Orfeo

Julia Varady Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Roman Kofman

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

Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Arabella Steinbacher (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

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

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet) Prague Chamber Orchestra, Gernot Schmalfuß

Doris Soffel (mezzo soprano), Michael Rische (piano) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, 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

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

Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker

Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker

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

Konstantin Lifschitz (piano) RSO Vienna, Cornelius Meister

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

Andras Adorjan (flute) Ars Rediviva, Milan Munclinger

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Joseph Keilberth

Margaret Price (soprano) & James Lockhardt (piano)

Fritz Wunderlich Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, István Kertesz

Constanze Backes (soprano), Bells of St Andrew's Church Passion des Cuivres

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

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

Alexander Lonquich (piano, direction) Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg

Natalia Melnik (soprano) & Marta Benackova (contralto) Praguer Kammerchor & Kammmerorchester, Václav Neumann

Stuttgarter Blaserquintett

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

Baiba Skride (violin) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

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

Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Munich Radio Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg

Eleanor Steber (Vanessa), Rosalind Elias (Erika), Ira Malaniuk (Baroness), Nicolai Gedda (Anatol), Giorgio Tozzi (old Doctor) & Alois Pernerstorfer (Nicholas) Vienna State Opera & VPO, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Henryk Szeryng (violin), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

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

Katherine Arthur (soprano), Reinhard Schmiedel (piano)

Shura Cherkassky (piano)

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

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips

Artis Quartet

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christine Schafer (soprano) & Hintz Gundula (soprano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Winds

Koeckert Quartet

Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Munich Brass

Marjana Lipovšek Munich Radio Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè

Prague Chamber Choir, Eric Ericson