Warner Classics

Maria Callas (Butterfly), Nicolai Gedda (Pinkerton), Mario Borriello (Sharpless), Lucia Danieli (Suzuki) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult/Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Nevile Marriner Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Gürzenich Orchestra & Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon

Emil Gilels (piano) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Boris Berezovsky (piano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Alexei Sultanov (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Susanne Grützmann (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philarmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philarmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Eliahu Inbal, Christoph von Dohnányi, Kurt Sanderling, Maxim Shostakovich, Alain Lombard, János Rolla

Dinu Lipatti/Philharmonia Orchestra/Alceo Galliera, Dinu Lipatti (piano), Dinu Lipatti/Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera, Herbert von Karajan

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexei Lubimov (piano), Igor Uriash (piano)

Beverly Sills (Violetta Valéry), Nicolai Gedda (Alfredo Germont), Rolando Panerai (Giorgio Germont), Delia Wallis (Flora Bervoix), Keith Erwen (Gastone De Letorières), Terence Sharpe (Baron Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marquis D’obigny) & Robert Lloyd (Doctor Grenvil) John AIldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergiu Celibidache

Thomas Hampson Ambrosian Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Michael George (baritone)& Jouko Harjanne (trumpet) Choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals & BBC Philharmonic, Robin Stapleton

Artur Schnabel (piano)

Maria Callas (soprano), Ezio Giordano (baritone), Eugenia Ratti (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (contralto), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Renato Ercolani (baritone), Silvio Maionica (bass), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto

Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Rolando Panerai, Anna di Stasio Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sir John Barbirolli

Richard Tauber (tenor vocals), Vera Schwarz (soprano vocals), Carlotta Vanconti (soprano vocals), Wiener Symphoniker/Franz Lehár, Richard Tauber/Orchestra, Orchestra (lead vocals), Jarmila Novotná (soprano vocals), Wiener Philharmoniker/Franz Lehár, Richard Tauber/Frank Collinson/Lyceum Theatre Orchestra, Lyceum Theatre Orchestra (lead vocals), Richard Tauber/Evelyn Laye/Frank Collinson/Lyceum Theatre Orchestra, Evelyn Laye (soprano vocals), Cleveland Orchestra/Richard Tauber, Evelyn Laye [19], [20] (soprano vocals) Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchester Des Deutschen Künstlertheaters Berlin, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchester des Metropol-Theaters Berlin, Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra [22], Lyceum Theatre Orchestra [18]-[21], Franz Lehár, Ernst Hauke, Henry Geehl, Franz Schönbaumsfeld, Frank Collinson, Ronnie Munro [22], Frank Collinson [18]-[21]

Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Malcolm Frager (piano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Silke Avenhaus (piano), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Philarmonia Orchestra, Concentus musicus Wien, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Cleveland Orchestra, János Rolla, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christoph von Dohnányi, Heinz Holliger

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Iona Brown, Vasso Devetzi (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Alexander Dedyukhin (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, George Szell, Carlo Maria Giulini, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Christina Naughton (piano) & Michelle Naughton (piano)

Quatuor Ebène (string quartet)

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Ludovic Vaillant (trumpet), Maxence Larrieu (flute), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (harpsichord), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard

David Aaron Carpenter (viola & direction) Salomé Chamber Orchestra

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Ray Still (oboe) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Linde Consort

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra & Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Ferde Grofé & Felix Slatkin

André Navarra (cello), Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Hanna Schwarz (vocals), Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Peter Schreier (vocals), Gisela Schunk (vocals), Helen Donath (soprano vocals), Benno Kusche (bass), Hanna Schwarz/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (acoustic bass), Helen Donath/Hanna Schwarz/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Helen Donath/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Peter Schreier/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Helen Donath/Peter Schreier/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Hanna Schwarz/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Benno Kusche/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Peter Schreier/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg, Helen Donath/Hanna Schwarz/Peter Schreier/Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Muenchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg

Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding

Steven Isserlis (cello) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Andrei Gavrilov (piano) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Youri Egorov (piano)

Heather Harper (soprano), Marius Rintzler (bass), Anna Reynolds (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), John Alldis Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Hélène Grimaud (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Maurice André (trumpet), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Tasmin Little (solo violin), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Jean-François Paillard, Alexei Sultanov (piano), Bonifacio Bianchi, Alessandro Pitrelli, I Solisti Veneti, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Bashkirov (piano), François-René Duchable (piano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodor Guschlbauer, Pierre Amoyal (violin), Véronique Gens (soprano vocals), Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin, Marco Brolli (flute), Giovanni Antonini (flute), Giovanni Antonini (director) New York Philarmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich, Zubin Mehta, Samuel Barber, Kurt Masur, Claudio Scimone, Armin Jordan, Andrew Davis, Alexander Lazarev, Hugh Wolff, Eliahu Inbal, Kent Nagano, Lawrence Foster, Raymond Leppard, János Rolla, Kurt Sanderling, Ernö

Ole Böhn (violin) London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Quartetto Italiano (string quartet)

John Elwes (tenor vocals), René Jacobs (counter-tenor vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Jan Patrick O'Farrell (boy soprano), Harry van der Kamp (bass vocals), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Heinz Hennig (director) Leonhardt-Consort, Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Hanover Boys' Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Peter Neumann, Peter Neumann/Collegium Cartusianum Köln/Diana Montague/Michael Chance/Christoph Prégardien/Franz-Josef Selig/Kölner Kammerchor, Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Christoph Prégardien (tenor vocals), Diana Montague (soprano vocals), Kölner Kammerchor/Collegium Cartusianum/Peter Neumann, Kölner Kammerchor (chorus), Koelner Kammerchor (chorus), Michael Chance (counter-tenor vocals), London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington Collegium Cartusianum, Collegium Cartusianum Köln, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington, Sir Roger Norrington

Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano), Domenico Trimarchi (baritone), I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington

Jascha Heifetz (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirollli, Sir Thomas Beecham

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Lilian Watson (soprano), André Previn (piano), Radu Lupu (piano), Peter Lloyd (horn), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), William Bennett (flute), Yale String Quartet (string quartet), London Symphony Orchestra, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult

Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)

Christian Zacharias (piano), Marie-Luise Hinrichs (piano), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Tilmann Wick (cello), Polish Chamber Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Jerzy Maksymiuk, David Zinman, Sir Neville Marriner

Ahn Trio/Brian Resnick/Matthew Gold, Brian Resnick [1], [8] (timpani), Matthew Gold [1], [2], [7] (drums), Lucia Ahn (piano), Angella Ahn (violin), Maria Ahn (violoncello), Ahn Trio (piano trio)

Sir Philip Ledger (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Jean Rigby (alto), Uwe Heilmann (tenor) & Jorma Hynninen (bass) CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Berlin, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus & Orchestra, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, South German Madrigal Choir, Consortium Musicum, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Neville Marriner & Sir David Willcocks

Quartetto Italiano (string quartet)

Noel Mangin, Martyn Hill, Sarah Walker, Ian Partridge, Benjamin Luxon, Mavis Beattle, Franklyn Whiteley, Elizabeth Harwood, Doreen Price, Wendy Eathorne, John Huw Davies, Robert Bateman, Corin Manley, Bryn Evans, Felicity Palmer, Paul Taylor, John Shirley-Quirk, Pauline Stevens, Robert Tear, Stephen Varcoe, John Noble, Elaine Barry Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies

Michel Béroff/Kurt Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Robert MacLeod (recorder), David Mottley (recorder), Michel Béroff (piano) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Julian Bream (guitar)

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Orchestre De Paris, Jean Martinon

Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Flora Raffanelli (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe Baratti (tenor), Bernabé Marti (tenor), Coro Della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma, Matteo Manuguerra (bass-baritone), Agostino Ferrin (bass), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Luigi Roni (bass), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Giovanni Foiani (bass), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Sir Thomas Allen (bass-baritone) Orchestra Della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Anton Guadagno

Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Gieseler/Berliner Philharmoniker/Hans von Benda, Hans Gieseler (violin), Helga Thoene (violin), Eugen Mueller-Dombois (lute), Eugen Mueller-Dombois/Heinz Friedrich Hartig/Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Heinz Friedrich Hartig (harpsichord), Heinz Friedrich Hartig/Eberhard Finke/Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Eberhard Finke (cello), Marlies Siemeling (soprano vocals), Marlies Siemeling/Heinz Friedrich Hartig/Eberhard Finke/Berliner Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, Karlheinz Zöller/Berliner Philharmoniker/Hans von Benda, Karlheinz Zöller (flute) Hans von Benda, Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg