Orfeo

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Hamburg St Michaelis Choir, Hamburg Monteverdi Choir & Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht

Amir Katz (piano)

Tschechische Philharmonie, Gerd Albrecht

Magda Laszló (soprano), Keith Engen (bass) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen

Pilar Lorengar (Iphigénie), Franco Bonisolli (Pylade), Walton Grönroos (Oreste), Alma Jean Smith (Une prêtesse), Susanne Klare (Une prêtesse), Angelika Nowski (Diane), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Thoas), John Janssen (Un scythe), David Cumberland (Ministre de Thoas), Carmen Anhorn (Une grecque) Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Lamberto Gardelli

Cheryl Studer, Helga Müller-Molinari, Aldo Baldin, Jan-Hendrik Rootering & John Paul Bogart Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Miguel Angel Gómez-Martínez

Bernd Weikl (baritone), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)

Géza Anda (piano)

Petra-Maria Schnitzer (soprano) & Peter Seiffert (tenor) Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer

Yaron Windmüller, Thomas Hans

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker

Wolfgang Marschner, Carl Seemann, Clara Haskil (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith

Jessye Norman (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Munich Radio Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz

Hila Fahima (soprano), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michele Gamba

Arleen Augér & Erik Werba (hammerklavier)

Artis Quartet

Julius Patzak (Tristan), Maria Cebotari (Isot), Endré Koréh (König Marke), Hilde Zadek (Brangäne), Maria Ilosvay (Die Mutter Isots), Dagmar Hermann (Isot die Weißhändige), Alfred Poell (Sprecher), Wilhelm Friedrich (Kaherdin) & Karl Dönch (Herzog von Hoël) Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Budapest Philharmonic, Ferenc Fricsay

Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Wiener Symphoniker, Fabio Luisi

Consortium Classicum

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Sarah Willis (french horn), Karl-Otto Hartmann (bassoon) Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik

Edith Peinemann (violin) Chamber Orchestra of Stuttgart, Martin Sieghart

Végh Quartet

Julia Varady (Arabella), Helen Donath (Zdenka), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Mandryka), Walter Berry (Waldner), Helga Schmidt (Adelaide), Elfrieda Hobarth (Adelaide), Adolf Dallapozza (Matteo), Hermann Winkler (Elemer), Klaus-Jürgen Küper (Dominik), Hermann Becht (Lamoral), Doris Soffel (Kartenaufschlägerin), Arno Lemberg (Welko) Bavarian State Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Emil Gilels (piano)

Munich Wind Ensemble, Alexander Brezina

Margaret Price (soprano), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano), Hans Schöneberger (clarinet)

Aurèle Nicolet (flute), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Eduard Brunner (clarinet) & Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Tschechische Philharmonie, Václav Neumann

Julia Varady (Olympie), Stefania Toczyska (Statira), Franco Tagliavini (Cassandre), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Antigone), George Fortune (L'Hierophante), Josef Becker (Hermas) Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir & Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Gerd Albrecht

Julie Kaufmann (soprano) Munich Piano Trio

Kaaren Erickson (Sivene), Alexandrina Milcheva (Sivene), Marga Schiml (Tangia), Thomas Moser (Silango) Munich Radio Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Daniel Muller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (piano)

Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Agnes Baltsa (Thérèse), Francisco Araiza (Armand de Clerval), George Fortune (André Thoral), Giancarlo Luccardi (Morel), Gino Sinimberghi (Un Officier), Eftimios Michalopoulos (Un Officier Municipal) Orchestra symphonica di Roma della RAI, Gerd Albrecht

Francisco Araiza (Zamoro), Ileana Cotrubas (Alzira), Donald George (Ovando), Alexandru Ionitza (Otumbo), Renato Bruson (Gusmano), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Alvaro), Sofia Lis (Zuma), Daniel Bonilla (Ataliba) Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Lamberto Gardelli

Lucia Popp (soprano) Reinhard Seifried

Friedrich Gulda (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius

Hildegard Behrens (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Kurt Moll (Rocco), Donald McIntyre (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Norbert Orth (Jaquino), Friedrich Lenz (First Prisoner), Hans Wilbrink (Second Prisoner), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Fernando) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)

Romuald Pekny (narrator), Rolf Boysen (narrator), Fritz Wunderlich (soloist), Lia Montoya (soloist), Ernst Gutstein (soloist), Hans Herbert Fiedler (soloist), Willy Ferenz (soloist), Wolfgang Anheisser (soloist), Wolfried Lier (narrator), Til Kiwe (narrator), Siegurd Fitzek (narrator), Walter Holton (narrator), George Pappas (narrator, soloist), Max Proebstl (soloist), Hans Stein (narrator), Karl Hanft (narrator), Eduard Linkers (narrator), Friedrich Lenz (soloist), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Werner Egk

Arabella Steinbacher (violin) WDR Sinfonie-Orchester, Andris Nelsons

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

Géza Anda (piano)

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) & Jonathan Gilad (piano)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Artis Quartet

Fritz Wunderlich (Judas Maccabaeus), Ludwig Welter (Simon/Enpolemus), Agnes Giebel (Israelitish Woman), Naan Pold (Israelitish Man), Julia Falk (Messenger), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Gundula Janowitz (Fiordiligi), Christa Ludwig (Dorabella), Walter Berry (Guglielmo), Adolf Dallapozza (Ferrando), Olivera Miljakovic (Despina) & Eberhard Waechter (Don Alfonso) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Josef Krips

Pamela Coburn, Klaus Geber, Suzanne Klare, Klaus Konig, Morris Morgan, Bernd Nachbaur, Dietrich Pauli, Wilfried Plate, Wolfgang Probst & Jan-Hendrik Rootering Bamberger Symphoniker & Bavarian Radio Chorus, Uwe Mund

Julie Faulkner (Genoveva), Keith Lewis (Gob), Harald Stamm (Hidulfus, Caspar), Alan Titus (Siegfried), Renate Behle (Margaretha), Carl Schultz (Drago), Johann Tilli (Balthasar) Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht

Fritz Wunderlich, Ludwig Welter, Agnes Giebel, Naan Pöld, Julia Falk Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Astrid Varnay (Salome), Julius Patzak (Herod), Margarete Klose (Herodias), Hans Braun (Jokanaan), Hans Hopf (Narraboth), Hertha Töpper (Page) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Hermann Weigert