RCA

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Günter Wand

London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Jean-Francois Paillard

Fritz Reiner, Inge Borkh (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Paul Schoeffler (baritone), Chicago Lyric Theatre Chorus, Frances Yeend (soprano)

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

Evelyn Mandac (soprano), Stanley Kolk (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Steven Isserlis (celllo), Pascal Devoyon (piano), with David Waterman (cello)

Placido Domingo

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra, Robert Shaw

Broadway Cast

John Williams & Julian Bream (guitars)

James Galway (flute) London Mozart Players

Sergei Aleksashkin (bass) St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Yuri Temirkanov

Nikolaj Znaider & Yefim Bronfman

Steven Isserlis (cello), with Pascal Devoyon (piano), with Joshua Bell (violin) NDR Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

Jorge Bolet (piano)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith

Giovanna Casolla, Aldo Bottion, Carlo Colombara, Barbara Frittoli, José Fardilha, Francesco Piccoli, Carlo Allemano, Vittorio Vitelli Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Mario Lanza

Lesley Garrett

NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

Vesselina Kasarova

Ileana Cotrubas, Soprano (Gretel), Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano (Hänsel), Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano (Gertrud, Their Mother), Siegmund Nimsgern, Baritone (Peter, Their Father), Kiri Te Kanawa, Soprano (Sandman), Ruth Welting, Soprano (Dew Fairy) & Elisabeth Söderstrom, Soprano (Witch) Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne & Children’s Chorus of the Cologne Opera, John Pritchard

Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano)

Jean-Marc Luisada (piano)

Josef Bulva (piano)

Peter Schreier (Tamino), Helen Donath (Pamina), Günther Leib (Papageno), Sylvia Geszty (Königin der Nacht), Theo Adam (Sarastro), Siegfried Vogel (Sprecher), Harald Neukirch (Monostatos), Renate Hoff (Papagena), Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Gisela Schröter, Annelies Burmeister (Drei Damen) Dresdner Staatskapelle, Leipziger Rundfunkchor, Otmar Suitner

Lucia Popp (soprano), John van Kestern (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone) Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn

Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Jorg Faerber

Lucia Aliberti (soprano) Nordestdeutsche Philharmonie, Peter Feranec

Zinka Milanov (Aida), Jussi Björling (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Leonard Warren (Amonasro), Boris Christoff (Ramfis), Plinio Clabassi (Il Re di Egitto), Bruna Rizzoli (Una Sacerdotessa), Mario Carlin (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Jonel Perlea

Oliver Schnyder (piano) Camerata Bern, Erich Hobarth

Julian Bream (guitar) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Leo Brouwer

Plácido Domingo (Turiddu), Renata Scotto (Santuzza), Pablo Elvira (Alfio), Isola Jones (Lola), Jean Kraft (Lucia) The Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine

Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo soprano) Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Daniel Taylor (counter tenor), Agnes Zsigovics (soprano), Theatre of Early Music

Tokyo String Quartet

Peter Serkin (piano)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) English Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo String Quartet

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

James Galway (flute), Hiro Fujikake (synthesizer), Greg White (acoustic guitar), Darcy Wright (bass), Michael Askill (percussion), Derek Bell (harp), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Coneff (bodhran), Matt Molloy (flute), Barry Gray (woodwinds), Marisa Robles (harp), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Cleo Laine (vocal), Ayako Shinozaki (harp), The Chieftains Vincent Fanuele, Dudley Simpson, John Georgiadis

Robert Shaw Chorale, The Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Arnold (organ), Al Chernet (lute) Robert Shaw

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Symphony of the Air Josef Krips

Morton Gould, Morton Gould and His Orchestra, Robert Cushmano (trumpet)

Zinka Milanov (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Leonard Warren (baritone), Raymond Keast (baritone), Nicola Moscona (bass)

Richard Tucker (tenor)

Kenneth Schon (bass vocal), John Brownlee (baritone), Jussi Björling (tenor), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Claramae Turner (mezzo-soprano), Philip Kinsman (baritone), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Nicola Moscona (bass vocal), Mimi Benzell (soprano), William Hargrave (bass vocal) Emil Cooper

Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, André Tchaikovsky (piano)

Arthur Rubinstein (piano), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Alfred Wallenstein