Purcell

Rachel Podger (violin)

Joyce DiDonato (Dido), Michael Spyres (Aeneas), Fatma Said (Belinda), Beth Taylor (Sorceress), Hugh Cutting (Spirit), Laurence Kilsby (Sailor), Alena Dantcheva and Anna Piroli (Witches) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Lea Desandre (mezzo), Thomas Dunford (lute, theorbo), with Alex Rosen (bass-baritone), Jess Dandy (contralto), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone) Jupiter

Theotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Thomas Dunford (lute)

Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque

Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)

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

Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors) The King’s Consort, Robert King

Dame Janet Baker

Cristian Sandrin (piano)

Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike

Helen Charlston, Toby Carr

Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg, Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann

Andreas Scholl (countertenor), with Christophe Dumaux (countertenor) Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari

John Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin)

Alexander Chance (counter-tenor), Toby Carr (lute)

Haitham Haidar (soloist), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, Sylvain Bergeron, Amanda Keesmaat, Abraham Ross, Tanya LaPerrière

Le Consort

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Agathe Peyrat (soprano, ukelele), Pierre Cussac (accordion, voice)

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches) Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny

Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca & Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Retrospect Trio

Janet Baker (Dido), Raimund Herincx (Aeneas), Patricia Clark (Belinda), Monica Sinclair (Sorceress) English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis

Floriane Hasler, Apolline Raï-Westphal (soprano), Mathias Vidal (tenor), Guilhem Worms, Laura Jerrell, Bastien Rimondi, Jordan Mouaissia, Ensemble Il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge

Grigory Sokolov (piano)

Ben Munden (tenor), Anna Semple (contralto), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Margaret Lingas (soprano), Echo Vocal Ensemble, Sarah Latto

Slide Action

Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano)

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano) The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Anne Sofie Von Otter (Soprano), Jakob Lindberg (guitar & lute), Anders Ericson (theorbo) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord & organ)

Lucile Richardot (contralto) Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé

Ann Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Ensemble Diderot, Johannes Pramsohler

Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Oliver Wass (harp)

Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike

The Solem Quartet, Amy Tress, William Newell (tape), Stephen Upshaw, Stephanie Tress (electronics), William Marsey (tape)

Lucy Crowe (Juno/Mystery), Claire Debono (Spring/First Fairy), Anna Devin (Second Fairy), Helen-Jane Howells (Eve), Carolyn Sampson (Night), Robert Burt (Mopsa), Sean Clayton (Summer), Ed Lyon (Secrecy/Adam), Adrian Ward (Autumn), Lukas Kargl (Phœbus), Desmond Barrit (Drunken Poet), Andrew Foster-Williams (Winter/Sleep/Coridon/Hymen) Actors: Sally Dexter (Titania), Joseph Millson (Oberon), Desmond Barrit (Bottom), Susannah Wise (Hermia), Oliver Le Suer (Demetrius), Oliver Kieran Jones (Lysander), Jotham Annan (Puck) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (stage director)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

Véronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton & Jonathan Best Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Emily Owen (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), David de Winter (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Edward Grint (bass-baritone), The King's Consort, Robert King

Fretwork

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

Shani Diluka (piano)

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert King

The King's Consort, New College Choir, Oxford, Robert King

Joseph Middleton (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano)

Musica Amphion Rémy Baudet (violin), Sayuri Yamagata (violin), Elisabeth Ingenhousz (violin) Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba), Johannes Boer (viola da gamba), Nanneke Schaap (viola da gamba), Ricardo Rodriguez (viola da gamba), Nicholas Milne (viola da gamba), Frank Wakelkamp (viola da gamba) Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord & organ)

Wells Cathedral Choir, Rubert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer

James Bowman (countertenor) & Michael Chance (countertenor) The King’s Consort, Robert King

Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins

Ruby Hughes (soprano), Huw Watkins (piano)