Orfeo

Jessye Norman (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Wiener Staatsoper

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)

John Fiore

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

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

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

Margaret Price (soprano) & James Lockhart (piano)

Julia Varady (soprano), Lothar Odinius (tenor) Bavarian State Orchestra, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Milan Turkovic (bassoon) Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Martin Sieghart

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

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

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Vardan Mamikonian, Oleg Maisenberg, Amir Katz, Konstantin Lifschitz, Gerhard Oppitz, Miroslav Kultyshev, Josef Bulva, Christina Naughton, Michelle Naughton

Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) & Dinorah Varsi (piano) Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Michael Hofstetter

Kocian Quartet

Kocian Quartet

Wiener Symphoniker, Ataulfo Argenta

Gerhard Oppitz (piano) & Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Pavel Gililov (piano), Andras Adorjan (flute)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

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

Kocian Quartet

Julia Varady (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo), Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor) & Franz Grundheber (bass) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Ulf Schirmer Marcello Viotti, Christian Badea, Stefan Soltesz & Donald Runnicles

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Reri Grist, Lotte Schädle, Martha Mödl, Donald Grobe, Barry McDaniel, Kurt Böhme, Benno Kusche Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Emil Gilels (piano)

Friedrich Gulda (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

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

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

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Tschechische Philharmonie, Václav Neumann

Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Lamberto Gardelli

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Gerhart Hetzel (violin) & Rudolf Streng Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Amir Katz (piano)

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

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

Helen Donath (The Elf), Janet Perry (The Christ-Child), Alexander Malta (The Ancient Fir), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Knecht Rupert), Paul Hansen (Mr von Gumpach), Claes H. Ahnsjo (Freder), Raimund Grumbach (Franz), Ferry Gruber (Jochen), Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Eichhorn

Bamberger Symphoniker, Oleg Caetani

Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

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

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

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

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

Karl Leister (clarinet) & Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Peter Klein (Altoum), Giuseppe di Stefano (Calaf), Leontyne Price (Liu), Nicola Zaccaria (Timur), Kostas Paskalis (Ping), Ermanno Lorenzi (Pang), Murray Dickie (Pong) & Alois Pernersdorfer (Mandarin) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

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

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

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Wiener Symphoniker, Fabio Luisi

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

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

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Végh Quartet

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Consortium Classicum with Thomas Duis (piano)

James Taylor (tenor) & Donald Sulzen (piano)

Yvi Jänicke (soprano) & Thomas Hans (piano)

Catherine Gayer (soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Barry McDaniel (baritone) & Aribert Reimann (piano)