Opera, Purcell (composer)

Joyce DiDonato (Dido), Michael Spyres (Aeneas), Fatma Said (Belinda), Beth Taylor (Sorceress), Hugh Cutting (Spirit), Laurence Kilsby (Sailor), Alena Dantcheva and Anna Piroli (Witches) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Anna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Dame Janet Baker

Helen Charlston, Toby Carr

Andreas Scholl (countertenor), with Christophe Dumaux (countertenor) Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari

Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano) The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute / theorbo), Anne-Marie Lasla (bass viol), Sarah Sexton (violin I), Andrea Morris (violin II) & Jane Rogers (viola)

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches) Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Janet Baker (Dido), Raimund Herincx (Aeneas), Patricia Clark (Belinda), Monica Sinclair (Sorceress) English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis

Agathe Peyrat (soprano, ukelele), Pierre Cussac (accordion, voice)

Ann Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman

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

Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Oliver Wass (harp)

Lucy Crowe (Juno/Mystery), Claire Debono (Spring/First Fairy), Anna Devin (Second Fairy), Helen-Jane Howells (Eve), Carolyn Sampson (Night), Robert Burt (Mopsa), Sean Clayton (Summer), Ed Lyon (Secrecy/Adam), Adrian Ward (Autumn), Lukas Kargl (Phœbus), Desmond Barrit (Drunken Poet), Andrew Foster-Williams (Winter/Sleep/Coridon/Hymen) Actors: Sally Dexter (Titania), Joseph Millson (Oberon), Desmond Barrit (Bottom), Susannah Wise (Hermia), Oliver Le Suer (Demetrius), Oliver Kieran Jones (Lysander), Jotham Annan (Puck) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) & Jonathan Kent (stage director)

Véronique Gens, Claron McFadden, Susannah Waters, Mark Padmore, Iain Paton & Jonathan Best Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Wells Cathedral Choir, Rubert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto), Dominique Visse (countertenor), Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet) & Wolfgang Muthspiel (acoustic guitar & electric guitar) L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)

Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

Guy Cutting|alvar Tiisler|ensemble Floridante

Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza, Catherine Bott, Luciano Pavarotti

James Bowman (countertenor) & Michael Chance (countertenor) The King’s Consort, Robert King

Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin), Theresa Caudle (violin, viola), Judy Tarling (viola), Mark Caudle (bass violin), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo, archlute) The Parley Of Instruments, Peter Holman

Marie-Sophie Pollak (soprano), Vox Orchester, Lorenzo Ghirlanda

Ruby Hughes (soprano), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) & Jonas Nordberg (lute / theorbo / archlute)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

April Cantelo (soprano), Wilfred Brown/Robert Tear/Iam Partridge (tenors), Christopher Keyte (bass), Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/Mary Thomas (sopranos), John Whitworth (countertenor), David Galliver/Wilfred Brown (tenors), John Cameron (baritone), Hervey Alan/Trevor Anthony (basses) English Chamber Orchestra, The St Anthony Singers, Orchestra of the Philomusica of London, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Anthony Lewis

Myriam Leblanc (soprano), Ensemble Mirabilia (chamberensemble), Len Torrie (soprano, guitar)

David Orlowsky, David Bergmüller

Raphaela Gromes (cello), Festival Strings Lucerne, Daniel Dodds, Julian Riem (piano)

Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman

Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman

Camerata Øresund

Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates

Victoria Brawn, Guy Schalom, Trish Clowes (saxophone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Francesca Moore-Bridger, Jim Moray, David Gordon (piano), Mark Ashford, Diane Clarke, Eleanor Turner (harp), Sally Harrop, Orchestra of the Swan, Daniele Rosina, David Le Page

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor), Les Voix Humaines: Susie Napper & Margaret Little (violas da gamba) with Sylvain Bergeron (lute), Olivier Brault (violin), Francis Colpron (recorders, traverso), Vincent Dhavernas (percussion), Matthias Maute (recorder), Hélène Plouffe (violin)

The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers

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

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Czech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach

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

Karina Gauvin (soprano) Les Boréades, Francis Colpron

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

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

Catherine Bott (soprano), Mark Bennett (trumpet) The Purcell Quartet

John-Mark Ainsley, Gillian Fisher, Michael George & James Bowman King’s Consort, Robert King

Véronique Gens, Nathan Berg, Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Sophie Daneman, Gaëlle Mechaly Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Eugénie Lefebvre, Etienne Bazola (baritone)

Barbara Bonney, Jacob Heringham, lute. Phantasm viol quartet Academy of Ancient Music

Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello)

Patricia Petibon (soprano) La Cetra Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon