Orfeo

Lucia Aliberti (soprano) Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Helen Donath (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (alto), Horst Laubenthal (tenor) & Hans Sotin (bass) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Rafael Kubelik

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

Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Gérard Caussé, Mischa Maisky

Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Gambill, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pilar Lorengar, Franco Bonisolli, Walton Groenroos, Thomas Moser, Kaaren Erickson, Alexandrina Milcheva, Marga Schiml, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Ruth Margret-Pütz, Elisabeth Söderström, Anthony Spiri, Anne Tedards, Sylvia Greenberg, Ileana Cotrubas, Gabriele Fontana, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Iris Vermillion, Julie Kaufmann, Robrt Gambill, Annegeer Stumphius, Anna-Maria Rodde, Anna-Marie Rodde, Claes-Hakan Ahnsjö, Ulrich Ress, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Cappella Coloniensis, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Serge Baudo, Lamberto Gardelli, Ferdinand Leitner, Lothar Zagrosek, Leopold Hager

Karl Leister (clarinet)

Skride Piano Quartet

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)

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

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) & Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

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

Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)

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

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

Sena Jurinac

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann

Konstantin Lifschitz (piano)

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Christine Ostermayer (Agnes Bernauer), Gerhart Lippert (Count Albrecht), Horst Laubenthal (Minstrel), Lucia Popp (soprano) Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Kurt Eichhorn

Mojca Erdmann (soprano) WDR Sinfonieorchester, WDR Rundfunkchor, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Tito Gobbi (Falstaff), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice Ford), Anna Maria Canali (Meg Page), Anna Moffo (Nanetta), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Tomaso Spataro (Dr. Cajus), Renato Ercolani (Bardolfo) & Mario Petri (Pistola) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

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

Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Baiba Skride (violin), Harriet Krijgh (cello), Elsbeth Moser, Andrew Manze (violin), NDR Radiophilharmonie

Dieter Klöcker (clarinet/direction) Consortium Classicum

Carlo Bergonzi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jésus López-Cobos

Artis Quartet

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

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Consortium Classicum

Johan Botha (tenor)

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

Baiba Skride (violin) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Eivind Aadland

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

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

Clara Haskil (piano), Géza Anda (piano), Erika Köth (soprano) Camerata Academica Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner

Rainer Honeck (violin) Vienna Classical Players, Martin Kerschbaum

Munich Parforce Horn Players

Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda & Siegmund Nimsgern Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Serge Baudo

Wiener Symphoniker, Hermann Scherchen

Rainer Keuschnig (left-hand piano) Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Josef Hell (violin), Peter Wächter (violin), Peter Pecha (viola), Gerhard Iberer (cello) & Leonard Wallisch (cello)

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

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Annegret Bauerle, Angela Kirchner, Fereshteh Rahbari, Gabriel Ahumada, Georg Kugi, Barbara Gisler-Haase, Werner Tomasi, Edina May Vienna Flautists

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

Chor des Bayerisches Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

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

Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

New York Harp Ensemble & The New York pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Aristid von Würtzler

Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graf

Karl Leister (clarinet) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Erna Berger, Sebastian Peschko (piano)

Irmgard Seefried, Dagmar Hermann, Erich Kunz, Anton Dermota, Lisa Otto, Paul Schöffler Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Amadeus 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