Warner Classics

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

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

Martin James Bartlett (piano), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Howard Griffiths

Itzhak Perlman (violin) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Dmitri Shostakovich (piano), Ludovic Vaillant (trumpet), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens

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

Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Kenneth Edwards (Abdallo), Anne Collins (Anna) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Martha Argerich (piano)

Meryl Streep (narrator), Anna Prohaska (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur de Radio France, Mikko Franck

Nemanja Radulović (violin), Double Sens

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

Aleksander Dębicz (piano)

John Nelson

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

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

Plácido Domingo (Carlo), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Shirley Verrett (Eboli), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Maria Giulini

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

Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe

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

Nigel Kennedy (violin), English Chamber Orchestra

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

Adam Walker (flute), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Timothy Ridout (viola)

Pablo Casals (cello)

Bruno Walter

Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Kenji Miura (piano)

Catherine Patriasz (soprano), Charles Brett (countertenor), Taverner Consort (vocal ensemble), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Caroline Trevor (contralto), Edith Mathis (soprano), Sibyl Michelow (contralto), Franz Crass (bass), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Stephanie Blythe (contralto), Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Emily van Evera (soprano), Taverner Players, Charles Daniels (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Eckart Haupt (flute), Gudrun Jahn (flute), Lionel Rogg (organ, harpsichord), Jane Murdoch (violin), Jonathan Rees (violin), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Mark Bennett (trumpet), Paul Goodwin (oboe), Rachel Beckett (recorder), Monica Huggett (violin), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Fabio Biondi (violin), Bernhard Klapprott (harpsichord), Carsten Lohff (harpsichord), Marcello Busi (harpsichord), Alison Bury (violin), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Janet See (flute), John Holloway (violin), John Toll (harpsichord), Marc Hantaï (flute), Jordi Savall (viola da gamba), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Davitt Moroney (harpsichord, organ), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Maggie Cole (harpsichord), Michel Debost (flute), Davitt Moroney and Susann Sheppard, Susan Sheppard (cello), Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Gent, Taverner Choir, Ensemble Sonnerie, Europa Galante, La Petite Bande, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Consortium Musicum, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Kammerorchester C P E Bach, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Ensemble, Concerto Melante, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philippe Herreweghe, Andrew Parrott, Sigiswald Kuijken, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, John Nelson, Peter Schreier, Philip Ledger

Shani Diluka (piano)

Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Gabriel Tacchino (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Eric Lu (piano) Hallé Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Sarah Chang (violin), Christopher Balmer, Ian Partridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison, Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass) Sinfonia of London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Jacques Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Music Group of London, Sir John Barbirolli, Vernon Handley, Bernard Haitink, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Adrian Boult

Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar

Enrico Onofri (solo violin), Paolo Grazzi (oboe) Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

André Previn

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

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

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

USSR State Symphony & Orchestra Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation Evgeny Svetlanov

Anne Queffélec (piano)

Emil Gilels (piano) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Marga Höffgen (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass) Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Leif Ove Andsnes, Fazil Say, Anne Queffélec, Shani Diluka, Alexandre Tharaud, Aldo Ciccolini, Dalal, Maxence Cyrin, Helen Jane Long, Carlos Cipa (piano)

Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

The Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ettore Gracis

Classical Best of

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Claudio Arrau (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Andrew Dudman (music editor), Igelese Ete (choir director), Jennifer Dunnington (music editor), Karen Elliott (production co-ordinator), Michael McCarthy (choir director), Michael Price (music editor), Nancy Allen (music editor), Simon Kiln (music editor), Suzana Peric (music editor), Terry Edwards (choir director), featuring Edward Ross (boys choir, performed by), Chris O'Connor (percussion), David Donaldson (music), David Long (music), Grant Shearer (music), Janet Roddick (music), Peter Daly (music), Ruairidh Morrison (music), Steve Roche (music), Edward Ross (solo vocals, featured vocals), Igelese Ete (Choir Master) (choir director), Marie Ebbing (music editor), Mark Willsher (music editor), The London Oratory School Schola (boys choir), Enya (vocals), Elizabeth Fraser (featured vocals), Nicky Ryan (audio recording engineer), London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Voices, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Igelese Ete (Choir Master), Michael McCarthy (Choir Master), Terry Edwards (Choir Master), Howard Shore

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan