Chandos

Omar Ebrahim (baritone), Hyacinth Nicholls (mezzo-soprano), Darren Abrahams (tenor), James Laing (counter-tenor), Kevin West (tenor), Maureen Brathwaite (soprano), Karina Lucas (mezzo-soprano) & Rodney Clarke (baritone) The Young Vic, David Charles Abell

Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Randall Scarlata (baritone) Celebrant Absolute Ensemble, Chorus sine nomine, Company of Music, Tölzer Knabenchor & Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kristjan Järvi

Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / David Archer (trumpet) / Andrew Watkinson (violin) / Jonathan Scott (harmonium) / Penelope Thwaites (piano) Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Matthias Bamert, Timothy Reynish

Howard Shelley (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Susan Patterson (Abigail), Alan Opie (Nabucco), Jane Irwin (Fenena), Leonardo Capalbo (Ismael), Alastair Miles (Zachariah), Paul Wade (Abdullah), Dean Robinson (High Priest of Baal), Camilla Roberts (Anna) David Parry

Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano)

Irmina Trynkos (violin) Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy

Boris Berman (piano)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba

Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Susan Patterson (Gioconda), Colin Lee (Fernando), Ffleur Wyn (Ines), Susan Patterson (Norma) Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

Peter Harvey (bass), Richard Wistreich (bass), Anna Macdonald (violin & viola), Annette Isserlis (viola), Katherine McGillivray (viola), Pamela Cresswell (viola), Rachel Byrt (viola), William Hunt (violone) Purcell Quartet

Sarah Fox (soprano) & Roderick Williams (baritone) The Joyful Company of Singers & City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Tasmin Little (violin) & Piers Lane (piano)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) & Ian Fountain (piano)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble

Howard Shelley (piano), James Ehnes (violin), Clifford Lantaff (harp) BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

Timothy Waldon (cello), John Gracie (trumpet) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

BBC Philharmonic & Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis

Jennifer Pike (violin), Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Youth Chorus, Edward Gardner

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Bruce Martin (bass) King of Clubs, John Mac Master (tenor) Prince, Deborah Humble (contralto) Clarissa, Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone) Leandro, William Ferguson (tenor) Truffaldino, Warwick Fyfe (baritone) Pantaloon, Jud Arthur (bass) Chelio, Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) Fata Morgana, Wendy Dawn Thompson (contralto) Linetta, Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano) Nicoletta, Ali McGregor (soprano) Ninetta, Arend Bauman (bass) Cook, Richard Alexander (bass) Farfarello, Catherine Carby (mezzo-soprano) Smeraldina, Graeme Macfarlane (tenor) Master of Ceremonies & Tim DuFore (bass) Herald Opera Australia Chorus & Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Gibson

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Antony Beaumont

Edwin Paling (violin) Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Ian Brown, Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Gwenneth Pryor, Karine Georgian

Timothy Waldon, John Gracie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Michael Schonwandt

Geoffrey Tozer (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Eileen Hulse, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Phoenix Bach Choir & Kansas City Chorale Charles Bruffy

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Ivan Ilić (piano)

Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Philip Dukes (viola) BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier

Martin Roscoe (piano) BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda

Dame Janet Baker (Mary Stuart), Rosalind Plowright (Elizabeth I), David Rendall ( Leicester), Alan Opie (Sir William Cecil), John Tomlinson (George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury), Angela Bostock (Hannah Kennedy) English National Operas, Sir Charles Mackerras

Susan Patterson (Amelia), Linda Richardson (Oscar), Jill Grove (Mme & Ulrike Arvidson), Dennis O’Neill (Gustavus III of Sweden), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Count Anckerström), Christopher Purves (Count Ribbing); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi

Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Alan Opie (baritone) BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Susan Gritton (soprano), with BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Ross Knight (tuba), Edward Gregson (piano), Rachel Roberts (viola), Jennifer Galloway (oboe), BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon

Ekaterina Morozova (Natasha Rostova), Roderick Williams (Andrei Bolkonsky), Justin Lavender (Pierre Bezukhov), Oleg Balashov (Anatol Kuragin), Pamela Helen Stephen (Sonya), Catherine Pierard (Maria Bolkonsky/Vassilissa), Igor Matioukhin (Dolokhov), Elena Ionova (Helena Bezukhova), Alan Ewing (Marshal Kutuzov), Stephen Dupont (Ilya Rostov), Thomas Guthrie (Vasska Denisov), Vladimir Ognev (Nikolai Bolkonsky), Victoria Livengood (Maria Akhrosimova), Neil Jenkins (Platon Karatayev), Alan Opie (Bonaparte) Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi

Barry Douglas (piano)