Warner Classics

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo), Roberto Alagna (tenor) & Julian Konstantinov (bass) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Swedish Radio Chorus, Claudio Abbado

Maria Callas (soprano) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Paris Opéra Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Hilde Rössel-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Lahav Shani (piano/conductor), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra & Philadelphia Orchestra, Marek Janowski & Wolfgang Sawallisch

Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Edith Mathis (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Lucia Popp (soprano), Edith Wiens (soprano), Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Nadine Denize (contralto), Richard Versalle (tenor), Trudeliese Schmidt (contralto), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Bernd Weikl (bass-baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Southend Boys' Choir, Tiffin School Boys' Choir, Klaus Tennstedt

Thaïs Raï-Westphal (soprano), Carlos Builes Velez (bass), Anouk Defontenay (mezzo-soprano), Jordan Mouaïssia (tenor), Yves Castagnet (organ), Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Henri Chalet

The Three Tenors, Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus (chorus), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor vocals), José Carreras (tenor vocals), Placido Domingo (tenor vocals) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta

Lucia Popp (soprano), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Sarah Chang (violin) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Oleg Kagan (violin)

Victoria de los Angeles & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens

Maurizio Muraro (bass), Enrico Fissore (bass), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), David Cangelosi (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone), Sorin Coliban (baritone), James Savage-Hanford (soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Renata Scotto, Agnes Baltsa, Veriano Luchetti and Evgeny Nesterenko Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Chorus, Riccardo Muti

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (piano), Ronald Kinloch Anderson (harpsichord), Roy Jesson (organ), Osian Ellis (harp), John Williams (guitar)

Maria Callas (soprano) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Bert van t'Hoff & Siegfried Schneeweis Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Robert Tear (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia of England, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Thomas Beecham, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir Charles Groves

David Oistrakh (violin, viola), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker

Lyam Chenaux (cello), Tatiana Korsunskaya (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Thibaut Garcia (guitar)

Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten), Agnes Giebel, Anna Reynolds & Josephine Veasey (Drei Knaben) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Giuseppe Taddei (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Luigi Alva (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini

Renata Scotto (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d'Obigny), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol) Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti

Jon Vickers (tenor), Anton Diakov (bass), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Jacques Potier (tenor), Jean-Pierre Hurteau (bass), Rémy Corazza (tenor), Rita Gorr (contralto), Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Chœurs René Duclos, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Gilbert Zanlonghi (cello), Edmond Primetemps (double bass), Micheline Lemoine (viola), Jean Emanuelle (violin), Robert Quatrocchi (violin) Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Serge Baudo, Witold Lutoslawski, André Jolivet

Sonia Prina (vocals), Pavol Breslik (vocals), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Le Concert d’Astrée, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris, Henri Chalet

Belcea Quartet (string quartet, vocals), Valentin Erben (cello), Thomas Adès (piano), Thomas Kakuska (viola), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Leon Bosch (double bass), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Allegri String Quartet (string quartet), Sinfonia of London, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Christine Rice, Dame Janet Baker Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma, Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, City of London Sinfonia, Antonio Pappano, Riccardo Muti, Neville Marriner, Richard Hickox

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Thomas Bangalter

Thomas Bangalter (all instruments)

Various Artists

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani

Horacio Gutiérrez (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

David Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Lev Oborin (piano), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Pierre Fournier (cello), Igor Oistrakh (viola), Peter Bondarenko, Mikhail Terian, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky Vladimir Sorokin, Joseph Gertovich, Joseph Stidel & Jacov Shapiro Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Cleveland Orchestra, Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Herbert von Karajan, George Szell, Sixten Ehrling, André Cluytens, Otto Klemperer, Alceo Galliera, Lovro von Matacic, Jean Martinon, Maxim Shostakovich, Aram Khachaturian, Nicolai Malko

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Dennis Brain (horn), Colin Horsley (piano), Manoug Parikian (violin), Neill Sanders (horn), Dennis Brain Ensemble, Gerald Moore (piano), Denis Matthews (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Morley College Symphony Orchestra, London Baroque Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Jack Westrup, Paul Hindemith, Norman del Mar, Paul Kletzki, Karl Haas

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Felix Kok & Jeremy Ballard (violins), Peter Cole (viola), Ulrich Heiner (violoncello) & John Tattersdill (double bass), Peter Donohoe (piano), Elaine Donohoe (piano) & Robert Johnston (harp), Jennifer Smith (soprano), John Fryatt (tenor) & Malcolm King (bass), Michael Collins (clarinet) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker, Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Peter Donohoe (piano), Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Sylvio Gualdo & Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion) & Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos), Anne Sofie von Otter & Willard White City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Helen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Véronique Gens, Gudjon Oskarsson, Lisa Larsson, Giles Cachemaille, Carmela Remigio, Calan Ve Okuyan, Peter Mattei, Mark Padmore Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Solistes De l'Académie Européenne De Musique D'Aix-en-Provence, Daniel Harding

Alban Berg Quartett

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Christa Ludwig (Dorabella), Alfredo Kraus (Ferrando), Giuseppe Taddei (Guglielmo), Hanny Steffek (Despina), Walter Berry (Don Alfonso), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord continuo) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Karl Böhm

Martti Talvela (Boris Godunov), Nicolai Gedda (Grigory/Dimitri), Leonard Mróz (Pimen), Bozena Kinasz (Marina), Andrzej Hiolski (Rangoni/Shchelkalov), Aage Haugland (Varlaam), Kazimierz Pustelak (Missail), Bohdan Paprocki (Shuisky), Wiera Baniewicz (Fyodor), Halina Lukomska (Xenia), Bozena Brun-Baranska (Nurse), Stefania Toczyska (Hostess Of The Inn), Paulos Raptis (The Simpleton), Kazimierz Sergiel (Police Officer), Jan Góralski (Boyar Khrushchov), Wlodzimierz Zalewski (Mitiukh), Ladyslaw Juroszek, Roman Dyllus, Joachim Luks, Pioth Komarek, Jan Harazin, Eugeniusz Jedrych (Boyars And Jesuits), Zofia Romanowska (First Peasant Woman) & Maria Cwiakowska (Second Peasant Woman) Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow, Boys’ Chorus from Krakow Philharmonic Chorus, Jerzy Semkow

Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo), Elizabeth Vidal (Frasquita), Isabelle Cals (Mercédès), Ludovic Tézier (Moralès), Nicolas Cavallier (Zuniga), Nicolas Rivenq (Le Dancaïre), Yann Beuron (Le Remendado), Anne Gotkovsky (A Fruitseller) & Didier Chevalier (A Gypsy) La Lauzeta, Choeur d’enfants de Toulouse, Choeur “Les Éléments” & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Sam Ramey (Mephistopheles), Philippe Fourcade (Wagner), Alexandre Agachu (Valentin), Susanne Mentzer (Siebel) & Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe) Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Alban Berg Quartett

Peter Sandberg