Opera, Opera Excerpts, Mozart (composer)

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Hofkapelle München, Rüdiger Lotter

Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

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

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

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

Hermann Prey (Figaro), Edith Mathis (Susanna), Gundula Janowitz (Countess), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count), Tatiana Troyanos (Cherubino), Peter Lagger (Bartolo), Barbara Vogel (Barbarina) Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm

Sylvia McNair (Susanna), Lucio Gallo (Figaro), Cheryl Studer (Countess), Boje Skovhus (Count), Cecilia Bartoli (Cherubino) Konzertvereinigung, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Tommy Reilly

Bruno Walter

James Galway (flute)

Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Le Concert de La Loge, Julien Chauvin

George Szell

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor, vocalist), Eric Garrett (baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Gian Carlo Luccardi (bass), David Romano, John Wustman (piano), José Carreras (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Zucchero, Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Frank Sinatra (vocals), East London Gospel Choir, Eric Clapton, Passengers, Elton John (vocalist, piano), Davey Johnstone (guitar), John Jorgenson (guitar), Bob Birch (bassguitar), Guy Babylon (keyboard, stringarranger), Charlie Morgan (drumkit, percussion), Paul Kegg (cello), Vaughan Armon (violin), Boguslav Kostecki (violin), Peter Oxer (violin), Wilfred Gibson (violin), Jim McLeod (violin), Jackie Shave (orchestramember), Howard Ball (orchestramember), Frank Lloyd (orchestramember), Chris Laurence (doublebass), John Pigneguy (orchestramember), Paul Cullington (orchestramember), Katie Wilkinson (orchestramember), Andrew Parker (orchestramember), David Daniels (cello), Eddie Roberts (orchestramember), Robin McGee (orchestramember), Maciej Rakowski (orchestramember), Paul Willey (violin), Alison Kelly (violin), Gavyn Wright (violin), David Nolan (violin), Jonathan Strange (violin), Bill Benham (viola), Tony Pleeth (orchestramember), Jon Ewans Jones (violin), Gillian Findley (violin), Mike De Saulles (violin), Jonathan Bradbury (violin), Brian Hawkins (viola), John Underwood (viola), Philip Dukes (viola), Philip De Groote (viola), Jonathan Williams (cello), Chris Van Kampen (cello), Hugh Seenan (orchestramember), Céline Dion, Tracy Chapman, Alberto Bartoli (percussion), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Kameron Brown (doublebass), Michele Centonze (guitar), Fabio Sartoni (drumkit), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Piero Odorici (saxophone), Roberto Rossi (trombone), Veris Giannetti (tenor), Livio Borri (chorusconductor), Queen, Lou Reed, Barry White, Les Disciples de Massenet, The Symphonic Orchestra, Franz-Paul Decker, Orchestra Del Teatro Municipale Di Reggio Emilia, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Philharmoniker, English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, New Philharmonia Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Philharmonia Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus, Unknown Orchestra, Henry Mancini & His Orchestra, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra da Camera Arcangelo Corelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana, Orchestra di Roma, Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra, Corale Gioachino Rossini, Wiener Staatsoper, BBC Philharmonic, Les Petits Chanteurs Du Mont-Royal, Philharmonia Chorus, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Sir Edward Downes, Richard Bonynge, Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Herbert von Karajan, Leone Magiera, Kurt Herbert Adler, Robin Stapleton, Anton Guadagno, Piero Gamba, Giuseppe Patanè, Nicola Rescigno, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Bruno Bartoletti, Emerson Buckley, Henry Mancini, James Levine, Aldo Sisilli, Maurizio Benini, Bill Miller, Marco Armiliato, Anne Dudley, Marco Boemi, José Molina, Romano Musumarra, Sir John Pritchard

Arcadi Volodos (piano)

Grigory Sokolov (piano)

Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator) NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert

Victor de Sabata

Artur Rodzinski

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

Pablo Casals (cello)

Ruben Aharonian (violin), Svetlana Safonova (piano)

Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Hilde Gueden (Susanna), Alfred Poell (Count), Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Marcellina), Fernando Corena (Dr. Bartolo) & Suzanne Danco (Cherubino) Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

Katherine Hoover (flute), Stoddard Lincoln (piano)

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)

Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo)

London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, Reinhard Goebel

Audrey Mildmay, Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgruber, John Brownlee, Salvatore Baccaloni, Koloman von Pataky, David Franklin, Roy Henderson Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra & Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Fritz Busch

Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor)

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

Fernando Corena (bass) Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra del Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Alberto Erede, Peter Maag, Argeo Quadri, Bruno Amaducci

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Ernst Haefliger (tenor)

Hermbert Blomstedt, Sabine Kittel, Anja Kampe (soprano), Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Gantert, Christian Grygas, Andreas Heinze, Niccolo Paudler, Oliver Pitt, Bryan Rothfuss, Philipp Schreyer, Martin Schubert, Holger Steinert, Johannes Wollrab, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Czech National, Insoo Hwoang, Martin Saul, Rudolf Kempe, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresden Symphony Chorus, Czech National Chorus of Prague, Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Choir, Dresden Chamber Choir, Fritz Busch, Richard Strauss, Karl Böhm, Karl Elmendorff, Joseph Keilberth, Franz Konwitschny, Otmar Suitner, Kurt Sanderling, Martin Turnovský, Herbert Blomstedt, Hans Vonk, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bernard Haitink, Fabio Luisi, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Colin Davis

Eileen Joyce (piano)

Udo Wachtveitl (narrator), Albrecht Schuch (narrator), Shenja Lacher (narrator), Adam Gaigl (narrator), Florian von Manteuffel (narrator), Stefan Hunstein (narrator), Katja Schild (narrator), Folkert Dücker (narrator), Anna Greiter (narrator), Günter Holzhausen, Max Hanft, Alexej Gorlatch, Bernhard Schir, Gert Heidenreich, Rene Dumont, Laura Maire, Martina Gedeck, Sabin Tambrea, Andreas Borcherding, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Christian Baumann, Beate Himmelstoß, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich, Ensemble Eduard Melkus, Florian Birsak, Les Musicie, Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Bart van Oort (early keyboard instruments), Ursula Dütschler, Rémy Baudet (violin), Pieter-Jan Belder (early keyboard instruments), Elfie Hobarth, Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Aldo Baldin, Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Lukas Blaukovitsch, Wiener KammerOrchester, György Fischer, Krisztina Laki, Hagen Quartet, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen, Julia Varady (soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Giuseppe Sabbatini, Arleen Auger (soprano), Florian Teichtmeister, Stephen Cleobury, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager, Orchestra of, Andrew Manze (violin), Ezio Di Cesare, Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Chamber Choir of Europe, Nicol Matt, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen, Camerata Academica, Robert D. Levin, Rachel Podger (violin), Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Barthold Kuijken (flute), Kristian Bezuidenhout (early keyboard instruments), Thomas Füri, Melvyn Tan (piano), Malcolm Bilson (early keyboard instruments), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gary Coop, Stanford Olsen, Cornelius Hauptmann, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Uwe Peper, Kr, Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Klaus Thunemann, Hermann Baumann (horn), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Camerata Academica des Mozarteum Salzburg, Sándor Végh, Peter, Franz Beyer, Rod Gilfry (baritone), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone), Andrea Silvestrelli, Chor des Bayerische, Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), Rosa Mannion, Amanda Roocroft (soprano), Carlos Feller, András Schiff (piano), Pierre-André Taillard, Martha Argerich (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Ulrich Matthes, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Martin Rasch, Martin Stadtfeld, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Margarete Babinsky, Holger Bus, Mats Lidström (cello), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Holger Busch, Konstantin Scherbakov (piano), Ulrich Mathes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke, London Philharmonic Choir, Vladislav Sulimsky, Valery Gergiev, Basel Sinfonietta and Mark Fitz-Gera, Mark Fitz-Gerald, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier, Margarita Gritskova, Maria Prinz, Ilya Levin, Ilya Levinsky, Ronald Brautigam (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dimiter Petkov, Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Masseurs, Boris Berman (piano), Eduard Kazaryan, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Marianna Tarassova, Yuri Serov, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Hilary Hahn (violin), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Robert Stadlober, Stefan Wilkening, Katja Amberger, Gotz Argus, Horst Sachtlebe, Ariane Payer, Viola von der Burg, Hemma Michel, Stefan Murr, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Kammerorchester C.P.E. Bach, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Les Talens Lyriques, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Hagen Quartett, Mozarteumchor Salzburg, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the 18th Century, The English Concert, Concerto Köln, Camerata Bern, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Akademie, Academy of Ancient Music, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, MDR Rundfunkchor, Drottningholmsteaterns orkester, Melos Quartet, Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Basel Sinfonietta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Mandelring Quartet, Vermeer-Quartett, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Cologne Radio Chorus, Don Cossack Choir, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Arman, Giovanni Antonini, Henry Raudales, Marc Minkowski, David Zinman, Peter Schreier, Sir Neville Marriner, Christophe Rousset, Sandor Végh, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Anton Steck, Gary Cooper, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Martin Haselböck, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Dijkstra, Arnold Östman, Willi Boskovsky, Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik, Valéry Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Michail Jurowski, Wanja Hlibka, Marek Janowski, Jörg Handstein, Herbert Blomstedt

Martijn van den Hoek (piano), Enrico Casazza (violin), Klara Wartz (piano), Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano) Goldsmiths Choral Union, Philip Ellis, Owain Arwel Hughes, Nick Davies, Charles Dutoit, Herbert Blomstedt, Otmar Suitner, Theodore Kuchar, Jaap ter Linden, Pieter-Jan Belder, David Maninov

Phillip McCann (cornet) Sellers Engineering Band, Norman Law

Michael Volle (baritone) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ralf Weikert

Federico Guglielmo (violin), Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord), Mechthild Stark (harpsichord), Edith Mathis (soprano), Valentina Levko (mezzo-soprano), Gil Sharon (violin), Idith Zvi (piano), Timora Rosler (cello), Misha Goldstein (piano), Klára Würtz (piano), Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Alessandro Deljavan (piano), Jeroen van Veen (piano), Giulio Tampalini (guitar), Michelangelo Carbonara (piano), Wladislaw Warenberg (cello), Sara Crombach (piano), Alessio Nebiolo (guitar), Celestina Casapietra (soprano), Alwin Bar (piano) Holland Boys Choir, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Robert Clark, Ludwig Güttler, Pieter Jan Leusink, Burkhard Glaetzner, Peter Schreier, Giorgio Sasso, Nicol Matt, Florian Heyerick, Adolf Bruk, Anton Steck, Dwight Bennett, Nicolae Moldoveanu, Theodore Kuchar, Herbert Kegel, Edo de Waart, Kurt Masur, Phili

Maria Callas (soprano)

Michael Rabin (violin) The Denver Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Orchester Beromester, Zurich, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Saul Caston, Erich Schmid, Ivin Fjeldstad, Donald Voorhees, Georg Solti

Sergey Rachmaninov (piano)

Olga Zado (piano), Mannheimer Philharmoniker, Boian Videnoff, Nil Kocamangil (cello), Albena Danailova (violin / fiddle)

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Maurice André (trumpet), Günther Piesk (bassoon), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Peter Schreier (tenor), Lothar Koch (oboe), David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Doric String Quartet, Xiayin Wang (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin), Cpl Jonathan Hill (trombone), Martin Roscoe (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Ivan Ilić (piano), Wojciech Switala (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Krzysztof Lasoń (violin), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Federico Colli (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Trio, I Musici de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Black Dyke Mills Band, The King's Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum 90, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, Brodsky Quartet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Mariss Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky, Neeme Järvi, Geoffrey Simon, Harry Christophers, Sir Neville Marriner, Major Peter Parkes, Richard Hickox, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Bruffy, Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, John Wilson, Edward Gardner, Juanjo Mena, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Karabits, Rumon Gamba

Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist), Gwynne Howell (soloist), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Henryk Szeryng (violin), José Luis Garcia, Emil Gilels (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Men’s Voices of the BBC Northern Singers, Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, André Cluytens, Pierre Monteux, Wilhelm Kempff, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Horenstein, Benjamin Britten, Klaus Tennstedt, Sir Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Evgeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

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

Walter Gieseking (piano), Rudolf Firkusny (piano), Martha Lipton (alto) NBC Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Guido Cantelli

Susan McCulloch (soprano), Patrick Marques (tenor), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano), Rachel Rosales (soprano), Christine Moore (soprano), Elizabeth Carter (soprano), Petra-Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (vocalist, soprano), Sylvia Sass (soprano), Steven Page (baritone), James E. Stith (baritone), Natale de Carolis (baritone), Yulian Konstantinov (bassguitar), James Edwin Stith (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Alexander Grant (tenor), Charles K L Davis (tenor), John Oakman (tenor), Riccardo Casinelli (tenor), Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, South German Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Symphony Orchestra, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Slavonica, The Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Ballet Français Orchestre, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Saint John's Smith Square, Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Bulgarian National Choir, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Württemberg State Opera, Igor Markevitch, Hans Swarowsky, Julian Bigg, John Landor, Alfred Scholz, Henry Adolph, Raymond Paige, Pierre Montiel, András Kórodi, Raoul Poliakin, John Lubbock, Dimiter Dimitrov, Rouslan Raichev, Géza Oberfrank, April Chanyang, Anatole Fistoulari, Wilfred Pelletier, Libor Pešek, Alexander von Pitamic

Karl Richter