Presto CD, Purcell (composer)

Dame Janet Baker

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti

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

Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom

Emma Kirkby (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Pro Cantione Antiqua London, Collegium Aureum Mark Brown

Robert Woolley (organ)

Emma Kirkby (soprano), Christopher Hogwood (harpischord)

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Hannes Läubin (trumpet), Wolfgang Läubin (trumpet), Bernhard Läubin (trumpet), Simon Preston (organ), Norbert Schmitt (timpani)

Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Gerald Finley, Tommy Williams Academy of Ancient Music Chorus & Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood

Dame Janet Baker (soprano), The St. Anthony Singers, Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spur (piano), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfred Deller (countertenor), John Whitworth (countertenor), Hervey Alan (bass), Trevor Anthony (bass), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, James Bowman (countertenor), Helen Watts (contralto), Desmond Dupre (lute), Thurston Dart (harpsichord), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Philomusica, Academy of Ancient Music, Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre, Philomusica of London, Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Symphoniae Sacrae Chamber Ensemble, Sir Anthony Lewis, Christopher Hogwood, Benjamin Britten, Peter Hurford, George Guest

The Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston

Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), George Mosley (bass), Michael Chance (alto), Pauline Tinsley (soprano), Ruth Holton (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Miller (guitar), Teresa Shaw (mezzo), Donna Deam (soprano), Shauna Beesley (soprano), Jonathan Peter Kenny (alto) English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Catherine Bott New London Consort

David Hill (organ/direction), Hilary Brooks (baroque cello) Choir of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, Baroque Brass of London

Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, Christophe Coin, Christopher Hogwood

Kathleen Battle (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

Ian Partridge (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Jennifer Partridge (piano)

Sylvia McNair (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Pinchas Zukerman (violin) St Paul Chamber Orchestra

Kiri te Kanawa (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

James Bowman (countertenor), Early Music Consort of London (early music ensemble), Academy of Ancient Music (early music ensemble), Christopher Hogwood (early keyboard instruments), David Lumsden, Choir of New College Oxford, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Munrow, Raymond Leppard

Bell'Arte Antiqua

Jessye Norman (soprano)

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Kathleen Battle (Soprano), James Levine (Piano)

Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland

Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano)

Jessye Norman (soprano), Ambrosian Singers, Phillip Moll (piano), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Boston Pops Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams, Alexander Gibson, William Patterson, Sir Colin Davis, Kurt Masur, Raymond Leppard

Sophie Yates (harpsichord)

Peter Hurford (organ)

Risa Browder (violin) Purcell Quartet

Elly Ameling (soprano) Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur

Tölzer Knabenchor, Period Instrument Ensemble, Gustav Leonhardt

Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson, Emma Kirkby (sopranos), Charles Daniels (tenor)

Jennifer Smith (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Timothy Wilson (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass), Paul Goodwin (oboe), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Keavy & Michael Harrison (trumpets) The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-Soprano), James King (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Ivan Davis (piano) Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphoniae Sacrae, Cleveland Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Fausto Cleva, Sir Georg Solti, George Guest, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Lorin Maazel, Lamberto Gardelli

Emily van Evera (Dido), Janet Lax (Belinda), Ben Parry (Aeneas), Haden Andrews (the Sorceress), Douglas Wootton (the Sailor) Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott

John Williams (guitar), Carlos Bonell (guitar), Keith Marjoram (double bass), Morris Pert (marimba/vibraphone), Brian Gascoigne (marimba/vibraphone)

John Williams (guitar)

Simon Preston (organ), Trevor Pinnock (organ)

Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Simon Preston (organ)

London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble Chorus London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble

Tatiana Troyanos (Dido), Sheila Armstrong (Belinda), Barry McDaniel (Aeneas), Patricia Johnson (Sorceress), Paul Esswood (Spirit) Sir Charles Mackerras

Richard Farnes (organ) The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Michael Chance (countertenor) English Chamber Orchestra & English Concert, John Nelson & Trevor Pinnock

Berliner Philharmoniker Brass Ensemble

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Gustav Leonhardt (organ/harpsichord)

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Christopher Robson (alto), William Kendall (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass), Donald Sweeney (bass), Geraint Watkins (treble), Tomothy Pride (alto), Julian Podger (tenor), Peter Butterfield (tenor) Brandenburg Consort, Baroque Brass of London

Michael Austin (organ of The Church of St Augustine, Kilburn)

Kathleen Battle (soprano), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Anthony Newman (harpsichord), Myron Lutzke (cello), Margo Garrett (piano), John Steele Ritter (piano)

Jessye Norman (soprano)

Olga Borodina (mezzo) Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi