Music & Arts

Maria Neuss (violin), Walter Gieseking (piano), Herman Krebbers (violin), Guila Bustabo (violin), Gaspar Cassado (cello) Concertgebouw Orchestra, William Mengelberg

Carmine Coppola, Mischa Mishakoff, Dimitri Mitropoulos (piano), Zino Francescatti, Pietro Scarpini, Astrid Varnay, Strings Of The Nbc Symphony Orchestra, Dorothy Dow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Nbc Symphony Orchestra

Adrian Aeschbacher (piano), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Enrico Mainardi (cello), Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Charles Mott (baritone), Henry Ainley (speaker), Agnes Nicholls (soprano), Marie Hall (violin), Beatrice Harrison (cello), Leila Megane (contralto) The Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Paula Lenchner (soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Gerda Lammers (soprano), Georgine von Milinkovic (mezzo-soprano), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Hilde Scheppan (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (alto), Helena Bader (mezzo-soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Paul Kuen (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Ilse Hollweg (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Charles Wakefield Cadman, Gene Buck, Marshall Dill, Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin, Albert von Tilzer, Billy Hill, Shelton Brooks, Harold Arlen, Judy Garland, Ernie Burnett, Wolfe Louis Gilbert, Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Walter Donaldson, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Allan Linquist, Ann Ronell, Arthur Freed, James V. Monaco, Joseph E. Howard, Jerome Kern, Tony Martin, Harry Armstrong, Sigmund Romberg, Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer, Jimmy McHugh, Hoagy Carmichael, Peter DeRose, Mack Gordon, Jean Schwartz, William Christopher Handy, John Charles Thomas, Dave Stamper, George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, San Francisco Symphony, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, Eugene Hayes, Lee S. Roberts, Albert Hay Malotte

Pamela Frank (violin), Claude Frank (piano)

Tibor de Machula (cello), Erna Berger (soprano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Orchestra

Lea Piltti (Soprano), Heinz Matthei (Tenor), Josef Greindl (Bass) Berlin Philharmonic, Gewandhaus Orchestra and Choir, Hermann Abendroth

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Paula Lenchner (mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Elisabeth Schartel (alto), Dorothea Siebert (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Joseph Szigeti (violin), Clara Haskil (piano), Carlo Bussotti (piano), Andor Foldes (piano) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Rome Radio Symphony Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Maurice Abravanel, Otto Klemperer, Pierre Monteux, Bruno Walter, Fernando Previtali

Egon Petri (piano), Carlo Bussotti (piano), Egon Petri (narrator)

Claudio Arrau (piano) Erich Kleiber

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Jarmila Novotna (soprano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Edwin Fischer (piano) North German Radio Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Tilla Briem (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonic Choir, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Evelyne Crochet (piano)

CBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Mariano Stabile (Falstaff), Paolo Silveri (Ford), Renata Tebaldi (Alice), Anna Maria Canali (Meg), Cloe Elmo (Mistress Quickly), Cesare Valletti (Fenton), Rosanna Carteri (Nannetta), Giuseppe Nessi (Bardolfo), Italo Tajo (Pistola), Mariano Caruso (Dr Cajus), Tito Gobbi (Ford), Franca Somigli (Alice), Vittorico Palambini (Meg), Augusta Oltrabella (Nannetta), Ferruccio Tagliavini (Fenton), Cesare Masini-Sperti (Bardolfo), Adelio Zagonora (Dr Cajus), Benjamino Gigli (Radames), Renato Gigli (Otello), Gabriella Gatti (Desdemona), Piero Biasini (Iago) Orchestra e Coro della Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra e Coro della Teatro Reale dell'Opera di Roma, Victor de Sabata

Zoltán Székely (vioin), Géza Fried (piano), Zoltán Székely (violin) Hungarian String Quartet, Hague Residentia Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo

Wilma Lipp (soprano), Ursula Boese (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Franz Crass (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Lili Kraus (piano)

Jarmila Novotna (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Rosette Anday (contralto), Anton Dermota (tenor), Paul Schoffler (bass) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Singakademie, Vienna Philharmusica Symphony, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Carlo Grante (piano)

Artur Schnabel (piano), Pro Arte Quartet London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, New Friends of Music Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, John Barbirolli, Walter Susskind, Sir Malcolm Sargent, A. Rodzinsky, Fritz Stiedry

Artur Schnabel (piano), C. Hobday (double bass), Therese Behr-Schnabel (contralto) Pro Arte Quartet

Carlo Grante (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Patricia Brinton (soprano), Sonja Dracksler (alto), William Blankenship (tenor), Frederick Guthrie (bass) Wiener Symphoniker, Rundfunkchor Wien, F. Charles Adler

To van der Sluys (soprano), Suze Luger (contralto), Louis van Tulder (tenor), Willem Ravelli (bass) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir, Willem Mengelberg

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Carlo Grante (piano)

Carlo Grante (playing the Bösendorfer Imperial piano)

Irma Gonzalez (soprano), Elena Nikolaidi (contralto), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Mack Harrell (baritone) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Bruno Walter

Edwin Fischer (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Basel Orchestra, Paris Conservatory Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Municipal de Strasbourg, Hans Münch, Anatole Fistoulari

Camilla Wicks (violin)

Carlo Grante (piano)

Beatrice Krebs (contralto), Mimi Coertse, Hilde Zadek (sopranos), Lucretia West, Ira Malaniuk (contraltos), Giuseppe Zampieri (tenor), Hermann Prey (baritone), Otto Edelmann (bass) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Rudolf Kolisch (violin), Clemence Gifford (soprano), Gunnar Johansen (piano), Eric Simon (clarinet), Wendell Hoss (horn), Leonard Sharrow (bassoon), Anthony Zentrick (double bass) Kolisch Quartet, Pro Arte Quartet, Wisconsin Festival Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz

Carlo Grante (piano)

Végh Quartet

Maria Stader, Helene Bouvier, Libero de Luca, Josef Greindl, Robert Casadesus (piano), Annie Jodry (violin), G. Moysan (sop) French National Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

John Pennington (violin), Laurent Halleux (violin), William Primrose (viola), Warwick Evans (cello), Cecil Bonvalot (viola), James Levey (violin), Thomas Petre (violin), Waldo Warner (viola), Edgardo Acosta (viola), Albert Sammons (violin), Edwin Virgo (violin), Gervase Elwes (tenor), Frederick B. Kiddle (piano) The London String Quartet

with Barry Tuckwell (horn) Fine Arts Quartet

Szymon Goldberg (violin), with Haakon Stotijn (oboe), with Artur Balsam (piano), with Zara Nelsova (cello), with Pablo Casals (cello), Rudolf Serkin (piano), with Victor Babin (piano), Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), with Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano), with Brooks Smith (piano), with Beveridge Webster (piano) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Gerhard Samuel, Eduard van Beinum, William Steinberg

Emmy Loose (soprano), Hildegard Rössel-Majdan (alto), Anton Dermota (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Alois Forer (organ) Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Volkmar Andreae

Monique Haas (piano), Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Marga Hoeffgen (contralto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Otto Wiener (bass), Marian Anderson (contralto), Lola Bobesco (violin) National Radio Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein

Herva Nelli (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), William McGrath (tenor) and Norman Scott (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Frances Yeend (soprano), Martha Lipton (contralto), David Lloyd (tenor), Mack Harrell (baritone) Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Carlo Grante (piano)

Rudolf Serkin (piano) NYPSO, Guido Cantelli