Opera, Opera Excerpts, Weber (composer)

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

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato

Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor) The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi

Bruno Walter

Leontyne Price (soprano) The Philharmonia Orchestra, Henry Lewis

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

Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Haddon Squire (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), Jascha Heifetz (violin) & Emanuel Bay (piano), David Oistrakh (violin) & Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Christian Ferras (violin) & Jean-Claude Ambrosini (piano), Shlomo Mintz (violin) & Clifford Benson (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin) & Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Lambert Orkis (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & André Previn (piano)

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler/

Ruben Aharonian (violin), Svetlana Safonova (piano)

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Max), Johanni Van Oostrum (Agathe), Chiara Skerath (Ännchen), Vladimir Baykov (Kaspar), Christian Immler (Eremit), Thorsten Grümbel (Kuno), Daniel Schmutzhard (Ottokar), Anas Séguin (Kilian), Insula orchestra, Accentus Choir, Laurence Equilbey

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

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)

Paul van Kempen

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

Neeme Järvi

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

Staatskapelle Orchestra Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

Maria Callas (soprano)

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

Pierre Fournier (cello)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lukasz Szyrner (cello), Maciej Szyrner (piano)

May/Prey/ Petersen Quartett/Deutsches SO Berlin

Rso Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch.

Maxence Larrieu, Susanna Mildonian, Mashira Arita, Taverner Players, Hans Otto, Bamberger Symphony, Prague Chamber Orchestra, M. Okamoto, Mari Fujiwara, Philharmonia Quartet Berlin, Sharon Isbin, Knud Vad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sofia Chamber Orchestra, John O'Conor, Jean-Marie Leclair, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chiho Kobayashi, La Stravaganza Koln, Orchestre National de Lyon, Societas Musica Chamber Orchestra, Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Orchestre National de France, Solisti Italiani

Francesco Tamagno (tenor), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Nellie Melba (soprano), Antonio Scotti (baritone), Christopher Booth (piano), Feodor Chaliapin (bass), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Heinrich Schlusnus (tenor), Leo Slezak (tenor), Koloman Von Pataky (tenor), Franz Völker (tenor), Erna Berger (soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), Helga Roswaenge (tenor), Tiana Lemnitz (soprano), Gino Sinimberghi (tenor), Alda Noni (soprano), Georg Hann (bass), Maria Cebotari (soprano), Alfons Fügel (tenor), Julius Prüwer, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (baritone), Felicie Huni-Mihacsek (soprano), Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone), Wilhelm Strienz (bass), Helge Roswaenge (tenor), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone), Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Maria Reining (soprano), Frida Leider (soprano), Theodor Scheidl (baritone), Karin Branzell (contralto), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone) Staatsoper Berlin Chorus, Johannes Heidenreich, Manfred Gurlitt, Johannes Schüler, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Wolfgang Martin, Franz Alfred Schmidt, Gerhard Steeger, Artur Rother, Karl Böhm, Hermann Weigert, Robert Heger

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

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Wiener Symphoniker, Willi Boskovsky

Ticho Parly (tenor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, Peter Maag

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

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

René Kollo (tenor)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

József Simándy (tenor) Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Budapest MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Miklós Lukács, János Ferencsik, Vilmos Komor, Géza Oberfrank, Karolos Trikolidis, Miklós Erdélyi, Ádám Fisher

Andrea Noferini, Sergio La Stella

Swedish Radio Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Orchestra, Stockholm, Stockholm Radio Orchestra, Nils Grevillius, Sixten Ehrling, Sten Frykberg

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

Elena Denisova (violin), Alexei Kornienko (piano)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Peter Phillips, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Eugenie Adam-Benard with Peter Phillips, Eugenie Adam-Benard, Marguerite Volavy, Elly Ney, Tina Lerner, Myra Hess with Johannes Brahms, Dame Myra Hess, Vera Margolies, Maria Carreras, Clotilde Kleeberg, Sandra Droucker, Clarence Adler

Orchestra of The Budapest State Opera, Radio Symphony Ljubljana, Choir of the Budapest State Opera Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Consortium Musicum Ljubljana, Marko Munih, Josif Conta

Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York & Raoul Poliakin, Raoul Poliakin

Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Gisella Pasino (mezzo-soprano), Wolfgang Meyer (organ), Marco Chingari (baritone), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone), Gertrud Ottenthal (soprano), Rene Forest (cello), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Daniela Lojarro (soprano), Erling Moldrup (guitar), Sumi Jo (soprano), Michael Knapp (tenor), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Paternostro

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Großes Tanzstreichorchester des Deutschlandsenders, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerhard Wiesenhutter, Robert Hanell, Heinz Rögner, Václav Neumann, Günther Herbig, Paavo Berglund

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Schippers, Eugene Ormandy, Antonio De Almeida, Zubin Mehta

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, members, Berlin Polizei Orchester, Caspar Richter

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Wilhelm Furtwängler

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), with Juliette Hurel (flute) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Bamberger Symphoniker, Karl-Heinz Steffens

Paris Conservervatoire Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Anatole Fistoulari