Opera, Mussorgsky (composer)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Oksana Volkova (mezzo), Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian

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

Claire Booth (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)

Elīna Garanča (mezzo) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Boris), Maxim Paster (Shuisky), Mika Kares (Pimen), Sergei Skorokhodov (Grigory), Okka von der Damerau (The Innkeeper), Alexey Tikhomirov (Varlaam), Hanna Husáhr (Xenia), Johanna Rudström (Feodor) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar

John Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen) Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel

Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano) Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado

Lorin Maazel

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Emmanuele Boisvert (violin) Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi

Ilona Then-Bergh (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Michael Schäfer (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Giacomo Scinardo (piano)

Howard Shelley (piano)

Viktoria Postnikova, Elizaveta Mazalova, Alexander Bakhchiev, Maria Yudina, Sergei Kasprov

Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Dmitrij Kitajenko

Idil Biret (piano)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Philharmonia of Russia, Spiritual Revival Choir of Russia, Constantine Orbelian

Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

Bryn Terfel (Boris), Kostas Smoriginas (Andrey Shchelkalov), John Graham-Hall (Shuisky), Ain Anger (Pimen), David Butt Philip (Gregory), John Tomlinson (Varlaam), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Hostess) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

Marjana Lipovsek (Marfa), Paata Burchuladze (Dosifey), Vladimir Atlantov (Andrey Khovansky), Aage Haugland (Ivan Khovansky), Vladimir Popov (Vasily Golitsyn), Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui

Artur Rodzinski

Houston Symphony, Stadium Symphony of New York (NYPO), American Symphony, Stokowski Symphony, Leopold Stokowski

Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue

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

Elizabeth Simon, Norma Proctor, Kathleen Joyce, Duncan Robertson, Denis Dowling, Owen Brannigan BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicolai Malko

Artur Pizarro (piano)

Martti Talvela (Boris Godunov), Nicolai Gedda (Grigory/Dimitri), Leonard Mróz (Pimen), Bozena Kinasz (Marina), Andrzej Hiolski (Rangoni/Shchelkalov), Aage Haugland (Varlaam), Kazimierz Pustelak (Missail), Bohdan Paprocki (Shuisky), Wiera Baniewicz (Fyodor), Halina Lukomska (Xenia), Bozena Brun-Baranska (Nurse), Stefania Toczyska (Hostess Of The Inn), Paulos Raptis (The Simpleton), Kazimierz Sergiel (Police Officer), Jan Góralski (Boyar Khrushchov), Wlodzimierz Zalewski (Mitiukh), Ladyslaw Juroszek, Roman Dyllus, Joachim Luks, Pioth Komarek, Jan Harazin, Eugeniusz Jedrych (Boyars And Jesuits), Zofia Romanowska (First Peasant Woman) & Maria Cwiakowska (Second Peasant Woman) Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow, Boys’ Chorus from Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Jerzy Semkow

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

Fedor Rudin (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano)

Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, Edward Serov

Luigi Palombi (piano)

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

including Putilin, Vaneev & Borodina Kirov Opera & Orchestra, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Alexander Kipnis (bass)

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Nina Issakova (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor), Ivan Petrov (bass) Russian State Academy Chorus, Igor Markevitch

London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado

Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle

Theo Adam (Boris), Siegfried Vogel (Pimen), Wilfried Schaal (Rangoni), Hannelore Kuhse (Marina), Roswitha Trexler (Feodor), Martin Ritzmann (Grigori), Peter Schreier (Simpleton) Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Herbert Kegel

Evgeni Nesterenko (Boris), Elena Obraztsova (Marina), Anatoli Babikin (Pimen), Vladimir Atlantov (Grigory/False Dmitri), Artur Eisen (Varlaam), Yuri Mazurok (Rangoni), Konstantin Lisovsky (Shuisky), Olga Teruchnova (Fyodor), Elena Shkolnikova (Xenia), Larissa Nikitina (Hostess), Alexei Maslennikov (Simpleton) Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mark Ermler

Henk Smit (baritone)

Jon Vickers (Don Carlo), Gre Brouwenstijn (Elisabetta di Valois), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (La Principessa Eboli), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), Michael Langdon (Il Grande Inquisitore) The Covent Garden Orchestra and Opera Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist), Gwynne Howell (soloist), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Henryk Szeryng (violin), José Luis Garcia, Emil Gilels (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Men’s Voices of the BBC Northern Singers, Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, André Cluytens, Pierre Monteux, Wilhelm Kempff, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Horenstein, Benjamin Britten, Klaus Tennstedt, Sir Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Evgeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Paata Burchuladze (bass) Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Yurlov Russian Choir, Mark Ermler, Stanislav Gusev

Alessio Bax (piano), Llŷr Williams (piano)

Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Pavel Baleff

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone, bass-baritone), David Hobson (tenor), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Michael Dudman (organ), Li-Wei Qin (cello), Rosario La Spina (tenor), Simon Tedeschi (piano), Alison Morgan (soprano), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Sinfonia Australis (symphony), Niki Vasilakis (violin), Guy Henderson (oboe), Dene Olding (violin), Ian Munro (piano), John Foster (trumpet), David Drury (organ), Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, The Queensland Orchestra, Cantillation, Australian Army Band, Perth, Australian Youth Orchestra, Antony Walker, Christopher Nicholls, David Stanhope, John Lanchbery, Michel Swierczewski, David Measham, Thomas Woods, Michael Halász, Ola Rudner, Stuart Challender, Patrick Thomas, Edo de Waart, Nicholas Braithwaite, Stephen Mould, Albert Rosen, Richard Bonynge, Willem van Otterloo, Arvo Volmer, Vladimir Verbitsky, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Jorge Mester, George Dreyfus, David Porcelijn, Craig Johnson, Wilfred Lehmann, Stanley Black, Sir Charles Mackerras

Akira Eguchi

Charlotte Page, The London Salon Ensemble