Opera, Wagner (composer)

Lise Davidsen (Senta), Gerald Finley (The Dutchman), Brindley Sherratt (Daland), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik), Anna Kissjudit (Mary), Eirik Grøtvedt (Steersman) Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner

Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Ludovic Tézier (Amfortas), Elina Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Koch (Klingsor), Stefan Cerny (Titurel), Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan

Michael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja

Katarina Dalayman (Brünnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gunther), Attila Jun (Hagen), Nancy Gustafson (Gutrune), Susan Bickley (Waltraute), Andrew Shore (Alberich) The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder

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

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

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

Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme) Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

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

Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), Rúni Brattaberg (Titurel), Maria Zifchak (Stimme) Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Gatti, Francois Girard (dir.)

Matthias Goerne (baritone) The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Markus Brück (bass-baritone) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles

Lise Davidsen (soprano), James Baillieu (piano)

Joyce Didonato (mezzo-soprano), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Igor Levit (piano)

Jacques Forestier (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano)

Stig Andersen (Siegmund), Yvonne Howard (Sieglinde), Clive Bayley (Hunding), Egils Silins (Wotan), Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Susan Bickley (Fricka) Hallé, Sir Mark Elder

Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons

Georg Zeppenfeld (Sachs), Michael Spyres (Walther), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Michael Nagy (Beckmesser), Jongmin Park (Pogner), Matthias Stier (David), Christa Mayer (Magdalene), Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Davids

Igor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst

Samuel Youn (Alberich), Iain Paterson (Wotan), Susan Bickley (Fricka), Emma Bell (Freia), Reinhard Hagen (Fasolt), Clive Bayley (Fafner), David Stout (Donner), David Butt Philip (Froh), Will Hartmann (Loge), Nicky Spence (Mime) & Susanne Resmark (Erda) The Halle, Sir Mark Elder

Florian Sempey (baritone), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Victor Jacob

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

Jonas Kaufmann (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Peter Mattei (Amfortas), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Evgeny Nikitin (Klingsor), Rúni Brattaberg (Titurel), Maria Zifchak (Stimme) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Daniele Gatti, Francois Girard (dir.)

Johan Botha (Lohengrin), Adrianne Pieczonka (Elsa), Falk Struckmann (Telramund), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Kwangchul Youn (King Heinrich), Eike Wilm Schulte (Herald) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, NDR Chor & Prager Kammerchor, Semyon Bychkov

Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Emily Magee (Sieglinde), Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), John Lundgren (Wotan), Sarah Connolly (Fricka), Ain Anger (Hunding), Lise Davidsen (Ortlinde) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Keith Warner

Kirsten Flagstad Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Hans Hotter (Wotan), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Georgine von Milinkovič (Fricka), Rudolf Lustig (Loge), Paul Kuen (Mime), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Josef Traxel (Froh), Hertha Wilfert (Freia), Jutta Vulpius (Woglinde), Elisabeth Schärtel (Wellgunde), Maria Graf (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Georgine von Milinkovič (Fricka/Grimgerde), Hilde Scheppan (Helmwige), Gerda Lammers (Ortlinde), Hertha Wilfert (Gerhilde), Elisabeth Scheppan (Waltraute), Jean Watson (Siegrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Ilse Hollweg (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Gré Brouwenstijn (Gutrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Waltraute/First Norn), Georgine von Milinkovič (Second Norn), Mina Bolotine (First Norn) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuth Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Norman Bailey (Wanderer), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Anne Collins (Erda), Maurine London (Woodbird), Barry Tuckwell (horn) Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall

Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Franz-Josef Selig (Fafner), Gerhild Romberger (Erda), Danae Kontora (Waldvogel), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle

Simon Keenlyside Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Placido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimura (Brangäne), René Pape (König Marke), Olaf Bär (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Ian Bostridge (Hirt), Matthew Rose (Steuermann) & Rolando Villazon (Seemann) Orchestra & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Plácido Domingo (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Wolfgang Bankl (Klingsor), Ain Anger (Titurel), Falk Struckmann (Amfortas), Janina Baechle (Alto Stimme) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann

Gerald Finley (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Edward Gardner

Petra Lang (soprano) Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer

Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt) Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Mark Delavan (Wotan/Wanderer), Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde), Daniel Johansson (Siegfried), Sara Jakubiak (Sieglinde), Christopher Ventris (Siegmund), Stephen Milling (Hunding/Hagen), Tómas Tómasson (Alberich), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi

Evgeny Nikitin (Amfortas), Christian Elsner (Parsifal), Franz-Josef Selig (Gurnemanz), Michelle DeYoung (Kundry/Stimme aus der Hohe), Dimitry Ivaschenko (Titurel), Eike Wilm Schulte (Klingsor) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

George Gagnidze (baritone), Staatskapelle Weimar, Stefan Solyom

Matthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia Varak (Wellgunde), Hermine Haselböck (Flosshilde) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding

Alban Gerhardt (cello) & Cecile Licad (piano)

René Pape (bass), Placido Domingo (tenor) Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Albert Dohmen (Der Holländer), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Matti Salminen (Daland), Robert Dean Smith (Erik), Silvia Hablowetz (Mary), Steve Davislim (Steuermann) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Gottlob Frick (Hunding) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Georg Zeppenfeld (Sachs), Michael Spyres (Walther), Christina Nilsson (Eva), Michael Nagy (Beckmesser), Jongmin Park (Pogner), Matthias Stier (David), Christa Mayer (Magdalene), Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Davids

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Igor Levit (piano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Welser-Möst