Opera, Opera Arias, Purcell (composer)

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)

Helen Charlston, Toby Carr

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

Dame Janet Baker

Anna Prohaska (soprano) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Huw Wiggin (saxophone), Oliver Wass (harp)

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), CHAARTS Chamber Artists

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

Anton Mecht Spronk, Paul Handschke, Payam Taghadossi, Zoltán Despond, Isabel Pfefferkorn

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

Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

David Orlowsky, David Bergmüller

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

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

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

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

Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones

Oslo Circles, David Hansen (leadvocalist), Oslo Cirles

Jill Feldman (soprano), Nigel North (archlute), Sarah Cunningham (bass viol) Davitt Moroney

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

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

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

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

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

Patricia Petibon (soprano), Cetra Barockorchester Basel, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Andrea Marcon

Lucie Horsch (recorder) The Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Čičić

Dawn Upshaw. Myron Lutzke (cello), Arthur Haas (harpsichord, organ)

Susan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction) Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices

Kitgut Quartet

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Edita Gruberova (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

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

Leontyne Price (soprano) RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

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

Sylvia McNair (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Jan Vogler (cello), Omer Meir Wellber (accordion), BBC Philharmonic

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Greet Koeman (Euridice), Nel Duval (Amore) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Chorus & Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera, Bruno Walter, Herbert von Karajan, Charles Bruck

Luc Beauséjour (harpsichord)

Harald Genzmer, Peter Pichler (Mixturtrautonium), Melanie Dreher (soloist), Edmund Telgenkämper (soloist)

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

Notturna (chamber ensemble), Christopher Palameta

Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ensemble of Baroque Instruments, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

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

Lautten Compagney (early music ensemble), Asya Fateyeva (saxophone), Wolfgang Katschner

Ensemble Artchoral, Matthias Maute

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Karine Deshayes (mezzo) Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi

Alfred Deller & Consort

United Strings of Europe, Julian Azkoul

Lesley Garrett (soprano)

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

Tim Mead (countertenor) Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch (flute/director)

Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Camilla Tilling, Felicity Palmer, David Daniels, Cécile de Boever & Paul Agnew Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim

Robin Blaze (countertenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Joseph Middleton (piano)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Suzanne Danco (soprano)

James Bowman (countertenor) & Kenneth Weiss (harpsichord, piano)

Laurence Kilsby (treble), Helen Porter (piano), Carleton Etherington (organ) The trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas (director)