Decca

London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller

Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) & Imogen Cooper (piano)

Radu Lupu & Szymon Goldberg

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Thomas Stewart (Gunther), Ludmilla Dvoráková (Gutrune), Martha Mödl (Waltraute), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Sieglinde Wagner (Flosshilde), Marga Höffgen (Erste Norn), Annelies Burmeister (Zweite Norn), Anja Silja (Dritte Norn) Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Böhm

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen

Julius Katchen (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba

Anthony Rooley (director), Consort of Musicke

José van Dam (Hans Sachs), Ben Heppner (Walther von Stolzing), Karita Mattila (Eva), Alan Opie (Beckmesser), Iris Vermillion (Magdalena), Herbert Lippert (David), René Pape (Pogner), Albert Dohmen (Kothner), Kelly Anderson (Nachtwächter) Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Georg Solti

Sherrill Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, John Tomlinson, Della Jones, Elizabeth Connell, Richard Van Allan, Piero de Palma National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Radu Lupu (piano), Hans de Vries (oboe), George Pieterson (clarinet), Vicente Zarzo (horn) & Brian Pollard (bassoon) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

London Symphony Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Weller

Michaela Petri (recorder)

Catherine Dubosc (soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano), Urszula Kryger (mezzo-soprano), François Le Roux (baritone) & Pascal Rogé (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, István Kertész

Benjamin Frith (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Musici, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble & Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Elgar Howarth, Vernon Handley, Sir Adrian Boult & Mark Stephenson

Clifford Curzon (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell, Adrian Boult, Enrique Jorda, Malcolm Sargent

Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano), Vera Badings (harp), Robert Gugolz (clarinet) Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Suisse Romande Orchestra, Charles Dutoit and Ernest Ansermet

Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Tom Krause (baritone), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano) Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

András Schiff (piano), Peter Serkin (piano), Aurèle Nicolet (flute) & Yuuko Shiokawa (violin), Peter Serkin (piano) & Bruno Canino (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Camerata Bern, András Schiff (directing from the piano)

Sona Ghazarian (soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Josef Böch (organ), Margarita Lilowa (contralto), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone) & Alfred Sramek (bass) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Christoph von Dohnanyi

András Schiff (piano)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, The Lindsays, Takács Quartet, Hagen Quartett, Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Pascal Rogé (piano), Catherine Dubosc (soprano) & Colette Alliot-Lugaz (soprano) Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Rachel Masters (harp), Brian Runnett (organ), Viola Tunnard (piano), Merlin Channon, Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass), David Pinto (boysoprano), Darian Angadi (boysoprano), Stephen Alexander (boysoprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Sheila Rex (mezzo-soprano), Patricia Garrod (soprano), Margaret Hawes (soprano), Kathleen Petch (soprano), Gillian Saunders (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Janine Jansen (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Ladies From Cambridge University Choir, The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of Downside School, Purley, The Congregation, English Opera Group, Chorus Of Animals, Benjamin Britten, Stephen Cleobury, George Guest, George Malcolm, Norman Del Mar, Paavo Järvi

Peter Ustinov, Erzsébet Komlóssy, László Palócz, Zsolt Bende, Olga Szönyi, Margit László, Lajos Kozma & John Leach (cimbalom) London Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Philharmonia Hungarica, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Brighton Festival Chorus, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati, István Kertész

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Jacques Fevrier (piano)

Phillip Dyson (piano)

Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Theo Adam (Der Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Vera Soukupova (Erda), Erika Köth (Waldvogel) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm

Gabríel Ólafs (piano, synthesizer, celesta, vibraphone, orchestra leader), Steiney Sigurðardóttir (cello, strings), Auður Gudjohnsen (vocals), Benedikt Ingólfsson (vocals), Guðmundur Vignir Karlsson (vocals), Hafsteinn Þórólfsson (vocals), Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (vocals), Rakel Edda Guðmundsdóttir (vocals), Thelma Hrönn Sigurdórsdóttir (vocals), Þorkell H. Sigfússon (vocals), Viktor Orri Árnason (violin, viola), Ragnheiður Jóhannsdóttir (violin, orchestra leader), Rögnvaldur Borgþórsson (slide guitar, acoustic guitar), Katie Buckley (harp), Paul Corley (guitar, synthesizer), Kristín Ýr Jónsdóttir (flute), Andri Ólafsson (contrabass recorder), Finn Schofield (clarinet), Vera Panitch (violin), Ásta Kristín Pjetursdóttir (viola), Helga Þóra Björgvinsdóttir (violin), Ingrid Karlsdóttir (violin), Pétur Björnsson (violin), Pálina Árnadóttir (violin), Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir (violin), Þórunn Ósk (viola), Þórarinn Már Baldursson (viola), Guðrún Hrund Harðardóttir (viola), Júlía Mogensen (cello), Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir (cello), Inga Rós Ingólfsdóttir (cello), Hávarður Tryggvason (contrabass recorder), Reykjavík Orkestra (orchestra/member)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pierre Monteux, Antal Dorati, Riccardo Chailly, Pierre Boulez, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Gian Carlo Luccardi (bass (vocal)), Rose Wagemann (mezzo-soprano), Robert Wagner (mezzo-soprano), Norma Lerer (contralto), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Domenico Trimarchi (baritone), Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö (tenor), Kammerorchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Vittorio Negri

Nilsson/Uhl/Resnik/Krause Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Theo Adam (Wotan), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Gerd Nienstedt (Hunding), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka/Siegrune), Gertraud Hopf (Waltraute), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Elisabeth Schärtel (Grimgerde), Sona Cervená (Rossweise), Sieglinde Wagner (Schwertleite), Liane Synek (Helmwige), Danica Mastilovic (Gerhilde) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Tony Ann (piano, programmer, recordingarranger)

Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan

Ólafur Arnalds (piano), Guðbjartur Hákonarson (violin), Agnes Eyja Gunnarsdóttir (violin), Karl Pestka (viola), Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir (cello), Sandrayati (vocalist), RAKEL, Salóme Katrín, Sandrayati Fay (vocalist), Rakel Sigurðardóttir (vocalist), Salóme Katrín Magnúsdóttir (vocalist)

Philippe Sarde, The Swingle Singers (vocalist), Marie France (vocalist), Boulou Ferré (vocalist), Elios Ferré (vocalist), Los Gitanos (guitar), Alice Taglioni (vocalist), Jean-Roger Caussimon (vocalist), Romy Schneider (vocalist), Michel Piccoli (vocalist), Hubert Rostaing

Ashley Jackson (harp, recordingarranger), Emi Ferguson (flute)

Luciano Pavarotti, BBC Philharmonic, Leone Magiera

Sung-Won Yang (cello), Orchestre national Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Thomas Zehetmair

Camille Thomas (cello), Julien Brocal (piano)

Tony Ann (piano), ARKAI (programmer), Jonathan Miron (violin), Philip Sheegog (cello, programmer)

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge, John Pritchard, Ferdinand Leitner, Adrian Boult, Nino Sanzogno

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner

Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Wiener Symphoniker, Uri Segal

Plínio Fernandes (guitar)

Esther Yoo (violin), Elen Hâf Rideal (violin), Abigail Fenna (viola), Liz Varlow (viola), Chantal Woodhouse (cello), Roberto Sorrentino (cello), Benjamin Cunningham (doublebass), David Gordon (doublebass), Suzy Willison-Kawalec (harp), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Long Yu

Akira Kosemura (piano, recordingarranger), Hiroshi Iguchi (soundeffects)

Angeles String Quartet

Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Werner Krenn (Der Steuermann), Isola Jones (Mary), Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Han Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Bernd Weikl (Beckmesser), René Kollo (Walther von Stolzing), Hannelore Bode (Eva), Adolf Dallapozza (David), Julia Hamari (Magdalene), Kurt Moll (Pogner), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Hans Hotter (Titurel), Gottlob Frick (Gurnemanz), René Kollo (Parisfal), Zoltan Kélémen (Klingsor), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Robert Tear (Erster Gralsritter), Herbert Lackner (Zweiter Gralsritter), Rotraud Hansmann (Erster Knappe), Marga Schiml (Zweiter Knappe), Heinz Zednik (Dritter Knappe), Ewald Aichberger (Vierte Knappe), Alison Hargan, Anne Howells, Kiri Te Kanawa, Gillian Knight, Margarita Lilowa (Klingsors Blumenmädchen), Birgit Finnilä (Eine Altstimme), René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar), Manfred Jungwirth (Walter von der Vogelweide), Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Peter Klein (Hirt), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde), Die Walküre James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn) Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Sängerknaben, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Georg Solti

Isobel Buchanan (soprano - No. 2), Mira Zakai (mezzo - No. 2), Helga Dernesch (mezzo - No. 3), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano - No. 4), Arleen Auger, Heather Harper, Lucia Popp (sopranos - No. 8), Yvonne Minton (mezzos - No. 8), Rene Kollo (tenor - No. 8), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone - No. 8), Martti Talvela (bass - No. 8) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Alfred Brendel (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Alfred Brendel (piano), Ingrid Haebler (piano), with Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque (piano), with Imogen Cooper (piano) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Capella Academica, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Neville Marriner, Eduard Melkus, Ton Koopman, Semyon Bychkov

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), François-Joël Thiollier (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Pascal Rogé & Denise-Françoise Rogé (piano), Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos), Jacques Février (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy & Vovka Ashkenazy (pianos), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Myung Whun Chung (piano), Inva Mula (soprano), David Abramovitz (piano), Anne Shasby & Richard McMahon (pianos), Chantal Juillet (violin), Pascal Rogé (piano Luthéal), Pascal Rogé (piano), Truls M¢rk (cello), Osian Ellis (harp), Felicity Palmer (soprano), John Constable (piano), Laurent Naouri (baritone), Claire Brua (mezzo), Gérard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Valérie Millot (soprano), Martha Argerich (piano), Michel Béroff (piano), Régine Crespin (soprano), Suzanne Danco (soprano), Susanne Danco (soprano) Melos Quartet, Melos Ensemble, Beaux Arts Trio, The Nash Ensemble, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la R. T. F., Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Monteverdi Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Charles Dutoit, Claudio Abbado, Lorin Maazel, Ernest Ansermet, John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Litton