Opera, Britten (composer)

Stuart Skelton (Grimes), Erin Wall (Ellen), Roderick Williams (Balstrode), Susan Bickley (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), James Gilchrist (Horace Adams), Marcus Farnsworth (Ned Keene) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Paul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor) BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner

Anna Lapwood (organ of Ely Cathedral)

Peter Coleman-Wright (Owen Wingrave), Robin Leggate ( Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Elizabeth Connell (Miss Wingrave), Janice Watson (Mrs. Coyle), Sarah Fox (Mrs. Julien), Alan Opie (Spencer Coyle), Pamela Helen Stephen (Kate) & James Gilchrist (Lechmere) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Basel Chamber Orchestra

John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak) & Richard Mosley-Evans (Bosun) The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Michael Grandage (director)

Joan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Julian Leang (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise, Jane Henschel, Vivian Tierney Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Philip Langridge (Aschenbach), Alan Opie (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), Michael Chance (Voice of Apollo) BBC Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia), Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius), Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus), Susan Gritton (Female Chorus), Christopher Purves (Collatinus), Benjamin Russell (Junius), Claire Booth (Lucia), Hilary Summers (Bianca) Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

Julie Roset (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster

Philip Langridge (Vere), Simon Keenlyside (Billy), John Tomlinson (Claggart), Alan Opie (Mr Redburn), Matthew Best (Mr Flint), Alan Ewing (Mr Ratcliffe), Francis Egerton (Red Whiskers), Clive Bayley (Dansker); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Richard Hickox

Peter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten

Mark Padmore (Prologue/Quint), Lisa Milne (Governess), Catrin Wyn Davies (Miss Jessel), Diana Montague (Mrs Grose), Nicholas Kirby Johnson (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

Alan Oke (Peter Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford), David Kempster (Captain Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Alexandra Hutton (First Niece), Charmian Bedford (Second Niece), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Henry Waddington (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams), Charles Rice (Ned Keene), Stephen Richardson (Hobson) Chorus of Opera North, Chorus of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama & Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Glenn Winslade (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode), Jill Grove (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), James Rutherford (Swallow), Christopher Gillett (Bob Boles), Nathan Gunn (Ned Keene) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Matthew Rose (Collatinus), Michael Sumuel (Junius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca) & Louise Alder (Lucia) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo Hussain (conductor) & Fiona Shaw (stage director)

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)

Christine Rice (Lucretia), Allan Clayton (Male Chorus), Kate Royal (Female Chorus), Duncan Rock (Tarquinius), Matthew Rose (Collatinus), Michael Sumuel (Junius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca) & Louise Alder (Lucia) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo Hussain (conductor) & Fiona Shaw (stage director)

Philip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene); London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Robert Murray (Quint), Rhian Lois (The Governess), Leo Jemison (Miles), Alys Mereld Roberts (Flora), Gweneth Ann Rand (Mrs Grose), Francesca Chiejina (Miss Jessel), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

Sarah Connolly (Lucretia), Christopher Maltman (Tarquinius), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Bianca), Mary Nelson (Lucia), Leigh Melrose (Junius), Clive Bayley (Collatinus), Orla Boylan (Female Chorus) & John Mark Ainsley (Male Chorus) English National Opera, Paul Daniel (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director)

Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Richard Hickox

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

John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak) & Richard Mosley-Evans (Bosun) The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor) & Michael Grandage (director)

Anna Caterina Antonacci (Queen Elizabeth) , Leonardo Capalbo (Devereux), Paula Murrihy (Frances), Duncan Rock (Mountjoy), Sophie Bevan (Penelope), Leigh Melrose (Cecil), David Soar (Raleigh), Benedict Nelson (Henry Cuffe), Teatro Real Chorus & Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, David McVicar

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

Czech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach

Ian Partridge (solo tenor) The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer

Leontyne Price (soprano) The Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Sally Matthews (Governess), Julian Hubbard (Peter Quint), Giselle Allen (Miss Jessel), Carole Wilson (Mrs Grose), Katharina Bierweiler (Flora), Thomas Heinen (Miles), Ed Lyon (Prologue) La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra, Ben Glassberg

Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown (vocals), Tom Culbert (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Herbert Dawson (organ), Joan Cross (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ian Partridge (vocals), Wesley Warren (trumpet), Philip Langridge (vocals), Richard Suart (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Peter Hall (vocals), Michael George (vocals), David Wilson-Johnson (vocals), Elise Ross (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), Men's voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (vocals), David Atherton (vocals), Paul Robinson (bass-baritone), Michael Pearce (bass-baritone), Christopher Hughes (organ), Leonard Pearcey (vocals), Louis Kentner (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Cyril Smith (piano), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), David Bell (organ), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Ronald Thomas (director), Neville Dilkes (harpsichord), Harry Bramma (organ), David Willison (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Lisa Saffer (soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Sir Adrian Boult (director), Laurence Olivier (vocals), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone), Ernest Lush (piano), Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Howard Shelley (piano), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Neil Mackie (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Richard Farnes (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Bach Choir (vocals), Peter Donohoe (piano), Janet Craxton (cor anglais), Hugh Bean (violin), Frances Mason (violin), David Butt (flute), Eileen Croxford (cello), Christopher Wellington (viola), Graham Johnson (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus (vocals), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Britten Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sinfonia of London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Children's Chorus, London Madrigal Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Group Of London, Northern Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota, Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, New Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Studio 2 Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood, Sir David Willcocks, Sir William Walton, Daniel Harding, Christopher Robinson, Barry Wordsworth, Christopher Finzi, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Reginald Goodall, Meredith Davies, Christopher Bishop, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Stephen Cleobury, Robert Irving, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Arnold, Oliver Knussen, Philip Brunelle, Sir Edward Elgar, Reginald Kilbey, André Previn, Sir Charles Groves, Philip Ledger

Jon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

Josephine Barstow, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Philip Langridge, John Mark Ainsley, Jonatham Summers, Alan Opie and Bryn Terfel Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Robert Tear London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andre Previn

Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh) Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Ian Partridge (tenor), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Jennifer Partridge (piano)

Joanna MacGregor (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)

Michael Barenboim (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Alessandro Crudele

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Eugene Asti (piano)

John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach), Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus), Tim Mead (Apollo), Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio), Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother), Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters), Joyce Henderson (The Governess), Marcio Teixeira (Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend) Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor) & Deborah Warner (director)

Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald), Francisco Vas (Squeak), Sam Furness (Novice); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner

John Graham-Hall (Gustav von Aschenbach), Andrew Shore (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Gondolier/Barber/ Hotel Manager Player/Dionysus), Tim Mead (Apollo), Sam Zaldivar (Tadzio), Laura Caldow (The Polish Mother), Mia Angelina Mather/Xhuliana Shehu (Her Two Daughters), Joyce Henderson (The Governess), Marcio Teixeira (Jaschiu, Tadzio’s friend) Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera, Edward Gardner (conductor) & Deborah Warner (director)

Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Toby Spence (Vere), Brindley Sherratt (Claggart), Thomas Oliemans (Redburn), David Soar (Flint), Torben Jürgens (Ratcliffe), Clive Bayley (Dansker), Duncan Rock (Donald); Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner Teatro Real Madrid, Ivor Bolton, Deborah Warner

Sir Adrian Boult (narration) London Philharmonic Orchestra

Jessye Norman (soprano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Nathan Gunn (Billy), Ian Bostridge (Captain Vere), Gidon Saks (Claggart), Neal Davies (Redburn), Jonathan Lemalu (Flint), Matthew Rose (Ratcliffe), Andrew Kennedy (Novice), Matthew Best (Dansker), Roderick Williams (Novice's Friend) London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Daniel Harding

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