Andromeda

Jon Vickers (Samson), Joan Carlyle (Dalila), Joan Sutherland (Israelite Woman), James Pease (Harapha), Lauris Elms (Micah), Joseph Rouleau (Manoah) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Raymond Leppard

Gioconda de Vito (violin)

Walter Gieseking (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Renata Tebaldi, Elvira Galassi, Liliana Poli, Nicola Filacuridi & Ugo Savarese Orchestra & Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin

Clara Haskill (piano)

Pierre Fournier (cello) and Arthur Schnabel (piano)

Ezio Pinza, Elizabeth Rethberg, Dino Borgioli, Virginio Lazzari & Luise Helletsgruber Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter

Robert Casadesus & Gaby Casadesus (piano) Columbia Orchestra, George Szell

Cesare Siepi (bass)

Concertgebouworkest, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (Leonore), Wolfgang Windgassen (Florestan), Walter Kreppel (Rocco), Wilma Lipp (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Hans Hotter (Pizarro), Otto Wiener (Fernando) Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano) & Hugo Dietz (piano), Hertha Klust (piano)

Fritz Wunderlich, Agnes Giebel & Keith Engen Sinfonie-Orchester des Suddeutschen Rundfunks, Hans Muller-Kray

Bernardo Segall, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Conrad Hansen (piano), Margirit Weber (piano) RIAS Symphonie Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay

Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Franco Corelli, Margerhita Benetti, Margherita Benetti, Pia Tassinari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Arturo Basile

Kathleen Ferrier & Julius Patzak, with Hilde Guden Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Youth Orchestra, Karel Ancerl, Kiril Kondrashin

Renata Tebaldi, Guiseppe di Stefano, Aldo Protti, Giuseppe Modesti, Maria Perez, Giusi Giardino & Renato Capecchi Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Guido Cantelli

Louis Roney, Alvino Misciano, Augusto Frati, Mario Petri, Paolo Washington & Anita Cerquetti Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Florence, Carlo Maria Giulini

Rosanna Carteri, Anna Maria Rota, Herbert Handt, Antonio Pirino & Carlo Cava Orchestra & Chorus of RAI, Nino Sanzogno

Christel Goltz (Leonore), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Otto Edelmann (Rocco), Paul Schoffler (Pizarro), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Nicola Zaccaria (Fernando), Erich Majkut (First Prisoner), Walter Berry (Second Prisoner) Herbert von Karajan

Ezio Pinza (Figaro), Esther Réthy (Susanna), Mariano Stabile (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Jarmila Novotná (Cherubino) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Bruno Walter

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) with Borodin Quartet

Gyorgy Losonczy (baritone) & Julie Osvath (soprano) Otto Klemperer

Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Annelies Kupper (soprano) & Margarete Bence (contralto) Heinz Mende

George London (Der Holländer), Anja Silja (Senta), Josef Greindl (Daland), Fritz Uhl (Erik), Res Fischer (Mary), Georg Paskuda (Steuermann) Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Beniamino Gigli (tenor)

Mario del Monaco, Gabriella Tucci, Tito Gobbi & Anna di Stasio Alberto Erede

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter

Ezio Pinza, Charles Kullman, Jarmila Novotna & Rose Bampton Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Gregor Piatigorksy (cello), Jascha Heifetz (violin) & Artur Rubinstein (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra & RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Carl Munch & Fritz Reiner

Christian Ferras (violin) & Pierre Barbizet (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri & Walter Süsskind

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Zadek, Ira Malaniuk & Ilse Wallenstein WDR Koln Chorus & Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margret Ritchie, John Kentish, Helen Watts, Ian Wallace The Saint Cecilia Orchestra and Saint Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis

Sviatoslav Richter (piano) USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermann Abendroth, Alexander Gauk, Kyrill Kondrashin, Karel Ancerl

Geori Boue, Roger Bourdin, Michel Roux, Berthe Montmart, Odette Ricquier Yvonne Leroy, Jean Giraudeau Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opera de Paris, George Sebastian

Rosanna Carteri, Cesare Valletti, Leonard Warren & Lydia Marimpietri Orchestra & Chorus of the Opera, Rome, Pierre Monteux

Maria Stader (soprano), Hertha Topper (alto), Marga Hoffgen (alto), Richard Holm (tenor), Walter Berry (bass) Eugen Jochum

RIAS & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, Igor Markevitch

Germaine Lubin (soprano)

Maurice Gendron (cello), Maria Neuss (violin) Concertgebouworchester, Grand Orchestre de Radio-Paris

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter

Jussi Björling (tenor), Hjördis Gunborg Schymberg (Leonora), Kerstin Meyer (Azucena), Hugo Hasslo (Conte di Luna), Olle Sivall (Ruiz) Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Nils Grevilius, Herbert Sandberg, Kurt Bendix, Lamberto Gardelli

Willi Boskovsky (violin), Nikolaus Hubner (cello), Lili Kraus (piano)

Ludwig Weber, Elsa Larcén, Carl Hartmann, Hans Reinmar, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Hans Knappertsbusch

Clara Haskil (piano), Clara Hasikl, RIAS Symphony Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ferenc Fricsay

Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Antonia Fahberg (soprano), Hertha Topper (alto), Gerd Lutze (tenor), Franz Kelch (bass-baritone) Karl Richter

Cecilia Fusco (Lisetta), Rukmini Sukmawati (Belisa), Nicola Monti (Dandrino), Sesto Bruscantini (Teodoro), Paolo Pedani (Taddeo), Marioa Basiola Jnr. (Acmet terzo), Florindo Andreolli (Gafforio), Angelo Nosotti (Messer Grande) I Virtuosi di Roma Torini, Renato Fasano

Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Calaf), Peter Klein (L’Imperatore Altoum), Leontyne Price (Liu), Nicola Zaccaria (Timur), Kostas Paskalis (Ping), Ermanno Lorenzi (Pang), Murray Dickie (Pong), Alois Pernerstorfer (Un Mandarino) Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsopernchor und -orchester, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Giulietta Simionato, Laurel Hurley, Richard Cassilly & Ezio Flagello American Opera Society Orchestra & Chorus, Arnold Gamson

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Mario Lanza (tenor)

Rudolf Schock (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Ludwig Suthaus (tenor), Edgar Evans, Josef Greindl (bass), Rhoderick Davies, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Helen Traubel (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), San Francisco Opera, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg, Alfred Wallenstein, Bruno Walter, Wilfrid Pelletier, Arturo Toscanini