Arthaus Musik

Alan Benson, David Hockney

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Thomas Allen (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Andre Previn

María José Moreno (Lisinga), Victoria Zaytseva (Demetrio-Siveno), Yijie Shi (Demetrio-Eumene) & Mirco Palazzi (Polibio) Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Prague Chamber Choir, Corrado Rovaris (conductor) & Davide Livermore (stage director)

Penguin Cafe Orchestra & Royal Ballet, Simon Jeffes

Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette); Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, sung by Kühn’s Mixed Choir, Prague, Anton Guadagno (conductor) & Barbara Willis Sweete (director)

Ramón Vargas (Ernani), Ludovic Tézier (Don Carlo), Alexander Vinogradov (Don Ruy Gomez de Silva), Svetla Vassilieva (Elvira), Karine Ohanyan (Giovanna), Maurizio Pace (Don Riccardo) & Gabriele Ribis (Jago) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Daniele Callegari, Jean-Louis Grinda (dir.)

Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo)

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Alfred Muff (Don Pizarro) & László Polgár (Rocco) Orchestra and Chorus of The Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Evelyn Hart (Odette / Odile) & Peter Schaufuss (Siegfried) London Festival Ballet & Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Graham Bond

Desirée Rancatore (Konstanze), Tobias Moretti (Bassa Selim), Javier Camarena (Belmonte), Rebecca Nelsen (Blonde), Thomas Ebenstein (Pedrillo), Kurt Rydl (Osmin) Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Hans Graf (conductor) & Adrian Marthaler (director)

Angela Denoke (Salome), Kim Begley (Herodes), Doris Soffel (Herodias), Alan Held (Jochanaan) & Marcel Reijans (Narraboth) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Soltesz (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director)

Lydia Shernikh (Tatyana) & Alexander Nenadovsky (Onegin) The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Deon van der Walt, Ulrike Sonntag, Cornelius Hauptmann, Andrea Frei, Thomas Mohr, Patricia Rozario Chor und Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, stage direction by Axel Manthey

featuring Karan Armstrong, Götz Friedrich, Josef Greindl, René Kollo, Jesús López Cobos, Christa Ludwig, Barry McDaniel, Hans Neuenfels, Aribert Reimann, Donald Runnicles, Dietmar Schwarz, Júlia Várady and the last interview with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 2012

Didier Baussy-Oulianoff

Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Armin Kolarczyk, Tero Hannula & Silvia Hablowetz Badische Staatskapelle, Daniel Carlberg (conductor) & Robert Tannenbaum (director)

Sabine Kupfeberg, Karel Hruska, David Krugel & Gioconda Barbuto Nederlands Dans Theater

Ketevan Kemoklidze (Rosina), Luca Salsi (Figaro), Dmitry Korchak (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Giovanni Furlanetto (Don Basilio) & Bruno Praticò (Bartolo) Teatro Regio di Parma, Andrea Battistoni (conductor) & Stefano Vizioli (stage director)

Hagen Quartett: Lukas Hagen (1st violin), Rainer Schmidt (2nd violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (violoncello), Soloists: Seh Yun Kim, Arsen Mehrabyan, Soloists: Sarah-Jane Brodbeck, Tigran Mikayelyan, Soloists: Yen Han Zürcher Ballett

The Michael Nyman Band (live at Studio Halle)

Francoise Joullié (Cendrillon), Dominique Lainé (Stepmother), Jayne Plaisted & Danièle Pater (The Sisters) Ballet and Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera, Yakov Kreisberg

Peter Schreier (Tamino), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Edita Gruberova (Queen of the Night), Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Walter Berry (Sprecher), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Gudrun Sieber (Papagena) Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine

Bo Skovhus (König Lear), Katja Pieweck (Goneril), Hellen Kwon (Regan), Siobhan Stagg (Cordelia) & Erwin Leder (Narr) Philharmoniker Hamburg & Chor der Staatsoper Hamburg, Simone Young (conductor) & Karoline Gruber (stage director)

Lucia Popp, Doris Soffel, Horst Laubenthal & Kurt Moll, Krisztina Laki, Marga Schiml, Josef Protschka & Jan-Hendrik Rootering Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker & Chor der Bamberger Symmphoniker, Rafael Kubelik, Horst Stein

Anna Tsygankova (Clara Staalboom), Matthew Golding (Prince), James Stout (Nutcracker) & Alexander Zhembrovskyy (Mouse King) Dutch National Ballet & Holland Symfonia, Ermanno Florio

Wang Rong-Yu (The Meditator), Wu Chun-Hsien (The Rice Raker), Lee Ching-Chun (Woman’s Solo), Wang Wei-Ming (Man’s Solo) The Rustavi Choir, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Badri Toidze

with Christiane Libor (soprano), Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano), Katerina Hebelkova (contralto), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Peter Feuchtwanger (piano) & Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger

Narrated by Max Emanuel Cencic, Philippe Jaroussky, Ernesto Tomasini and others. Also featuring David Daniels, Andreas Scholl, Daniel Behle and many more.

Munich Philharmonic, Sergiu Celibidache

Catherine Foster (Isolde), Bryan Register (Tristan), Annika Schlicht (Brangaene), Andreas Japel (Kurwenal), Dimitry Ivashchenko (King Marke) Staatstheater Cottbus, Alexander Merzyn

Yijie Shi (Le Comte Ory), María José Moreno (La Comtesse Adèle), Lorenzo Regazzo (Le Gouverneur), Laura Polverelli (Isolier), Roberto de Candia (Raimbaud), Natalia Gavrilan (Ragonde), Rinnat Moriah (Alice) Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Paolo Carignani, Lluís Pasqual

Czech Philharmonic, Václav Neumann

Brigitte Fassbander (mezzo), Eva Marton (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo), Franz Hawlata (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Paul Groves (tenor)

Renato Bruson (Macbeth), Mara Zampieri (Lady Macbeth), James Morris (Banco), Dennis O’Neill (Macduff), David Griffith (Malcolm), Sharon Sweet (Dama), Josef Becker (Medico) Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)

The Michael Nyman Band

Gerald Finley (Owen Wingrave), Peter Savidge (Spencer Coyle), Josephine Barstow (Miss Wingrave), Anne Dawson (Mrs Coyle), Elizabeth Gale (Mrs Julien), Charlotte Hellekant (Kate), Martyn Hill (Sir Philip Wingrave); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano, Margaret Williams (dir.)

Yijie Shi (Le Comte Ory), María José Moreno (La Comtesse Adèle), Lorenzo Regazzo (Le Gouverneur), Laura Polverelli (Isolier), Roberto de Candia (Raimbaud), Natalia Gavrilan (Ragonde), Rinnat Moriah (Alice) Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Paolo Carignani (conductor) & Lluís Pasqual (stage director)

Juliette Galstian (Iphigenie), Rodney Gilfrey (Oreste), Deon Van Der Walt (Pylades), Anton Scharinger (Thoas) & Martina Janková (Goddess Diana) Orchestra « La Scintilla » of The Zurich Opera House (on historical instruments), William Christie (conductor) & Claus Guth (stage director)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Friedrich Gulda (piano)

With Sabine Kupferberg, Gioconda Barbuto, David Krügel, Karel Hruška and others Nederlands Dans Theater

Leo Nucci (Nabucco), Maria Guleghina (Abigaille), Miroslav Dvorský (Ismaele), Giacomo Prestia (Zaccaria), Marina Domashenko (Fenena), Renate Pitscheider (Anna), Walter Pauritsch (Abdallo), Goran Simic (Gran Sacerdote) Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi (conductor) & Günter Krämer (director)

The Norwegian National Ballet & The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Per Kristian Skalstad

Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele), Gabriela Beòaèková (Margherita), Dennis O’Neill (Faust), Judith Christin (Martha), Emily Manhart (Pantalis), Daniel Harper (Wagner), Douglas Wunsch (Nereo) San Francisco Opera, Maurizio Arena (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director)

Ana Laguna, Marc Hwang, Yvan Auzely, Pompea Santoro, George Elkin, Boaz Cohem The Cullberg Ballet, Choreography: Mats Ek

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano), Directed by Claus Viller

Dale Duesing, Kristine Ciesinski, Ronald Hamilton, Dieter Bundschuh & Barry Banks, Stage Direction by Peter Mussbach Choir and Children’s Choir of the Frankfurt Opera & Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Sylvain Cambreling

Plácido Domingo (Goya), Michelle Breedt (Duchess of Alba), Iride Martinez (Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain) & Christian Gerhaher (Martin Zapater) Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Emmanuel Villaume (conductor) & Kasper Bech Holten (stage director)

Güher Pekinel (piano), Süher Pekinel (piano) Zubin Mehta

Maria Ewing (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Hanns Nocker (Sire de Barbe-Bleu), Anny Schlemm (Boulotte), Werner Enders (King Bobèch), Ruth Schob-Lipka (Queen Clémentine), Ingrid Czerny (Princess Hermia (Fleurette)), Manfred Hopp (Prince Saphir (Daphnis)), Rudolf Asmus (Popolani), Helmut Polze (Count Oscar), Hans-Otto Rogge (Alvarez), Orchestra From the Komischer Oper Berlin, Karl-Fritz Voigtmann, Walter Felsenstein (stage director)

Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)

Desirée Rancatore (Konstanze), Tobias Moretti (Bassa Selim), Javier Camarena (Belmonte), Rebecca Nelsen (Blonde), Thomas Ebenstein (Pedrillo), Kurt Rydl (Osmin) Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Hans Graf (conductor) & Adrian Marthaler (director)

Yvonne Kenny (Titania), Thomas Randle (Oberon), Simon Rice (Puck) & Richard Van Allan (King Theseus) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Nicholas Kok (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Nederlands Dans Theater

Isabel Bayrakdarian (Bystrouška, the vixen), Lauren Curnow (Fox), Quinn Kelsey (Gamekeeper), Judith Christin (Gamekeeper´s wife, Owl) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)

Alan Oke (Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen), David Kempster (Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Charles Rice (Ned Keene); Britten–Pears Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Tim Albery (dir.)