Opera, Opera Excerpts, Strauss, R (composer)

Felicity Lott (soprano) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Kirsten Flagstad Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Christine Brewer (soprano), Eric Owens (bass-baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

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

Jessye Norman (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

Nina Stemme (soprano), Gerhard Siegel (Herod) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Soile Isokoski (soprano) Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Kate Royal (soprano) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Edward Gardner

Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša

Orchester der Oper Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Guiomar Novaes (piano)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

Bruno Walter

Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) Weimar Staatskapelle, Michael Halász

Thomas Quastoff (bass- baritone) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann

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

Anne Schwanewilms (soprano), with Jutta Böhnert (Sophie) & Regina Richter (Octavian) Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz

Jessye Norman (soprano), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, Berliner Philharmoniker, James Levine, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue

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

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

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

Nelson Freire (piano)

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)

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)

Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano), Sebastian Pilgrim (baritone), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Nellie Melba (soprano)

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)

Yvonne Kenny (Marschallin), Diana Montague (Octavian), Rosemary Joshua (Sophie), John Tomlinson (Baron Ochs), Andrew Shore (Faninal) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Peter Kay Children's Choir, David Parry

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

Neeme Järvi

Dresden Staatskapelle, Otmar Suitner

Natalie Dessay, Felicity Lott, Angelika Kirchschlager, Sophie Koch & Thomas Allen Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Christine Brewer (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Lisa della Casa (soprano), Franz Bierbach (Graf), Hilde Gueden (Zdenka), Alfred Poell (Mandryka) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Heinrich Hollreiser, Rudolf Moralt

Ginette Neveu (violin), Jean Neveu (piano), Bruno Seidler-Winkler (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Süsskind, Issay Dobrowen

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

Valentin Zhuk, Ernst Pozdeyev, Valery Kamyshov, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko

Charlotte Page, The London Salon Ensemble

Liviu Prunaru (violin), Luc Devos (piano)

Julian Reynolds & Peter Lockwood (two pianos)

Lisa della Casa (soprano)

Stephan Wagner, Alessandra Marc NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Donald Runnicles

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

Orchestre de la Francophonie, Jean-Philippe Tremblay

Rso Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.

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

Anna Netrebko (soprano), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Charles Mackerras, Leopold Ludwig, Leopold Stokowski, Raoul Poliakin, Armin Jordan, Emil Tabakov, Sir Neville Marriner