Warner Classics

Michael Flanders (narrator), Fenella Fielding (narrator), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

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

Alison Balsom (trumpet) & Tom Poster (piano)

Claudio Arrau (piano)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

Sir John Barbirolli/Renata Scotto/Carlo Bergonzi/Rolando Panerai/Anna di Stasio/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Rolando Panerai (bass-baritone), Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma (chorus), Giuseppe Morresi (bass), Mario Rinaudo (bass), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Piero De Palma (vocals), Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano vocals), Roma (chorus), Gianni Lazzari (chorus), Renata Scotto (soprano vocals), Roma/Gianni Lazzari/Sir John Barbirolli, Carlo Bergonzi (tenor vocals), Silvana Padoan (mezzo-soprano vocals), Rolando Panerai (baritone vocals) Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Sir John Barbirolli

Victoria de los Angeles Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

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

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Lily Laskine (harp), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard

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

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Samuel Ramey (Attila), Cheryl Studer (Odabella), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Neil Shicoff (Foresto), Ernesto Gavazzi (Uldino), Giorgio Surian (Leone) Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

Nigel Kennedy (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, André Previn, Paavo Berglund, Louis Frémaux

Daniel Chorzempa (organ), Krisztina Laki (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Mitsuko Shirai (soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf, Chor des Städt. Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf, Sir Simon Rattle, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Rudolf Kempe, Joseph Keilberth, Klaus Tennstedt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Daniel Barenboim

Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Dolora Zajick Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milan, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Mil, Riccardo Muti

Lucia Popp (soprano), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Klaus Tennstedt, Bernard Haitink

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/New Philharmonia Chorus/New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus (chorus), Lucia Popp/Gerhard Unger/Raymond Wolansky/John Noble/Wandsworth School Boys' Choir/New Philharmonia Chorus/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, John Noble (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (bass-baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano vocals), Lucia Popp/Gerhard Unger/Raymond Wolansky/John Noble/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, New Philharmonia Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos New Philharmonia Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Efrem Kurtz

Evgeny Kissin/Sir Colin Davis/London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin (piano) London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Sir Colin Davis

Jean Patrice Brosse, Jean-Patrice Brosse (harpsichord), Georges Armand (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Vag Papian (piano) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Orchestre De Chambre De Toulouse, English Chamber Orchestra, Bath Festival Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Virtuosi, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Jeffrey Tate, Yehudi Menuhin, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Mikhail Parhamovsky, Iona Brown, Richard Hickox, Mariss Jansons

Cécile Ousset (piano), Peter Walden (french horn), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Annick Massis (soprano), François Le Roux (bass-baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Maria Ewing (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle

Claire Briggs (french horn) & Ian Balmain (trumpet Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Kovacevich

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

Andrei Gavrilov (piano)

Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Osian Ellis (harp), Gerald Moore (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Roy Jesson (organ), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Valda Aveling (harpsichord), John Williams (guitar), Ernest Lush (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Renato Ercolani (tenor, baritone), Carlo Forti (bass), Elvira Galassi (mezzo-soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), William Dickie (baritone, bass), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Maria Callas (soprano), Giuse Gerbino (mezzo-soprano), Luisa Mandelli (mezzo-soprano), Vittorio Tatozzi (baritone), Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin

Gidon Kremer (violin), Andrei Gavrilov (piano)

Ida Haendel (violin), Douglas Cummings (cello), Horacio Gutiérrez (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Milagro Vargas (mezzo-soprano), Nancy Shade (soprano), Elsie Maurer (contralto), Michael Ebbecke (baritone), Mark Munkittrick (bass), William Cochran (tenor), Alois Treml (bass), Guy Renard (tenor), Helmut Holzapfel (tenor), Jerrold van der Schaaf (tenor), Johannes Eidloth (tenor), Karl-Friedrich Dürr (baritone), Klaus Hirte (baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Robert Wörle (tenor), Hans Tübinger (narrator), Jörg Geiger (narrator), Jürgen Bolle (narrator), Peter Flottau (narrator), Uwe Rohde (narrator), Grace Hoffman (contralto), Karl-Heinz Eichler (narrator), Urszula Koszut (mezzo-soprano), Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Chor des Staatstheaters Stuttgart, Bernhard Kontarsky

The John Wilson Orchestra, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson, The John Wilson Orchestra/Kim Criswell/Maida Vale Singers/John Wilson, Maida Vale Singers (chorus), The John Wilson Orchestra/Maida Vale Singers/Curtis Stigers/John Wilson, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Matthew Ford, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Seth MacFarlane, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Kim Criswell/Maida Vale Singers, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Curtis Stigers, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Curtis Stigers/Seth MacFarlane, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Sarah Fox/Matthew Ford, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Matthew Ford/Maida Vale Singers, The John Wilson Orchestra/John Wilson/Matthew Ford/Maida Vale Singers/Kim Criswell/Sarah Fox/Curtis Stigers John Wilson

Aleksander Dębicz (piano) & Marcin Zdunik (cello)

Kevin Kenner (piano)

David Oistrakh (violin, viola), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano), Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Berliner Philharmoniker, Cleveland Orchestra, Stockholm Festival Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic, André Cluytens, Jean Martinon, Nikolai Malko, George Szell, Sixten Ehrling, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Maxim Shostakovich, Alceo Galliera

John Ogdon (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

King's College Choir, Cambridge, Philip Ledger

Fazil Say (piano)

Nigel Kennedy (violin), Nigel Kennedy/English Chamber Orchestra, John Anderson (oboe), Julie Price (woodwinds), Paul Barritt (concert master conductor), Nigel Kennedy/Sir Simon Rattle, Nigel Kennedy/John Lenehan, John Lenehan (piano), Nigel Kennedy/Jonathan Gandelsman/Robert Brophy/Reinhard Armleder, Jonathan Gandelsman (violin), Robert Brophy (viola), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Reinhard Armleder (violoncello), Liam O'Flynn (whistle), Osian Ellis (harp), Greg Knowles (percussion), Rory McFarlane (violin), David Heath (flute), Doug Boyle (guitar), Nigel Kennedy (harpsichord), Janice Knight (bass oboe), Kroke/Nigel Kennedy, Kroke (string trio), Nigel Kennedy (director) English Chamber Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Terry Edwards, London Voices, Sir Simon Rattle

Han-Na Chang (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown, Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Steven Isserlis (cello), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Natalia Gutman (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Maud Tortelier, Maud Martin-Tortelier (cello), Truls Mørk (cello), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Robert Cohen (cello), Paul Tortelier (cello), Natalie Clein (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (piano), London Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, The Nash Ensemble, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre National de France, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Juha Kangas, Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Myung-Whun Chung, Carlo Maria Giulini, Zdenek Macal, Michel Plasson, Vernon Handley, Rudolf Kempe, Leonard Slatkin, Antonio Pappano, Leonard Bernstein, Paavo Berglund, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Hopkinson Smith (lute), The Hilliard Ensemble (vocal ensemble), Ricercare-Ensemblefür Alte Music Zürich, Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Hanni Widmer (organ), King's Singers (vocal ensemble), Christopher Hogwood (organ), Wim Becu, Paul Nicholson, Alan Wilson, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Early Music Consort of London, Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich, Consort of Musicke, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Taverner Choir, Taverner Consort, Dominique Vellard, David Munrow, Paul Hillier, Anthony Rooley, Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks, Andrew Parrott

John Ogdon (piano)

Maria Callas (soprano) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre

Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester, Willi Boskovsky

Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano), Andrea Musto (cello), Max Kim (cello), Alessandro Fagiuoli (violin), David Petrlik (violin), Jean-François Rouchon (baritone, tenor), John Bernard (tenor), Juliette Allen (soprano), Łukasz Romejko (tenor), Natalie Pérez (soprano, mezzo-soprano), Dania El Zein (soprano), Vincent Lièvre-Picard (tenor)

Maria Callas (Elvira), Giuseppe di Stefano (Arturo), Rolando Panerai (Riccardo), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Giorgio), Angelo Mercuriali (Bruno), Carlo Forti (Gualtiero Valton), Aurora Cattelani (Enrichetta) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Maria Callas (Santuzza), Giuseppe di Stefano (Turiddu), Rolando Panerai (Alfio), Anna Maria Canali (Lola), Ebe Ticozzi (Lucia) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Heather Harper (soprano vocals), Dame Janet Baker (soprano vocals) Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Andréas Perez-Ursulet (countertenor, baritone), Frédéric Rivoal (organ), Andréas Perez Ursulet (countertenor), Baptiste Vay (viola), Hélene Brannens (violin), David Walter (oboe), Orchestre National d'Auvergne, Roberto Forés Veses

Kiri Te Kanawa The New Princess Theater Orchestra, John McGlinn

Sumi Jo Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Barbara Hendricks & Eva Lind

Kate Royal (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Thomas Allen (baritone) Orchestra of the English National Opera & Crouch End Festival Chorus, Edward Gardner

Adiemus Singers (lead vocals, vocal ensemble), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano, lead vocals), Pamela Thorby (recorder), The Adiemus Singers (performed by), Seung-Wook Seong (bass-baritone), Clem Clempson (guitar), Martin Taylor (guitar), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Pamela Thorby/The Adiemus Singers/London Symphony Orchestra/Karl Jenkins, London Symphony Orchestra, Karl Jenkins

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Arthur Korn (bass), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle, Tölzer Knabenchor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) John Pritchard, Josef Krips, Herbert von Karajan & Warwick Braithwaite

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni Chours et Orchestre du Theatre de l'Opera de Paris, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos