Presto CD, Wagner (composer)

Josef Greindl (Hermann), Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Anja Silja (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Eberhard Wächter (Wolfram von Eschenbach) Chor und orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Plácido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Orchestra of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Emerson Buckley (director), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, José Carreras (tenor), Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatro Del Liceu De Barcelona, Coral Polifónica de Puig-Reig, Ramón Noguera (chorus master), Ensemble, Paco de Lucía (guitar), Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Tucker (tenor), Columbia Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Peter Hofmann (tenor), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Agnes Baltsa (soprano), Julio Salazar (director), Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Orchestra of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New York Philharmonic Orchestra John DeMain, Joan Casas, John Pritchard, Franz Allers, Jonathan Tunick, Lee Holdridge, Ivan Fischer, Pierre Dervaux, John Pryce-Jones, Zubin Mehta

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

The MET Orchestra, James Levine

Jessye Norman (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)

Siegfried Jerusalem (Lohengrin), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Hartmut Welker (Telramund), Kurt Moll (King Heinrich) Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Claudio Abbado

London, Rysanek, Tozzi orchestra and Chorus of The Royal Opera House, Antal Dorati

Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell (sopranos), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Marek Janowski, Charles Munch, Joseph Keilberth, Eugene Ormandy

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Ben Heppner (tenor) NDR Sinfonieorchester, Donald Runnicles

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

Jessye Norman (soprano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Edo de Waart

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Berliner Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik

The Met Orchestra, James Levine

John Alldis Choir, Robert Shaw Chorale, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Vienna State Opera Chorus London Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Robert Shaw, Charles Munch, Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Georges Pretre

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Ben Heppner (Lohengrin), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Heinrich der Vogler), Sharon Sweet (Elsa von Brabant), Sergei Leiferkus (Friedrich von Telramund), Eva Marton (Ortrud), Bryn Terfel (The King's Herald) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis

Ben Heppner (tenor) & Burkhard Ulrich (Mime) Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schneider

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

James King (Siegmund), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), Gerd Nienstedt (Hunding) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Pilar Lorengar (soprano)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Birgit Nilsson (soprano)

Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Munich Radio Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura, Marek Janowski

Astrid Varnay (soprano), Hertha Töpper (mezzo), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) Bamberger Symphoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner, Leopold Ludwig

Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford, Peter Parkes

Victor Braun (Wolfram), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Wiener Staatsopernchor, Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Marilyn Tyler (soprano), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Helen Watts (contralto), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Gottlob Frick (Hagen) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), Robert Johnson (tenor), Philip Kraus (baritone), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), James McCracken (tenor), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Victor Braun (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Aleksei Maslennikov (tenor), Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Coro dei Ragazzi del Colosseo, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Haberdasher's Aske's School Boy's Choir, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Richard Bonynge, Herbert von Karajan, Lamberto Gardelli, Rafael Kubelik, Charles Dutoit

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Sir Georg Solti, Kenneth Jean (assistant conductor)

Hildegard Behrens (Brunnhilde), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), James Morris (Wotan), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Heinz Holliger (oboe), Ursula Holliger (harp)

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Karl Ridderbusch (Hans Sachs), Jean Cox (Walther von Stolzing), Hannelore Bode (Eva), Hans Sotin (Veit Pogner), Klaus Hirte (Sixtus Beckmesser), Frieder Stricker (David), Anna Reynolds (Magdalena) Bayreuther Festspiele, Silvio Varviso

Helen Donath (Woglinde), Edda Moser (Wellgunde), Anna Reynolds (Flosshilde), Donald Grobe (Froh), Gundula Janowitz (Sieglinde), Helga Dernesch (Brünnhilde), Jess Thomas (Siegfried), Thomas Stewart (Wotan) Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

Plácido Domingo (Tannhauser), Cheryl Studer (Elisabeth), Agnes Baltsa (Venus), Matti Salminen (Landgraf), Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram) Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Simon Estes (Amfortas), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Hans Sotin (Gurnemanz), Franz Mazura (Klingsor), Matti Salminen (Titurel) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, James Levine

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafé (Mercédès), Placido Domingo (Don José), Gordon Sandison (Dancaïre), Geoffrey Pogson (Remendado), The Ambrosian Singers, Renate Hasler, Gretchen Eder, Ulrike Erfurt, Marianne Sattmann (Ladies-in-waiting), Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis) Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Christa Ludwig (contralto), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Rudolf Scholz (organ), Wiener Singverein, Wolfgang Meyer (organ), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), José Carreras (tenor), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Chor der Nationaloper Sofia, Thomas Stewart (Wotan), Gundula Janowitz (sorano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan

Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine

Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov & Piero Cappuccilli, Rosalind Plowright & Walter Gullino, Cheryl Studer, Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo & Giacomo Prestia, Hans Sotin, Peter Maus, Roberto Banuelas, Gerd Feldhoff, Peter Lagger & Catarina Ligendz, Marcello Viotti, Marcello Viotti & Romano Gandolfi, Veronica Villarroel Wiener Philharmoniker, Bavarian State Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Roger Wagner Chorale, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Studio Orchester, Studio Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Carlos Kleiber, Myung-Whun Chung, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Rafael Kubelik, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, James Levine, Valery Gergiev, Lorin Maazel, Miguel Roa, Marcel Peeters, Karl-Heinz Loges, Roberto Pansera, Eugene Kohn

Simon Estes (bass-baritone) Staatskapelle Berlin, Heinz Fricke

Ernst Senff (chorusmaster), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorusmaster), John McCarthy (chorusmaster), Joachim Niss (videoscripteditor), Helmut Najda (videoscripteditor), Volker Martin (videoscripteditor), Gernot Westhäuser (videoscripteditor), Norbert Balatsch (chorusmaster), Trevor Pinnock (organ), Heinz Mende (chorusmaster), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Vera Baniewicz (mezzo-soprano), Robin Stapleton (chorusmaster), Edith Mathis (soprano), Hans-Rudolf Müller (videoscripteditor), John Oliver (chorusmaster), John Alldis (chorusmaster), Günther Arndt (chorusmaster), Josef Veselka (chorusmaster), Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Nigel Robson (tenor), His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts (chamberensemble), Reinhild Schmidt (videoscripteditor), Russell Burgess (chorusmaster), Tor Stokke (speaker), Gösta Ohlin (chorusmaster), Timothy Farrell (organ), Horst Neumann (chorusmaster), Georg Ratzinger (chorusmaster), Torgny Sporsen (bass), Ove Gotting (chorusmaster), Ernst Senff Chor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, The English Concert Choir, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Chorus, Prague, The Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor, Philharmonia Chorus London, Regensburger Domspatzen, Teatro alla Scala, Gothenburg Symphony Choir, Royal Choral Society, Carlo Maria Giulini, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Claudio Abbado, Karl Böhm, Simon Preston, Rafael Kubelik, Seiji Ozawa, Karl Richter, Igor Markevitch, Barry Wordsworth, Zubin Mehta, Eugen Jochum, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Charles Mackerras, Neeme Järvi, Gabriele Santini

Berlin Opera Orchestra, Christian Thielemann