Opera, Opera Excerpts, Verdi (composer)

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor) PKF Prague Philharmonia, Emmanuel Villaume

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)

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

BBC Philharmonic & Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda

Sir Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

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

Leontyne Price (Cio Cio San), Richard Tucker (Pinkerton), Filippo Maero (Sharpless), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Anna Di Stasio (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro), Robert Kerns (Il principe Yamadori), Virgilio Carbonari (Lo zio Bonzo), Arturo La Porta (Il commissario imperiale), Leo Pudis (Yakusidè), Mario Rinaudo (L'ufficiale del Registro), Fernanda Cadoni (La madre di Cio Cio San), Gianna Lollini (La zia), Silvia Bertona (La cugina), RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (chorus) RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Jan Kraybill (organ)

Nicole Car (soprano) Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Andrea Molino

Andreas Bauer Kanabas (bass), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Karsten Januschke

Leontyne Price (soprano) The Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis

Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Sascha Reckert (glass harmonica), Karine Deshayes (Anna), Franck Ferrari (Enrico), Matthew Rose (Raimondo) & Wolfgang Klose (Normanno), Franck Ferrari (Riccardo) & Matthew Rose (Giorgio) Concerto Köln & Europäischer Kammerchor, Evelino Pidò

Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly

Anna Netrebko Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Mirella Freni (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Joseph Calleja (tenor) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marco Armiliato

Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Albena Danailova (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorenzo Viotti

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

Victor de Sabata

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

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

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

Luka Faulisi (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)

Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Grace Hoffman (Amneris), Louis Quilico (Amonasro), Luigi Ottolini (Radames), Birgit Nilsson (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, John Pritchard, Colin Davis

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

Eugene Conley (tenor) The New Symphony Orchestra, Robert Farnon and His Orchestra, Royalton Kisch, Alberto Erede, Warwick Braithwaite

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

Christopher Herrick (organ)

Azer Zada (tenor), Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky

Dario Avino Doronzo (flugelhorn), Pietro Gallo (piano)

Anna Netrebko (soprano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev

Lars Björling, Anouchka Mukherjee, Harry Ebert, Unknown, Brita Lignell, Lilian Carlsson, Ulf Wesslén, Gunnar Hahn, John McCay, Jan Eyron, Carl-otto Erasmie, Sergei Reznikov

Christopher Herrick (organ of Melbourne Town Hall)

Maria Callas (soprano)

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

Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Ana María Martínez (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bassbaritonevocalist), Pretty Yende (soprano), Tony Bennett (vocalist), Céline Dion (vocalist), David Foster (piano), Chris Botti (trumpet), Andrea Griminelli (flute), Nicola Benedetti (violin), New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Paul van Kempen

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

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)

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

Michael Volle (baritone) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ralf Weikert

Irene Dalis (mezzo) Artur Rother

Maria Callas (soprano)

Henk Smit (baritone)

Luciano Pavarotti Wiener Opernorchester Nicola Rescigno New Philharmonia Orchestra Leone Magiera

Riccardo Muti

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

Horst Wolf (tenor)

Plácido Domingo (tenor)