Orfeo

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Erich Leinsdorf

James Taylor (tenor), Donald Sulzen (piano), Rudolf J.Koeckert (violin) & Gerhard Zank (violoncello) Münchner Klaviertrio

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) L’arte del mondo, Werner Ehrhardt

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

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Svjatoslav Richter

Angela Denoke (Katerina Lwowna Ismailowa), Kurt Rydl (Boris Timofejewitsch Ismailow), Marian Talaba (Sinowi Borissowitsch Ismailow), Misha Didyk (Sergej Fillipitsch), Thomas Kober (Mühlenarbeiter), Donna Ellen (Axinja), Marcus Pelz (Hausknecht · Wächter), Michael Roider (Der Schäbige), Hans Peter Kammerer (Verwalter · Polizist), Gerhard Reiterer (Erster Vorarbeiter), Oleg Zalytskiy (Zweiter Vorarbeiter), Janusz Monarcha (Pope), Eijiro Kai (Polizeichef), Wolfram Igor Derntl (Lehrer), Franz Gruber (Betrunkener Gast), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Alter Zwangsarbeiter), Nadia Krasteva (Sonjketka), Sophie Marilley (Zwangsarbeiterin), Jens Musger (Sergeant) Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Ingo Metzmacher

Munich Wind Ensemble

Katherine Arthur (soprano), Reinhard Schmiedel (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Edita Gruberova (soprano) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Eichorn

Geza Anda (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Elena Moșuc, Annette Markert, Anton Scharinger, Ewa Izykowska, Zachos Terzakis, Stephen Roberts, Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Chorus Sine Nomine, Wiener Konzertchor, Michael Gielen

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Wiener Concert-Verein

Konstantin Lifschitz, Elena Kuschnerova, Vardan Mamikonian, Carl Seemann (piano)

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

Eldar Issakadze (cello), Natascha Mandenova (harpsichord) & Liana Issakadze (violin) Georgia Chamber Orchestra

Dieter Klöcker, Giuseppe Porgo (clarinets) Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Johannes Moesus

Josef Krips, Horst Stein, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Miguel Gomez Martinez Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Seiji Ozawa

Franco Bonisolli (tenor) Orchestra dell'Unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti

Franco Bonisolli (tenor) Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti

Margaret Marshall, Lucia Popp, Vinson Cole, Bernd Weikl, Gwynne Howell Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Rafael Kubelík

Philharmonisches Kammerorchester München, Michael Helmrath

Christa Ludwig, Geza Anda Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner

Consortium Classicum

Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Matteo Manuguerra, Heinz Zednik (tenor), Wolfgang Schöne, Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Ádám Fischer

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) Munich Radio Orchestra, Pavel Baleff

Thomas Hampson (Guillaume Tell), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Arnaud), Nancy Gustafson (Mathilde), Wojtek Smilek (Walter Furst), Walter Fink (Melchthal), Dawn Kotoski (Jemmy), Egils Silins (Gesler), John Dickie (Rodolphe), Mathias Zachariassen (Ruodi), Yu Chen (Leuthold), Mihaela Ungureanu (Hedwige), Johannes Gisser (Un Chasseur) Choir and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi

Walter Berry (Giulio Cesare), Lucia Popp (Cleopatra), Christa Ludwig (Cornelia), Fritz Wunderlich (Sesto), Karl Christian Kohn (Tolomeo), Hans Günther Nöcker (Achilla), Hans Bruno Ernst (Curio), Max Proebstl (Nireno) Münchner Philharmoniker, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferdinand Leitner

Hanny Steffek, Ingeborg Bremert, Richard Holm, Fritz Uhl, Heinz Imdahl, Max Proebstl, Hans Hotter Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Joseph Keilberth

Rudolf Serkin (piano) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Piotr Beczala (the Prince), Camilla Nylund (Rusalka), Emily Magee (Foreign princess), Alan Held (Water Goblin), Birgit Remmert (Ježibaba), Adam Plachetka (Gamekeeper), Eva Liebau (The Turnspit), Daniel Schmutzhard (Huntsman), Anna Prohaska (first Dryad), Stephanie Atanasov (2nd Dryad) & Hannah Esther Minutillo (3rd Dryad) Vienna State Opera Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Ruggero Raimondi (Don Giovanni), Margaret Price (Donna Anna), Julia Varady (Donna Elvira), Lucia Popp (Zerlina), Kurt Moll (Il Commendatore), Stafford Dean (Leporello), Hermann Winkler (Don Ottavio) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Lisa della Casa (Arabella), Anneliese Rothenberger (Zdenka), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Mandryka), Kurt Ruesche (Matteo), Otto Edelmann (Waldner), Ira Malaniuk (Adelaide), Eta Köhre (Fiakermilli), Helmut Melchert (Elemer), Georg Stern (Dominik), Lisa della Casa (soprano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Joseph Keilberth, Karl Böhm

Franco Corelli (tenor), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Tugomir Franc, Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper (opera company), Ewald Aichberger, Martti Talvela (bass), Horst Stein

Fritz Wunderlich (Xerxes), Ingeborg Hallstein (Atalanta), Naan Pöld (Arsamenes), Hertha Töpper (Amastris), Jean Cook (Romilda), Karl Christian Kohn (Ariodates), Max Proebstl (Elviro), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Karl Böhm

Martina Borst (Enea), Arno Raunig (Osmida), William Kendall (Iarba), Mechthild Bach (Selene), Dorothea Röschmann (Didone), Daniel Taylor (Araspe) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Frieder Bernius

Claire Watson, Kurt Böhme, Hertha Töpper, Otto Wiener, Erika Köth, Fritz Wunderlich, Gerhard Stolze, Brigitte Fassbaender, Annelie Waas Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Joseph Keilberth

János Starker (cello), Claudio Arrau (piano), Rudolf Firkušný (piano) Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Rafael Kubelík

Piotr Beczala (Faust), Soile Isokoski (Marguerite), Kwangchul Youn (Mephistopheles), Adrian Eröd (Valentin), Michaela Selinger (Siebel), Hans Peter Kammerer (Wagner) & Zoryana Kushpler (Marthe) Chorus & Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy

Tom Krause (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (La Contessa), Ileana Cotrubas (Susanna), José van Dam (Figaro), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Jules Bastin (Bartolo), Jane Berbié (Marcellina), Heinz Zednik (Basilio), Kurt Equiluz (Don Curzio) & Zoltán Kelemen (Antonio) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Anna Caterina Antonacci (Fiordiligi), Monica Bacelli (Dorabella), Laura Cherici (Despina), Richard Decker (Ferrando), Albert Dohmen (Guglielmo), Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) Marchigiana Vincenzo Bellini Lyric Chorus & Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Kuhn

Hans Hopf (Lohengrin), Ingrid Bjoner (Elsa von Brabant), Hans Günter Nöcker (Friedrich von Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Metternich (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Gislinde Skroblin (Herzog Gottfried, Elsas Bruder) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Leon Fleisher (piano), Nathan Milstein (violin) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell

Robert Kerns (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Olivera Miljaković (soprano), Júlia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Justino Díaz (bass-baritone), John van Kesteren (baritone), Milen Paunov (tenor) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Kinderchor und Kammerchor der Salzburger Festspiele, Herbert von Karajan

Hans Hopf (Emperor), Leonie Rysanek (Empress), Ludwig Weber (Barak, the Dyer), Christel Goltz (Dyer's Wife), Elisabeth Höngen (Nurse), Kurt Böhme (Spirit-Messenger), Karl Terkal (Apparition of a Youth) & Judith Hellwig (Voice of the Falcon) Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Bo Skovhus (Billy Budd), Neil Shicoff (Captain Vere), Eric Halfvarson (John Claggart), Robert Bork (Mr Redburn), Wolfgang Bankl (Mr Flint), David Cale Johnson (Mr Ratcliffe), John Dickie (Red Whiskers), Geert Smits (Donald), Alfred Sramek (Dansker), John Nuzzo (Novice), Cosmin Ifrim (Squeak), Janusz Monarcha (Bosun), Yu Chen (Novice's Friend) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Donald Runnicles

Ramon Vinay, Ludwig Weber, Martha Mödl, Hans Hotter, Hermann Uhde, Ira Malaniuk Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Herbert von Karajan

Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Gerd Albrecht

Helen Donath (Rosina), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Don Polidoro), Teresa Berganza (Donna Giacinta), Robert Holl (Don Cassandro), Jutta-Renate Ihloff (Ninetta), Thomas Moser (Fracasso), Robert Lloyd (Simone) Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Leopold Hager

Jörg Waschinski (Vologeso), Gabriele Rosmanith (Berenice), Mechthild Bach (Flavio), Helene Schneiderman (Lucilla), Daniel Taylor (Aniceto), Lothar Odinius (Lucio Vero) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Frieder Bernius

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch

Winds of the Berlin Philharmonic & Munich Wind Academy

Plácido Domingo (tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Klobucar, Luisi, Karajan, Levine, Oren, Navarro, Slatkin, Santi, Albrecht, Viotti, Badea, Steinberg, Prêtre, Ozawa, Schneider, Dohnány, Stein & Domingo

Josef Greindl, Walther Ludwig, Paul Schöffler, Hermann Gallos, Karl Dönch, Wilma Lipp, Irmgard Seefried, Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Sieglinde Wagner, Elisabeth Höngen, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Edith Oravez, Peter Klein, Ernst Haefliger, Hermann Uhde Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Jessye Norman (Alceste), Nicolai Gedda (Admète), Tom Krause (Grand Prêtre d'Apollon), Bernd Weikl (Apollon), Robert Gambill (Evandre) & Siegmund Nimsgern (Hercule), Roland Bracht (La voix de l'Oracle), Kurt Rydl (Dieu infernal) Bavarian State Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo

Linda Esther Gray (Ada), Kari Lövass (Farzana), Krisztina Laki (Zemina), John Alexander (Arindal), June Anderson (Lora), Roland Hermann (Morald), Kurt Moll (Der Feekönig), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Gernot), Cheryl Studer (Drolla), Roland Bracht (Stimme Gromas), Karl Helm (Harald) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Wilhelm Furtwangler, Gerald Moore (piano), with Wilhelm Furtwängler (piano), with Gerald Moore (piano)