Opera, Opera Excerpts, Nicolai, C O (composer)

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Ernst Haefliger (tenor)

Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Patrick Lange

Alfred Krips (violin) Arthur Fiedler

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Janos Selmeczi (violin), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Transsylvanica, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari, Gyorgy Selmeczi, Ondrej Lenárd, Michael Halász, Alfred Walter, Barry Wordsworth, Johannes Wildner, Anthony Bramall, Uwe Mund, Robert Stankovsky, Adrian Leaper, Christian Pollack

Ildikó Iván (soprano) Máv Symphony Orchestra, János Kovács

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Radio Chorus, Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner, Pinchas Steinberg, Michael Halász

Kurt Moll, Edith Mathis, Hanna Schwarz & Helen Donath Staatskapelle Berlin, Bernhard Klee

Hanna Schwarz (alto), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Claude Dormoy (baritone), Kurt Moll (bass), Siegfried Vogel (bass), Edith Mathis (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Kurt Ludwig (tenor), Peter Schreier (tenor), Heinz Schunk (violin) Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Chorus, Berlin Staatskapelle, Bernhard Klee

Chen-Ye Yuan, Kurt Moll (bass), Inga Nielsen, Mariusz Kwiecień (baritone), Valerian Ruminski, Gloria Banditelli, Rosita Frisani, Mario Cecchetti, Mediterraneo Concento, Sergio Vartolo, Jana Valaskova, Ingrid Kertesi, János Berkes, Nicola Martinucci, Miriam Gauci, Eduard Tumagian, Miroslav Dvorský, Bo Skovhus (baritone), Alessandro Carmignani, Joanna Borowska, Peter Mikulas, Rohangiz Yachmi, Mariana Zvetkova, Andreana Nikolova, Boiko Zvetanov, Alexander Tekeliev, Peter Naydenov, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, Kristine Jepson, Indra Thomas, Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Brussels Philharmonic, Alexander Rahbari, Adriana Kohútková, Denisa Šlepkovská, Vincenzo La Scola, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Ann-Christine Biel, Katarina Dalayman (soprano), Thomas Sunnegårdh, Kertesi Ingrid, Csonka Zsuzsa, Roberto Servile, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest and Will Humburg, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Coro de la Fundación Príncipe de Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Camerata Budapest, Hungarian Operetta Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Orchestra della Cappella Musicale di San Petronio, Cappella Istropolitana, Hungarian State Opera, Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Drottningholm Theatre, Drottningholm Theatre Chorus, Kungliga Hovkapellet, Budapest, Marin Alsop, Michael Halász, Charles Rosekrans, Johannes Wildner, Maximiano Valdés, László Kovács, Ali Rahbari, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Ryan Brown, Arnold Östman, Leif Segerstam, Kovács László, Will Humburg, Uwe Mund

Siegfried Borries, Friedrich Thomas, Franz Rupp Arthur Nikisch, Alfred Hertz, Bruno Walter, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Pietro Mascagni, Max von Schillings, Hans Knappertsbusch, Jascha Horenstein, Hans Pfitzner, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Alois Melichar, Victor de Sabata, Max Fiedler, Vis

Arthur Fiedler

Lucia Popp Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber, Karl Böhm, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

Staatsopernchor Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner

Rainer Honeck (violin), Friedemann Winklhofer (organ), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (chorus), Peter Dijkstra (chorus master), Helmut Sonne (chorus master), Christopher Ventris (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Renée Fleming (soprano), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Hannes Rossacher (filmdirector), Tobias Feilen (filmproducer), Albert Dohmen (baritone), Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann

Wiener Philharmoniker, Tugan Sokhiev

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra, Munich State Opera Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Vassil Kazandjiev

L’Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Colonne, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Amsterdam, L’Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris, Orchestre des Concerts de Paris, Pierre Dervaux

Stephen Shingles (viola), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Uta Priew (soprano), Jurgen Freier (baritone), Isabell Nawe (soprano), Fritz Hubner (bass), Peter Schreier (tenor), Celestina Casapietra (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Gunther Leib (bass), Theo Adam (bass), Peter Bindszus (tenor), Bernd Riedel (baritone), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone), Magdaléna Hajóssyová (soprano), Matthias Pfaender (cello), Carola Nossek (soprano), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Eberhard Buchner (tenor), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Siegfried Vogel (bass), Margot Stejskal (soprano), Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (mezzo-soprano), Rolf Haunstein (baritone) Berlin Staatskapelle, Berlin State Opera Chorus, Otmar Suitner, Heinz Fricke, Arthur Apelt, Siegfried Kurz

Chorus of the German State Opera, Berlin & Dresden Staatskapelle

Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Georges Prêtre, Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus/John Barker/Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra/Vilem Tausky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Opera di Roma, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Symphoniker, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Le Concert d'Astrée, Opera Stage Chorus, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Berliner Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, London Classical Players, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Sir Colin Davis, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Riccardo Muti, Sir Neville Marriner, Artur Rodzinski, John Lanchbery, Rudolf Kempe, Tullio Serafin, Julius Rudel, Berislav Klobucar, Georges Prêtre, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Frémaux, Herbert von Karajan, Jeffrey Tate, Emmanuelle Haïm, Richard Hickox, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Simon Rattle, Joseph Keilberth, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Robert Heger, Sir Roger Norrington, Mariss Jansons, Sir Adrian Boult

Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Soloists, Berlin Staatskapelle, Berlin Deutsches Staatopera Chorus, Dresden Kreuzchor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orches, Otmar Suitner, Rudolf Mauersberger, Helmut Koch, Franz Konwitschny, Herbert Kegel, Erhard Mauersberger, Giuseppe Patane

Bernd Aldenhoff, Kurt Böhme, Werner Faulhaber, Gottlob Frick, Christel Goltz, Hans Hopf, Inger Karén, Lisa Otto, Karl Paul, Heinz Sauerbaum, Arno Schellenberg, Elfride Trötschel, Elfriede Weidlich, Werner Liebling, Helena Rott, Ruth Lange, Dora Zschille Joseph Keilberth, Gerhart Wiesenhütter, Rolf Kleinert, Hans Löwlein, Gerhard Lenssen

Dorothe Jansen (vocals), Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Wildhaber (tenor), Ildiko Raimondi (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Michael-Christfried Winkler (organ), Hans-Joachim Ribbe (baritone), Bernd Casper (piano), Astrid Pilzecker (alto), Wolfgang Stahl (horn), Gerhard Mayer (horn), Michael Schoppe (horn), Dieter Fokel (horn), Marjana Lipovsek (alto), Franz Hawlata (bass), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Regina Klepper (soprano), Martin Blasius (bass), Martina Borst (mezzo-soprano), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (baritone) Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Boys Choir, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Vienna Academy Orchestra, Hugo Distler Choir, Regensburg Cathedral Choir, RIAS Chamber Chorus, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Male Choir, Carl Maria von Weber Radio Symphony Orchestra, Studentische Madrigalchor Munster, Leipzig Thomaner Choir, Friedrich von Spee Male Choir, Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Bavarian State Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Stuttgart, South West German Radio Kaiserslautern Orchestra, Stuttgarter Choristen, SWF Radio Orchestra, Bulgarian National Choir, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Jorg-Peter Weigle, Dietrich Knothe, Peter Marschik, Helmut Froschauer, Martin Flamig, Martin Haselbock, Roland Buchner, Marcus Creed, Herbert Kegel, Jorg-Peter Wiegle, Stefan Soltesz, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Leopold Hager, Hanns-Martin Scheidt, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Klaus Arp, Peter Falk, Georgi Robev, Janos Ferencsik

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra, Eileen Farrell (soprano), Alfred Krips (violin), Johann Strauss, Pasquale Cardillo (clarinet), Earl Wild (piano), Leo Litwin (piano), Al Hirt (trumpet)

Wiener Philhamoniker, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Carola Nossek, Isabella Nawe, Magdaléna Hajóssová, Margot Stejskal, Celestina Casapietra (sopranos), Uta Priew, Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (mezzos), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Eberhard Büchner, Peter Bindszus, Reiner Goldberg Peter Schreier (tenors), Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Bernd Riedel, Jürgen Freier, Siegfried Lorenz, Rolf Haunstein (baritone), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Siegfried Vogel, Fritz Hübner, Günther Leib (basses) Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin

Katharina Gores (soprano) Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim, Dan Ettinger

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Gottlob Frick (bass)

Jan Dahmen (violin), Max Zimolong (horn), Margarete Teschemacher (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Torsten Ralf (tenor), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Chor der Staatsoper Dresden (chorus), Max Strub (violin), Walter Gieseking (piano), Lubka Kolessa (piano), Edwin Fischer (piano), Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Torsten Ralf (Otello), Josef Herrmann (Iago), Torsten Ralf (Johnson), Christel Goltz (soprano), Josef Herrmann (Hans Sachs), Esther Rethy (Sophie), Elisabeth Höngen (Octavian), Margarete Teschemacher (Daphne), Torsten Ralf (Apollo), Hans Hermann Nissen (Hans Sachs), Sven Nilsson (Veit Pogner), Eugen Fuchs (Sixtus Beckmesser), Arno Schellenberg (Fritz Kothner), Torsten Ralf (Walther von Stolzing), Martin Kremer (David), Margarete Teschenmacher (Eva), Helene Jung (Magdalena), Rudolf Dittrich (Kunz Vogelgesang), Robert Büssel (Konrad Nachtigall), Klaus Hermanns (Ulrich Eisslinger), Rudolf Schmalnauer (Balthasar Zorn), Hanns Lange (Augustin Moser), Ludwig Eybisch (Hermann Ortel), Hermann Greiner (Hans Schwarz), Serge Smirnoff (Hans Foltz), Chor der Dresdener Staatsoper (chorus), Elisabeth Schwartzkopf (Liù), Set Svanholm (Siegmund), Kirsten Flagstad (Brunnhilde), Set Svanholm (Tristan), Margueritte Teschemacher (Isolde) Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Karl Böhm

W. Kapell (piano), Solomon, Lili Kraus, Cherkassky, Naoum & Boris Blinder The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco), Pierre Monteux

Joan Sutherland (soprano)

Sir Thomas Beecham, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

Carl Schuricht

Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch