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Jessye Norman (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Richard Cassilly (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, Sir Colin Davis

Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Judith Blegen (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonard Bernstein

Jessye Norman (Jocasta) & Peter Schreier (Oedipus), Bryn Terfel (Creon), Harry Peeters (Tiresias), Robert Swensen (Shepherd), Michio Tatara (Messenger) Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Peter Schreier (tenor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Orchestra de Paris, Semyon Bychkov

Jo Vincent (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), James King (tenor) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Marina Shaguch, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Evgeny Akimov, Olga Borodina Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Leila Josefowicz (violin) John Novacek (piano)

Arthur Grumiaux Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bernard Haitink and Colin Davis

Jessye Norman (soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink

Labèque Sisters (pianos) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seifi Ozawa

William Bennett, Neil Black & Michala Petri Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ensemble

Olga Borodina (mezzo) Kirov Orchestra & Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Pepe Romero (guitar), Augustín Leon Ara (violin) & Christine Pendrill (cor anglais) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Edith Mathis (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Aldo Baldin (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Academy of St Martin in the Field, Sir Neville Marriner

Quartetto Italiano, George Pietersen (clarinet), Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)

Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Stephen Kovacevich (formally Bishop) (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Mieke van der Sluis (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), David Thomas (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Gustav Leonhardt

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen

Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Saul Quirke (treble), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), Charles Brett (counter-tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Robert Hale (bass) English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Alexandre Lagoya (guitar), Catherine Michel (harp) Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Antonio de Almeida

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart

Heinz Holliger (oboe/conductor) Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch

Pepe Romero (guitar)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Semyon Bychkov

Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), George Mosley (bass), Michael Chance (alto), Pauline Tinsley (soprano), Ruth Holton (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Miller (guitar), Teresa Shaw (mezzo), Donna Deam (soprano), Shauna Beesley (soprano), Jonathan Peter Kenny (alto) English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Heinz Holliger (oboe), Louise Pellerin (oboe), Eduard Brunner (clarinet), Elmar Schmid (clarinet), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Hermann Baumann (horn)

Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)

Quartetto Italiano

Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kurt Sanderling

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch

Jessye Norman (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Alfred Brendel (piano) SWF Sinfonie Orchester Baden-Baden, Michael Gielen

Jose Carreras (tenor) Robert Farnon and his Orchestra

Alexander Toradze (piano) Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Jessye Norman (contralto), Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin

Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

Ingrid Haebler (fortepiano) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Capella Academica Wien, Sir Neville Marriner, Eduard Melkus

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Alfred Brendel (piano)

Friedrich Gulda (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Alexandre Lagoya (guitar) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Sillito

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Bernard Haitink

St.Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer