Warner Classics

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Christus), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (alto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Jane Eaglen (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Rene Pape (Hermann, Landgraaf von Thuringen), Peter Seiffert (Tannhauser), Thomas Hampson (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Gunnar Gudbjornsson (Walther von der Vogelweide), Hanno Muller-Brachman (Biterolf), Stephan Rugamer (Heinrich der Schreiber), Alfred Reiter (Reinmar von Zweter) & Dorothea Roschmann (Ein junger Hirt) Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Karl Richter

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass, contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

Alison Balsom (trumpet) Scottish Ensemble

Gabriel Bacquier (Guillaume Tell), Montserrat Caballé (Mathilde), Nicolai Gedda (Arnaud), Jocelyne Taillon (Hedwige), Mady Mesplé (Jemmy), Gwynne Howell (Melchtal), Louis Hendriks (Gesler), Kolos Kovacs (Walter Furst) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Lorin Maazel

Fatma Said (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Sascha Goetzel

Busch Quartet

Kyung-Wha Chung, Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Tabea Zimmermann Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík, Sir Simon Rattle, Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Libor Pesek, David Shallon, Eugene Ormandy

Gerald Finley (Guillaume Tell), John Osborn (Arnaud), Malin Byström (Mathilde), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Hedwige), Matthew Rose (Walter Furst), Frédéric Caton (Melchtal), Elena Xanthoudakis (Jemmy), Carlo Cigni (Gesler), Carlo Bosi (Rodolphe), Celso Albelo (Ruodi), Dawid Kimberg (Leuthold), Davide Malvestio (Un Chasseur) Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Orchestre de chambre de Paris, François Leleux

Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger

Itzhak Perlman (violin)

Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet)

David Orlowsky, David Bergmüller

Arleen Auger (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John van Kesteren (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir, Riccardo Muti

Janet Baker (Romeo), Beverly Sills (Giulietta), Robert Lloyd (Capellio), Nicolai Gedda (Tebaldo), Raimund Herincx (Lorenzo) New Philharmonia Orchestra & John Aldis Choir, Giuseppe Patanè

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), Kathryn Stott (piano)

Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon

Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Claudio Arrau (piano)

Lyyra (vocal ensemble)

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

John Treleaven (Tristan), Christine Brewer (Isolde), Dagmar Peckova (Brangaene), Peter Rose (Konig Marke), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Eugene Ginty (Hirt), Jonathan Lemalu (Steuerman), Mark Le Brocq (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles

Maria Callas (Tosca), Carlo Bergonzi (Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (Scarpia), Giorgio Tadeo (Il Sagristano), Leonardo Monreale (Angelotti), Renato Ercolani (Spoletta), Ugo Trama (Sciarrone), David Sellar (Un pastore), Leonardo Monreale (Un carceriere) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus, Georges Prêtre

Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris (chorus), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maîtrise d'Antony (chorus), Choeur d'enfants de L'Union Européenne (chorus), Roberto Alagna (tenor vocals) John Nelson

Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Martti Talvela (bass), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Martin Roscoe (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), David Goode (organ), Robert Aldwinckle (harpsichord), Richard Studt (violin), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Ene Salumäe (percussion), Mati Turi (tenor), Tiit Kogermann (tenor), Aarne Talvik (bass), Evelin Saul (contralto), Kaia Urb (soprano), Vilve Hepner (soprano), Vasari Singers, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Jeremy Backhouse, Stephen Cleobury, Paavo Järvi, Tõnu Kaljuste

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Cristina Ortiz (piano)

Eric Lu (piano)

Soile Isokoski (soprano), Rosemarie Lang (contralto), Robert Gambill (tenor), René Pape (bass) Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Vincent Dubois (organ)

Martha Argerich (piano)

Sabine Meyer (clarinet) Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt

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

Eric Lu (piano)

Yoav Levanon (piano)

Yoav Levanon (piano), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Michael Sanderling

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Fatma Said (soprano), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Pene Pati (tenor), Alexandros Stavrakakis (bass) Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Michael Sanderling

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Cappella Neapolitana, Antonio Florio

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor) & Otto Edelmann (baritone) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Herbert von Karajan

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Nina Walker (piano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), Jack Byfield (piano), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano), Fenella Fielding, Michael Flanders, Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (lute), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute), Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rooley (lute), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (lute), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (harpsichord), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Boothby (lute), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone), Donald Swann (piano), Michael Flanders & Donald Swann, Alan Civil (horn), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Pauline Lowbury (violin), John Noble (baritone) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Fretwork, London Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Choir of King's College Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir David Willcocks, Christopher Finzi, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Charles Groves, Bernard Haitink, George Weldon

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsinki University Male Choir, State Academic Male Choir of the Estonian S.S.R., Paavo Berglund

Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Sheila Armstrong • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sakari Oramo, André Previn

Malin Byström (soprano), Johann Vexo (organ), Ladislav Elgr (tenor), Adam Plachetka (baritone), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Marko Letonja

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund