Arthaus Musik

Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley) Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton

Rodney Macann (King Priam), Sarah Walker (Andromache), Howard Haskin (Paris) & Anne Mason (Helen) Kent Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), René Pape (bass), Tereza Gevorgyan (soprano), Matilda Paulsson (mezzo-soprano), Roberto Gòmez-Ortiz (tenor) & Ross Ramgobin (baritone) Members of the Georg Solti Accademia & World Orchestra for Peace, Valery Gergiev

English Baroque Soloists / Si

Laura Aikin (Lulu), Cornelia Kallisch (Gräfin Geschwitz), Alfred Muff (Dr. Schön), Peter Straka (Alwa), Steve Davislim (Painter), Guido Götzen (Schigolch), Peter Keller (Doctor); Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst, Sven-Eric Bechtolf (dir.)

Erin Wall (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus & CBSO Youth Chorus, Andris Nelsons

Don Featherstone, David Hockney

Martin Häusler (Count Ory). Stina-Britta Melander (Countess Marianne). Doris Herbert (Isolier), Ernst Krukowski (Robert), Fritz Hoppe (Tutor). Margarete Klose (Apolonia). Ruth Hesse (Ragonde), Helga Wisniewska (Alice) Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Günther-Arndt-Chor, Hans Hilsdorf

Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, Matteo Manuguerra, Ludmila Semtschuk, Kurt Rydl, Margarita Lilova Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Adam Fischer (conductor) & Filippo Sanjust (director)

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor), Jellie Dekker

Reiner E. Moritz

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & András Schiff (piano)

Nicola Alaimo (Marcaniello), Elena Belfiore (Ascanio), Patrizia Biccirè (Nena), Jurgita Adamonyte (Nina), Barbara Di Castri (Luggrezia), David Alegret (Carlo), Laura Cherici (Vannella), Rosa Bove (Cardella), Filippo Morace (Don Pietro) Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor) & Willy Landin (stage director)

Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger) Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)

Heinrich Schiff (cello) Münchner Philharmoniker

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache

Marlis Petersen (Violetta Valéry), Kristina Antonie Fehrs (Flora Bervoix), Fran Lubahn (Annina), Giuseppe Varano (Alfredo Germont) & James Rutherford (Giorgio Germont) Oper Graz, Tecwyn Evans (conductor) & Peter Konwitschny (stage director)

Maria Ewing (soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Edith Mathis (soprano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor) & René Pape (bass) Festival Choir Lucerne & Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Tatiana Monogarova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Ludovit Ludha (tenor) & Peter Mikuláš (bass) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, with Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Fiorenza Cedolins (Floria Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Mario Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Il Barone Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti); Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren, Hugo de Ana (dir.)

Franz Grundheber (Wozzeck), Hildegard Behrens (Marie), Walter Raffeiner (Tambourmajor), Philip Langridge (Andres), Heinz Zednik (Hauptmann), Aage Haugland (Doktor); Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Adolf Dresen (dir.)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Alfred Brendel (piano)

Gwyneth Jones (Hanna Glawari), René Kollo (Danilo), Siegfried Jerusalem (Camille), Lucy Peacock (Valencienne) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Caspar Richter, August Everding

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

Fiorenza Cedolins (Nedda), José Cura (Canio), Carlo Guelfi (Tonio), Gabriel Bermúdez (Silvio), Boiko Zvetanov (Peppe), Paoletta Marrocu (Santuzza), José Cura (Turiddu), Cheyne Davidson (Alfio); Zurich Opera House, Stefano Ranzani, Grischa Asagaroff (dir.)

Nicola Alaimo (Marcaniello), Elena Belfiore (Ascanio), Patrizia Biccirè (Nena), Jurgita Adamonyte (Nina), Barbara Di Castri (Luggrezia), David Alegret (Carlo), Laura Cherici (Vannella), Rosa Bove (Cardella), Filippo Morace (Don Pietro) Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (conductor) & Willy Landin (stage director)

Sarah Walker (Elizabeth I), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Essex), Jean Rigby (Lady Essex), Richard van Allan (Raleigh), Elizabeth Vaughan (Lady Rich), Alan Opie (Cecil), Neil Howlett (Mountjoy), Malcolm Donnelly (Henry Cuffe) English National Opera, Mark Elder, Colin Graham

René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Nadine Secunde (Elisabeth), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann); Bayerische Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta (conductor) & David Alden (director)

Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Paata Burchuladze (Il Re di Egitto), Francesca Garbi (Una Sacerdotessa), Ernesto Gavazzi (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (director)

Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov, Nicolai Okhotnikov, Gegam Grigorian, Olga Borodina Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Graham Vick (director)

Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Susan Patterson (Angelica), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alcina), Sandra Walker (Bradamante), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggiero), William Matteuzzi, Kevin Langan Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera, Randall Behr (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (stage director)

Eilene Hannan (Rusalka), Ann Howard (Jezibaba), John Treleaven (Prinz), Phyllis Cannan (Foreign Princess), Rodney Macann (Water Goblin), Edward Byles (Gamekeeper), Fiona Kimm (Kitchen-Boy), Christopher Booth-Jones (Hunter) English National Opera, Mark Elder (conductor) & David Pountney (director)

Featuring Stefan Zucker, Anita Cerquetti, Iris Adami Corradetti, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Marcella Pobbe, Giulietta Simionato Magda Olivero, Carla Gavazzi, Gina Cigna & Gigliola Frazioni

Philip Langridge, Ashley Putnam, Diana Montague, Martine Mahé, Elzbieta Szmytka, Peter Rose The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Andrew Davis, stage direction by Nicholas Hytner

Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester, Lucia Mazzaria, Kevin Langan, Theodore Baerg, Dennis Peterson, Craig Estep & Joseph Frank Chorus & Orchestra of the San Francicso Opera House, Donald Runnicles

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Edith Mathis (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass) The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Colin Davis

Angela-Maria Blasi (soprano), Silvia Fichtl (alto), Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö (tenor), Martin Gantner (bass) Zubin Mehta

Eva Mei, Thomas Hampson, Piotr Beczala Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Franz Welser-Möst, stage direction by Jürgen Flimm

Felicity Palmer, Kate Flowers, Stephen Richardson, John Graham Hall, Lisa Milne, Liam Shena, Julia Campbell, Kevin Bloomer, Nigel Wall, Francesca Massey, Edward Yeo, Nettle & Markham (pianoduo) & Huw Ceredig (percussion) The Coull Quartet, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Symphony Youth Chorus, Simon Halsey

Michele Abbondanza, Antonella Bertoni, Magda Borrull Pascual, Carolyn Carlson, Colette Malye, Peter Morin, Markku Nenonen, Tomeo Verges (dancers)

Eberhard Waechter (John Sorel), Melitta Muszely (Magda Sorel), Res Fischer (Mother), Willy Ferenz (Secret Police Agent), Hilde Konetzni (Vera Boronel), László Szemere (Magician), Gloria Lane (Secretary) Orchestra of The Wiener Volksoper, Franz Bauer-Theussl (conductor) & Rudolph Cartier (director)

Nadja Michael (Medea), Ramón Vargas (Giasone), Alastair Miles (Creonte), Alek Shrader (Egeo), Elena Tsallagova (Creusa), Kenneth Roberson (Evandro), Laura Nicorescu (Ismene) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (stage director)

Johanna Björnson, Martin Leander, Gerd Andersson, Suzanna Carlsson, Mikael Mengarelli, Claire Wikholm, Istvan Kisch (dancers) Royal Swedish Ballet & The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jonas Dominique

Matthias Rexroth (Admeto), Romelia Lichtenstein (Alceste), Mechthild Bach (Antigona), Tim Mead (Trasimede), Raimund Nolte (Ercole), Melanine Hirsch (Orindo), Gerd Vogel (Meraspe) Handel Festival Orchestra Halle (on Historical Instruments), Howard Arman (conductor) & Axel Köhler (director)

Juan Francisco Gatell (Polidoro), Laura Polverelli (Flaminio), Marina De Liso (Giustina), Sonia Yoncheva (Agata) & Serena Malfi (Ferdinando) Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone (conductor) & Michal Znaniecki (stage director)

Vittorio Prato (Marziano), Serena Malfi (Salustia), Laura Polverelli (Giulia), Florin Cezar Ouatu (Alessandro) & Giacinta Nicotra (Albina) Accademia Barocca De I Musici Italiani, Corrado Rovaris (conductor) & Juliette Deschamps (stage director)

Sylvie Guillem

Luana Devol (La Principessa Turandot), Franco Farina (Calaf), Barbara Frittoli (Liù), Josep Ruiz (L’imperatore Altoum) & Stefano Palatchi (Timur) Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giuliano Carella (conductor) & Núria Espert (stage director)

Friedrich Gulda (piano), Friedrich Gulda & Herbie Hancock (piano)

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger) Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)

Staatskapelle Halle & Ernst Senff Chor Berlin, Michael Wendeberg

Rackstraw Downes / Robert Man