Warner Classics

Martyn Hill (tenor), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Michael Ginn (countertenor), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Charles Brett (countertenor), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Nigel Robson (tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), John Angelo Messana (countertenor), Christopher Royall (countertenor), Charles Stewart (bass), William Kendall (tenor), English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Gina Bachauer (piano), Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Alain Lombard

Katia & Marielle Labeque (piano)

with Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Masters, Derek Simpson, John Ogdon (piano), Nigel Robson (tenor) Bath Festival Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett, Rudolf Barshai, Colin Davis, Sir Neville Marriner

Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe, Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Clemens Krauss, Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)

Jos Konnings (horn), Ku Ebbinge (oboe), Michel Garcin-Marrou (horn), Michel Henry (oboe), Monica Huggett (violin), Paul Dombrecht (oboe), Alison Bury (violin), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Ricardo Kanji (recorder), Reine-Marie Verhagen (recorder), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute, recorder), Roy Goodman (violin), Ton Koopman (harpsichord, organ), Christophe Coin (viola da gamba), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Jan Schlapp (viola), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), Trevor Jones (viola), Andrew Manze (violin), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

proMODERN

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

Barbara Scherler (contralto), Elly Ameling (soprano), Louis Devos (tenor), Roger Soyer (bass), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), José van Dam (baritone), Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne (vocal ensemble), Peter Harvey (baritone), Magali Dami (soprano), Britt-Marie Aruhn (soprano), Robert Holl (baritone), Angela-Maria Blasi (soprano), David Pittman-Jennings (bass), Reinaldo Macias (tenor), Ursula Kunz (mezzo-soprano), Coro Gulbenkian, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Chœur Colonne, Ensemble Audite Nova de Paris, Orchestre Colonne, Ensemble vocal de Lausanne, Radiokoret, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Michel Corboz

Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (mezzo-soprano), Maria Irsara (cor anglais), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Anja Harteros (soprano), René Pape (bass), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Daniele Rossi (organ), Alex Esposito (bass), Francesco Meli (tenor), Marina Rebeka (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Donika Mataj (soprano), Maria Agresta (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Mirella Freni (Adina), Nicolai Gedda (Nemorino), Mario Sereni (Belcore), Renato Capecci (Dulcamara), Angela Arena (Giannetta) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari Pradelli

Franco Corelli (Poliuto), Maria Callas (Paolina), Ettore Bastianini (Severo), Nicola Zaccaria (Callistene) Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto

Helen Donath/Adolf Dallapozza/Hermann Prey/Hanna Schwarz/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg/Tölzer Knabenchor, Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Tölzer Knabenchor (chorus), Adolf Dallapozza (vocals), Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (chorus), Hanna Schwarz (vocals), Helen Donath/Adolf Dallapozza/Hermann Prey/Hanna Schwarz/Karl Ridderbusch/Gerhard Unger/Brigitte Lindner /Friedrich Lenz /Heidrun Ankersen/Ortrun Wenkel/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg/Tölzer Knabenc, Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Ortrun Wenkel (vocals), Günter Wewel (bass), Friedrich Lenz (vocals), Heidrun Ankersen (mezzo-soprano vocals), Brigitte Lindner (soprano vocals), Helen Donath (soprano vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg

Wolfgang Anheisser (bass-baritone), Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München (chorus), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano vocals), Chor D.Bayerischen Staatsoper Muenchen (chorus), Olivera Miljakovic (soprano vocals) Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Willy Mattes

Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Klaus Hirte (bass-baritone), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Gisela Schunk (vocals), Horst Sachtleben (vocals), Regina Marheineke (soprano vocals), Walter Berry (bass), Gisela Litz (vocals), Dieter Miserre (bass), Kari Lövaas (soprano vocals), Regina Marheineke/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Nicolai Gedda/Walter Berry/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Regina Marheineke/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Klaus Hirte/Horst Sachtleben /Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Regina Marheineke/Nicolai Gedda/Klaus Hirte/Walter Berry/Gisela Litz/Kari Lövaas/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Nicolai Gedda/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Regina Marheineke/Walter Berry/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner, Regina Marheineke/Nicolai Gedda/Klaus Hirte/Walter Berry/Gisela Litz/Kari Lövaas/Dieter Miserre/Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München/Otmar Suitner Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Chor D.Bayerischen Staatsoper Muenchen, Otmar Suitner

Yehudi Menuhin/Philharmonia Orchestra/Wilhelm Furtwängler, Yehudi Menuhin/Wilhelm Furtwängler/Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wilhelm Furtwaengler

Jean Martinon

Alfredo Kraus/National Philharmonic Orchestra/James Levine, Alfredo Kraus/Beverly Sills/Malcolm King/Dennis O'Neill/Ann Murray/Philharmonia Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Malcolm King (bass), Beverly Sills (soprano vocals), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano vocals), Sherrill Milnes/Beverly Sills/Alfredo Kraus/Mignon Dunn/Samuel Ramey/Dennis O'Neill/Malcolm King/John Rawnsley/Ann Murray/Sally Burgess/Jennifer Smith/Alan Watt/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Julius Rudel, Ambrosian Opera Chorus (chorus), Alan Watt (bass), Samuel Ramey (bass), Sherrill Milnes (bass-baritone), John McCarthy (chorus), John Rawnsley (bass-baritone), Mignon Dunn (mezzo-soprano vocals), Steve Hogarth (bass), Jennifer Smith (soprano vocals), Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano vocals), Alfredo Kraus (tenor vocals), Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris (chorus), Alfredo Kraus/London Symphony Orchestra/Sarah Caldwell, Alfredo Kraus/Montserrat Caballé/Agostino Ferrin/Stefan Elenkov/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Stefan Elenkov (bass), Montserrat Caballe (soprano vocals), Agostino Ferrin (bass), Alfredo Kraus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Karl Böhm, Alfredo Kraus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Nicola Rescigno, Cynthia Buchan (mezzo-soprano vocals), Alfredo Kraus/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Michel Plasson, Alfredo Kraus/Jean-Noël Bèguelin/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris/Bruno Campanella, Antoine Garcin (bass-baritone), Choeurs De Theatre National De L'Opera (chorus), Michel Trempont (bass-baritone), Jean-Noël Bèguelin (bass), Jean Laforge (chorus), Antoine Garcin (Bass) (bass), Helia T'Hezan (mezzo-soprano vocals), Michel Trempont (Bass) (bass), June Anderson (soprano vocals), Jean-Noël Bèguelin (Bass) (bass), Alfredo Kraus/Michel Plasson/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Alfredo Kraus/Frédéric Vassar/Ensemble Choral Jean Laforge/Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo/Thomas Fulton, Daniel Ottevaere (bass), Martine Mahé (mezzo-soprano vocals), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass), Ensemble Choral Jean Laforge (chorus), Jean-Philippe Lafont (bass-baritone), Frederic Vassar (bass-baritone), Frédéric Vassar (baritone vocals), John Aler (tenor vocals), Alain Munier (tenor vocals), Alfredo Kraus/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Michel Plasson National Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, RPO, Orche, James Levine, Julius Rudel, Michelangelo Veltri, Sarah Caldwell, Riccardo Muti, Karl Boehm, Karl Böhm, Nicola Rescigno, Michel Plasson, Bruno Campanella, Wolff, Thomas Fulton

Jean-Luc Viala (tenor vocals), Susan Graham (soprano vocals), Choeur de l'Opéra de Lyon (chorus), Choeurs de l'Opéra de Lyon (chorus), John Nelson, Valérie Jeannet (actor), Philippe Magnant (actor), Philippe Bardy (actor), Laurence Roy (actor), Sylvia McNair (soprano vocals), Philippe Bertin (actor), Enrico Di Giovanni (actor), Jean-Paul Racodon (actor), Vincent Le Texier (bass vocals), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone vocals), Gabriel Bacquier (actor), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone vocals), Sophie Niedergang (actor), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano vocals), Henri Ambert (actor)

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

Thomas Kakuska Belcea Quartet

Nicolai Gedda (Il Duca), Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), Reri Grist (Gilda), Agostino Ferrin (Sparafucile), Anna di Stasio (Maddalena), Limbania Leoni (Giovanna), Ruggero Raimondi (Monterone), Benito di Bella (Marullo), Franco Ricciardi (Borsa), Alfredo Giacomotti (Conte di Ceprano), Mirella Fiorentini (Contessa di Ceprano) Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari Pradelli

Carlo Tamponi (flute), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Francesco Bossone (bassoon) & Alessio Allegrini (horn) Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Maurice André (trumpet), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Alban Berg Quartet (string quartet), François-René Duchable (piano), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Jacques Lancelot (clarinet), Maria-João Pires (piano), Pierre Pierlot (oboe), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (organ), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin), Turibio Santos (guitar), Bonifacio Bianchi (mandolin), Alessandro Pitrelli (mandolin), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Andreas Staier (fortepiano), Christoph Prégardien (tenor vocals), Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard, Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Trevor Jones (viola), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), Jan Schlapp (viola), Christophe Coin (viola da gamba), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Saskia Kwast (harp), Alexei Lubimov (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Monte-, Kent Nagano, John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Davis, Hugh Wolff, Jean-François Paillard, Kurt Masur, Alexander Lazarev, Claudio Scimone, Theodor Guschlbauer, David Zinman, Armin Jordan, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sakari Oramo, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lawrence Foster, T

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Staatskapelle Dresden, Eugen Jochum

Roberto Frontali (baritone), Luciano Ganci (tenor), Francesca Dotto (soprano), Boys (vocals), Alessandro D'Acrissa (tenor), Andrea Borghini (baritone), Orchestra Filarmonica Della Calabria, Coro Lirico Siciliano, Filippo Arlia

Itzhak Perlman (violin) The Abbey Road Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Matthew Truscott (violin) & Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord & conductor) Kammerakademie Potsdam

Original Cast of Hadestown, Marika Hugues (cello), Michael Chorney (guitar), Robinson Morse (bass), Liam Robinson (piano), Brian Drye (glockenspiel), Ben Perowsky (drums), Brian Drye (trombone), Jenny Scheinman (violin), Liam Robinson (accordion)

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

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

George Li

George Li (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko

Maurizio Pollini (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Kletzki

Georges Pludermacher (piano)

Anthony Bailes (lute)

Cécile Ousset (piano)

Daniel Barenboim & Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

Elisabeth Grümmer, Marga Höffgen, Helmut Krebs & Gottlob Frick Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der St Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Rudolf Kempe

Beverly Sills (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca di Mantova), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile/Il Conte di Monterone), Mignon Dunn (Maddalena), Dennis O’neill (Borsa), John Rawnsley (Marullo), Malcolm King (Il Conte di Ceprano), Ann Murray (Giovanna) & Sally Burgess (La Contessa di Ceprano) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel

Maria Callas (soprano) Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, David Parry, Tasmin Little (violin), Edward Higginbottom (director), Thomas Herford, New College Choir, Oxford, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Choir of the New College Oxford, Eamonn Dougan, Nicholas Fuggle, Andrew Davis (organ), English Chamber Orchestra Choir (chorus), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Emiliano Rodolfi, Giovanni Antonini, Marco Cera, Choir of New College Oxford (chorus) Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Il G, Jean-François Paillard, John Eliot Gardiner, Raymond Leppard, Douglas Boyd, Richard Egarr

Gérard Jarry (violin), Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard, Jean-Francois Paillard

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Daniel Barenboim, Klaus Tennstedt, Pierre Boulez

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham

Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord, organ, virginal), Frans Brüggen (recorder, flute), Anner Bylsma (cello), Jaap Schröder (violin), James Bowman (countertenor), Christopher Robson (countertenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Julia Gooding (soprano), Lars Frydén (violin), Bert van t'Hoff (tenor), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Marie-Luise Gilles (contralto), Peter Christoph Runge (bass), Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord), Eduard Müller (harpsichord), Janny van Wering (harpsichord), Max van Egmond (baritone, bass), Dijk Koster (cello), Ad Mater (oboe), Fred Nijenhus (double bass), Veronika Hampe (viola da gamba), Wim ten Have (viola), Jacques Villisech (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent (vocal ensemble), Marcus Klein (soprano), Marius van Altena (tenor), Raphael Harten (contralto), Alan Curtis (harpsichord), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Leonhardt-Consort, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Knabenchor Hannover, Concentus musicus Wien, Jürgen Jürgens

Dame Margaret Price (soprano) & Wolfgang Sawallisch & James Lockhart (piano)

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano)

Elisabeth Grümmer (Hänsel), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Gretel), Else Schürhoff (Witch), Maria von Ilosvay (Mother), Josef Metternich (Father), Anny Felbermayer (Sandman, Dew Fairy) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Itzhak Perlman Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster

Ana Alexieva (mezzo-soprano), Anton Diakov (bass-baritone), Bojan Katzarsky (bass), Boris Christoff (bass, lead vocals), Christina Hadjikoleva (bass), Cyril Dulguerov (tenor), Dimitr Ouzounov (tenor), Ekaterina Gueorguieva (soprano), Evelyn Lear (mezzo-soprano), Jacques Mars (bass), John Lanigan (tenor), Kina Kosseva (bass), Kostadine Schekerlisky (bass), Luben Kondov (choir director, director), Mela Bougarinovitch (mezzo-soprano), Milen Paounov (bass), Mira Kalin (mezzo-soprano), Nicolaï Christov (mezzo-soprano), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (orchestra leader), Vasil Benchev (tenor), Boris Christoff/Ana Alexieva/Milen Paounov/Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens, Chorus & Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia (lead vocals), Maud Tortelier (cello), Alexander Tcherepnin (piano), Henriette Puig-Roget (organ), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Alexandre Labinsky (piano), Gaston Marchesini (cello), Alexander Glazunov (orchestra leader), Chorus Of The National Opera Of Sofia, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chœurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Orchestre Et Choeurs Du Theatre National, Feodor Potorjinsky Choir, Orchestra National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens, Atanass Marguaritov, Jerzy Semkow, Georges Tzipine, Issay Dobroven, Wilhelm Schuechter, Wilhelm Schüchter, Nicolai Malko

Markus Stockhausen (trumpet) & Jocelyn B.Smith (voice) The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic & Members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin Choir

RIOPY (piano)

Julian Bream (guitar), Peter Walden (french horn) Sir Simon Rattle

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)