Opera, Opera Excerpts, Beethoven (composer)

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

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Berit Lindholm, Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Band of the Grenadier Guards, John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Don Fernando), Hans Sotin (Don Pizarro), Rene Kollo (Florestan), Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Leonard Bernstein

Bruno Walter

Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)

Dinu Lipatti (piano)

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

Olga Samaroff, Frank La Forge, Victor Orchestra

George Szell

Pablo Casals (cello)

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Malena Ernman (mezzo), Yuja Wang (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Truls Mørk (cello), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vadim Repin (violin I), Laurent Korcia (violin II), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde) Verbier Festival Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Kurt Masur, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Kent Nagano

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

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

Pablo Casals (cello)

Nelson Freire (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

Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) Les Agrémens, Guy Van Waas

Paul van Kempen

Leopold Stokowski

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)

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

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

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

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

Staatskapelle Orchestra Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

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

Sergey Rachmaninov (piano)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (piano)

Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin & Pauline Martin (mezzo-sopranos), Michel Hamel (tenor) & Stéphane Audel (narrator) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Choeur des Jeunes de l'église National Vaudoise, Ernest Ansermet

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Royal Danish Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Frederik IX (King of Denmark)

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

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

Opera Queensland Chorus, David Drury, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Cantillation, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Army Reserve Pipes and Drums Perth, Australian Army Band Perth, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmoinia Orchestra, Colin Harper, David Measham, Johannes Fritzsch, Benjamin Northey, Brett Weymark, Vladimir Ponkin, John Lanchbery, Antony Walker, Craig Johnson, Stanley Black, Patrick Thomas

Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone, bass-baritone), David Hobson (tenor), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Michael Dudman (organ), Li-Wei Qin (cello), Rosario La Spina (tenor), Simon Tedeschi (piano), Alison Morgan (soprano), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Sinfonia Australis (symphony), Niki Vasilakis (violin), Guy Henderson (oboe), Dene Olding (violin), Ian Munro (piano), John Foster (trumpet), David Drury (organ), Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, The Queensland Orchestra, Cantillation, Australian Army Band, Perth, Australian Youth Orchestra, Antony Walker, Christopher Nicholls, David Stanhope, John Lanchbery, Michel Swierczewski, David Measham, Thomas Woods, Michael Halász, Ola Rudner, Stuart Challender, Patrick Thomas, Edo de Waart, Nicholas Braithwaite, Stephen Mould, Albert Rosen, Richard Bonynge, Willem van Otterloo, Arvo Volmer, Vladimir Verbitsky, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Jorge Mester, George Dreyfus, David Porcelijn, Craig Johnson, Wilfred Lehmann, Stanley Black, Sir Charles Mackerras

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

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

Artur Schnabel, Arthur Nikisch, Georg Zscherneck, Eugen d'Albert, Fanny Davies, Raoul Pugno, Teresa Carreño, Ferruccio Busoni, Theodor Leschetizky, Lazzaro Uzielli, Felix Dreyschoek, Josef Lhévinne, Emil von Sauer

Nachtmusique, Eric Hoeprich

Hellen Kwon (soprano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Elena Filipova (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo-soprano), Cesar Hernandez (tenor), Carlo Colombara (bass), Josef Bogacz (violin), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Joseph Banowetz (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian State O, Michael Halasz, Istvan Bogar, Johannes Wildner, Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Zdenek Kosler, Uwe Mund, Will Humburg, Kenneth Jean, Ondrej Lenard, Bela Drahos, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Anthony Bramall, Jaroslav Krcek

Lukasz Szyrner (cello), Maciej Szyrner (piano)

Takako Nishizaki (violin) Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, Slovenská filharmónia, Budapesti Vonósok, Capella Istropolitana, Keith Clark, Kenneth Jean, Ondrej Lenárd, Béla Bánfalvi, Michael Halász, Anthony Bramall, Adrian Leaper, Richard Edlinger, Kenneth Schermerhorn

Bertalan Hock (organ), György Geiger (trumpet), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Nora Shulman (flute), Judy Loman (harp), Balázs Szokolay (piano), Peter Nagy (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), François-Joël Thiollier (piano), Alexander Rudin (cello), Gerald Garcia (guitar), Cappella Istropolitana, Aradia Ensemble, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapesti Vonósok, Kölner Kammerorchester, Magyar Állami Operaház Zenekara, English Northern Philharmonia, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Oxford Camerata, Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, Štátna filharmónia Košice, Richard Edlinger, Kevin Mallon, Daniel Nazareth, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Paul Daniel, Petter Sundkvist, Oliver von Dohnányi, Jeremy Summerly, Ondrej Lenárd, Peter Breiner

Julia Brown (organ), Josef Bogacz (violin), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Budapest, Budapest Camerata, Michael Halász, Kenneth Jean, Alexander Rahbari, Béla Drahos, Ondrej Lenárd, Adrian Leaper, László Kovács