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The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Joseph Silverstein (violin), Burton Fine (viola), Jules Eskin (violoncello), Claude Frank (piano), Ralph Gomberg (oboe), Gino Cioffi (clarinet), James Stagliano (horn), Sherman Walt (bassoon), Doriot Anthony Dwyer (flute), Everett Firth (drums)

Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Eric Tappy (Tamino), Zdislawa Donat (Königin der Nacht), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Jose Van Dam (Sprecher), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Elisabeth Kales (Papagena), Rachel Yakar, Trudeliese Schmidt, Ingrid Mayr (Drei Damen) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic, James Levine

Vladimir Atlantov (Hermann), Mirella Freni (Lisa), Maureen Forrester (Countess), Sergei Leiferkus (Count Tomsky), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Yeletsky), Katherine Ciesinski (Pauline), Ernesto Gavazzi (Chekalinsky), Julian Rodescu (Surin), Dennis Petersen (Chaplitsky), Richard Clement (Major-domo), Jorge Chamine (Narumov), Janis Taylor (Governess), Tanglewood Festival Chorus (Chorus), American Boys' Choir (Chorus) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

Lucio Gallo (Figaro), Karita Mattila (Countess Almaviva), Marie McLaughlin (Susanna), Michele Pertusi (Count Almaviva), Monica Bacelli (Cherubino), Nicoletta Curiel (Marcellina), Angelo Nosotti (Bartolo), Ugo Benelli (Basilio), Gennaro Sica (Don Curzio), Giorgio Tadeo (Antonio) & Laura Cherici (Barbarina) Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Leontyne Price, soprano (Fiordiligi), Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano (Dorabella), Judith Raskin, soprano (Despina), George Shirley, tenor (Ferrando), Sherrill Milnes, baritone (Guglielmo) & Ezio Flagello, bass (Don Alfonso) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Tamara Sinyavskaya (mezzo), Alexander Fedin (tenor), Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Vladimir Krainiev (piano) Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Figuralchor Frankfurt, Chor des Bayerisches Rundfunks, Dmitri Kitaenko

Evgeny Kissin (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Kun-Woo Paik (piano) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Tokyo String Quartet

Guarneri Quartet

Roy Goodman The Hanover Band

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman

Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass, baritone), Männerchor, Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Sharon Sweet (soprano), Frauenchor, Ben Heppner (tenor), Michael Gläser Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (chorus master), Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Udo Mehrpohl (Mitglierder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsopher) (chorus master), Michael Gläser (Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks) (chorus master), Udo Mehrpohl (chorus master), Éva Marton (soprano), Udo Mehrpohl (Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsopher) (chorus master), Michael Gläser (chorus master), Udo Mehrpoh (chorus master), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mitglieder des Chores der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Sir Colin Davis

Herva Nelli (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Eva Gustavson (Amneris), Giuseppe Valdengo (Amonasro), Norman Scott (Ramphis), Dennis Harbour (Il Re di Egitto), Teresa Stich-Randall (Una Sacerdotessa), Virginio Assandri (Un Messaggero), Robert Shaw Chorale (chorus) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Charles Spencer (piano), Roberto Sidon (piano) Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber

Pinchas Zukerman & Janos Starker London Philharmonic Orchestra & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Marc Neikrug (piano)

Lorin Maazel, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andreas Röhn (violin)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis

Marc Neikrug (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Ofra Harnoy, Igor Oistrakh & James McKay Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Paul Robinson and Richard Stamp

Lili Kraus (piano)

Emil Gilels (piano)

Uhl, Hönger, Ludwig, Berry, Hotter, Waechter, Franc Orchestra & Choir of Vienna State, Herbert Von Karajan

Emanuel Ax (piano), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Håkan Hagegård (baritone) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Levine

Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Olli Mustonen (piano)

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, David Zinman

The King's Singers

Placido Domingo (tenor)

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Jan Peerce (tenor), Norman Scott (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Jane Marsh (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo), Placido Domingo (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (bass) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chorus Pro Musica, New England Conservatory Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

Gerhard Oppitz & Kyoko Takezawa Symphonie-Orchester des Barerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davies

Brian Asawa (countertenor), Brian Asawa (Arsamene), Judith Malafronte (Serse), Jennifer Smith (Romilda), Lisa Milne (Atlanta), Susan Bickley (Amastre, Gary Gray (clarinet), Margaret Batjer (violin), Jake Heggie (piano), David Tayler (lute), David Taylor (lute) Hanover Band and Chorus, Arcadian Academy, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Nicholas McGegan, Jeffrey Kahane, Sir Neville Marriner

Kurt Eichhorn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hermann Prey (baritone), John van Kesteren (tenor), Tölzer Knabenchor, Lucia Popp (soprano), Paul Hansen (bass vocal), Günter Häussler (bass vocal), Josef Weber (bass vocal), Heinrich Weber (tenor), Karl Kreile (tenor), Anton Rosner (tenor), Carl Orff (speaker), Thomas Stewart (baritone), Richard Kogel (bass vocal), Gottlob Frick (bass vocal), Carl Orff (director), Ferry Gruber (tenor), Kurt Böhme (bass vocal), Heinz Friedrich (baritone), Claudio Nicolai (baritone), Manfred Schmidt (tenor), Raimund Grumbach (baritone), Benno Kusche (bass vocal), Richard Kogel (baritone), Ludwig Schmid-Wildy (speaker), Fritz Strassner (speaker), Hubert Buchta (tenor), Kinderchor Rudolf Kiermeyer, Franz Crass (bass vocal), Angelika Kiesbauer (speaker), Rudi Knabl, Mitglieder des Münchner Rundfunkorchesters, Elfie Pertramer (speaker), Gustl Weishappel (speaker), Konstantin Delcroix (speaker), Maxl Graf (speaker), Paula Zwinkmann (alto)

Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, Günter Wand

NDR Symphony Orchestra, Günter Wand

Edith Wiens (soprano), Hildegard Hartwig (contralto), Keith Lewis (tenor) & Roland Hermann (baritone) Hamburg State Opera Chorus, North German Radio Chorus & North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Günter Wand

Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Kyoko Takezawa (violin) Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

Steven Isserlis (cello), Steven Isserlis (cello) & Stephen Hough (piano) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel

Byron Janis (piano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

Helen Traubel (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor) Arturo Toscanini

James Galway (flute), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Tokyo String Quartet

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (WDR Sinfonieorchester), Günter Wand

Guarneri Quartet (string quartet), Ida Kavafian (viola), Steven Tenenbom (viola), Kim Kashkashian (viola)

John Browning (piano), Erick Friedman (violin), Itzhak Perlman (violin), David Clatworthy (baritone) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)

Heather Harper (soprano - Nos. 1. 3 and 7), Sir Ralph Richardson (narrator - No. 7), James Buswell (violin), John Fletcher (bass tuba) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus (No. 1), The Ambrosian Singers (No. 7), André Previn

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Lucia Popp (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo), Julie Kaufmann (sopranos), Josef Protschka (tenor), Kyoko Takezawa (violin), Sergei Edelmann (piano) Bamberger Symphoniker, Claus Peter Flor

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Wanda Landowska, with Robert Merrill, Theodore Saidenberg Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Antal Dorati

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), André Previn (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, The Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Colin Davis

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa