Warner Classics

Hermann Prey, Gisela Litz, Fritz Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Lotte Schädle & Fritz Ollendorff Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Robert Heger

John Ogdon (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Katia Labeque (piano), Marielle Labeque (piano)

Lionel Rogg (organ)

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester, Willi Boskovsky

Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts & John Butt Sir Philip Ledger & Sir David Willcocks

Robert McDuffie Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Libor Pesek

with Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Duncan Robertson, Trevor Anthony & chorus London Symphony Orchestra, with chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Barbirolli

Leontina Vaduva (Gilda), Alexander Agache (Rigoletto), Richard Leech (Il Duca), Jennifer Larmore (Maddalena), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile), Patricia Bardon (Giovanna), Alastair Miles (Monterone), Peter Sidhom (Marullo), Barry Banks (Borsa), Geoffrey Moses (Conte di Ceprano), Rebecca Evans (Contessa di Ceprano), Paula Bradbury (Un paggio) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni Orchestre & Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris, Alain Lombard

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergiu Celibidache

Arleen Auger (soprano) & Franz Gerihsen (baritone) Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, with Philharmonischer Chor Munchen, Sergiu Celibidache

Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda Coro E Orch.Del Teatro Dell'Opera Roma, Thomas Schippers

Renata Scotto (Tosca), Placido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Scarpia), John Cheek (Angelotti), Andrea Velis (Spoletta), Paul Hudson (Sciarrone), Dominick Martinez (Un pastore), Itzhak Perlman (Un carceriere) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, Domonkos Héja

Enrico Caruso (tenor)

Piero Toso (violin), Arto Noras (cello), Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet), Annie d'Arco (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Monique Haas (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Rodolfo Mederos (bandoneon), Héctor Console (double bass), Konrad Ruhland (director), Misha Milman (cello), Borodin Quartet (string quartet), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Robert Holl (bass), Angela Maria Blasi (soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor), Ensemble de Trompes de Chasse (brass ensemble), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Pilvikki Virtaperko (solo harpsichord), Tapiola Chamber Choir, Karita Mattila (soprano), Chanticleer (vocal ensemble), Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Berliner Solisten, Wolfram Christ (viola), Karl Leister (clarinet), Bernhard Hartog (violin), Bernd Gellermann (violin), Jörg Baumann (cello), I Solisti Veneti, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Capella antiqua München, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur de Chambre Romand, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, New York Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Helsinki Strings, Tapiola Chamber Choir and Friends of Sibelius, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Choir of the New College Oxford, Claudio Scimone, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Armin Jordan, Michel Corboz, Alexander Lazarev, José Serebrier, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jean-Francois Paillard, Zubin Mehta, Sir Andrew Davis, Csaba Szilvay and Géza Szilvay, Hannu Norjanen, Sakari Oramo, Edward Higginbottom

Burkhard Wissemann, Michael Dietz, Christoph Keller, Johann Nikolaus Matthes, Hermann Danuser, Bell Imhoff & Doris Sandrock Ensemblle Musica Negativa, Rainer Riehn

Agnes Giebel, Sheila Armstrong, Rotraus Hansmann (sopranos), Julia Falk, Helen Watts (altos), Bert van t’Hoff, Kurt Equiluz (tenors) & Jacques Villisech, Max van Egmond (basses) Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Luisa Villa, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Mario Carlin, Plinio Clabassi & Enrico Campi Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Minich, Benno Hoffmann, Peter Kraus, Elke Schary, Grit van Jüten & Norbert Orth Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Willy Mattes

Michel Legrand (piano), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Tapani Valsta (piano), Arto Noras (cello), Süher Pekinel (piano), Güher Pekinel (piano), Nicolai Lugansky, Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, The Helsinki Strings, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Václav Neumann, Alexander Lazarev, Yutaka Sado, Marek Janowski, Géza Szilvay, Csaba Szilvay, Jean-François Paillard, Colin Davis, Kent Nagano

Meditation - Musik der Stille / Music of Silence, Hans Kalafusz (violin), Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley (baritone vocals), Cambridge King's College Choir (chorus), Janet See (flute), Christopher Warren-Green (director), Christopher Warren-Green (violin), Giovanni Scaramuzzino (mandolin), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Jonathan Rees/Jane Murdoch/Scottish Ensemble, Jane Murdoch (violin), Jonathan Rees (violin), English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Philip Ledger, Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken, Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor vocals), Veronique Gens (soprano vocals), Schütz Choir of London (chorus), David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington, David Daniels (counter-tenor vocals) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Taverner Players, London Chamber Orchestra, Europa Galante, Melante Amsterdam, Scottish Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra, Il Seminario Musicale, London Classical Players, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Neville Marriner, Andrew Parrott, Stephen Cleobury, Fabio Biondi, Sir Philip Ledger, Sigiswald Kuijken, Sir Roger Norrington

Georges Cziffra (piano), Georges Czffra (piano)

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Orchestre National De L'Opera De Monte Carlo, Orchestre Nat. De L'Opera De Monte Carlo, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Lovro Von Matacic

Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Nicolai Lugansky, Kalevi Olli (baritone vocals), Ulrich Koneffke (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexandre Rabinovich (piano), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Mstislav Rostropovitch, Maureen Forrester (contralto vocals), Gene Tucker (tenor vocals), Nikolai Lugansky (solo piano) State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orch Symph de la Fédération de Russie, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, State Academic Symphonic Orchestra of Russia, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Sakari Oramo, Evgeny Svetlanov, Mstislav Rostropovich

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Arto Noras (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), English Chamber Orchestra Choir (chorus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass vocals), Piero Toso (violin) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn, BBC Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Raymond Leppard, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Andrew Davis, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, János Rolla, Claudio Scimone

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Geoffrey Parsons, Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano vocals)

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Georges Cziffra

Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor vocals), Giuseppe Di Stefano/Orchestra/Gian Maria Guarino, Giuseppe Di Stefano/Orchestra/Gian Maria Guarino/Chorus, Chorus (chorus), Giuseppe Di Stefano/Orchestra Orchestra, Dino Olivieri, Gian Maria Guarino

Sir John Barbirolli, Sir John Barbirolli/Berliner Philharmoniker Berliner Philharmoniker

Dinu LIpatti (piano)

Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano) Women of the Rundfunkchor, Berlin, Hannover Boys' Choir, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano

Franco Corelli/Philharmonia Orchestra/Franco Ferraris, Franco Corelli/Pro Arte Orchestra/Franco Ferraris, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma (chorus), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor vocals), Mario Rinaudo (bass), Gabriella Tucci (soprano vocals), Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma (chorus), Franco Corelli/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Alain Lombard, Franco Corelli (tenor vocals), Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Gianni Lazzari (director), Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano vocals), Franco Corelli/Corinna Vozza/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini, Victoria de los Angeles (soprano vocals), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano vocals), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Piero De Palma (tenor vocals), Gianni Lazzari (chorus), Paolo Pedani (bass-baritone), Mario Sereni (bass-baritone), Giuseppe Modesti (bass), Dino Mantovani (bass), Stefania Malagù (mezzo-soprano vocals), Antonietta Stella (soprano vocals), Luciana Moneta (mezzo-soprano vocals), Anna Di Stasio (mezzo-soprano vocals), Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano (chorus), Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano (chorus), Lucine Amara (soprano vocals) Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Philharmonia Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Orchest, Tullio Serafin, Zubin Mehta, Thomas Schippers, Gabriele Santini, Franco Ferraris, Alain Lombard, Lovro Von Matacic

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Robert Kassinger (bass), Larry Combs (clarinet), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Alex Klein (oboe)

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra, Selmar Meyrowitz, Wilhelm Franz Reuss, Hansgeorg Otto, Erich Kleiber, Clemens Krauss

Bolshoi Chorus (chorus), Slovak Philarmonic Chorus (chorus), James Conlon (director), Chouer de' l Orchestre De Paris (chorus), Giovanni Antonini (director), Enrico Onofri (violin) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, New York Philharmonic, Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Philhamonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Leningr, Nikolas Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Armin Jordan, Alain Lombard, Alexander Lazarev, Evgeny Mravinsky, Eliahu Inbal, Daniel Barenboim

Riccardo Muti/Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra, THE, Riccardo Muti

Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Thomas Hampson (bass vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Heinz Hennig (director) Leonhardt-Consort, Tölz Boys' Choir, Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Hanover Boys' Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Marcel Wittrisch (tenor vocals), Joseph Schmidt (tenor vocals), Irene Eisinger (soprano vocals), Otto Stadelmaier (tenor vocals), Peter Anders (tenor vocals), Rupert Glawitsch (tenor vocals), Aulikki Rautawaara (soprano vocals), Anton Dermota (tenor vocals), Anita Gura (soprano vocals), Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus (chorus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano vocals) Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra, Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Lutze, Selmar Meyrowitz, Peter Kreuder, Hansgeorg Otto, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans Bund

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Herbert Tachezi (organ/harpsichord)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Yuri Bashmet (viola), Gidon Kremer (violin) Moscow Soloists

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Staatskapelle Dresden/Paavo Berglund, Richard Van Allan (bass vocals), Roderick Kennedy (bass vocals), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano vocals), Suso Mariategui (tenor vocals), Renata Scotto (soprano vocals), Henry Newman (baritone vocals), Alfredo Kraus (tenor vocals), Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Placido Domingo, Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Angel Romero (guitar), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, Barbara Hendricks (soprano vocals), Ernest Blanc (baritone vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor vocals), Daniel Adni (piano), José Carreras/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Jose Carreras (tenor vocals), Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ian Watson (organ), Emil Gilels/George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sian Edwards, Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Anatole Fistoulari, Sinfonia of London/Robert Irving, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti (director), Philharmonia Orchestra/Paul Kletzki, James Morris (bass vocals), Westminster Choir (chorus) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra (L, Paavo Berglund, Plácido Domingo, Klaus Tennstedt, André Previn, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Adrian Boult, Enrique Bátiz, Pierre Dervaux, George Szell, Sian Edwards, Herbert von Karajan, Anatole Fistoulari, Robert Irving, Aram

Pinchas Zukerman/Daniel Barenboim, Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Daniel Barenboim/Pinchas Zukerman

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester/Willi Boskovsky, Willy Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester/Willi Boskovsky Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester, Willi Boskovsky

Alexander Kniazev & Boris Berezovsky, Dmitri Makhtin (violin), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Peter Seiffert (tenor vocals), Jane Eaglen (soprano vocals), Rolando Villazon (tenor vocals), Daniel Barenboim, Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (chorus), René Pape (bass vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (soprano vocals), Poul Elming (tenor vocals), Nadine Secunde (soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Anne Evans (soprano vocals), Philip Kang (bass vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor vocals), Kurt Schreibmayer (tenor vocals), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass vocals) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Borenboim