshayes (Anna), Franck Ferrari (Enrico), Matthew Rose (Raimondo) & Wolfgang Klose (Normanno), Franck Ferrari (Riccardo) & Matthew Rose (Giorgio) Concerto Köln & Europäischer Kammerchor, Evelino Pidò

Simone Kermes (soprano) Concerto Köln, Christoph-Mathias Mueller

Margaret Price (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager & Thomas Fulton

Joseph Calleja, with Anna Netrebko, with Tatiana Lisnic The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Carlo Rizzi

Hera Hyesang Park (soprano), Johannes Maria Bogner (harpsichord), Wiener Symphoniker, Bertrand de Billy

Natalie Dessay (Amina), Jaël Azzaretti (Lisa), Francesco Meli (Elvino), Carlo Colombara (Rodolfo), Sara Mingardo (Teresa), Gordon Gietz (Notaro), Paul Gay (Alessio) Chœur & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Anna Netrebko Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Cecilia Bartoli (Amina), Juan-Diego Flórez (Elvino), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Il Conte Rodolfo), Liliana Nikiteanu (Teresa), Gemma Bertagnolli (Lisa), Peter Kalman (Alessio) & Javier Camarena (Un Notaro) Orchestra La Scintilla, Alessandro De Marchi

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), James Levine (piano)

Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Frizza