Warner Classics

Berlin Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt

Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Anne Pashley (soprano), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor) & Don Garrard (bass) English Chamber Orchestra & John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra & New Philharmonia Chorus, Daniel Barenboim

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Maria Callas/Victor de Sabata/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Giuseppe di Stefano/Tito Gobbi, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Tito Gobbi (bass-baritone), Giuseppe di Stefano/Franco Calabrese/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Victor de Sabata, Franco Calabrese (bass), Dario Caselli (bass), Maria Callas (soprano vocals), Angelo Mercuriale (tenor vocals), Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Tito Gobbi/Dario Caselli/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas/Tito Gobbi/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor vocals), Maria Callas/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas/Tito Gobbi/Angelo Mercuriali/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Angelo Mercuriali (tenor vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas/Giuseppe di Stefano/Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Maria Callas/Angelo Mercuriali/Dario Caselli/Coro del Teatro alla Scala Victor De Sabata

Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), The Hilliard Ensemble (vocal ensemble), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble), Concerto Palatino, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Chanticleer, Choir of New College Oxford, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Chorale Philippe Caillard, Bruce Dickey, Timothy Brown, Edward Higginbottom, Sir David Willcocks, Paul Hillier, Philip Ledger, George Guest, Philippe Caillard, Andrew Parrott, Stephen Cleobury

Cristina Ortiz (piano), Rodney Senior (trumpet), Paul Tortelier (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu London Voices, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Anneliese Rothenberger (Maritza), Nicolai Gedda (Count Tassilo Endrody Wittemburg), Olivera Miljakovic (Lisa), Willi Brokmeier (Baron Koloman Zsupán), Edda Moser (Mania), Kurt Bohme (Prinz Populescu) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen & Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willy Mattes

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Sarah Chang (violin) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Placido Domingo

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Evgeny Svetlanov

Swedish Radio Choir/Tönu Kaljuste, Tonu Kaljuste (director), Per Björsund (tenor vocals), Nils Högman (tenor vocals), Swedish Radio Choir/Tönu Kaljuste/Malena Emman, Swedish Radio Choir/Tönu Kaljuste/Per Björsund, Swedish Radio Choir/Tönu Kaljuste/Nils Högman, Swedish Radio Choir (chorus)

Christopher Hogwood (organ), Early Music Consort of London (vocal & instrumental ensemble), David Munrow

Studio der Frühen Musik, Thomas Binkley

Maria Callas (Donna Fiorilla), Nicolai Gedda (Don Narciso), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Selim), Jolanda Gardino (Zaida), Franco Calabrese (Don Geronio), Mariano Stabile (Il poeta Prosdocimo), Piero De Palma (Albazar) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

John Alley (piano) & Charles Fullbrook (timpani), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Stephen Reay (bassoon), Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Stephen Orton (cello) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, The Endellion String Quartet & City of London Sinfonia, Bamberger Symphoniker, Walter Weller, Rafael Kubelik, Richard Hickox, Ingo Metzmacher

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

Tim Hobrough (harp), Cyprien Katsarsis (piano), Alexander Markov (violin), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Simion Stanciu Syrinx (pipe), Alexander Lagoya (guitar), Turibio Santos (guitar), Stephen Barber (lute), Marielle Nordmann (harp), Marek Janowski, Süher Pekinel (piano), Güher Pekinel (piano), Éric Levionnais (cello), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Bruno Fontaine (piano), Maria-João Pires (piano), Dmitry Cogan (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre Philharmonique of Radio France, BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Monte-Carlo Phi, Marek Janowsky, Lawrence Foster, Alexander Lazarev, Andrew Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, Armin Jordan, Theodor Guschlbauer

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Seiji Ozawa

Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (soprano), Robert Chilcott (tenor), Jonathan Robarts (bass), Francis Grier (organ), Michael Cockerham (contralto), Tim Mead (countertenor), David Hansen (countertenor), Jacques Imbrailo (bass), Kate Royal (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Max van Egmond (baritone, bass), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Edward Philips (countertenor), Nicholas Hayes (bass), Gareth Morrell (bass), Peter Castle (soprano), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Leonhardt-Consort, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury, Gustav Leonhardt

Groupe de recherches musicales de l'ORTF

Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding, Marie-Luise Neunecker (french horn), Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Bamberger Symphoniker/Ingo Metzmacher, Ian Bostridge/Marie-Luise Neunecker/Ingo Metzmacher/Bamberger Symphoniker, Ian Bostridge/Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding Bamberger Symphoniker, Britten Sinfonia, Ingo MetzmacHer, Daniel Harding

Leonid Kogan (violin), Elisabeth Gilels (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Otto Ackermann, André Vandernoot, Basil Cameron, Charles Bruck, Constantin Silvestri

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

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

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor vocals), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano vocals), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano vocals), Roberto Alagna (tenor vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor vocals), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (soprano vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano vocals), José Cura (tenor vocals), José Carreras (tenor vocals), Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France (chorus), Julia Migenes Johnson (soprano vocals), English Chamber Orchestra, Bavarian State Orchestra, Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano vocals), Véronique Gens (soprano vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano vocals), Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Jules Bastin, Frederica von Stade, London Symphony Orchestra, Anne Sofie von Otter, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Richard Leech, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Greenwood (lead vocals), Lesley Garrett (soprano vocals), The Philharmonia Orchestra (lead vocals), Munich Radio Orchestra, Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Richard Bonynge, The New Philharmonia Orchestra, Kent Nagano, Orchestre National De France, Barbara Hendricks (soprano vocals), James Conlon, Gino Quilico, Richard Cowan, Francesco Ellero d'Artegna, Jesús López-Cobos, Hei-Kyung Hong, Edita Gruberová, Neil Shicoff, Lella Cuberli, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano vocals), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket, Bryn Terfel (baritone vocals), Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nello Santi, Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra, Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), Yutaka Sado, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Rai, Waltraud Meier Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Les Arts Florissants, Orchester, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Maurizio Barbacini, William Christie, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Marcello Viotti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Carlo Rizzi, Alain Lombard, Colin Davis, Claudio Scimone, Zubin Meht

Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Irving

Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Graziella Sciutti (Susanna), Franco Calabrese (Count), Sena Jurinac (Countess), Risë Stevens (Cherubino), Monica Sinclair (Marcellina), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Hugues Cuénod (Basilio), Daniel McCoshan (Curzio), Gwyn Griffiths (Antonio), Jeannette Sinclair (Barbarina) Glyndebourne Festival Chorus & Orchestra, Vittorio Gui

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Tenebrae Chamber Choir, Nigel Short

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache

Franco Corelli, Victoria de los Angeles, Mario Zanasi, Mario Spina, Mario Sereni, Gabriele Santini, Lovro Von Matacic, Adriana Lazzarini, Tito Gobbi, Lucine Amara, Corinna Vozza rchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milan

Maria Callas (Armida), Francesco Albanese (Rinaldo), Mario Filippeschi (Gernando), Gianni Raimondi (Eustazio), Alessandro Ziliani (Goffredo), Antonio Salvarezza (Ubaldo), Mario Frosini (Idradote), Marco Stefanoni (Astarotte) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin

Monique Haas (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Vermeer Quartet (string quartet), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Andrew Davis (organ) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Claudio Scimone

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

Ton Koopman (organ)

Ton Koopman (organ)

Ton Koopman (organ)

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Dmitri Shostakovich (piano), Dmitry Kabalevsky (piano), Karen Khachaturian (piano)

Sir Peter Ustinov (actor), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Sir Peter Ustinov/Mady Mesplé/Edda Moser/Klaus Hirte/Nicolai Gedda/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Eberhard Schoener, Klaus Hirte (bass-baritone), Mady Mesple (soprano vocals), Edda Moser (soprano vocals), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Eberhard Schoener, Sir Neville Marriner

Barbara Hendricks (Antigone), Brigitte Fassbaender (Jocasta), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), José Van Dam (Oedipus), Gabriel Bacquier (Tiresias), Marcel Vanaud (Creon), Gino Quilico (Theseus), Marjana Lipovsek (The Sphinx) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orfeon Donostiarra, Lawrence Foster

Ton Koopman (organ)

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

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

Lars Vogt (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Layton James (harpsichord), Christopher Brown (double bass), Peter Howard (cello) Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

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

Monique Haas (piano), Trevor Jones (viola), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), Jan Schlapp (viola), Christophe Coin (viola da gamba), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Piero Toso (violin), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Stefan Vladar (piano), Janos Starker (cello), György Sebök (piano), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Malcolm Frager (piano), Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Chorus of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Michel Brodard (bass vocals), Markus Schäfer (tenor vocals), Audrey Michael (soprano vocals), Lilia Bizimeche-Eisinger (mezzo-soprano vocals), Trio Fontenay (piano trio), Monica Huggett (violin), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Lars Fryden (violin), Jacques Chambon (oboe), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba), Alain Marion (flute), Edward Higginbottom (director), Jean Hubeau (piano), Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (violin), Colette Lequien (viola), André Navarra (cello), Paul Dombrecht (oboe), Michel Henry (oboe), Michel Garcin Marrou (horn), Jos Konnings (horn), Ku Ebbinge (oboe), Jörg Baumann (cello), Till Fellner (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin) I Solisti Veneti, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Scimone, Jean-François Paillard, Ton Koopman, Alexander Lazarev, Jörg Färber, Barry Wordsworth, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michel Corboz, Raymond Leppard, Yutaka Sado, Neville Marriner, Kurt Masur

Yuri Temirkanov/St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Leningrad) Yuri Temirkanov

Craig Armstrong

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor)

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

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