Eloquence

London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Colin Davis & Neville Marriner

L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Horst Stein

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips

Jessye Norman (soprano), Hugh Maguire (violin), Alfred Brendel (piano) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Brighton Festival Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Philomusica of London

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum

Eileen Joyce (piano), Alfredo Campoli (violin), Griller Quartet (string quartet), Sidney Griller (violin), Jack O'Brien (violin), Philip Burton (viola), Colin Hampton (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bliss, Muir Mathieson

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Jörg Demus (piano)

Alicia de Larrocha (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Foster, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

James Bowman (countertenor), Janet Hughes (soprano), Peter Gottlieb (baritone), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Teresa Kubiak (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ugo Trama (bass), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Marjorie Biggar (mezzo-soprano), Federico Davia (bass), Enid Hartle (mezzo-soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Raymond Leppard

Anita Cerquetti (soprano) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Julius Katchen (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Ruggiero Ricci, Pierre Monteux, János Ferencsik

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), George London (Wotan), Jon Vickers (Siegmund), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), David Ward (Hunding), Rita Gorr (Fricka) London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Dušan Popović (Igor Svyatoslavich), Valerija Heybal (Yaroslavna), Noni Žunec (Vladimir Igorevich), Žarko Cvejić (Vladimir Galitsky/Konchak), Melanija Bugarinović (Konchakovna), Dragutin Petrović (Ovlur), Dragomir Ninković (Skula), Nikola Jančić (Yeroshka), Biserka Cvejić (Yaroslavna’s Nurse/Polovtsian Maiden) Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Belgrade, Oskar Danon

John Barrows (french horn), Joseph Szigeti (violin), Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)

Concertgebouworkest, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Eugen Jochum, Antal Doráti

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Chorus & Orchestra of the ROH, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan

Musikverein Quartet

Paul van Kempen

Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Lorna Cooke DeVaron (chorus master), Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Käbi Laretei (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Philip Langridge (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Elly Ameling (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

Doriot Anthony Dwyer (flute), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Salvatore Accardo (violin), Claudio Arrau (piano), Sir Colin Davis

Antal Doráti, András Schiff (piano), Heinz Holliger, Concertgebouworkest, Residentie Orkest, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Hungarica, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Basler Sinfonie-Orchester, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Lindsay String Quartet

Ataúlfo Argenta, Enrique Jordá

Rafael Orozco (piano)

Herman Krebbers (violin), Henk Spruit, Tibor De Machula (cello), Hein Jordans, Anton Kersjes, Theo Olof, Heinz Holliger (oboe), Willem van Otterloo, Eugen Jochum, David Zinman, Bernard Haitink, Leonard Bernstein, Libor Pešek, Kirill Kondrashin

Orchestre de la Société Philharmonique de Paris, L’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Charles Munch

Suzanne Danco (soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

John Ogdon (piano), Brenda Lucas (piano)

Thurston Dart (clavichord)

Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Kenneth Cooper (harpsichord), Gloria Agostini (harp), Rolando Valdés-Bain (guitar), Lee Venora (soprano), David Nadien (violin)

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Albert Wolff, Carl Schuricht, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Heinz Woester (Bassa Selim), Walther Ludwig (Belmonte), Wilma Lipp (Konstanze), Emmy Loose (Blonde), Peter Klein (Pedrillo), Endre Koréh (Osmin) London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips

London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Robert Irving

Suzanne Danco (soprano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass), Gabriele Fontana (soprano), Julia Hamari (mezzo), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone) Wiener Akademie-Chor, Hymnuschor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger

Jennifer Vyvyan (Semele), Anna Pollack (Juno), William Herbert (Jupiter), John Whitworth (Athamas), George Pragnell (Cadmus), Helen Watts (Ino), George James (Somnus) New Symphony Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

Ursula Koszut (Leonora), Siegfried Jerusalem (Florestano), Edita Gruberová (Marcellina), Norbert Orth (Pizzarro), John van Kesteren (Fernando), Giorgio Tadeo (Rocco), Wolfgang Brendel (Giacchino) Bayerisches Symphonieorchester, Peter Maag

Gillian Weir (organ)

Felicity Palmer (soprano), Gillian Weir (organ), Schütz Choir of London, Brighton Festival Chorus, Sir Roger Norrington, Laszlo Heltay

Suzanne Danco (soprano), Lucie Daullène (soprano), Joseph Canteloube (piano) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thor Johnson

Gillian Weir (organ)