Opera, Strauss, R (composer)

Malin Byström (Salome), Johan Reuter (Jochanaan), Katarina Dalayman (Herodias), Gerhard Siegel (Herodes), Bror Magnus Tødenes (Narraboth), Hanna Hipp (Herodias's Page) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Felicity Lott (soprano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi

Iréne Theorin (Elektra), Jennifer Holloway (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnestra), Nikolai Schukoff (Aegisth), Iain Paterson (Orest), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner

Angela Hewitt (piano)

Fatma Said (soprano), Thibaut Maudry (violin), Hani El Sawaf (darbouka drums), Mohamed Ahmed (ney flute), Mohamed El Said (oud lute), Les Frivolités parisiennes, Sammy El Ghadab

Lise Davidsen (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet (Elektra), Angela Denoke (Chrysothemis), Dame Felicity Palmer (Clytemnestra), Matthias Goerne (Orestes), Ian Storey (Aegisthus) London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans (Brighella), Paul Keohone (Wig-Maker), Dean Robinson (Footman), Declan McCusker (An Officer) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Richard Armstrong

Lise Davidsen (soprano), James Baillieu (piano)

Hildegard Behrens (Die Färberin), Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin), Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser), José van Dam (Barak), Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme), Sumi Jo (Stimme des Falken) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Christine Brewer (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Kirsten Flagstad Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote) Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Orchestre et Choeur de L'Opéra National De Lyon, Kazushi Ono

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

Philipp Jekal, Maria Bengtsson, Thomas Blondelle, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles

Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

Soile Isokoski (soprano) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu

Nina Stemme (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (Herod) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Concertgebouworkest, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Eugen Jochum, Antal Doráti

Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest) Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer) Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchester der Oper Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Eugen Jochum

Emily Magee (Salome), Wolfgang Koch (Jochanaan), Michaela Schuster (Herodias), Peter Bronder (Herodes), Benjamin Bruns (Narraboth) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andres Orozco-Estrada

Kate Royal (soprano) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Edward Gardner

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rudolf Schock, Rita Streich, Karl Dönch, Irmgard Seefried, Hugues Cuenod Philharmonia, Herbert von Karajan

Schwarz, Voigt, Jerusalem, Ramey Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinopoli

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass), Eberhard Wachter (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Elina Garanča (mezzo), Raphaël Feuillâtre (guitar), Raimonds Pauls (piano), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Berlin Music Ensemble, Karel Mark Chichon

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Waltraud Meier (Klytämnestra), Adrianne Pieczonka (Chrysothemis), Mikhail Petrenko (Orest), Tom Randle (Aegisth), Franz Mazura (Der Pfleger des Orest) Coro Gulbenkian & Orchestre de Paris, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Lorin Maazel

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Samuel Mariño (soprano), Covent Garden Sinfonia, Ben Palmer, Jonathan Ware

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano), Aron Goldin (piano)

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Daniel Behle (tenor), Borusan Istanbul Phil Orch, Thomas Rosner

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Der Komponist), Kathleen Battle (Zerbinetta), Gary Lakes (Bacchus), Hermann Prey (Musiklehrer), Urban Malmberg (Harlekin), Barbara Bonney (Najade), Helga Müller-Molinari (Dryade), Dawn Upshaw (Echo), Kurt Rydl (Truffaldin), Otto Schenk (Haushofmeister) Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine

Susan Bullock (Salome), John Wegner (Jokanaan), Sally Burgess (Herodias), John Graham Hall (Herod Antipas), Andrew Rees (Narraboth), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Page) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth) Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst

Asmik Grigorian (Salome), John Daszak (Herod), Anna Maria Chiuri (Herodias), Gábor Bretz (Jokanaan), Julian Prégardien (Narraboth) Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst

Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Aušrinė Stundytė (Elektra), Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytemnaestra), Michael Laurenz (Aegisth), Derek Welton (Orest) Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst, Krzysztof Warlikowski

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Svetlin Roussev (violin), Yeol Eum Son (piano)

Renée Fleming (soprano)

Bruno Walter

Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Rolando Villazon Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson

Rolando Villazon Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson

Johan Botha (Bacchus), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta), Sophie Koch (Komponist) Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann

Bryn Terfel (Jokanaan), Cheryl Studer (Salome), Leonie Rysanek (Herodias), Horst Hiestermann (Herodes), Clemens Bieber (Narraboth), Marianne Rørholm (Ein Page) Berlin Opera Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli