Eloquence

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

Salvatore Accardo (violin) I Musici

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

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

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

Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

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

Brighton Festival Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

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

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

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

George Szell

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

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

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

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

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

Lindsay String Quartet

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

Käbi Laretei (piano)

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

The New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum

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

Concertgebouworkest, Jean Fournet

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

Anita Cerquetti (soprano) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

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

Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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

Ataúlfo Argenta, Enrique Jordá

Artur Rodzinski

John Ogdon (piano), Brenda Lucas (piano)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Elly Ameling (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)

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

Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch

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

Elly Ameling (soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzo-soprano), San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Edo de Waart

Rudolf Firkušný (piano), Members of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

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

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

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

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Joseph Szigeti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Johanna Martzy (violin), Joseph Joachim (cadenzor), Jean Antonietti (piano), Yaltah Menuhin (piano), Michael Mann (viola), Dika Newlin (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Ferenc Fricsay, Eugen Jochum

Gérard Souzay (baritone), Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

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

János Ferencsik, György Lehel

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

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

Musikverein Quartet