Warner Classics

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Herbert Downes (viola), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Amaryllis Fleming (cello), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Unknown Orchestra, Unknown Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Horst Stein, Sir Adrian Boult, André Vandernoot, Otto Klemperer, Sir Charles Mackerras

Arto Noras (cello), Edward Higginbottom (director) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New College Choir, Oxford, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Andrew Davis

Ravi Shankar And Yehudi Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Alla Rakha (drums), Alla Rakha (tabla), Yehudi Menuhin/Ravi Shankar, Ravi Shankar (sitar), Kamala Chakravarti (lute), Ravi Shankar/Alla Rakha/Kamala Chakravarti, Ravi Shankar/Alla Rakha/Nodu Mullick, Nodu Mullick (lute), Yehudi Menuhin/Ravi Shankar/Alla Rakha/Nodu Mullick/Amiya DasGupta, Amiya DasGupta (lute)

Patricia Racette (Gertraud), David Kuebler (Görge), Edmund Zelotes Toliver (Mathes), Lothar Odinius (Zungl), Susan Anthony (Princess), Julian Rodescu (Peasant/Pastor), Michael Volle (Kaspar), Andreas Schmidt (Hans), Nathalie Karl (Marei), Iride Martinez (Grete), Machiko Obata (Innkeeper's Wife), Edmund Zelotes Toliver (Mathes/Miller) Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon

Robyn Archer (voices, lead vocals), Wayne Marshall (organ), Lars Vogt (piano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), London Sinfonietta (audio generator engineer, second vocals), Ingo Metzmacher/Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Christopher Bishop (spoken voice producer), Robyn Archer/The London Sinfonietta, John Kurlander (recorder), Robyn Archer/The London Sinfonietta/Dominic Muldowney, Dominic Muldowney (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonisches Staatorchester Hamburg, Philharmonisches Staatsorcheste Hamburg, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester, Hamburg, English Chamber Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Claudio Abbado, Otto Klemperer, Franz Welser-Möst, Ingo Metzmacher, Gary Bertini, Mariss Jansons, COCHRAN

Aribert Reimann (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone, bass-baritone)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (piano), Igor Uriash (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Alexei Zybtsev (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Cleveland Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Bo Skovhus (Wozzeck), Angela Denoke (Marie), Jan Blinkhof (Tambourmajor), Chris Merritt (Hauptmann), Jürgen Sacher (Andres), Renate Spingler (Margret), Frode Olsen (Doktor) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher

Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (chorus), Jürgen Förster (tenor vocals), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor vocals), Renate Holm (soprano vocals), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano vocals), Senta Wengraf (mezzo-soprano vocals), Renate Holm /Adolf Dallapozza/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Nicolai Gedda/Anneliese Rothenberger/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Nicolai Gedda/Anneliese Rothenberger/Renate Holm /Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Anneliese Rothenberger/Adolf Dallapozza/Walter Berry/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Brigitte Fassbaender/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Nicolai Gedda/Renate Holm /Brigitte Fassbaender/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper/Franz Gerstacker/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Franz Gerstacker (chorus), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper (chorus), Anneliese Rothenberger/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Nicolai Gedda/Renate Holm /Brigitte Fassbaender/Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper/Franz Gerstacker/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Renate Holm /Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Nicolai Gedda/Anneliese Rothenberger/Adolf Dallapozza/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Nicolai Gedda/Anneliese Rothenberger/Renate Holm /Brigitte Fassbaender/Adolf Dallapozza/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Walter Berry/Senta Wengraf /Otto Schenk/Jürgen Förster /Gerd W. Dieberitz/Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper/Franz Ger, Gerd W. Dieberitz (lead vocals), Otto Schenk (lead vocals), Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester/Willi Boskovsky, Willi Boskovsky/Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester, Willi Boskovsky

Ensemble vocal Stéphane Caillat (vocal ensemble), Ars Nova Copenhagen, Chœurs de l'ORTF, Groupe de recherches musicales de l'ORTF, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Marius Constant

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

Alexander Markovich (piano), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet, viol)

Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Anton Dermota, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Otto Edelmann Wiener Singakademie, Wiener Sangerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Am Kamin - Zeit Zum Entspannen / At The Fireplace - Relaxing Classics, Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt, Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Anthony Bailes/Danske Strings, Anthony Bailes (lute), Georges Cziffra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Andrew Parrott/Andrew Lawrence-King/Taverner Consort/Taverner Players, Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), François-René Duchâble (piano), Mirella Freni/Nicolai Gedda/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir Edward Downes, Mirella Freni (soprano vocals), Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Michel Plasson, Suzie Leblanc/Derek Lee Ragin/Teatro Lirico/Stephen Stubbs, Suzie Leblanc (soprano vocals), Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor vocals), Wiener Streichsextett/Erich Höbarth/Peter Matzka/Thomas Riebl/Rudolf Leopold/Susanne Ehn, Peter Matzka (violin), Rudolf Leopold (cello), Susanne Ehn (cello), Erich Höbarth (violin), Hermann Prey/Ilse Gramatzki/Eugen Hug/Brigitte Lindner /Edda Moser/Ursula Roleff/Thomas Frohn/Hans-Günter Lenders/Heinz Wallberg/Kölner Kinderchor/Gürzenich Orchester/Heinz Wallberg/Kölner Kinderchor/Gürzenich Orchester, Der Kölner Kinderchor (chorus), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Hans-Günter Lenders (chorus), Kölner Kinderchor (chorus), Brigitte Lindner (mezzo-soprano vocals), Edda Moser (soprano vocals), Ilse Gramatzki (mezzo-soprano vocals), Eugen Hug (mezzo-soprano vocals), Thomas Frohn (soprano vocals), Ursula Roleff (mezzo-soprano vocals) Staatskapelle Dresden, Members Of Danske Strings, Danske Strings, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Cambridge King's College Choir, Taverner Players, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Teatro Lirico, Gürzenich Orchest, Herbert Blomstedt, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Stephen Cleobury, Andrew Parrott, Michel Plasson, Sir Edward Downes, Edward Downes, Stephen Stubbs, Heinz Wallberg

Gidon Kremer (violin), Renaud Capuçon (violin), David Goode (organ), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Stephen Hough (piano), Martin Roscoe (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Herbert Downes (viola), John Williams (guitar), Mati Turi (tenor), Tiit Kogermann (tenor), Aarne Talvik (bass), Evelin Saul (contralto), Kaia Urb (soprano), Vilve Hepner (soprano), Ene Salumäe (percussion), Vadim Sacharov (piano), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Estonian National Male Choir, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Nordic Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Paavo Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste, Stephen Cleobury, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Anu Tali

Capella Antiqua München, Konrad Ruhland

Maria João Pires (piano)

Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Wien Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan

Bernard Soustrot (trumpet), Maurice André (trumpet), Christopher Parkening (guitar), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Jean Rigby (contralto), Iona Brown (violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Jascha Heifetz (Violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Sir John Barbirolli

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Oleg Kagan (violin)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Gerald Moore (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

Elena Zilio (Rosa Mamai), Péter Kelen (Federico), Maria Spacagna (Vivetta), Barry Anderson (Baldassare), Balázs Póka (Metifio), Tamas Clementis (Marco), Katalin Halmai (L'Innocente) Hungarian State Orchestra, Charles Rosekrans

Janos Starker (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Simon Preston (organ, harpsichord), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Ian Hare (organ), Sir David Willcocks (recorder), Sir David Willcocks (organ), Cambridge/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks (organ), Cambridge King's College Choir (organ), Francis Grier (organ), Philip Ledger (organ), Cambridge/Francis Grier/Sir Philip Ledger (organ), Gareth Morrell (bass-baritone), Philip Ledger (bass-baritone), Cambridge King's College Choir (bass-baritone), John Wells (organ), Cambridge/John Wells/Sir David Willcocks (organ), Stephen Varcoe (bass-baritone), Sir David Willcocks (bass-baritone), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (organ), Cambridge/Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Ian Hare/Sir David Willcocks (organ), Cambridge King's College Choir (chorus), Sir Philip Ledger, Thomas Trotter (organ), King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks/Sir Andrew Davis/Douglas Whittaker, Sir Andrew Davis (organ), Douglas Whittaker (flute), Andrew Davis (organ) Cambridge/Sir Philip Ledger, Cambridge/Francis

12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergiu Celibidache

Alexander Kniazev (cello) & Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Xavier Phillips (cello) Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Michel Plasson

Warsaw Philharmonic

Kiri te Kanawa (soprano), with The Foursome: George Dvorsky, Mervin Foard, Cris Groenendaal, Ron Raines, with The New York Choral Artists, with Nona Lidell (violin) The Abbey Road Ensemble, The New Princess Theater Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, John McGlinn, Jonathan Tunick

Alban Berg Quartett

Alison Balsom (trumpet) Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Stephen Cleobury

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

Clemens Hagen (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin), Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Rudolph Buchbinder, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Mariss Jansons, Klaus Tennstedt

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (piano) USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Israel Gusman, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Étienne Gara (violin), Delirium Musicum

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (contralto) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Itzhak Perlman, Judith Liber Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, London Oratory School Choir, Tolga Kashif

Victor Babin (piano), Vitya Vronsky (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Matthias Echternach (boy soprano), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Marius van Altena (tenor vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Christian Immler (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Heinz Hennig (director) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Claudio Arrau (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult