Orfeo

Frederica von Stade (mezzo) & Martin Katz (piano)

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Lisa Casa, Ira Malaniuk, Anton Dermota, Cesare Siepi Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Bruno Walter

Dimitry Sitkovetsky (violin) & Bella Davidovich (piano)

Karan Armstrong (soprano), Roland Hermann (baritone), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen

Mimi Coertse, Hilde Zadek, Lucretia West, Ira Malaniuk, Giuseppe Zampieri, Hermann Prey, Otto Edelmann Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Edith Mathis (soprano), Gabriele Sima (mezzo), Heiner Hopfner (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass) ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Zagrosek

Tschechische Philharmonie, Václav Neumann

Mari Midorikawa (Fusako Kuroda), Jun Takahashi (Noboru, Nummer Drei), Tsuyoshi Mihara (Ryuji), Teruhiko Komori (Nummer Eins), Zvi Emanuel-Marial (Nummer Zwei), Kwang-Il Kim (Nummer Vier) & Yasushi Hirano (Nummer Fünf) Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Gerd Albrecht

Sena Jurinac (Butterfly), Ermanno Lorenzi (Pinkerton), Kostas Paskalis (Sharpless), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Suzuki) & Gundula Janowitz (Kate Pinkerton) Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Berislav Klobucar

Mirella Freni (Tatyana), Wolfgang Brendel (Eugene Onegin), Peter Dvorsky (Lenski), Rohangiz Yachmi (Olga), Gertrude Jahn (Larina), Margaritha Lilowa (Filipyevna), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Gremin) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Seiji Ozawa

Christa Ludwig (Carmen), James King (Don José), Eberhard Waechter (Escamillo), Jeanette Pilou (Macaëla), Lucia Popp (Frasquita), Margarita Lilova (Mercédès), Oskar Czerwenka (Zuniga), Reid Bunger (Moralès), Murray Dickie (Remendado) & Erich Kunz (Dancaïre) Lorin Maazel

Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Kurt Moll (bass) Orquesta Sinfónica de la Radio de Munich, Giuseppe Patané

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf & Otto Edelmann Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Julia Varady Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Roman Kofman

Gundula Janowitz (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Komponist), James King (Bacchus), Edita Gruberova (Zerbinetta), Erich Kunz (Haushofmeister), Walter Berry (Musiklehrer), Barry McDaniel (Harlekin), Kurt Equiluz (Scaramuccio), Manfred Jungwirth (Truffaldin), Gerhard Unger (Brighella), Hilda de Groote (Najade), Axelle Gall (Dryade) & Sona Ghazarian (Echo) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Lisa della Casa (soprano) Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Böhm, Krombholc, Wallberg, Krips, Prêtre & Keilberth

Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)

Andras Adorjan (flute) Ars Rediviva, Milan Munclinger

Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Arabella Steinbacher (violin) & Peter von Wienhardt (piano)

Ramón Vinay (Otello), Dragica Carla Martinis (Desdemona), Paul Schöffler (Jago), Anton Dermota (Cassio), August Jaresch (Roderigo), Josef Greindl (Lodovico), Georg Monthy (Montano), Un Araldo Franz Bierbach (Herald), Sieglinde Wagner (Emilia) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker

Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano), Robert Gambill (tenor), Michael Volle (baritone) Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Claus Peter Flor

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Prague Chamber Orchestra, Gernot Schmalfuß

Franco Corelli (Chénier), Renata Tebaldi (Maddalena di Coigny), Ettore Bastianini (Carlo Gérard), Elisabeth Höngen (Contessa di Coigny), Hilde Konetzni (Madelon) & Margareta Sjöstedt (Bersi) Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Lovro von Matacic

Wiener Sängerknaben, Male Voices of the Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Chorus Sine Nomine, Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen

Gabriela Benackova-Cap (Rusalka), Peter Dvorsky (Prince), Eva Randova (Foreign Princess/Jezibaba), Jewgenij Nesterenko (Water Goblin), Alexander Maly (Hunter), Noriko Saski (First Naiad), Gabriele Sima (Second Naiad), Margareta Hintermeier (Third Naiad) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Václav Neumann

Hungarian String Quartet

Petra-Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Charles Spencer (piano)

Dieter Klocker (clarinet), with Vaclav Kunt (flute), Giuseppe Porgo (2nd clarinet), Jan Schroeder (horn) Prager Kammerorchester

Hilde Güden, Elisabeth Höngen, Erich Majkut & Gottlob Frick Vienna State Opera Chorus & VPO, Bruno Walter

Lucia Popp (soprano) & Irwin Gage (piano)

Geza Anda (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Mara Zampieri (Elaisa), Agnes Baltsa (Bianca), Placido Domingo (Viscardo), Robert Kerns (Manfredo), Michele Fiotta (Brunoro), Silvia Herman (Isaura) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Gerd Albrecht

Ludwig Welter (Marchese di Calatrava), Antonietta Stella (Leonora), Ettore Bastianini (Don Carlo), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alvaro), Giulietta Simionato (Preziosilla), Walter Kreppel (Padre Guardiano), Karl Dönch (Fra Melitone), Annemarie Ludwig (Curra) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Anneliese Rothenberger, Christel Goltz Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell

Julia Varady, Stella Doufexis (Emilia) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

John-Edward Kelly (saxophone), Claudia Barainsky (soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Dewald (tenor), Robert Künzli (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Johann Werner Prein (bass) Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht

James King (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Walter Martin (piano)

Christine Schäfer (soprano), Yaron Windmüller (baritone), Liat Himmelheber (mezzo-soprano), Axel Bauni (piano)

Katherine Arthur (soprano), Reinhard Schmiedel (piano)

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Shura Cherkassky (piano)

Julia Varady, Renate Behle, Kurt Moll, Thomas Moser, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pater Haage, Peter Galliard, Corinna Meyer-Esche Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper & Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Gerd Albrecht

Julia Varady (soprano) & Elena Bashkirova (piano)

Christine Barbaux (soprano), Jadwiga Rappé (contralto), Manfred Fink (tenor), Sylvie Prieur (speaker) & Laurent Arnold (narrator) Augsburg Cathedral Boys' Choir, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Munich Radio Orchestra, Leopold Hager

Julius Berger (cello) & Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ)

Elena Kuschnerova (piano)

Munich Brass

Liana Issakadze (violin) Georgiesches Kammerochester

Anthony Spiri (piano)

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen