Warner Classics

Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson & Jose Carreras Choir of New College Oxford, Chanticleer, Il giardino Armonico & London Brass

Philip Ledger (piano), Richard Morton (tenor), Choir of King's College Cambridge

Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra & Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Lawrence Foster & Gino Quilico

Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Gareth Davies (flutes), John Alley (keyboards) & Neil Percy (percussion), Neil percy (marimba), Carmine Lauri & David Alberman (solo violins), Catrin Finch London Symphony Orchestra, Karl Jenkins

Rudolf Schock

Kiri te Kanawa London Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung

Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), Jean-Pierre Drouet (percussion), Sylvio Gualda (percussion)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Sir Neville Marriner

Maurizio Pollini (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Kletzki

Alexander Tcherepnin (piano), Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) & Paul Tortelier (cello), Paul Tortelier (cello), Alexander Tcherepnin (piano) & Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Groupe Instrumentale de Paris

Maria Callas

Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Cheryl Studer & Giorgio Zancanara Riccardo Muti, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine & John Barker

Manuel Barrueco (guitar)

Dawn Upshaw/Ann Murray/Ethna Robinson/John Aler/Kurt Moll/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Sir Neville Marriner, Kurt Moll (bass), Dawn Upshaw (soprano vocals), Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons, Hermann Prey/Peter Schreier/Gottlob Frick/Erika Köth/Anneliese Burmeister /Nicolai Gedda/Fred Teschler/Siegfried Vogel /Chor des Leipziger Rundfunks/Staatskapelle Dresden/Robert Heger, Gottlob Frick (bass), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Les Tetes Raides (bass), Anneliese Burmeister (mezzo-soprano vocals), Erika Köth (soprano vocals), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano vocals), Fred Teschler (bass), Rudolf Schock/Elisabeth Grümmer /Karl Christian Kohn/Lisa Otto/Hermann Prey/Gottlob Frick/Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin/Berliner Philharmoniker/Joseph Keilberth, Hermann Lüddecke (director), Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (chorus), Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Gianluigi Gelmetti, Paul Strauss - Orchestre De Liège, Sinfonia of London, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Berglund, Jerzy Maksymiuk/Polish Chamber Orchestra, Willy Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Michel Plasson/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Raúl Garello/Julio Oscar Pane/José Alberto Giaimo, J.A. Giaimo (piano), Julio Oscar Pane (bandonéon), Raul Garello (bandonéon), José Alberto Giaimo (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan, Ambrosian Singers/Philharmonia Orchestra/John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra/Efrem Kurtz Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner Philharmoniker, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Si, Sir Neville Marriner, Riccardo Muti, Mariss Jansons, Cochran, Robert Heger, Joseph Keilberth, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Sir John Barbirolli, Paavo Berglund, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Willi Boskovsky, Michel Plasson, Wolff, Herbert von Karajan, John Lanchbery, Efrem Kurt

Victoria de los Angeles & Nicolai Gedda André Cluytens & Carlo Maria Giulini

Donatella Saccardi (soprano), Roberto Juri Comisasca (vocals), Louisa Kennedy (soprano), Nicolas Christou (baritone), Vincenzo La Scola (tenor), Orchestra Sinfonica Dell'Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Alessandro Nidi

Rheinische Kantorei (vocal ensemble), Martina Lins (soprano), Susanne Norin (contralto), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Veikko Kiiver (tenor), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Mona Spägele (soprano), Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max

Sabine Meyer & Wolfgang Meyer Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Jörg Faerber

Chanticleer (vocal ensemble)

Natalie Dessay/Charles Burles/Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo/Patrick Fournillier, Natalie Dessay (soprano vocals), Charles Burles (tenor vocals) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fournillier

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore

Alban Berg Quartett

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Heather Harper (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass, contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Annie Fischer (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Otto Klemperer

Jacqueline du Pré (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

John Aler (tenor), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Jan Opalach (bass), Frank Kelley (tenor), John Cheek (bass), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff

Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić

Dino Lipatti (piano), Walter Gieseking (piano) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan

Elmer Bernstein (lead vocals)

Christian Zacharias (piano), Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, English Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman

Edward Higginbottom (director), Chanticleer (vocal ensemble), James O'Donnell (director), Andrew Reid (organ), Timothy Lacy (vocals), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Camille Maurane (baritone vocals), The Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum of Boston (vocal ensemble), Joel Frederiksen (bass vocals), Shakers of Sabbathday Lake (vocal ensemble), Boston Camerata (vocal ensemble), Joel Cohen (director), Anne Azéma (soprano vocals), Pasquale Mourey (soprano vocals), Shira Kammen (mediaeval fiddle), Margriet Tindemans (mediaeval fiddle), Laurence Brisset (mezzo-soprano vocals), Annelies Coene (soprano vocals), Catherine Jousselin (contralto vocals), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Thomas Herford (soprano vocals), David Burchell (organ) Westminster Cathedral Choir, New College Choir, Oxford, City of London Sinfonia, Capricorn Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, Capricorn, Choir of New College Oxford, John Eliot Gardiner

Fazil Say (piano)

Fazil Say (piano)

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Witold Lutoslawski

Hans Richter-Haaser (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz

Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Peter Seiffert (tenor vocals), Jane Eaglen (soprano vocals), Rolando Villazon (tenor vocals), Daniel Barenboim, Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (chorus), René Pape (bass vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (soprano vocals), Poul Elming (tenor vocals), Nadine Secunde (soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Anne Evans (soprano vocals), Philip Kang (bass vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor vocals), Kurt Schreibmayer (tenor vocals), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass vocals) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Borenboim

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester/Willi Boskovsky, Willi Boskovsky/Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester

Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda, Olivera Miljakovic, Willi Brokmeier & Wolfgang Anheisser Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen & Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willy Mattes

Anneliese Rothenberger/Adolf Dallapozza/Walter Berry/Renate Holm /Gerhard Unger/Wolfgang Anheisser /Jürgen Förster /Karl Dönch /Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Walter Berry (bass), Wolfgang Anheisser (bass-baritone), Adolf Dallapozza (vocals), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper (chorus), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Karl Dönch (bass-baritone), Anneliese Rothenberger/Adolf Dallapozza/Gisela Litz/Gerhard Unger/Walter Berry/Renate Holm /Jürgen Förster /Karl Dönch /Wolfgang Anheisser /Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper/Wiener Symphoniker/Willi Boskovsky, Gisela Litz (vocals), Jurgen Forster (tenor vocals), Renate Holm (soprano vocals), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano vocals), Karl Dönch (baritone vocals), Karl Doench (baritone vocals) Wiener Symphoniker, Willi Boskovsky

Lionel Rogg (organ)

Lionel Rogg (organ)

Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache

Sabine Meyer/Rudolf Buchbinder/Heinrich Schiff, Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Heinrich Schiff (violone), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Heinrich Schiff (violoncello)

Ruth-Margret Pütz (soprano vocals), Franz Crass (bass), Nicolai Gedda/Franz Klarwein/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Wolfgang Baumgart (chorus), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München (chorus), Chor D.Bayerischen Staatsoper Muenchen (chorus), Ruth-Margret Pütz/Franz Crass/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Franz Klarwein (tenor vocals), Ruth-Margret Pütz/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Nicolai Gedda/Franz Crass/Franz Klarwein/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Franz Crass/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Nicolai Gedda/Ruth-Margret Pütz/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan, Nicolai Gedda/Ruth-Margret Pütz/Franz Crass/Franz Klarwein/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Wolfgang Baumgart/Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Fritz Lehan Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Fritz Lehan

Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra/Hans Hotter/Christa Ludwig, Aase Nordmo-Løvberg/Christa Ludwig/Waldemar Kmentt/Hans Hotter/Philharmonia Chorus/Wilhelm Pitz/Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer, Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Wilhelm Pitz (chorus), Philharmonia Chorus (chorus), Aase Nordmo Lovberg (soprano vocals), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano vocals), Aase Nordmo-Løvberg (soprano vocals), Hans Hotter (baritone vocals), Hans Hotter (bass), Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Enzo Mascherini (Macbeth), Maria Callas (Lady Macbeth), Italo Tajo (Banco), Gino Penno (Macduff), Luciano della Pergola (Malcolm), Angela Vercelli (Dama), Dario Caselli (Medico), Attilio Barbesi (Domestico), Mario Tommasini (Sicaro) Teatro alla Scala, Victor de Sabata

Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis Concentus Musicus Wien, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Paris, Seiji Ozawa

Janet Baker London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symhony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Karina Gauvin (soprano vocals), Jean-François Lapointe (baritone vocals), Roberto Alagna (tenor vocals), Sabine Revault d'Allonnes (soprano vocals), Philippe Cassard (piano), Jonathan Fournel (piano), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Guylaine Girard (soprano vocals), Marie-Josèphe Jude (piano), Flemish Radio Choir (chorus), Bernard Richter (tenor vocals), Nadine Sautereau (soprano vocals), Choeur de la RTF (chorus), Michel Caron (tenor vocals), Choeur de Paris-Sorbonne (chorus), Brigitte Desnoues (soprano vocals) Ensemble Les Essenti'elles, Mikko Franck, Hervé Niquet, Manuel Rosenthal, Jacques Grimbert

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Dame Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, Dame Felicity Lott New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Adrian Boult, Sir Philip Ledger

Vadim Repin (violin), Vladimir Krainev (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Seiji Ozawa, Dmitri Kitaenko, Kent Nagano

Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

Maria Callas (Iphigénie), Francesco Albanese (Pylade), Anselmo Colzani (Thoas), Fiorenza Cossotto (Diane) Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno

Zubin Mehta/Birgit Nilsson/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Grace Bumbry/Franco Corelli/Mario Sereni/Bonaldo Giaiotti/Ferruccio Mazzoli/Piero de Palma/Mirella Fiorentini/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Mario Sereni (bass-baritone), Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Franco Corelli (tenor vocals), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano vocals), Birgit Nilsson (soprano vocals), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass), Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma (chorus), Ferruccio Mazoli (bass), Gianni Lazzari (chorus), Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma (chorus), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass vocals), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass vocals), Gianni Lazzari (director), Piero de Palma (tenor vocals), Mirella Fiorentini (soprano vocals), Mario Sereni (baritone vocals) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta

Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Renato Cellini, Victoria de los Angeles (soprano vocals), Jussi Björling (tenor vocals), Leonard Warren/George Cehanovsky/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw (director), Herbert Huffmann (director), Robert Merrill (bass), Paul Franke (tenor vocals), Paul Frankeur (tenor vocals), Richard Wright (Classical Artist) (tenor vocals), Richard Wright (tenor vocals), Jussi Björling/Paul Franke/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Leonard Warren (tenor vocals), George Cehanovsky (tenor vocals), Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Paul Franke/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Merrill (soprano vocals), Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Leonard Warren/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Robert Merrill/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Paul Franke/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Jussi Björling/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Paul Franke/George Cehanovsky/Richard Wright/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Paul Franke/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Leonard Warren/Paul Franke/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Paul Franke/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Robert Merrill/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra, Victoria de los Angeles/Jussi Björling/Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Paul Franke/Columbus Boychoir/Robert Shaw Chorale/Robert Shaw/Renato Cellini/RCA Victor Orchestra Rca Victor Orchestra, The Columbus Boychoir, The Robert Shaw Chorale, Rca Victor Symphony Orchestra, Renato Cellini