Warner Classics

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Enrico Caruso

Itzhak Perlman (violin) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Arleen Augér (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), David Thomas (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Simon Rattle

Maria Callas, Gino Penno, Maria Luise Nache, Fedora Barbieri La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein<br> (recorded 1953)

Maria Callas, Mario del Monaco, Aldo Protti, Silvana Zanolli La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto<br> (recorded 1955)

Gavrilov, Richter

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, William Conway, Richard Egarr and Douglas Boyd

Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe Modesti, Nicola Zaccaria La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Manuel Rosenthal

Augustin Dumay (violin) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Hikotari Yazaki, Manuel Rosenthal

Edita Gruberova (Lucia), Alfredo Kraus (Edgardo), Renato Bruson (Enrico Ashton), Robert Lloyd (Raimondo Bidebent), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Alisa), Bruno Lazzeretti (Normanno) & Bonaventura Bottone (Lord Arturo Bucklaw) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Ian Watson (organ), Truls Mørk (cello), Juhani Lagerspetz (piano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Dame Moura Lympany (piano), Aline Brewer (harp), Han-Na Chang (cello), Katia Labèque (piano), Marielle Labèque (piano), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Orchestre National de France, Philharmonia Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Sir Neville Marriner, Alain Lombard, Seiji Ozawa, Leonard Slatkin, Zubin Mehta, John Lanchbery, Riccardo Muti, Franz Welser-Möst, Gabriele Santini

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Countess), Eberhard Wächter (Count), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Olivier), Nicolai Gedda (Flamand), Hans Hotter (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Rudolf Christ (Taupe), Anna Moffo (Italian Soprano), Dermot Troy (Ein italienischer Tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Haushofmeister) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Keith Lewis (tenor), Willard White (bass) & David Bell (organ) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Franz Welser-Most

Kenneth Sillito (violin), Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe) Virtuosi of London, Arthur Davidson

Valery Sokolov & Svetlana Kosenko Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Chœur de Chambre Les Eléments & Orchestre National de Lyon, Lawrence Foster

Roberto Alagna (Roméo), Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette), José Van Dam (Frère Laurent), Marie-Ange Todorovitch (Stéphano), Simon Keenlyside (Mercutio), Alain Fondary (Capulet), Claire Larcher (Gertrude), Guy Fletcher (Benvolio) & Alain Vernhes (The Duke) Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson, Catherine Pierard, Susan Bickley, Howard Crook, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson Schütz Choir of London, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington

Nigel Kennedy & Boy George NKQ: Tomasz Grzegorski (tenor sax, soprano sax & bass clarinet), Piotr Wylezol (piano & Hammond), Adam "Szabas" Kowalewski (contrabass & electric bass) & Krzysztof Dziedzic (drums)

Theo Adam (Dutchman), Anja Silja (Senta), Martti Talvela (Daland), Ernst Kozub (Erik), Gerhard Unger (Steersman), Annelies Burmeister (Mary) New Philharmonia Orchestra & BBC Chorus, Otto Klemperer

John Mark Ainsley & James Vivian Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Peter Donohoe (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai

El Quinteto Buenos Aires & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ettore Stratta

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Kurt Streit (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Alain Damiens & Franck Rossi (clarinets) InterContemporain Ensemble, David Robertson

Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Paul Tortelier (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, New Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Lanchbery, Jean-Baptiste Mari, Sir Malcolm Sargent, André Previn, Robert Irving, Herbert von Karajan, Manuel Rosenthal, Sir Charles Mackerras, Louis Frémaux, Yuri Temirkanov, Barry Wordsworth

Maria Callas (Turandot), Eugenio Fernandi (Calaf), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Liù), Nicola Zaccaria (Timur) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin

David Rampy (Ein Flüchtling), Urszula Koszut (Seine Gefärtin), Kathryn Harries (Eine Frau), Jerrold van der Schaaf (Ein Algerier) & Wolfgang Probst (Ein Gefolterter) Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart & Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Bernhard Kontarsky

Artists include Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Monique Haas, Keller Quartet, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Susan Graham, Eric Tappy, Rachel Yakar, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Alain Lombard & Armin Jordan

Artists include Bernarda Fink, René Jacobs, Marie-Claire Alain, Jörg Baumann, Alan Curtis, Herbert Tachezi, Thomas Zehetmair, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Wiener Sängerknaben, Knabenchor Hannover, Collegium Vocale, Gent, Tölzer Knabenchor, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Concentus musicus Wien, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman & Gustav Leonhardt

Bells of Dresdner Kreuzkirche (bells), Chanticleer (vocal ensemble), Boston Camerata (vocal & instrumental ensemble), William Hite (tenor), Sumi Jo (soprano), Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Ellen Hargis (soprano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Kurt Widmer (baritone), Marjanne Kweksilber (soprano), Giovanni Antonini (director), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), Natalie Cole (vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Jouko Harjanne (trumpet), Michael George (baritone), Gottfried Bach (fortepiano), David Ripley (bass), Dresdner Kreuzchor, Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Les Arts Florissants, Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, Cappella Coloniensis, Choir of New College Oxford, Musica Polyphonica, Schola Cantorum Bruxelliensis, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen, Il Giardino Armonico, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Coventry Cathedral Choir, Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen (Wiener Opernkinderchor), Wiener Symphoniker, Brown University Chorus, Schola Cantorum of Boston, Alexander Lazarev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, William Christie, Joel Cohen, Michael Schneider, Edward Higginbottom, Louis Devos, Ton Koopman, Hugh Wolff, Robin Stapleton, Vjekoslav Sutej

Nigel Kennedy & Lena Horne City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Louis Frémaux, Vernon Handley, Robert Irving/

Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo), Leontina Vaduva (Mimi), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Enrico Fissore (Benoit/Alcindoro) London Voices & Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Lucchetti (Ismaele), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria) & Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote) Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Maria Callas (Santuzza, Nedda), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Turiddu, Canio), Tito Gobbi (Tonio), Rolando Panerai (Silvio, Alfio), Anna Maria Canali (Lola), Ebe Ticozzi (Mamma Lucia) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin

Conrad Tao (piano)

Hermann Prey/Günther Weissenborn, Günther Weissenborn (piano), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Thomas Quasthoff /Norman Shetler, Norman Shetler (piano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)

Panito Iconomou (boy soprano), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Christian Immler (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Helmut Wittek (boy soprano) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Itzhak Perlman (violin) & Samuel Sanders (piano)

Annie Moses Band

Libera, Robert Prizeman (musical director)

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Lynn Harrell (cello)

Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Panito Iconomou (boy soprano), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Tobias Eiwanger (boy soprano), Christoph Wegmann (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Max van Egmond (bass vocals) Tölz Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Tobias Eiwanger (boy soprano), Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Christoph Wegmann (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals) Tölz Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), René Jacobs (counter-tenor vocals), Thomas Hampson (bass vocals), Stefan Gienger (boy soprano), John Elwes (tenor vocals), Jan Patrick O'Farrell (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Harry van der Kamp (bass vocals), Hans Stricker (boy soprano), Heinz Hennig (director) Leonhardt-Consort, Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Philippe Huttenlocher (bass vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Markus Huber (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Matthias Echternach (boy soprano), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Marius van Altena (tenor vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Christian Immler (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Heinz Hennig (director) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass vocals), Wilhelm Wiedl (boy soprano), Ruud van der Meer (bass vocals), Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Detlef Bratschke (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Heinz Hennig (director) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jeremy Menuhin (piano)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Paavo Berglund

Philippe Huttenlocher (bass vocals), Wilhelm Wiedl (boy soprano), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Mona Spägele (soprano), Martina Lins (soprano), Susanne Norin (mezzo-soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Jean Rigby (contralto), Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Jorma Hynninen (bass) Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields, Hermann Max, Sir Neville Marriner

Bruno Cavallo (flute), Giulio Franzetti (violin), Alberto Negroni (oboe), Valentino Zucchiati (bassoon) I Solisti Dell'Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Muti

Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass vocals), Wilhelm Wiedl (boy soprano), Ruud van der Meer (bass vocals), Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Detlef Bratschke (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Heinz Hennig (director) Tölz Boys' Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Max van Egmond (bass vocals), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Philippe Herreweghe (director), Wilhelm Wiedl (boy soprano), Ruud van der Meer (bass vocals), Heinz Hennig (director), Adalbert Kraus (tenor vocals), Detlef Bratschke (boy soprano), Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (director), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals) Tölz Boys' Choir, Leonhardt-Consort, Concentus Musicus Wien, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt

Netherlands Opera Chorus (chorus), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano vocals), Peter Schreier (tenor vocals), Zürich Opera Choir (chorus), Yvonne Kenny (soprano vocals), Matti Salminen (bass vocals), Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord), Edita Gruberová (soprano vocals), Werner Hollweg (tenor vocals), Anton Scharinger (baritone vocals), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor vocals), Pamela Coburn (soprano vocals), Peter Keller (tenor vocals), Stefan Gienger (soprano vocals), Thomas Moser (tenor vocals), Markus Baur (soprano vocals), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Antti Suhonen (bass vocals), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano vocals), Edith Schmid (soprano vocals), Andreas Fischer (soprano vocals), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Charlotte Margiono (soprano vocals), Deon Van der Walt (tenor vocals), Anna Steiger (mezzo-soprano vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), László Polgár (bass vocals), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano vocals), Philip Langridge (tenor vocals), Kevin Langan (bass vocals), Isabel Rey (soprano vocals) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Zürich Opera Orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Galina Vichnievskaia (soprano vocals), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Itamar Golan (piano), Keller Quartett (string quartet), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano vocals), Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), Vadim Repin (violin) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orch Symph de la Fédération de Russie, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphonic Orchestr, Kurt Masur, Evgeny Svetlanov, Zubin Mehta, Alexander Lazarev, Yutaka Sado, Emmanuel Krivine