Orfeo

Robert Casadesus (piano) Wiener Symphoniker, Sergiu Celibidache

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet/direction) Consortium Classicum

Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Robert Kerns (Count), Waldemar Kmentt (Flamand), Walter Berry (Olivier), Otto Wiener (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Peter Klein (Monsieur Taupe), Lucia Popp (Italian singer), Fritz Wunderlich (Italian tenor) & Alois Pernerstorfer Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Georges Prêtre

Neil Shicoff (Ernani), Michèle Crider (Elvira), Carlos Alvarez (Don Carlo), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Dana Liliana Ciuca (Giovanna), Benedikt Kobel (Don Riccardo) & Ayk Martirossian (Jago) Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Seiji Ozawa

Lucia Popp Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber, Karl Böhm, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Franco Bonisolli (Paride), Ileana Cotrubas (Elena), Gabriele Fontana (Pallade), Sylvia Greenberg (Amore) ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Zagrosek

Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Waldemar Kmentt & Otto Edelmann Wiener Singverein & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Ofelia Sala (soprano), Donald Sulzen (piano), Henry Raudales (violin) & Gerhard Zank (cello)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Konstantin Lifschitz (piano)

Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Axel Bauni (piano) & Aribert Reimann (piano)

Livia Aghova, Michelle Breedt, Piotr Beczala & Ludek Vele WDR Sinfonieorchester und chor Köln, Prager Kammerchor, Gerd Albrecht

Angela Denoke (Katerina), Misha Didyk (Sergey), Kurt Rydl (Boris), Marian Talaba (Zinovy), Michael Roider (Shabby peasant), Nadia Krasteva (Sonyetka), Donna Ellen (Aksinya), Janusz Monarcha (Priest), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Old convict), Eijiro Kai (Sergeant) & Wolfram Igor Derntl (Teacher) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Ingo Metzmacher

Antonietta Stella (soprano), Oralia Dominguez (mezzo), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Giuseppe Modesti (bass) Wiener Singverein & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Consortium Classicum

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Gérard Caussé, Mischa Maisky

Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Christel Goltz (Leonore), Otto Edelmann (Rocco), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Niccola Zaccaria (Don Fernando), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino) & Erich Majkut (1st Prisoner) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Ludwig Streicher (double-bass) & Astrid Spitznagel (piano)

Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Theo Adam, Werner Hollweg, Wilfried Gahmlich, Horst Hiestermann, Krisztina Laki, Helmut Berger-Tuna, Kurt Rydl, Franz Wyzner, Christopher Doig, Karl Terkal, Alfred Muff, Ingrid Mayr, Gabriele Sima & Marjana Lipovsek Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Lothar Zagrosek

Alison Hargan (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Matthias Hölle (bass), Wiener Singverein, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen

Walter Berry (Falstaff), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ford), Francisco Araiza (Fenton), Heinz Zednik (Doctor Caius), Wilfried Gahmlich (Bardolfo), Rudolf Mazzola (Pistola), Pilar Lorengar (Alice), Patricia Wise (Nanetta), Christa Ludwig (Mistress Quickly) & Alexandrina Milcheva (Meg Page) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Lorin Maazel

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Skride Piano Quartet

Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Rafael Kubelik

Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker

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), Hermann Prey (Friedrich), Wolfgang Fassler (Luzio), Robert Schunk (Claudio), Friedrich Lenz (Antonio), Kieth Engen (Angelo), Sabine Hass (Isabella), Pamela Coburn (Marianna), Alfred Kuhn (Brighella), Raimund Grumbach (Danieli), Marianne Seibel (Dorella), Hermann Sapell (Pontio Pilato), René Kollo (Rienzi), Cheryl Studer (Irene), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Steffano Colonna), John Janssen (Adriano Colonna), Bodo Brinkmann (Paolo Orsini), Karl Helm (Raimondo), Norbert Orth (Baroncelli), Kieth Engen (Cecco del Vecchio), Carmen Anhorn (Peace Herald) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), with Robert Kulek (piano) NDR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling

Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker

Arthur Grumiaux (violin) & István Hajdu (piano)

Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi

Anna Reynolds, Jess Thomas Wiener Symphoniker, Josef Krips

Van Cliburn (piano)

Edita Gruberová (soprano) Munich Radio Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Géza Anda (piano) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Oralia Dominguez (contralto) & Set Svanholm (tenor) Männerchor des Wiener Singvereins & Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Paul Klecki

Marta Beňačková (mezzo-soprano), Jorg Durmuller (tenor), Jiří Sulženko (bass), Marta Filova (soprano) Prager Kammerchor, Václav Neumann

Rusa Baldani (Cuniza), Ghena Dimitrova (Leonora), Alison Browner (Imelda), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Rolando Panerai (Oberto) Bavarian Radio Chorus & Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Juilliard String Quartet

Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Meven, Walter Gampert, Raimund Grumbach, Helen Donath, Marga Schiml Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Dalibor Jenis (Premysl), Janez Lotric (Ctirad), Vladimir Kubovcik (Vitoraz), Ida Kirilová (Vlasta), Eva Urbanová (Sarka) Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Wiener Konzertchor, Sylvain Cambreling

Julia Varady, Stefania Toczyska, Dennis O'Neill, Wolfgang Brendel, Harry Dworchak, Georgina Benza, Jan Vacik, Friedrich Lenz, Hermann Sapell Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, David Afkham

András Adorján (flute), Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Andrea Duka Löwenstein (violin), Munich Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Ars Rediviva Orchestra of Prague, Consortium Classicum, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Tschechische Philharmonie, Michael Helmrath, Milan Munclinger, Sylvain Cambreling, Gerd Albrecht

Eberhard Waechter (Ritter Pasman), Josef Hopferweiser (Karl Robert von Anjou), Sona Ghazarian (Die Konign), Trudeliese Schmidt (Eva), Artur Kom (Rodomonte), Horst Witsche (Hofmarschall Omode), Axelle Gall (Gundy), Peter Drahosch (Mischu), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg

Sharon Kam (clarinet) ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gregor Bühl

Georg Völker (Graf), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Gräfin), Waldemar Kmentt (Baron), Irmgard Seefried (Baronin), Anny Felbermayer (Nanette), Karl Dönch (Baculus), Renate Holm (Gretchen), Peter Klein (Pancratius) & Franz Bierbach (Bauer) Vienna State Opera, Heinz Wallberg

Pavol Breslik (tenor), Robert Pechanec (piano)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Aribert Reimann (piano)

Rainer Honeck (violin) Vienna Classical Players, Martin Kerschbaum

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet), Giuseppe Porgo (clarinet) & Luigi Magistrelli (basset horn) Prague Chamber Orchestra

Friedrich Gulda (piano) Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Edwin Fischer (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

Consortium Classicum

Johann Wildner (first violin) Johann Strauss Ensemble der Wiener Symphoniker