Walhall

Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theodor Schlott, Horst Wilhelm, Cornelis van Dijk, Sieglinde Wagner

RIAS Orchestra of Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay

Marianne Schech, Bernd Aldenhoff, Alexander Welitsch, Max Proebstl, Rosl Schwaiger, Paul Kuen, Karl Hoppe, Hanna Scholl, Ruth Michaelis, Lilian Benningsen

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Albert

Sigurd Björling, Werner Faulhaber, Robert Bernhauer, Walter Fritz, Ira Malaniuk, Paula Brivkalne, Ruth Siewert, Heinrich Pflanzl, Paul Kuen, Ludwig Weber, Friedrich Dalberg, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Lore Wissman, Hertha Töpper

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Tito Gobbi (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice), Anna Moffo (Nanetta), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly) & Anna Maria Cannali (Meg Page)

Vienna State Opera & VPO, Herbert von Karajan

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Don Fernando)

Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Scippio Colombo (Nabucco), Gerda Scheyrer (Abigaille), Walter Berry (Zaccaria), Lazar Javanovic (Ismaele), Josefine Zlabinger (Fenena) & Hilde Vadura (Anka)

Vienna State Opera Chorus & Viennese Radio, Berislav Klobucar

Hans Hotter (Giulio Cesare), Walter Geisler (Sesto), Dagmar Herrmann (Cornelia), Rudolf Bockelmann (Achilla), Walburga Wegner (Cleopatra), Sigmund Roth (Tolomeo) & Carl Bay (Nireno, Curio)

Hamburg Radio, Hans-Schmidt Isserstedt

Hermann Uhde (Wotan), Arthur Budney (Donner), James McCracken (Froh), Ramon Vinay (Loge), Blanche Thebom (Fricka), Mariquita Moll (Freia), Jean Madeira (Erda), Lawrence Davidson (Alberich), Norman Kelley (Mime), Kurt Böhme (Fasolt), Dezsö Ernster (Fafner), Heidi Krall (Woglinde), Rosalind Elias (Wellgunde)...

Licia Albanese (Violetta), Cesare Valletti (Alfredo), Mario Sereni (Giorgio Germont), Helen Vanni (Flora), Gabor Carelli (Gastone), Calvin Marsh (Douphol), George Cehanovsky, Louis Sgarro, Mildred Allen, Lou Marcella & John Trehy

Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Kurt...

Theodor Horand (Tell), Gert Lutze (Arnoldo), Annelies Schubert-Heuhaus (Matilde), Helmuth Kaphan (Melchthal), Margarete Hahnkamm (Jemmy), Elisabeth Holtkamp (Edwige) & Karl-Heinz Hölzke (Un Pescatore)

Leipzig Radio, Herbert Kegel