Eloquence

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

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

Salvatore Accardo (violin) I Musici

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

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

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

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

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

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

Siegfried Jerusalem (Waldemar), Sharon Sweet (Tove), Marjana Lipovšek (Wood Dove), Hartmut Welker (Peasant), Philip Langridge (Klaus the Jester) & Barbara Sukowa (Speaker) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Jeanne Demessieux (organ)

Lindsay String Quartet

Ruth Slenczynska (piano), Wiener Symphoniker, Symphony of the Air, Carl Melles, Henry Swoboda

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Concertgebouworkest, Jean Fournet

Brighton Festival Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

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

George Szell

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

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

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

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

Käbi Laretei (piano)

The New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Ataúlfo Argenta, Enrique Jordá

Jill Gomez (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Christian Ferras (violin), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Richard Bonynge

London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch

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

Artur Rodzinski

Paul van Kempen

Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnányi, Lorin Maazel

Christian Ferras (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean (bass), Joan Rodgers (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner (violin), Trevor Connah (violin), Thurston Dart (continuo), Sir Andrew Davis (organ), Alan Loveday (violin), Malcolm Latchem (violin), Iona Brown (violin), Hugh Maguire (violin), Academy of St Martin in the Fields

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

Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch

Helen Donath (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor), Simon Estes (bass), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Christiane Eda-Pierre (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), John Constable (organ), Leslie Pearson (organ), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), John Georgiadis (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

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

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

János Ferencsik, György Lehel

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

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

Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Nicolai Ghiaurov (Enrico VIII), Elena Souliotis (Anna Bolena), Marilyn Horne (Giovanna Seymour), John Alexander (Lord Riccardo Percy), Janet Coster (Smeton), Stafford Dean (Rochefort), Piero de Palma (Harvey) Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Silvio Varviso

John Ogdon (piano), Brenda Lucas (piano)

Roger Lord (oboe), Bernard Krainis (altorecorder, recorder), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner

Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Paul Zukofsky (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas