Warner Classics

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Yehudi Menuhin (violin, narrator, viola), Abraham Makarov (piano), Stéphane Grappelli (violin, piano), Alan Clare (piano), Chris Karan (drums), Lennie Bush (double bass), Ken Baldock (double bass), Tony Crombie (drums), Ike Issacs (guitar), Ronnie Verrell (drums), Max Harris (piano), Jan Blok (guitar), John Etheridge (guitar), Pierre Michelot (double bass), Laurie Holloway (keyboards), Gerald Moore (piano), George Enescu (violin, piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Jeremy Menuhin (piano), Louis Kentner (piano), Hendrik Endt (piano), Alla Rakha (tabla), Ravi Shankar (sitar), Kamala Chakravarti (tambura), Nodu Mulli (tambura), Amiya Dasgupta (tambura), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Menuhin Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Sir Edward Elgar, Pierre Monteux, Sir John Barbirolli, Alexander Orlov, Sir William Walton, Edmond de Stoutz, Michael Dobson, Sir Adrian Boult, Andrzej Panufnik

Yehudi Menuhin (violin, narrator), Marcel Gazelle (piano), Robert Masters (violin), Derek Simpson (cello), Bath Festival Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, New Friends of Music Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Edmond de Stoutz, Istvan Kertesz, Sir Michael Tippett, Georg Schnéevoigt, Gary Bertini

Fazil Say (piano)

Michel Béroff (piano) Leipzig Gewandhaus, Kurt Masur

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Matteo Myderwyk (piano)

Fazil Say (piano)

Marc André (double bass), Véronique Teruel (piano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Paul Tortelier (cello), Maria de la Pau (piano)

Helen Donath (soprano, narrator), Horst Laubenthal (tenor, narrator), Helga Dernesch (narrator, soprano), Karl Ridderbusch (narrator, bass), Zoltán Kelemen (narrator, baritone), Jon Vickers (tenor, narrator), José van Dam (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

José van Dam (bass, bass-baritone), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Charles Munch

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Barbara Bonney, Edith Wiens, Peter Schreier, Michael Schönheit Berliner Philharmoniker, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Gewandhausorchester, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Joseph Keilberth, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur

José van Dam (Amfortas), Matthias Holle (Gurnemanz), Gunter von Kannen (Klingsor), John Tomlinson (Titurel), Siegfried Jerusalem (Parsifal) & Waltraud Meier (Kundry) Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

James Morris (Wotan), Marjana Lipovšek (Fricka), Heinz Zednik (Loge), Theo Adam (Alberich), Peter Haage (Mime), Andreas Schmidt (Donner), Peter Seiffert (Froh), Eva Johansson (Freia), Jadwiga Rappé (Erda), Hans Tschammer (Fasolt), Kurt Rydl (Fafner), Julie Kaufman (Woglinde), Silvia Herman (Wellgunde) & Susan Quittmeyer (Flosshilde) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Bernd Weikl (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Deon van der Walt (David), Kurt Moll (Veit Pogner), Cheryl Studer (Eva), Cornelia Kallisch (Magdalene), Michael Schade (Kunz Vogelgesang), Hans Wilbrink (Konrad Nachtigall), Siegfried Lorenz (Sixtus Beckmesser), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (Fritz Kothner), Ulrich Reiss (Balthasar Zorn), Hermann Sapell (Ulrich Eißlinger), Roland Wageführer (Augustin Moser), Rainer Buese (Hermann Ortel), Guido Gützen (Hans Schwarz), Friedemann Künder (Hans Foltz) & René Pape (Nightwatchman) Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello) & Arthur Haas (harpsichord) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, Tragicomedia, Kings’ College Choir & Leonhardt-Consort, Chanticleer & Capriccio Stravagante, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors), Gustav Leonhardt, Skip Sempe

Mady Mesplé (soprano), Alain Meunier (cello), Michel Debost (flute) & Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Ensemble “Ars Nova” de l’O.R.T.F., Solistes des choeurs de l’O.R.T.F., Orchestre National de France, Nouvel & Orchestre Philharmonique de France, Marius Constant, Guy Riebel, Marcel Couraud, Theodor Guschelbauer, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski & Marc Andrae

Jose van Dam (Agamemnon), Anne Sofie von Otter (Clytemnestra), Lynne Dawson (Iphigenie), Bernard Deletré (Patrocle), John Aler (Achille), Gilles Cachemaille (Calchas), René Schirrer (Arcas), Guillemette Laurens (Diane), Ann Monoyios (First Greek Lady/Slave), Isabelle Eschenbrenner (Second Greek Lady), Lynne Dawson (Rezia), Claudine Le Coz (Balkis), Catherine Dubosc (Dardané), Sophie Marin-Degor (Dardané), Sophie Marin-Degor (Amine), Guy de Mey (Ali), Jean-Luc Viala (Osmin), Guy Flechter (Sultan), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Vertigo), Gilles Cachemaille (A Calender), A Calender (Chef de Caravane) Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre De L’Opera de Lyon, Orchestre de L’Opera de Lyon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Andreas Staier (fortepiano) & Rainer Kussmaul (violin) Concerto Köln, Concentus musicus Wien

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Truls Mork (cello), Christian Zacharias (piano), Andrew Joy, Kathleen Putnam, Rainer Jurkiewicz, Joachim Polti (horns), Daniel Barenboim (piano) Staatskapelle Dresden, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Hans Vonk, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Riccardo Muti

Franco Corelli (tenor), Lucine Amara (Nedda), Tito Gobbi (Tonio), Mario Spina (Beppe), Antonietta Stella (Maddalena), Mario Sereni (Carlo Gérard), Mirella Freni (Juliette)

Daishin Kashimoto (violin) & Konstantin Lifschitz (piano)

Reiner Goldberg (Parsifal), Robert Lloyd (Gurnemanz), Yvonne Minton (Kundry), Wolfgang Schone (Amfortas), Aage Haugland (Klingsor), Hans Tschammer (Titurel) Prague Philharmonic Choir & Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Armin Jordan

Véronique Gens (Dido), Nathan Berg (Aeneas), Sophie Marin-Degor (Belinda), Claire Brua (Sorceress), Sophie Daneman (Second Woman/First Witch), Gaëlle Méchaly (Second Witch), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Spirit/Sailor), Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Susannah Waters (sopranos), Iain Paton, Mark Padmore (tenors), Petteri Salomaa, Jonathan Best & François Bazola-Minori (basses), Barbara Bonney, Sylvia McNair (sopranos), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo), Michael Chance (countertenor), Laurence Dale (tenor), Robert Holl & Anthony Michaels-Moore (basses) Les Arts Florissants, Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, William Christie, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Bernd Weikl, Ben Heppner, Cheryl Studer, Kurt Moll, Deon van der Walt & Cornelia Kallisch Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Wolfgang Sawallisch

with Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Ralph Downes (organ) Philharmonia Orchestra, with Philharmonia Chorus (men’s voices), Otto Klemperer

Sir Thomas Beecham

Consortium Classicum

André Navarra (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Maurice André (trumpet), Lily Laskine (harp), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Yvonne Loriod (ondes Martenot), Colette Herzog (soprano) Orchestre Lamoureux, Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F., Orchestre de l’Opera de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Ileana Cotrubas, Lucia Valentini-Terrani and Claudio Scimone, Sheila Armstrong, Hanna Schaer, Alejandro Ramirez & Philippe Huttenlocher Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Lausanne Vocal Ensemble & Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Michel Corboz, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Corboz & Michel Corboz

Warren Ellsworth (Parsifal), Phillip Joll (Amfortas), Sir Donald McIntyre (Gurnemanz), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Nicholas Folwell (Klingsor), Kathryn Harries (Alto Stimme) Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Sir Reginald Goodall

Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Bernabé Martí (Raoul), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Dama), Thomas Allen (Medico), Bernabé Martí (Riccardo), Placido Domingo (Carlo), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo), Placido Domingo (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Emilia), Placido Domingo (Des Grieux), José Carreras (Turiddu), Astrid Varnay (Mamma Lucia), Júlia Hamari (Lola), Bernabé Martí (Chenier), Alexis Weissenberg (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra e Coro della RAI, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Carlo Maria Giulini, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Lamberto Gardelli, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Muti, Sir Charles Mackerras, James Levine, Anton Guadagno, Carlo Maria Giulini, Julius Rudel, Bruno Bartoletti, Alain Lombard

Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith (sopranos), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Martyn Hill, John Elwes (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas (bass), Carol Hall (mezzo-soprano), John Elwes (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas, Roderick Earle (basses), Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher (sopranos), Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & Michael George (bass), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello) & Arthur Haas (harpsichord, organ) Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli (violin)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Hartmut Holl (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Aribert Reimann (piano)

John Ogdon (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Louis Frémaux, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Paavo Berglund, Lawrence Foster

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano vocals), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore, Dame Janet Baker/Geoffrey Parsons, Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Gerald Moore/Dame Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons/Dame Janet Baker, Dame Janet Baker/Daniel Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim (piano), Daniel Barenboim/Dame Janet Baker, André Previn/Dame Janet Baker, André Previn (piano), Dame Janet Baker/Cecil Aronowitz, Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Dame Janet Baker/André Previn

Elisabeth Soderstrom, Helen Donath, Cathy Berberian, Paul Esswood Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Jacqueline Du Pré (cello)

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone), Susan Graham (mezzo), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Veronica Villarroel (soprano)

Martha Argerich (piano)

Peter Sandberg (piano)

Camilla Tilling (soprano), Kurt Streit (tenor), Sara Fulgoni (contralto), Tómas Tómasson (bass), Andreas Schulist (tenor), Atsuko Suzuki (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Andrew Meyer (tenor), Barbara Fleckenstein (soprano), Barbara Müller (contralto), Bernhard Schneider (tenor), Christoph Hartkopf (bass), Harald Feller (organ), Max Hanft (organ), Barry Tuckwell (french horn), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Riccardo Muti, Sir Neville Marriner

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Klaus Tennstedt

Paul Tortelier (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin), Maria de la Pau (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Lyyra (vocal ensemble)

Anne-Marie Mühle (mezzo-soprano), Collegium Vocale (vocal ensemble), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Janet Perry (soprano), Marius van Altena (tenor), Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Magda Nador (soprano), Krisztina Láki (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Matteo Myderwyk (piano)

Prague Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)

José van Dam (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Carlo Meletti (baritone), Ivan Sardi (bass-baritone), Josef Becker (bass-baritone), Klaus Lang (bass), Manfred Röhrl (bass-baritone), Roberto Bañuelas (baritone), Walton Grönroos (bass-baritone), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Horst Nitsche (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Itzhak Perlman (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra