Testament

Teresa Stich Randall (soprano), Lore Fischer (contralto), Ferdinand Koch (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (baritone) Orchestra and Choir of the Gürzenich of Cologne, Günter Wand

Berliner Philharmoniker, Michael Gielen

Solomon (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges

Michael Rabin (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Hollywood String Quartet

The David Munrow Recorder Consort, Members of the Early Music Consort of London

Daniel Adni (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor) Leopold Stokowski & his Symphony Orchestra & Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin, Otto Klemperer

Karl Leister (clarinet), Fritz Helmis (harp) & Horst Göbel (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Aaron Copland

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Maria Stader, soprano, Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano Chœurs de la cathédrale St Hedwig de Berlin, Philharmonie de Berlin, Sir John Barbirolli

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sir Thomas Beecham, Jean-Pierre Jacquillat

Leonore Kirschstein, Jeanne Deroubaix, Peter Schreier Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Günther Morbach Choir, Günter Wand

Ida Haendel (violin)

Franco Corelli (tenor), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Susan Starr (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Nicolas Medtner Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen

Berliner Philharmoniker, Leo Borchard

Berliner Philharmoniker, Evgeny Svetlanov

Ernö Dohnányi (piano)

Magda Olivero (Adriana), Juan Oncina (Maurizio, ), Sesto Bruscantini (Michonnet, Adriana Lazzarini (The Princess of Bouillon), Enrico Campi (The Prince of Bouillon), Piero de Palma (The Abbé of Chazeuil), Elena Barcis (Mlle. Jouvenot), Anna di Stasio (Mlle. Dangeville), Vittorio Pandano (Poisson), Augusto Frati (Quinault) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Astrid Varnay, Brünnhilde, Bernd Aldenhoff, Siegfried, Hermann Uhde, Gunther, Elisabeth Höngen, Waltraute, Heinrich Pflanzl, Alberich, Ludwig Weber, Hagen, Martha Mödl, Gutrune et troisième Norne, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Woglinde, Hanna Ludwig, Wellgunde, Hertha Töpper, Floßhilde, Ruth Siewert, Première Norne, Ira Malaniuk, deuxième Norne Chor & Orchester der Festspiele Bayreuth, Hans Knappertsbusch

Blanche Thebom (Didon), Jon Vickers (Enée), Amy Shuard (Cassandre), Jess Walters (Chorèbe), Lauris Elms (Anna), David Kelly (Narbal), Michael Langdon (Panthée), Joan Carlyle (Ascagne), Richard Verreau (Iopas), Forbes Robinson (Priam), Noreen Berry (Hécube), Dermot Troy (Hylas), Joseph Rouleau (L'Ombre d'Hector), Robert Allman (Un chef grec), Alan Beale (Mercure), Ronald Lewis & Rhydderch Davies (Soldiers) Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Covent Garden Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík

Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka/Grimgerde), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Wolfgang Windgassen Chor & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Hans Hotter (Wotan), Erich Witte (Loge), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fricka), Kurt Böhme (Fasolt), Frederick Dalberg (Fafner), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Freia), Robert Allman (Donner), Edgar Evans (Froh), Peter Klein (Mime), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Woglinde), Una Hale (Wellgunde), Marjorie Thomas (Flosshilde) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Ramon Vinay (Siegmund), Sylvia Fisher (Sieglinde), Frederick Dalberg (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Amy Shuard (Gerhilde), Una Hale (Ortlinde), Edith Coates (Waltraute), Jean Watson (Schwertleite), June Grant (Helmwige), Noreen Berry (Siegrune), Barbara Howitt (Grimgerde), Marjorie Thomas (Rossweisse) [b] Siegfried [/b] Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Jeannette Sinclair (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Kurt Böhme (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Gutrune), Maria von Ilosvay (Waltraute), Maria von Ilosvay (1. Norn), Constance Shacklock (2. Norn), Amy Shuard (3. Norn) Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Rudolf Kempe

Hollywood String Quartet

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, James King, Kenneth Macdonald & Annelies Burmeister BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Rosanna Carteri (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo), Leonard Warren (Giorgio Germont), Lidia Marimpietri (Flora), Rina Alessandri (Annina) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Pierre Monteux

London Baroque Ensemble, Karl Haas

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Otto Klemperer

Cesare Valletti (tenor) & Leo Taubman (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Carl Schuricht

Solomon (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobroven

Alfred Deller (Oberon), Jennifer Vyvyan (Tytania), Leonide Massine II (Puck), Kevin Platts (Cobweb), Robert McCutcheon (Mustardseed), Barry Ferguson (Moth), Michael Bauer (Peaseblossom), George Maran (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Marjorie Thomas (Hermia), April Cantelo (Helena), Forbes Robinson (Theseus), Johanna Peters (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince), Peter Pears (Flute), David Kelly (Snug), Edward Byles (Snout), Joseph Ward (Starveling) London Symphony Orchestra, Choirs of Downside & Emanuel Schools, Benjamin Britten

Hollywood String Quartet

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe

Pro Arte Quartet

Alan Civil (horn) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

Leonid Kogan, Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, Constantin Silvestri

Nathan Milstein (violin), Erica Morini (violin)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Lisa Della Casa (Arabella), Hermann Uhde (Mandryka), Max Proebstl (Waldner), Ira Malaniuk (Adelaide), Elfride Trötschel (Zdenka), Lorenz Fehenberger (Matteo), Franz Klarwein (Elemer), Karl Hoppe (Dominik), Albrecht Peter (Lamoral), Käthe Nentwig (Fiakermilli) Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Rudolf Kempe

John Browning (piano), Erick Friedman (violin) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Berliner Philharmoniker, George Szell

Juilliard String Quartet

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Teresa Stich-Randall Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer

Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Frank Miller (cello) & Artur Balsam & Joseph Kahn (pianos) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Szymon Goldberg (violin), Artur Balsam (piano)

Amadeus Quartet

Agnes Giebel (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Max Rostal (violin), Colin Horsley (piano)

Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Vladimir Ashkenazy Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdislaw Gorzynski