Opera, Opera Arias, Beethoven (composer)

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

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

Chen Reiss (soprano), Oliver Wass (harp) Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Luisa Tetrazzini, Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti, Frieda Hempel, Amelita Galli-Curci, Rosa Ponselle, Lotte Lehmann, Eva Turner, Nina Koshetz, Eidé Norena, Maria Nemeth, Claudia Muzio

Bruno Walter

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Nelly Kokinos (piano), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei, Steven Isserlis (cello), Xavier De Maistre (piano), Julian Bream (guitar), Johns Williams (guitar), James Galway (flute), Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ), Samuel Lipman & Leo Litwin (pianos), Martin Hoherman (xylophone), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Sylvia Gestzy (soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (soprano), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Alfred Scholz (piano), Karl-Heinz Steffens (clarinet), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Ben Heppner (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Will Sanders (horn), Eugene Istomin (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Leonard Rose (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Guarneri Quartet I Soloisti di Zaghreb, London Musici, Boston Pops Orchestra, Charles Munch, Arthur Fiedler, Sir Thomas Beecham, John McCarthy, Eduardo Mata, Riccardo Muti, Fritz Reiner, Dmitri Kitayenko, Georg Solti

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Edwin Fischer (piano), Gerald Moore (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Bryn Terfel (baritone), Balcarras Crafoord, Anne Sofie von Otter (Mrs Lovett) Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Muhai Tang

Dorothy Maynor (soprano)

Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Seiji Ozawa, Franz Welser-Möst, Simone Young, Donald Runnicles, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Semyon Bychkov, Christian Thielemann

Oscar Shumsky (violin)

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

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

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Bassem Akiki

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

Alexander Krichel (piano)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsa, Ferenc Fricsay, Wilhelm Schüchter, André Cluytens, Franz Konwitschny, Alberto Erede

Ursula Farr (soprano) Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl

Nigel Woodhouse (mandolin), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Orchestra da Camera Italiana, John Alldis (chorus master), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Collegium Aureum (early music ensemble), Steven Isserlis (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Clyde Holloway (organ), Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Roberta Alexander (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano), Gary Lakes (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass baritone), John McCarthy (chorus master), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benny Goodman (clarinet), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), New England Conservatory Chorus, Julian Bream (guitar), Andrew Wilde (piano), Terry Edwards (chorus master), Leslie Pearson (organ), Éva Marton (soprano), Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello), Imogen Cooper (piano), Eric Le Sage (piano), Mathieu Dufour (flute), Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei Bezrodny (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Chorus, London Musici, London Festival Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Ambrosian Singers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, Munich Radio Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Sir Thomas Beecham, Mark Stephenson, Alfred Scholz, Erich Leinsdorf, Sir Andrew Davis, Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Fiedler, Paul Meyer, André Previn, Mark Ermler, Charles Munch, Carlo Felice Cillario, Seiji Ozawa, Lorna Cooke de Varon, Franzjosef Maier, Claus Peter Flor, Pinchas Steinberg, Rudolf Kempe, Günter Wand, Mikko Franck, Fritz Reiner

Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas

Ernst Haefliger (tenor)

Fritz Kreisler (violin), Thomas Petre (violins), William Primrose (viola), Laurie Kennedy (cello), with Franz Rupp (piano), with Michael Raucheisen (piano), with Arpád Sándor (piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald, Leo Blech, Malcolm Sargent, John Barbirolli, Eugene Goossens

Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Hjödis Schymberg (Mimi), Victoria de los Angeles (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Paul Franke (Beppe), Robert Merrill (Silvio), Victoria de los Angeles (Mimi), Lucine Amara (Musetta), Robert Merrill (Marcello), John Reardon (Schaunard), Giorgio Tozzi (Colline), Victoria de los Angeles (Butterfly), Miriam Pirazzini (Suzuki), Mario Sereni (Sharpless), Piero de Palma (Goro)

Elisabet Strid (soprano) Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Anguelov

Johann Strauss Orchestra, André Rieu, Coen Thomas (unknown), Ward Vlasveld (unknown), Stéphanie Detry, André Rieu Studios BV, Maastricht, The Netherlands (studio), The Coriovallum Pipeband, Mirusia, Ward Vlasveld (programmer), Ward Vlasveld (synthesizer programming), Coen Thomas (programmer), The Platin Tenors, Carmen Monarcha, Carla Maffioletti, Mirusia Louwerse, Manoe Konings, Suzan Erens

Kurt Moll (bass) Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio de Munich, Giuseppe Patané

Nathan Milstein (violin), Georges Pludermacher (piano)

James King (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg

Aafje Heynis (contralto)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart Des SWR, Ileana Cotrubas, Glenda Maurice, Südfunk-Chor, Gary Bertini

Charles K L Davis (tenor), Madeleine Tsingopoulos (mezzo-soprano), Bamberg String Quartet (stringquartet), Trio Concertante (pianotrio), Benedikt Kehlen (piano), Heidrun Ganz (violin), Alfred Brendel (piano), Josef Bulva (piano), Abbey Simon (piano), Klaus-Peter Hahn, Peter Frankl (piano), Slovak Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (chamberensemble), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (chamberensemble), Marie Claire Jamet (harp), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (chamberensemble), Hans Martin Linde (flute), Eileen Flissler (piano), Aaron Rosand (violin), Marylene Dosse (piano), Anne Petit (piano), Mainzer Kammerorchester (chamberensemble), Renée Siebert (flute), Catherine Michel (harp), Soloists from Musica Antiqua New York (chamberensemble), Mary Newman (organ), Ama Deus Ensemble (chamberensemble), Sarah Davol (oboe), Reginald Kell (clarinet), Fine Arts Quartet (stringquartet), Cincinnati May Festival Chorus, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Vienna Opera Orchestra, Brewer Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Thomas Peck, Wilfred Pelletier, Carl Michalski, Rudolph Palmer, Christian Rainer, Oliver von Dohnányi, Erich Kunzel, Paul Kuentz, Josef Krips, Jörg Faerber, Alfred Scholz, Heinz Wallberg, Günter Kehr, Valentin Radu

Walter Gleisle (trumpet), Peter Frankl (piano), Rudolf Knoll (baritone), Ernst Groschel (piano), Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim (chamberensemble), Steffi Sieber (soprano), Edward Armstrong (narrator), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (chamberensemble), Paul Grund (mandolin), Wilfried Tachezi, Herbert Weissberg (flute), Manfred Kautzky (oboe), Jürgen Geise (viola), Poland Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (chamberensemble), Bianca Sitzius (piano), David Glazer (clarinet), Hans Gösser (flute), Charles K L Davis (tenor), Sato Moughalian (flute), Anna Briggs (flute), Mary Newman (organ), Jerome Rose (piano), Frank Glazer (piano), Abbey Simon (piano), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Pro Musica Orchestra Stuttgart, Symphony of the Air, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Motettenchor Pforzheim, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Wind Quintet, Luxemburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, South German Philharmonic Orchestra, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Hamburg State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Rolf Reinhardt, Erich Kunzel, Rolf Schweizer, Libor Pešek, Leopold Hager, Heinrich Hollreiser, Carl Michalski, Josef Krips, Jörg Faerber, Peter Maag, Wojciech Rajskij, Henry Adolph, Wilfred Pelletier, Leopold Ludwig, Eduardo Mata

Martin Souter (piano), Sarah Hill (harp), Elinor Bennett (harp), Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Jon Banks (recorder), James Gregory (flute), Reine Flachot (cello), Walter Bohle (piano) The Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, The Victoria Singers, The Bochum Symphony Orchestra, The Baltic Festival Orchestra, Bystrik Rezucha, Sarah Tenant-Flowers, Matthias Kuntzsch, Yun-Sung Chang

Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet) Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla

Babette Dorn (piano)

Eileen Farrell Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf

Stefánia Moldován (soprano), with József Simándy (tenor) Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Géza Oberfrank, Vilmos Komor, György Görgei, György Lehel

Ney Dávid (bass), Környei Béla (tenor), Rózsa S. Lajos (baritone), Sándor Erzsi (soprano), Pilinszky Zsigmond (tenor), Székelyhidy Ferenc (tenor), Basilides Mária (soprano), Kálmán Oszkár (bass), Halmos János (tenor), Palló Imre (baritone), Závodszky Zoltán (tenor), Maleczky Oszkár (baritone), Pataky Kálmán (tenor), Németh Mária (soprano), Fekete Pál (tenor), Báthy Anna (soprano), Székely Mihály (bass), Lendvai Andor (baritone)

Susan Gritton (soprano) London Chamber Orchestra (LCO), Christopher Warren-Green

Katharina (piano), Benito Battiston (programmer), The Hollywood Orchestra, David Bonk (programmer), Florentin Chiran (violin), Thomas Biller (contrabass), Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Liberi Chor, Katharina Königsfeld (organ) Jörg-Achim Keller

Mikael Beier, Vibeke Franck, Gert von Bülow, Flemming Dreisig, Georg Friedrich Handel, felix Mendelssohn-Barholdy

Rocio Pérez and Samuel Hasselhorn, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu, Samuel Hasselhorn (soloist), Alain Altinoglu and La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Eva Zaïcik (soloist), Héloïse Mas (soloist), Rocio Pérez (soloist), Charlotte Wajnberg (soloist), Marianne Croux (soloist), Ao Li (soloist), Samuel Hasselhorn and Joseph Middleton, Joseph Middleton (soloist), Ao Li and Thomas Hoppe, Thomas Hoppe (soloist), Héloïse Mas and David Zobel, David Zobel (soloist), Rocio Pérez and So-Jin Kim, So-Jin Kim (soloist), Germán Enrique Alcántara and Knut Jacques, Knut Jacques (soloist), Germán Enrique Alcántara (soloist), Marianne Croux and Florence Boisolle, Florence Boisolle (soloist), Eva Zaïcik and Frédéric Rubay, Frédéric Rubay (soloist), Yuriy Hadzetskyy and Thomas Hoppe, Yuriy Hadzetskyy (soloist), Alex DeSocio and David Zobel, Alex DeSocio (soloist), Danylo Matviienko and Daniel Blumenthal, Daniel Blumenthal (soloist), Danylo Matviienko (soloist), Ao Li and Daniel Blumenthal Alain Altinoglu

Francesco Tamagno (tenor), Alessandro Moreschi (treble), Nellie Melba (soprano), Coenraad Van Bos (piano), Julia Culp (soprano), Bruno Seidler-Winkler (piano), Joseph Schwarz (baritone), Elisabet Schumann (soprano), Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone), Franz Rupp (piano), Rosette Anday (mezzo-soprano), Leo Slezak (tenor), Heinrich Schacker (piano), Leo Slezak (baritone), Richard Strauss (piano), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Sebastien Peschko (piano), Heinrich Schlusnus (singer), Michael Raucheisen (piano), Theodor Scheidl (baritone), Josef von Manowarda (bass), Arpad Sandor (piano), Erna Berger (soprano), Hans Altmann (piano), Gerhard Steeger (piano), Franz Völker (tenor), Gustav Grossmann (piano), Tiana Lemnitz (soprano), Walther Ludwig (tenor), Sebastian Peschko (piano), Georg Hann (bass) Choir, Jascha Horenstein, Leo Blech

John Charles Thomas

Fritz Kreisler (violin, soloist), Michael Raucheisen, Carl Lamson, George Falkenstein, Efrem Zimbalist

Patrick Marques (tenor), Ernst Mühlbacher (frenchhorn), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Charles Lilamand (piano), Abbey Simon (piano), Steven Page (baritone), Gerhard Eckle (piano), Mozarteum Quartet Salzburg (stringquartet), Philharmonia Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Salzburg Mozarteum Chorus, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Orchestra Of The Vienna Volksoper, Budapest Strings, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, South German Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Westdeutsche Sinfonia Leverkusen, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Pops Orchestra, Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra, Bamberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon, John Landor, Kurt Prestel, Garcia Navarro, Franz Bauer-Theussl, Carl Michalski, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Alfred Scholz, Charles Rosekrans, Dirk Joeres, Julian Bigg, Andrew Lane, Iain Sutherland, Hans Swarowsky

Leonardo Locatelli (soloist)

Bianca Sitzius (piano), Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano vocals), Elizabeth Carter (soprano vocals), Josef Bulva (piano), Marcelo Kayath (guitar), Fine Arts Quartet (string quartet), Giacomo Aragall (tenor vocals), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano vocals), Susan McCulloch (soprano vocals), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano vocals), Kamil Hala (piano), Klaus-Peter Hahn (cello), Brandon de Wilde (narrator), David Glazer (clarinet), John Oakman (tenor vocals) Amor Artis Chorus, Maurice F. Hentschel, Igor Markevitch, Hans Swarowsky, Günter Wich, Bystrik Rezucha, Wilhelm Schüchter, Libor Pešek, Peter Falk, Geoffrey Simon, Johannes Somary, Dimiter Dimitrov, András Kórodi, Eduardo Mata, Rouslan Raichev, Julian Bigg, Max Pommer, Hein

David Daniels & Martin Katz

Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello), Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna), Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildikó Raimondi (Zerlina), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio), Soile Isokoski (Donna Elvira) Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello), Boaz Daniel (Masetto), Soile Isokoski (Marschallin), Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian) Genia Kühmeier (Sophie) & Georg Tichy (Faninal), Deborah Polaski (Dyer's Wife), Falk Struckmann (Barak) Ricarda Merbeth (Empress) & Johan Botha (Emperor), Violeta Urmana (Aida), Johan Botha (Radamès), Franz Grundheber (Amonasro), Agnes Baltsa (Amneris), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Deborah Polaski (Leonore), Johan Botha (Florestan), Thomas Hampson (Don Fernando), Walter Fink (Rocco), Ildikó Raimondi (Marzelline), Herwig Pecoraro (Jaquino), Bryn Terfel (Hans Sachs), Genia Kuhmeier (Sophie) Vienna State Opera, Seiji Ozawa, Zubin Mehta, Christian Thielemann, Ileana Tonca, Bori Keszei, Cornelia Salje, Nadia Krasteva, Michaela Selinger Janina Baechle & Franz Welser-Möst, Daniele Gatti

Anton Dermota (tenor), Josef Witt, Sena Jurinac (Elvira), Lisa Della Casa (Anna), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Walter Berry (Masetto), Erich Kunz (Guglielmo), Paul Schöffler (Don Alfonso), Irmgard Seefried (Fiordiligi), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marzelline), Ludwig Weber (Ochs), Franz Bierbach (Notar), Lisa Della Casa (Arabella), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Paul Schöffler (La Roche), Walter Berry (Olivier), Leonie Rysanek (Tatyana), George London (Onegin), Mira Kalin (Olga), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Onegin), Ljubomir Pantscheff (Zaretsky), Inge Borkh (Katerina), Fritz Uhl (Sergei), Rita Streich (Engel), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Lucrezia), Hans Helm (Sprecher) Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Erich Kleiber, Georg Solti, Berislav Klobučar, Lovro von Matačić, Peter Schrottner, Serge Baudo, Thomas Sanderling

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Herbert Alsen (bass), Emmy Loose (soprano), Peter Klein (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Erich Kunz (baritone), Hilde Scheppan (soprano), Marie-Luise Schilp (alto), Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Rundfunkorchester Hamburg, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wilhelm Schüchter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl Böhm, Rudolf Moralt, Arthur Rother, Herbert von Karajan