CD, Purcell (composer)

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

Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

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

Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

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

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

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

Dame Janet Baker

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

Grigory Sokolov (piano)

Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike

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

Cristian Sandrin (piano)

Helen Charlston, Toby Carr

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

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

Le Consort

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)

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

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

Joseph Middleton (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano)

Shani Diluka (piano)

Retrospect Trio

Toby Carr (lute)

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

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

Slide Action

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)

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

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)

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

Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown

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

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

Reginald Mobley, Brandon J. Acker, Douglas Balliett

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman

Anna Prohaska (soloist), La Folia Barockorchester, Robin Peter Müller

Patrick Addinall (trumpet), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

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

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

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Oliver Wass (harp)

The King’s Consort

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto), Dominique Visse (countertenor), Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet) & Wolfgang Muthspiel (acoustic guitar & electric guitar) L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

Guy Cutting|alvar Tiisler|ensemble Floridante

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

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

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Tristan Hambleton (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)

Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti

Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg, Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann

La Rêveuse, Florence Bolton, Benjamin Perrot

Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

The King's Consort, Choir of The King's Consort, Robert King

Robert Quinney (organ) The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell