Philips

Christiane Eda-Pierre (Konstanze), Stuart Burrows (Belmonte), Norma Burrowes (Blonde), Robert Tear (Pedrillo), Robert Lloyd (Osmin), Curd Jürgens (Bassa Selim) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The John Alldis Choir, Sir Colin Davis

Heinz Holliger (oboe) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gary Bertini

Irena Grafenauer (flute), Maria Graf (harp), David Geringas (cello)

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Bruno Canino (piano)

Stella Kleindienst, Siegfried Lorenz, Leonid Stasov Netherlands Chamber Choir, Schönberg Ensemble, Reinbert de Leeuw

Elly Ameling (soprano) San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Edo de Waart

I Musici

Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Simon Preston (organ)

Heinz Holliger (oboe) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Simone Alaimo (Selim), Sumi Jo (Donna Fiorilla), Raúl Giménez (Don Narciso), Susan Mentzer (Zaida), Enrico Fissore (Don Geronio), Alessandro Corbelli (Il poeta Prosdocimo), Peter Bronder (Albazar) Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Academy in St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Timothy Brown Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown

Beaux Arts Trio

Nancy Argenta, Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Charles Brett (alto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Hermann Prey (baritone) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Kastchey), Marina Shaguch (The Princess), Larissa Diadkova (Kastcheyevna), Alexander Morozov (Prince Ivan Korolovitch), Alexander Gergalov (The Storm-Knight) Chorus of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, Valery Gergiev

Akiko Suwanai (violin), Volkhard Steude (violin), François Leleux (oboe) Chamber Orchestra of Europe

The Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Theo Adam (Wotan), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Hermin Esser (Froh), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Ruth Hesse (Floßhilde), James King (Siegmund), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), Birgit Nilsson (Brünhilde), Danica Mastilovic (Gerhilde), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Gertrud Hopf (Waltraute), Sieglinde Wagner (Schwertleite), Liane Synek (Helmwige), Annelies Burmeister (Siegrune), Elisabeth Schärtel (Grimgerde), Sona Cervena (Roßweiße), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Josef Greindl (Hagen) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Company, Louis Armstrong Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman, Ernest Lehman

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Nina Isakova (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor), Ivan Petrov (bass), Russian State Academy Choir, Moscow State Philharmonic Academy Orchestra, Igor Markevitch

Heinz Holliger (oboe) I Musici

Guarneri Quartet

Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Riccardo Castagnone (harpsichord)

Beaux Arts Trio

Guarneri Quartet

New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Henryk Szeryng (violin), Henryk Szeryng & Maurice Hasson (violins) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Alfred Brendel (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle

José Carreras Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Boys' Choir & Chorus Viennensis, Uwe Christian Harrer

André Rieu, Gerardus J.M. Jo Huijts, Teun Ramaekers, Manoe Konings

Gheorghe Zamfir (panpipes), José Luis Garcia (violin), Diane Bish (organ) Orchestra Harry van Hoof, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Prague National Theatre, Harry van Hoof, James Judd, Petr Vronsky

Nan Merriman (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Nan Merriman (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

Ronan Hardiman

Jessye Norman (soprano)

Peter Schreier (Tenor), Robert Holl (Bass), Roberta Alexander (Soprano), Marjana Lipovsek (Mezzo-Soprano), Olaf Bär (Baritone), Rundfunkchor Leipzig (Chorus), Marjana Lipovsek (Contralto), Andrea Ihle (Soprano), Egbert Junghanns (Bass), Ekkehard Wagner (Tenor), Andreas Scheibner (Baritone) Staatskapelle Dresden

Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano)

Peter Damm (horn) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips

Donald McIntyre (Wotan), Hanna Schwarz (Fricka), Heinz Zednik (Loge), Helmut Pampuch (Mime), Hermann Becht (Alberich), Carmen Reppel (Freia), Siegfried Jerusalem (Froh), Martin Egel (Donner), Ortrun Wenkel (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Fritz Hübner (Fafner), Norma Sharp (Woglinde), Ilse Gramatzki (Wellgunde), Marga Schiml (Flosshilde) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Severino Gazzelloni (flute), Bruno Canino (piano), Maxence Larrieu (flute), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Georges Janzer (viola)

Guarneri Quartet

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

José Carreras (Corrado), Clifford Grant (Giovanni), Jessye Norman (Medora), Montserrat Caballé (Gulnara), Giampietro Mastromei (Seid), John Noble (Selimo), Alexander Oliver (Eunuco) New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli

Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Catherine Patriasz (mezzo), Zeger Vandersteene (tenor), Jelle Draijer (bass) Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen

Alfred Brendel (piano) Members of the Cleveland Quartet

Claudio Arrau (piano), Nikita Magaloff (piano)

Mitsuko Uchida (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Thomas Allen (Don Giovanni), Sharon Sweet (Donna Anna), Francisco Araiza (Don Ottavio), Karita Mattila (Donna Elvira), Simone Alaimo (Leoporello), Robert Lloyd (Il Commendatore), Claudio Otelli (Masetto), Marie McLaughlin (Zerlina) Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Neville Marriner

Beaux Arts Trio

Katia & Marielle Lebeque (pianos)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) English Chamber Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Musicians of the Globe, Philip Pickett