Opera, Beethoven (composer)

Michael Spyres (baritenor), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

Lise Davidsen (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder

Chen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp) Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

Marlis Petersen (Leonore), Maximilian Schmitt (Florestan), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Rocco), Johannes Weisser (Pizarro), Robin Johannsen (Marzelline), Johannes Chum (Jaqino), Tareq Nazmi (Don Fernando), Florian Feth, Julian Popken (Two Prisoners) Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Nina Stemme (Leonore), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Christof Fischesser (Rocco), Rachel Harnisch (Marzelline), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino), Peter Mattei (Don Fernando) Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado

Karol Szreter (piano)

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando) Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Victoria Ruggiero (piano), Nick Blaemire, Mallory Portnoy, Kate Eastman, Antonia Butler (vocalist), Michael Clarke (vocalist), Mark Brown (vocalist), Tony Yazbeck (vocalist), Clyde Alves (vocalist), Jay Armstrong Johnson (vocalist), Ruth Mense (piano), Dicky Tarrach (drumkit), Thissy Thiers (bassguitar), Bradley Cooper (speaker), Alex Lacamoire (piano), Malakai Bayoh (soprano), Ann De Renais (soprano), Philip John Sheffield (tenor), Samuel Oladeinde (baritone), Carey Mulligan, Zachary Booth, Rosa Feola (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), Shirley Ellis, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Louis Armstrong Quintet, Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, The Orchestra Now, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Leonard Bernstein

Hilary Hahn (violin), Natalie Zhu

Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berit Lindholm, Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Band of the Grenadier Guards, John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Christine Brewer (Leonore), Richard Margison (Florestan), Robert Lloyd (Rocco), Rebecca Evans (Marzellina), Peter Wedd (Jaquino), Pavlo Hunka (Don Pizarro), Christopher Purves (Don Fernando/Second Prisoner); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Nigel Armstrong (violin), Petteri Iivonen (violin), Margaret Batjer (violin), David Shostac (flute), Brook Ellen Schoenwald (flute), Frédéric Rosselet (cello), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Antonio Lysy (cello), Pablo Motta (double bass), Jason Yoshida (guitar), Joanne Pearce Martin (piano), Kevin Fitz-Gerald (piano), David Fung (piano), Bryan Pezzone (piano) Ciaramella, Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble, Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet, Janaki String Trio, Colburn Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Capitol Ensemble, Monks of Nechung Monastery, Neville Marriner, Gerard Schwarz, Jeffrey Kahane, Yehuda Gilad

Bruno Walter

George Szell

Mischa Elman (violin), Wolfgang Rose, Brooks Smith

Mischa Elman (violin), Unnamed Orchestra, The Victor Symphony Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon, Nathaniel Shilkret

Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Munch

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Sylvia Gestzy (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Alfred Scholz (piano), Karl-Heinz Steffens (clarinet), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Ben Heppner (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Will Sanders (horn), Eugene Istomin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Leonard Rose (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Guarneri Quartet I Soloisti di Zaghreb, London Musici, Boston Pops Orchestra, Charles Munch, Arthur Fiedler, Sir Thomas Beecham, John McCarthy, Eduardo Mata, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Dmitri Kitayenko, Georg Solti

Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)

Luisa Tetrazzini, Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti, Frieda Hempel, Amelita Galli-Curci, Rosa Ponselle, Lotte Lehmann, Eva Turner, Nina Koshetz, Eidé Norena, Maria Nemeth, Claudia Muzio

Alexander Lonquich & Marc-Andre Hamelin (pianos) Steven Sloane

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Edwin Fischer (piano), Gerald Moore (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Dinu Lipatti (piano)

Cologne WDR Symphony Orchestra, Günter Wand

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Jussi Björling

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Bryn Terfel (baritone), Balcarras Crafoord, Anne Sofie von Otter (Mrs Lovett) Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Muhai Tang

Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Seiji Ozawa, Franz Welser-Möst, Simone Young, Donald Runnicles, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Semyon Bychkov, Christian Thielemann

Olga Samaroff, Frank La Forge, Victor Orchestra

Dorothy Maynor (soprano)

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass, bassbaritonevocalist), Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, chorusdirector), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Helmuth Froschauer (chorusmaster), Janet Perry (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Erich Schellow (speaker), Karl Leister (clarinet), Peter Geisler (clarinet), Gerd Seifert (horn), Manfred Klier (horn), Günter Piesk (bassoon), Henning Trog (bassoon), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Reinhold Schmid (chorusmaster), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Lella Cuberli (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto, contralto), Leon Spierer (violin), David Bell (organ), Preussische Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Priem-Bergrath

Pablo Casals (cello)

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Elsie Morison (Marzelline), John Dobson (Jaquino), Forbes Robinson (Fernando), Joseph Ward (First Prisoner), Victor Godfrey (Second Prisoner) Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Oscar Shumsky (violin)

Susan Gritton, Ann Murray, Stella Doufexis (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass) & Graham Johnson (piano)

Artur Rodzinski

Boris Berezovsky (piano), Urban Svensson (violin), Mats Rondin (cello), Erlend Skomsvoll (piano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Guro Kleven Hagen (violin), Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Terje Tønnesen (violin), Stein-Erik Olsen (guitar), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano) Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Fragaria Vesca, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, 1B1, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, Bjarte Engeset, Terje Mikkelsen, Ingar Bergby

Edda Moser (Leonore), Richard Cassilly (Florestan), Helen Donath (Marzelline), Eberhard Büchner (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Hermann Christian Polster (Fernando), Karl Ridderbusch (Rocco) Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt

David Russell, The Song Company, Cantillation, Rosemary Hodgson, Daniel Yeadon, Tommie Andersson, Paul McMahon, Sally-Anne Russell, Linda Kent, Rosanne Hunt, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jane Edwards, James Sanderson, Anna Fraser, David Greco, Sara Macliver, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Neal Peres Da Costa, Erin Helyard, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players, Sinfonia Australis, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Goldner String Quartet, Gerard Willems, The Australian Trio, David Campbell, Jacqueline Cronin, Seraphim Trio, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Ewa Kupiec, Stephanie McCallum, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australian Youth Orchestra, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Simon Tedeschi, Duncan Gifford, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Australian String Quartet, Australian World Orchestra, Dan Walker, Synergy Percussion, Australian Virtuosi, Antony Gray, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sally Whitwell, Jane Sheldon, Brian Nixon, Rixon Thomas, Ian Cleworth, Jim Franklin, Matthew Doyle Singers of St Laurence, chacona, Adelaide Vocal Project, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Opera Australia Chorus, Sydney Children's Choir, Neil McEwan, Roland Peelman, Antony Walker, Nicholas Milton, Paul Dyer, Anna McDonald, Graham Abbott, Geoffrey Lancaster, William Motzing, Ola Rudner, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Johannes Fritzsch, David Porcelijn, Willem van Otterloo, Tadaaki Otaka, Hubert S

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Bassem Akiki

Malena Ernman (mezzo), Yuja Wang (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Truls Mørk (cello), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vadim Repin (violin I), Laurent Korcia (violin II), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) Verbier Festival Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Kurt Masur, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Kent Nagano

Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator) NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert

Victor de Sabata

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Robert Shaw Chorale, Royal Opera House, Accademia St Cecilia & Vienna State Opera

Pablo Casals (cello)

Nelson Freire (piano)

Jussi Björling (tenor)

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco) Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arnold van Mill (bass), Raphael Arié (bass), Wilfred Parry (piano) Robert Wagner