Warner Classics

Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek & Sigurd Björling Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951, Herbert von Karajan

Maria Callas (soprano)

Gérard Caussé (viola) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Richard Harwood (cello) & Christoph Berner (piano)

Arleen Augér & Benjamin Luxon Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & English Chamber Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Sir Philip Ledger, Martin Neary

Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi, Nicola Zaccaria, Mario Borriello Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

Anne Sofie von Otter, Gilles Cachemaille, José van Dam, Jules Bastin & Anthony Rolfe Johnson Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner

Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Hélène Grimaud (piano) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester & Staatskapelle Berlin, David Zinman & Kurt Sanderling

Peter Donohoe (piano) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta, André Previn & Leonard Slatkin, Simon Rattle

Marni Nixon, John McCabe & Henry Herford Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher

The Lord Chancellor - George Baker The Earl of Mountararat - Ian Wallace Earl Tolloller - Alexander Young Private Willis - Owen Brannigan Strephon - James Cameron Queen of the Fairies - Monica Sinclair Iolanthe - Marjorie Thomas Celia - April Cantelo Leila - Heather Harper Phyllis - Elsie Morison Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mady Mesplé (soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Charles Burles (tenor), Roger Soyer (bass) & Jean-Christophe Benoit (baritone) Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus & Orchestra, Alain Lombard

Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone, Boris Christoff (bass), Liliane Berton (soprano), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) & Victor Autran (baritone) Paris Opéra Chorus & Orchestra, André Cluytens

Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Kenneth Edwards (Abdallo), Anne Collins (Anna) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Ann Murray (Dido), Anton Scharinger (Aeneas), Trudeliese Schmidt (Sorceress) Rachel Yakar (Belinda) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Philharmoniker, Großer Musikvereinssaal, Wien, Herbert Von Karajan

Solomon (piano)

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Riccardo Muti & Sir Richard Armstrong

Beverly Sills

Kirsten Flagstad

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell

R.P. Lucien Deiss, C.S.SP (lead vocals), Schola des Pères du Saint-Esprit du Grand Scolasticat de Chevilly, R. P. Lucien Deiss C. S. SP., Lucien Deiss C.S.SP.

Air Studios Orchestra (lead vocals), Donna Hazelton (lead vocals), Matthew Goodgame (lead vocals), Warren Sollars (lead vocals), Rebecca Dent (lead vocals), Caroline Graham (lead vocals), Craig Berry (lead vocals), Debralee Burns (lead vocals), Alex Hogg (lead vocals), Kerry Newton (lead vocals), Mike Noble (lead vocals), Gareth Valentine

Alisa Hornik Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein

Roustem Saitkoulov (Piano)

Christian Zacharias Cherubini-Quartett

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov

Konstantin Scherbakov (piano)

Nathan Gunn (baritone), Kevin Murphy (piano)

Anneliese Rothenberger, Edda Moser, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, Kurt Moll & Theo Adam Chor & Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Eric Ericson

Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda & Erika Köth Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willi Boskovsky

Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Helen Jane Long (cello, double bass, piano, guitar), Jonathan Hill (viola, violin), Nick Holland (cello)

Montserrat Caballe, Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Vicente Sardinero Orchestra Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Maitrise de la Cathdedrale, Choeurs de l'Opera du Rhin, Alain Lombard

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Boris Christoff (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried & Gerald Moore

Roberto Alagna (Werther), Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte), Thomas Hampson (Albert), Patricia Petibon (Sophie), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Le Bailli) London Symphony Orchestra & Tiffin Children’s Choir, Antonio Pappano

Roger Soyer (bass), Antigone Sgourda (soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor), Peter Lagger (bass), Heather Harper (soprano) & Sir Geraint Evans (baritone) Scottish Opera Chorus & English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Kurt Moll (Sarastro), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Edda Moser (Königin der Nacht), Anneliese Rothenberger (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Olivera Miljakovic (Papagena), Theo Adam (Sprecher), Willi Brokmeier (Monostatos) Chorus & Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Maxim Vengerov (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Tito Gobbi

Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein

Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alberto Erede

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Ion Marin

Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, John Barbirolli

Nigel Kennedy (violin) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Bruno Giuranna (viola) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rolando Panerai Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

Jonathan Biss (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Hanover Boys' Choir Concentus Musicus Wien, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Ravi Shankar (sitar), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Choir of King’s College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger, David Willcocks