Decca

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Colline), Elizabeth Harwood (Musetta), Rolando Panerai (Marcello), Gianni Maffeo (Schaunard), Michel Sénéchal (Alcindoro/Benoit), Gernot Pietsch (Parpignol) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Cecilia Bartoli & Maxim Vengerov (violin) Orchestra La Scintilla & International Chamber Soloists, Ádám Fischer

Kenneth McKellar (tenor) & Bob Sharples (piano)

April Cantelo (soprano), Wilfred Brown/Robert Tear/Iam Partridge (tenors), Christopher Keyte (bass), Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/Mary Thomas (sopranos), John Whitworth (countertenor), David Galliver/Wilfred Brown (tenors), John Cameron (baritone), Hervey Alan/Trevor Anthony (basses) English Chamber Orchestra, The St Anthony Singers, Orchestra of the Philomusica of London, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Anthony Lewis

Greta Bradman (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Vienna Octet

Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

spoken commentary by Deems Taylor Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra & University of Minnesota Brass Band, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Takács Quartet

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly

György Sebök, Arthur Grumiaux & Francis Orval, George Pieterson, Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler & Bernard Greenhouse

Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord), Philippe Mermoud (cello)

Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe

The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi

Renée Fleming (soprano) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Alan Gilbert, Seiji Ozawa

Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Rudolf Kempe

Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan

Bernard Haitink

Luciano Pavarotti (Calàf), Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Eric Whitacre

András Schiff & Peter Schreier

San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt

Radu Lupu (piano), Tel Aviv String Quartet, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Kazimierz Kord

Joseph Calleja (tenor), Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan

Samuel Mariño (soprano), Covent Garden Sinfonia, Ben Palmer, Jonathan Ware

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Pietro Ballo (tenor), William Shimell (baritone) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

James Thomson (trumpet), Robert Crowley (clarinet), Louis Lortie (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Shura Cherkassky (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

VOCES8 Foundation Choir & Orchestra, VOCES8, Barnaby Smith

Alexandra Whittingham (guitar), Carducci Quartet (stringquartet, string quartet), Thea Sayer (doublebass), Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin (viola), Emma Denton (cello), Margarita Balanas (cello), Stephanie Jones (guitar), Jess Gillam (sopranosaxophone)

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Sarah Leonard (soprano), Mireille Delunsch (soprano), François Kerdoncuff (piano), Jacques Zoon (flute) Concertgebouw Orchestra, ASKO Ensemble, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Riccardo Chailly

Cecilia Bartoli (voice) & Sol Gabetta (cello) Cappella Gabetta

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo) Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Max Emanuel Cencic (Alessandro), Karina Gauvin (Lisaura), Julia Lezhneva (Roxana), Xavier Sabata (Tassile), Juan Sancho (Leonato) Armonia Atenea, George Petrou

Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Luciano Pavarotti (Arturo Talbot), Piero Cappuccilli (Riccardo Forth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Giorgio Walton), Anita Caminada (Enrichetta de France), Gian Carlo Luccardi (Gualtiero Walton), Renato Cazzaniga (Bruno Robertson) Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Cecilia Bartoli (Rosina), Leo Nucci (Figaro), William Matteuzzi (Almaviva), Enrico Fissore (Bartolo), Paata Burchuladze (Basilio) Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi

Sviatoslav Richter & Benjamin Britten (piano)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Georg Solti

Stile Antico

Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson & David Thomas Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Emma Kirkby (soprano) The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Pascal Rogé (piano)

Musiktage Mondsee, Andras Schiff

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly

The Cleveland Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

András Schiff (piano) Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Sándor Végh

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Bennett (flute), John Mack (oboe), David McGill (bassoon), Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Peter Maag, George Malcolm, Christoph von Dohnanyi

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano/conductor) Philharmonia Orchestra

Vladimir Ashkenazy

András Schiff (piano), Gábor Takács-Nagy (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Gabor Ormai (viola), Andras Fejér (cello), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), Kalman Berkes (clarinet) Takács Quartet