Warner Classics

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

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Alison Balsom (trumpet) Balsom Ensemble

Efrem Kurtz, Walter Susskind, Martha Argerich, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Michel Béroff & János Starker Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel & Riccardo Muti

Rotterdam Philharmonic, Lahav Shani

Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

John Williams (oboe) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund, Sir Alexander Gibson

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Andre Previn

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

London Sinfonietta, Endellion String Quartet, King's College Cambridge Choir, Markus Stenz

Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Nobuko Imai (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Berliner Philharmoniker & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Claudio Abbado & David Shallon

Sarah Chang (violin) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestera, Simon Rattle

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Baremboim (piano)

Busch Quartet

Vilde Frang (violin) & Michail Lifits (piano)

Yehudi Menuhin (violin) London Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar

Vilde Frang (violin) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Thomas Søndergård

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev

Soile Isokoski & Bo Skovhus Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon

Martha Argerich (piano) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit

Thomas Allen (baritone), Gerald English (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano) St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Maria Callas (soprano)

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Helen Donath (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Carlo Maria Giulini, Neville Marriner

Maria Callas (Leonora), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Luisa Villa (Ines), Renato Ercolani (Ruiz), Giulio Mauri (Un vecchio zingaro), Renato Ercolani (Un messo) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra

Maria Callas (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don José), Andréa Guiot (Micaëla), Robert Massard (Escamillo), Nadine Sautereau (Frasquita), Jane Berbié (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (Le Dancaïre), Jacques Pruvost (Le Remendado), Claude Cales (Moralès), Jacques Mars (Zuniga) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Chœurs René Duclos & Chœurs d’enfants Jean Pesneaud, Georges Prêtre

David Oistrakh (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Wiener Symphoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Philharmonia Orchestram Riccardo Muti

Abel Selaocoe (cello)

Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), Gregg Baker (Crown), Harolyn Blackwell (Clara), Cynthia Clarey (Serena), Marietta Simpson (Maria), Damon Evans (Sportin' Life) Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, production direction by Trevor Nunn

John Nelson

Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Heljä Angervo (contralto), Kurt Rydl (bass), Wiesław Ochman (tenor), Helge von Bömches (bass), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Horst Nitsche (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Karl-Walter Böhm (tenor), David Knutson (tenor), Erich Kunz (baritone), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Jules Bastin (bass), Martin Vantin (tenor), Dieter Ellenbeck (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan

Christel Borchers (contralto), Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö (tenor), Elmar Schloter (organ), Karl Helm (bass), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Matthias Hölle (bass), Doris Soffel (contralto), Peter Straka (tenor), Münchner Philharmoniker, Münchener Bach-Chor, Philharmonischer Chor München, Sergiu Celibidache

Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi

Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten), Agnes Giebel, Anna Reynolds & Josephine Veasey (Drei Knaben) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Aziz Shokhakimov

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Aleksander Dębicz (piano)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis

Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Mikhail Rudy (piano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Irwin Gage (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Dresdner Philharmonie, Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michel Plasson, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jeffrey Tate, Marek Janowski, Otto Klemperer

Gidon Kremer (violin) & Martha Argerich (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin), Christa Ludwig (Octavian), Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Eberhard Wächter (Faninal), Ljuba Welitsch (Marianne), Paul Kuen (Valzacchi/Tierhändler), Kerstin Meyer (Annina), Nicolai Gedda (Italian Singer) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Maria Callas (Norma), Mario Filippeschi (Pollione), Ebe Stignani (Adalgisa), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Oroveso), Paolo Caroli (Flavio), Rina Cavallari (Clotilde) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin

Harry Theyard (tenor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), Beverly Sills (soprano), Justino Díaz (bass), Robert Lloyd (bass), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Gaetano Scano (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Thomas Schippers

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Sir Adrian Boult

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunkchor, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle, Ingo Metzmacher

Eric Lu (piano) Hallé Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan