Opera, Opera Excerpts, Meyerbeer (composer)

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

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (baritone) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy

Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor) The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

Joan Sutherland (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Paul van Kempen

Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)

Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Voices, Bertrand de Billy

Huw Williams (organ)

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor, vocals), Vienna Opera Chorus, Mirella Freni (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Kameron Brown (double bass), Michele Centonze (guitar), Fabio Sartoni (drums, drum), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Piero Odorici (saxophone), Roberto Rossi (trombone), Veris Giannetti (tenor), Antonella Pepe (soprano), David Romano, Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass (vocal)), Leo Nucci (baritone), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Passengers, Elton John (vocalist, piano), Philip Dukes (viola), Hugh Seenan (orchestra/member), Chris Van Kampen (cello), Jonathan Williams (cello), Philip De Groote (viola), Brian Hawkins (viola), John Underwood (viola), Jonathan Bradbury (violin), Mike De Saulles (violin), Gillian Findley (violin), Jon Ewans Jones (violin), Tony Pleeth (orchestra/member), Bill Benham (viola), David Nolan (violin), Jonathan Strange (violin), Gavyn Wright (violin), Charlie Morgan (percussion, drums), Vaughan Armon (violin), Guy Babylon (keyboards), Bob Birch (bass guitar), John Jorgenson (guitar), Davey Johnstone (guitar), Paul Kegg (cello), Boguslav Kostecki (violin), Alison Kelly (violin), Katie Wilkinson (orchestra/member), Paul Willey (violin), Maciej Rakowski (orchestra/member), Robin McGee (orchestra/member), Eddie Roberts (orchestra/member), David Daniels (cello), Andrew Parker (orchestra/member), Paul Cullington (orchestra/member), Peter Oxer (violin), John Pigneguy (orchestra/member), Chris Laurence (double bass), Frank Lloyd (orchestra/member), Howard Ball (orchestra/member), Jackie Shave (orchestra/member), Jim McLeod (violin), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Céline Dion, East London Gospel Choir, Lionel Richie, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Corale Voci Bianche, Liberian Children's Choir, Frank Sinatra (vocals), Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Opernorchester, Wiener Volksopernorchester, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Unknown Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York City Opera Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Bonynge, Nicola Rescigno, Sir Edward Downes, Leone Magiera, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Sir Georg Solti, Riccardo Chailly, Maurizio Benini, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Henry Mancini, Anton Guadagno, Kurt Herbert Adler, Piero Gamba, Rob Mathes, Emerson Buckley, Robin Stapleton, Aldo Sisilli, Anne Dudley, Marco Boemi, José Molina, Marco Armiliato, Bill Miller

Eugene Conley (tenor) The New Symphony Orchestra, Robert Farnon and His Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Alberto Erede, Warwick Braithwaite

David Hill (soloist), Noel Rawsthorne (soloist), David Halls (soloist), Richard Lloyd (soloist), Francis Jackson (soloist), Stephen Cleobury (soloist), Malcolm Archer (soloist), Timothy Farrell (soloist), Catherine Ennis (soloist)

Lars Björling, Anouchka Mukherjee, Harry Ebert, Unknown, Brita Lignell, Lilian Carlsson, Ulf Wesslén, Gunnar Hahn, John McCay, Jan Eyron, Carl-otto Erasmie, Sergei Reznikov

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)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Hermann Jadlowker (tenor), Frieda Hempel (soprano), Claire Dux (soprano), Maria Labia (soprano)

Enrico Caruso, Jussi Bjorling, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa

May/Prey/ Petersen Quartett/Deutsches SO Berlin

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Francesco Tamagno (tenor), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Nellie Melba (soprano), Antonio Scotti (baritone), Christopher Booth (piano), Feodor Chaliapin (bass), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Heinrich Schlusnus (tenor), Leo Slezak (tenor), Koloman Von Pataky (tenor), Franz Völker (tenor), Erna Berger (soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), Helga Roswaenge (tenor), Tiana Lemnitz (soprano), Gino Sinimberghi (tenor), Alda Noni (soprano), Georg Hann (bass), Maria Cebotari (soprano), Alfons Fügel (tenor), Julius Prüwer, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (baritone), Felicie Huni-Mihacsek (soprano), Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone), Wilhelm Strienz (bass), Helge Roswaenge (tenor), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Maria Reining (soprano), Frida Leider (soprano), Theodor Scheidl (baritone), Karin Branzell (contralto), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone) Staatsoper Berlin Chorus, Johannes Heidenreich, Manfred Gurlitt, Johannes Schüler, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Wolfgang Martin, Franz Alfred Schmidt, Gerhard Steeger, Artur Rother, Karl Böhm, Hermann Weigert, Robert Heger

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Malcolm King (bass), Renato Bruson (baritone), Robert Kerns (baritone), Elke Schary (mezzo-soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), David Romano (baritone), Eric Garrett (baritone), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Fabio Sartoni (drum), Antonella Pepe (soprano), Sting, Eric Clapton (vocalist), Passengers, Frank Sinatra (vocals), John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Volksopernorchester, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Opernorchester, The London Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Metropolitan Opera, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Del Teatro Municipale Di Reggio Emilia, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, East London Gospel Choir, Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Bonynge, Sir Edward Downes, Leone Magiera, Robin Stapleton, Nicola Rescigno, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Sir Georg Solti, James Levine, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Anton Guadagno, Piero Gamba, Henry Mancini, Emerson Buckley, Kurt Herbert Adler, Rob Mathes, Aldo Sisilli, Marco Armiliato, Bill Miller

Band of the Grenadier Guards (military band), Rodney Bashford, Band of H.M. Royal Marines, Sir Vivian Dunn

Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), The London Opera Chorus (Chorus), Mirella Freni (Soprano), Eric Garrett (Baritone), Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Chorus), The John Alldis Choir (Chorus) London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Wandsworth School, Richard Bonynge, Nicola Rescigno, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Herbert von Karajan, Peter Maag, Lorin Maazel, Sir Georg Solti, Giuseppe Patanè, Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Mehta, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Piero Gamba, Anton Guadagno, Henry Mancini, Romano Musumarra, R

The Band of HM Royal Marines, Chatham, Captain C.J. Taylor

Phillip McCann (cornet) Sellers Engineering Band, Norman Law

Lauritz Melchoir

Stuttgart State Orchestra, Marc Soustrot

Mario Gilion (tenor)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, members, Berlin Polizei Orchester, Caspar Richter

Luciano Pavarotti

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano) Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Chorus, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Nello Santi

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Johann Strauss

Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano), Joan Hammond (Columbine) Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurice Miles, Warwick Braithwaite, Fritz Busch, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Walter Susskind

NDR Philharmonic Hannover, Michail Jurowski

Maria Callas (soprano, vocals), Christa Ludwig (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (bass, tenor), Renato Ercolani (tenor), William Dickie (baritone), Carlo Forti (bass), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Francesco Albanese (tenor), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Ladysz (bass), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Manuel Spatafora (baritone), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Anna Moffo (soprano), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass), Franco Calabrese (bass), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (bass), Nicola Monti (tenor), Antonino Votto (conch), Aurora Cattelani (soprano), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Ebe Ticozzi (contralto), Philharmonia Orchestra, Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Chœur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Tullio Serafin, Georges Prêtre, Victor de Sabata, Gabriele Santini, Nicola Rescigno, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Alceo Galliera, Arturo Basile, Georges Sebastian

Radio Symphony Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Ondrej Lenard, Kazushi Ono, Otto Aebi, Anton Nanut

Manuela Custer (Almanzor), Mirco Palazzi (Sulemano), Laura Claycomb (Azema), Paul Austin Kelly (Alamar), Brindley Sherratt (Ali), Ashley Catling (Omar) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Giuliano Carella

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel

Jussi Björling (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Joan Hammond (soprano), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Lily Pons (soprano), Marian Anderson (contralto), Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano), Heddle Nash (tenor), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Titta Ruffo (baritone)

Mario Del Monaco (Ernani), Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo), Boris Christoff (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Anita Cerquetti (Elvira) & Luciana Boni (Giovanna) Coro e Orchestradel Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Samuel Ramey (bass) Munich Radio Orchestra, Julius Rudel

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), The John Alldis Choir (Chorus), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), The London Opera Chorus (Chorus), Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-Soprano), Andrea Bocelli, Frank Sinatra, David Romano (Baritone) Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, New Philharmonia Orc, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Bonynge, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Leone Magiera, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Giuseppe Patanè, James Levine, Nicola Rescigno, Sir Edward Downes, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Anton Guadagno, Kurt Herbert Adler, Piero Ga

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Ben Heppner (tenor), José van Dam (bass), René Pape (bass), Karita Mattila (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Mark Tucker (tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor), James McCracken (tenor), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Fernando Piqueras (tenor), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), José Carreras (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Peter Schreier (tenor), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Leopold Simoneau (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Hans Weber (videoscripteditor), René Kollo (tenor), Arthur Oldham (chorusmaster), Temistocle Solera (reviser), Bartolommeo Merelli (reviser), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Opernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Orchestre de Paris, Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Zubin Mehta, Sir Georg Solti, Richard Bonynge, Franco Patané, Daniele Callegari, Sir Colin Davis, Tullio Serafin, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Benjamin Britten, Alberto Erede, Lorin Maazel, Herbert von Karajan, Daniel Oren, Sir Roger Norrington, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Chailly, Erich Leinsdorf, Donald Runnicles, Carlos Kleiber, Lee Schaenen, Karl Böhm, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Peter Schneider, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nicola Rescigno, Daniel Barenboim, Vjekoslav Šutej, Gianandrea Noseda

The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford, Peter Parkes

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Gosta Winbergh (tenor)

Cathedral Brass, London Brass Players & Men O’ Brass

Natalie Dessay (soprano) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon, Concerto Köln, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Evelino Pidò, Michel Plasson, Andrew Davis & Patrick Fournillier

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang

Peter Schmalfuss (piano), James O’Donnell (organ), Rainer Kußmaul (violin), Martin Sieghart (harpsichord), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra, chamberensemble), Michael Ponti (piano), Donna Amato (piano), Gyorgy Sandor (piano), Rena Kyriakou (piano), Peter Frankl (piano), Kurt Widmer (bassguitar), Helen Donath (soprano), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Louis Kentner (piano), Maria Lettberg (piano), Abbey Simon (piano), Daniel Ludford-Thomas (soprano), Andrew Shenton (organ), Berliner Symphoniker, The Alexander Choir, The Cantorum Choir, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, South German Madrigal Choir, Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhard Becker, David Hill, Sergiu Comissiona, Erich Kunzel, Wolfgang Gonnenwein, Bystrik Rezucha, Kees Bakels

Martin Flämig (cantor), Dresdner Kreuzchor (vocalist), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (chamberensemble), Simon Birchall (baritone), Martin Baker (organ), Alexander Martin (soprano), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Andrew Shenton (organ), Daniel Ludford-Thomas (soprano), Rainer Kußmaul (violin), Martin Sieghart (harpsichord), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra, chamberensemble), Robert Court (organ), Megan Friar (alto), Thom Baker (triangle), Johannes Somary (organ, recordingarranger), Peter Schmalfuss (piano), Robert Green (organ), Kurt Widmer (bassguitar), Michael Ponti (piano), Ama Deus Ensemble, Rudolf Knoll (baritone), Ernst Groschel (piano), Peter Frankl (piano), Arnold Voketaitis (bassguitar), Abbey Simon (piano), Owen Pugh (soprano), Peter Davey (soprano), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Westminster Abbey Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Cardiff Festival Choir, Amor Artis Chamber Choir, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Hereford Cathedral Choir, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, South German Madrigal Choir, Orchestra of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Berliner Symphoniker, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Choir of New College Oxford, Sir Neville Marriner, Sergiu Comissiona, Robert Shaw, Garcia Navarro, Jörg Faerber, Martin Neary, Libor Pešek, Owain Hughes, Erich Kunzel, Bystrik Rezucha, Roy Massey, Wolfgang Gonnenwein, Gerhard Becker, Leonard Slatkin, David Lumsden, Alan Thurlow

Studio pianist (piano), Jacques Urlus (tenor), Melanie Kurt (soprano), Thila Plaichinger (soprano) Studio orchestra, Studio Conductor

London Symphony Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stanford Robinson, Kenneth Alwyn, Sir John Barbirolli, Paul Paray

Black Dyke Mills Band, John Foster, Geoffrey Brand and Roy Newsome

Leonard Bernstein

Lauritz Melchior (tenor), with Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), with Frida Leider (soprano), Lotte Lehman