CD, Humperdinck (composer)

Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano)

Juri Tetzlaff, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Steffen Tast

Brigitte Fassbaender (Dämonia, die böse Fee), Christina Landshamer (Rosa, Königin der Feen), Kristiane Kaiser (Röschen), Tobias Haaks (Reinhold), Stephanie Hampl (Morphina), Anna Borchers (Quecksilber/Eine Winde), Miriam Clark (Die Sonne), Brigitte Bayer (Ein Vergissmeinnicht), Guibee Yang (Eine Rose), Wolfgang Klose (Vogt des Ahnenschlosses), Jerzy May (Ringold), Barbara Malisch (Armgart) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

Benjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss, Johannes Berger, Hans Berger, Ilias Grau (soloist), Edeltraud Appl, Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Florian Helgath

Rebecca Evans (Gretel), Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Sarah Tynan (Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (Sandman), Sarah Coppen (Cuckoo) Philharmonia Orchestra & New London Children’s Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras

Josette Micheler (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Klußmann (soprano), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Steffen Tast

Diana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi

Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz

Raphaela Gromes (cello), Daniel Dodds (violin), Julian Riem (piano), Arcis Saxophon Quartett, Anais Gaudemard (harp), Angela Chang (cello)

Octavians

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)

Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion

Plácido Domingo - Ying Huang - Michael Bolton, Wiener Symphoniker, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Elizabeth Ziegler (chorus master), Michael Bolton (tenor), Ying Huang (soprano) Steven Mercurio

Anna Veit, GoldMund

Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Leipziger Streichquartett

Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden, Iris Geißler (piano), Iris Geißler (harpsichord), Bläserquintett Dresden, Collenbusch Quartett

Tilly de Garmo Hermann Weigert

Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon

Henk Smit (baritone)

Usher Hall – John Kitchen, St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly, Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson, Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield, St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris, Broughton St Mary’s Parish Church – John Kitchen, St Thomas’ Parish Church, Leith- Peter Backhouse, Pilrig St Paul’s Church – Andrew Caskie, St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral – Simon Nieminski, Canongate Kirk – Nicholas Wearne, St Giles’ Cathedral – Michael Harris, Royal Order of Scotland – Nicholas Wearne, Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh--Nicholas Wearne, McEwan Hall, Univ. of Edinburgh –Michael Bonaventure, Enharmonic Chamber Organ, Laigh Room, St Cecilia’s Hall – John Kitchen, Home of John Kitchen – John Kitchen, Morningside Parish Church – Morley Whitehead, Reid Memorial Church - Roger Fisher, St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk – Peter Backhouse, Loretto School – Michael Bonaventure, St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Dalkeith – John Kitchen

Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Helmut Krebs, Fritz Lehmann, Karl Richter, Trapp Family Singers & Helmut Walcha

Vocoder Ensemble

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

Dame Nellie Melba (soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano), John McCormack (tenor), Emmy Destinn, Johanna Gadski, Friedrich Schorr (bass), Eva Turner, Renato Zanelli, Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Maria Olczewska, Feodor Chaliapin (bass), Margherita Carosio, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Conchita Supervia, Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Richard Tauber (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Victor Maurel, Francesco Tamagno, Francesco Navarrini, Mattia Battistini, Fernando de Lucia, Rosina Storchio, Alessandro Bonci, Eugenia Burzio, Giuseppe De Luca, Celestina Boninsegna, Giovanni Valls, Ricardo Stracciari, Maria Gay, Lucrezia Bori, Bernardo De Muro, Gilda Dalla Rizza, Toti Dal Monte (soprano), Ezio Pinza (bass), Miguel Fleta, Margherita Perras, Erna Berger (soprano), Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Volker, Tiana Lemnitz, Frida Leider (soprano), Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Max Lorenz (tenor), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte Schöne, Alexander Kipnis (bass), Else Ruziczka, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Staatskapelle Berlin, Percy Pitt, Albert Coates, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Sabajno, Robert Heger, Vincenzo Bellezza, Gustave Cloëz, Giulio Setti, Walter Goehr, Edwin McArthur, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Fritz Zweig, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Clemens Schmalstich, Johannes Schüler, Hanns Udo Müller, Clemens Krauss, Erich Orthmann

Felix Klieser (horn)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra & RSNO Junior Chorus, Christopher Bell

Münchener Bach-Choir, Rejoice ye Nations on Earth

Octavians, Herrmann Werner (piano)

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Okka von der Damerau (mezzosoprano), Wolfgang Schwaiger (baritone), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Adrian Baianu (piano)

Max Emanuel Cencic (soprano), Charles Humphries (countertenor), Ivan Sharpe (tenor) & Robert Torday (bass-baritone) Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis & Academy of London, Peter Marschik

Gerhard Husch

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Dorothee Mields (soprano), Ludger Rémy (piano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Juliane Ruf (piano), Christina Landshamer, Sibylla Rubens (sopranos), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Marcus Ullmann (tenor), Klaus Melber (piano), Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo), Elodie Peudepièce (cello), René Schirrer (bass), Anne-Catherine Kaiser (piano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor), Michael Freimuth (piano), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Götz Payer (piano), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Michael Gees (piano), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Elisabeth Föll (piano), Christoph Genz (tenor), Isabel Stürzl (soprano), Sabine Schubert-Kessler (piano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Camillo Radicke (piano), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Ann-Sophie Volle (piano), Stephan Genz (baritone), Eric Schneider (piano), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Marret Winger (soprano), Steffen Hartmann (piano), Christoph Sökler (baritone), Anne Le Bozec (piano), Dörthe Haring (alto), Johannes Grimm (soprano), Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Sabine Eberspächer (piano), André Morsch (baritone), Eildert Beeftink (piano) Singer Pur Ensemble, Pfälzische Kurrende, Neustadt/Weinstraße, Kammerchor Stuttga, Frieder Bernius

Madchenchor Hannover, Ensemble Oktoplus

Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic - Symphony Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg

Richard Crooks (tenor), Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano), John McCormack (tenor), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Richard Tauber (tenor), Georges Thill (tenor), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), et al.

Malcolm Martineau (piano) Cantabile

Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Josef Metternich, Maria von Ilosvay, Else Schürhoff, Anny Felbermayer Loughton High School for Girls Choir, Bancroft’s School Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Christina Landshamer (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Hinrich Alpers (piano), Schumann Quartet, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker

Sayaka Shigeshima (Hansel), Elisabeth Wimmer (Gretel), Uwe Schenker-Primus (Peter), Rebecca Teem (Gertrud), Alexander Günther (Witch), Catherina Maier (Sand-Man), Hyunjin Park (Dew-Fairy) Staatskapelle Weimar, Martin Hoff

Malmo Opera Orchestra, Dario Salvi

Heidi Grant Murphy (Gretel), Suzanne Mentzer (Hänsel), Judith Forst (Witch), Janice Taylor (Gertrude), Robert Orth (Peter), Anna Christy (Sandman/Dew Fairy) Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Andreas Delfs

Mats Harden, Canadian Brass, Hannover Boys Choir, Jörg Breiding

Canadian Brass

Jeanette Roeck (soprano), Jan Roeck (piano)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Margherita Perras, Erna Berger, Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Völker, Friedrich Schorr, Tiana Lemnitz, Lauritz Melchior, Frida Leider, Elfriede Marherr, Max Lorenz, Heinrich Schlusnus, Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte Schöne, Else Ruziczka, Alexander Kipnis

Grassauer Blechbläser Ensemble, Wolfgang Diem

The 14 Flautists Of The Berliner Philharmoniker

Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw & Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Ola Rudner

Rita Streich (Gretel), Gisela Litz (Hänsel), Marianne Schech (Gertrud), Horst Günter (Peter), Res Fischer (Die Knusperhexe), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Sandmännchen), Bruno Brückmann (Taumännchen), Hermann Prey (baritone), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Bavarian Radio Choir & Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bielfelder Kinderchor, North German Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Fritz Lehmann, Wilhelm Schüchter, Sir Charles Mackerras

Allan Vogel (oboe), Patricia Mabee (harpsichord), Carol Rosenberger (piano), Jian Wang (cello), Elmar Oliveira (violin), Dennis Helmrich (piano), Eugenia Zukerman (flute), Malcolm Hamilton (harpsichord) Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, James DePreist, Gerard Schwarz, Constantine Orbelian

Octopus Chamber Choir, Bart van Reyn

Sena Jurinac (Hänsel), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Gretel), Vittoria Palombini (Witch), Bruna Ronchini (Mother), Rolando Panerai (Father), Rita Streich (Sandman, Dew Fairy) RAI Roma, Herbert von Karajan

Klaus Mertens (baritone), Thomas Fritzsch (viola da gamba), Masako Art (harp), Margit Übellacker (dulcimer), Hanover Boys Choir, Jörg Breiding

Sven Geipel (solo trumpet), Gunter Brauer (solo oboe) & Ruth Ziesak (soprano) The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra & Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode, Thomas Clamor

Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano), James Barbagallo (piano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Philharmonia Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orch, Kenneth Jean, Niklas Willen, Donald Johanos, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Andrew Mogrelia, Enrique Batiz, Anthony Bramall, Ondrej Lenard, Alexander Rahbari, Bjarte Engeset, Matyas Antal, Peter Breiner

Nicole Muller (harp)

Susan Anthony (soprano) Andreas Schmidt (baritone) & Adrian Baianu (piano)