Opera, Opera Excerpts, Saint-Saëns (composer)

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth

Gaston Litaize (organ) Orchestre de Paris, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti

Yuja Wang (piano)

Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Orchestre National de France, Fabien Gabel

Paul Jacobs (organ) Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer

Jan Kraybill (organ)

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Residentie Orkest The Hague, Jun Märkl

Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)

Pablo Casals (cello), Charles Albert Baker

Olivier Latry (organ)

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

Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton

Régine Crespin (soprano) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Wiener Volksopernorcheste, Alain Lombard & Georges Sebastian

Bomsori Kim (violin), NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, Giancarlo Guerrero

Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue

Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Jacques Potier (tenor), Jean-Pierre Hurteau (bass), Rémy Corazza (tenor), Rita Gorr (contralto), Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Artur Rodzinski

David Hill, Stephen Cleobury, Francis Jackson, Simon Preston, Roy Massey, Noel Rawsthorne

Pablo Casals (cello)

Philippa Davies (flute) & Thelma Owen (harp)

Lise De La Salle (piano), Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello), Camille Bertault (vocal)

Maria Callas (soprano)

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Virgil Fox (organ)

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

Irene Dalis (mezzo) Artur Rother

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

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

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

Pierre Fournier (cello)

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

Plácido Domingo (tenor)

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

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

Robert Casadesus (piano), Narciso Yepes (guitar) RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan, Riccardo Muti

Liviu Prunaru (violin), Luc Devos (piano)

Alexander Rudin (cello) with Vladimir Skanavi, Jana Ivanilova & Victor Ginsburg

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

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Samuel Samosud Symphony Orchestra of the All Union Radio & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin & Gregory Stolyarov

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

Santiago Cañón Valencia, Katherine Austin

Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone, bass-baritone), David Hobson (tenor), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Nicole Car (soprano), Antoinette Halloran (soprano), Erin Wall (soprano), Victoria Lambourn (mezzo-soprano), Milica Ilic (soprano), Rosario La Spina (tenor), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Nic Raine, Craig Hill (bass clarinet), Jayson Gillham (piano), Roger Woodward (piano), Amanda Thane (soprano), Fiona Janes (soprano), David Brennan (bass (vocal)), Dimity Hall (violin), Sally Whitwell (piano), Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Li-Wei Qin (cello), Gerard Willems (piano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Sara Macliver (soprano), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Chen (piano), Ayako Uehara (piano), Vera Kameneva (piano), Lorina Gore (soprano), Kristi Harms (mezzo-soprano), David Hibbard (bass-baritone), Sally Maer (cello), Emma Matthews (soprano), Michael Goldschlager (cello), Helena Rathbone (violin), Richard Tognetti (director, violin), Jane Sheldon (soprano), Niki Vasilakis (violin), Peter Hofmann (tenor), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), David Stanhope (piano), Lyle Chan (piano), Jane Edwards (soprano), Marshall McGuire (harp), Jun Yi Ma (violin), Simon Tedeschi (piano), Peter Harvey (baritone), Gary Cooper (piano), Paul McMahon (tenor), Tommie Andersson (lute), Thomas Edmonds (tenor), David Drury (organ), Diana Doherty (oboe), James King (tenor), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Willard White (bass (vocal)), Leona Mitchell (soprano), Ian Munro (piano), Sinfonia Australis, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, VOX, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Antipodes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Adelaide Vocal Project, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Opera Queensland Chorus, Luminescence Chamber Choir, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Seraphim Trio, The Australian Opera And Ballet Orchestra, Cantillation, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Strings of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Thomas Woods, Nicholas Milton, Muhai Tang, Andrea Molino, Stephen Mould, Sir Andrew Davis, Patrick Thomas, Jorge Mester, Andrew Greene, Paul Dyer, Antony Walker, Benjamin Northey, Richard Divall, Carlo Rizzi, Elizabeth Scott, Brett Kelly, Nicholas Braithwaite, David Measham, Julius Rudel, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Karmirski, Edvard Tchivzhel, José Serebrier, Edo de Waart, Christopher Hogwood, Christopher Nicholls, Johannes Fritzsch, Brad Cohen, Daniel Brinsmead, Ola Rudner, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Stuart Challender, Leonard Bernstein, Tadaaki Otaka, Marko Letonja, Vladimir Kamirsky, Kenneth Alwyn, Matthias Bamert, James Christiansen, Brett Weymark, Mark Summerbell, Karl Böhm, Werner Andreas Albert, Lorin Maazel

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

Paola Baron

George Czaplicki, Joseph Rogachevsky, Sidor Belarsky, Regina Resnik, Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), Emil Renan, Emile Renan, Rosalind Nadell, Henry Cordy, John Ardoin, New York City Centre Opera Orchestra, New York City Centre Opera Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Lazlo Halasz, Pierre Monteux

Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Nike Hutchisson (soloist), Ignacy Gaydamovich (soloist), Janusz Grzelązka (soloist), Mikael Samsonov (soloist), Massimiliano Martinelli (soloist), Metamorphose String Orchestra, Mr & Mrs Cello, Pavel Lyubomudrov

Leonardo Locatelli (soloist)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Ludwig Güttler (oboe), Frank Glazer (piano), Ensemble Die Reihe (chamberensemble), Peter Frankl (piano), Abbey Simon (piano), Janos Balint (flute), Deborah Sipkai (harp), Christoph Kircheis (organ), Lászlo Kóte (violin), Miklós Perényi (cello), Zoltán Kocsis (piano), Michael Ponti (piano), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (chamberensemble), Marie Claire Jamet (harp), Aaron Rosand (violin), Streichtrio Berlin, David Lively (piano), The Dorian Quintet (chamberensemble), Jean Casadesus (piano), Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (chamberorchestra), Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Mainz Chamber Orchestra, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg, Minnesota Orchestra, 101 Strings Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Baden-Baden Radio Symphony Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Max Pommer, Norman Sattler, Christian Rainer, Alfred Scholz, János Sándor, Günter Kehr, Friedrich Cerha, Vassil Kazandjiev, Ádám Fischer, Heinz Fricke, Norbert Neukamp, Louis de Froment, András Kórodi, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Gerhard Becker, Paul Angerer, Paul Kuentz, Tibor Szoke, Jörg Faerber, Rouslan Raichev, Darius Milhaud

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Sydney Symphony Orchestra