Naxos

Robert Orth, Maria Kanyova, Thomas Hammons, Marc Heller, Tracy Dahl, Chen-Ye Yuan, Melissa Malde, Julie Simson & Jennifer DeDominici Colorado Symphony Orchestra & Opera Colorado Chorus, Marin Alsop

Christian Rathgeber (tenor), Johannes Hill (bass), Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Jasmin Hörner (soprano), Florian Küppers (bass), Nohad Becker (alto), Petra Morath-Pusinelli (organ), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (bass), Jan Čižmář (lute), Sabine Bauer (harpsichord), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Daniel Ochoa (bass), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Christian Wagner (bass), Daniel Sans (tenor), Bachchor Mainz, Bachorchester Mainz, Ralf Otto

Andrey Ivanov, Evgeniya Smolenskaya, Sergey Lemeshev, Alexander Pirogov, Mark Reizen Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoy Theatre, Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Marjorie Lawrence (Brunnhilde), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune), Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute), Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Friedrich Schorr (Gunther), Eduard Habich (Alberich) & Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky

Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia

Kirsten Flagstad, soprano / Lauritz Melchior, tenor London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Fritz Reiner

Yiming Zhang (piano)

Anne Mette Balling (soprano), Inge-Lise Nygaard (soprano), Malene Nordtorp (soprano), Sine Bundgaard (soprano), Sine Bungaard (soprano), Christina Axelsson (soprano), Magnus Petersson (baritone), Michael Bloss (organ), Raymond Johnston (organ), Maya Boog (soprano), Vladimír Doležal (tenor), Václav Sibera (bass), Josef Kšica (organ), Helen Parker (soprano) Musica Ficta, German Boys Choir, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Tewkesbury Abbey Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Örebro Chamber Choir, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Kölner Kammerorchester, Czech Madrigalists Choir, Czech Madrigali, Bo Holten, Donald Hunt, Andrew Sackett, Noel Edison, Fred Sjöberg, Géza Oberfrank, Helmut Müller-Brühl, František Xaver Thuri, Jaroslav Krček

Massimiliano Barbolini, Luisa Islam-Ali Zade, Anna-Rita Gemmabella, Antonio de Gobbi, Denis Sedov, Cesare Ruta Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Brno, Czech Chamber Soloists, Brad Cohen

Sergio Vartolo (harpsichord and organ)

Silvia Capova (piano), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Boris Giltburg (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jenö Jandó (piano), Ethella Chuprik (piano), Lori Phillips (soprano), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), James Taylor (tenor), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), Mary Kathryn van Osdale (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (piano), Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), Julia Gabor (bassoon), Sándor Berki (horn), János Selmeczi (violin), Levente Filip (viola), György Éder (cello), István Tóth (double bass), János Keveházi (horn), Jenő Keveházi (horn), Ildikó Hegyi (violin), Péter Popa (violin), Győző Máthé (viola), Péter Szabó (cello), Endre Hegedűs (piano), Attila Falvay (violin), Mária Kovalszki (piano), Balázs Szokolay (piano), Csaba Onczay (cello), Gabriele Lechner (soprano), Diane Elias (contralto), Michael Pabst (tenor), Robert Holzer (bass-baritone), Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Cassovia, Kodály Quartet, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Piano Trio, Brussels Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic Chorus, Richard Edlinger, Johannes Wildner, Michael Halász, Béla Drahos, Vasily Petrenko, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Leif Segerstam, Ali Rahbari, Johannes Wehner

Maria Callas (Leonora di Vargas), Richard Tucker (Don Alvaro), Carlo Tagliabue (Don Carlo), Elena Nicolai (Preziosilla), Nicola Rossi-Lameni (Padre Guardiano), Renato Capecchi (Fra Melitone), Rina Cavallari (Curra), Zinka Milanov (Leonora di Vargas) Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Martha Mödl, Leonie Rysanek, Ferdinand Frantz, Ludwig Suthaus, Margarete Klose & Gottlob Frick Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Marjorie Lawrence (Brünnhilde), Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen), Friedrich Schorr (Gunther), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Katheryn Meisle (Waltraute), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune/Third Norn), Edithea Fleischer (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde/Second Norn), Doris Doe (Flosshilde/First Norn) New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Artur Bodanzky

Maria Reining, Ludwig Weber, Sena Jurinac, Alfred Poell, Hilde Gueden, Judith Hellwig, Peter Klein, Hilde Rössel-Majdan Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

Igor Levit (piano), Xiaohan Wang (piano), Henri Sigfridsson (piano), Norie Takahashi (piano), David Kadouch (piano) Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl

Andrea Bissoli (guitar) Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti

Elisabeth Scholl (Semele), Julla Schmidt (Iris), Ralf Popken (Athamas), Britta Schwarz (Ino), Annette Markert (Juno), Knut Schoch (Apollo), Klaus Mertens (Cadmus/Somnus/Priest) Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini

Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon

Kimberly Barber (Rinaldo), Laura Whalen (Almirena), Jennifer Enns Modolo (Eustazio), Barbara Hannigan (Armida), Marion Newman (Goffredo), Sean Watson (Argante) The Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon

Wolfgang Windgassen (Lohengrin), Eleanor Steber (Elsa), Hermann Uhde (Telramund), Astrid Varnay (Ortrud), Josef Greindl (King Heinrich), Hans Braun (Herald) Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Joseph Keilberth

Dietrich Henschel (Doktor Faust), Daniel Brenna (Mephistopheles), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Wagner/Master of Ceremonies), Joseph Dahdahv (Duke of Parma), Olga Bezsmertna (Duchess of Parma) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cornelius Meister, Davide Livermore

Giannina Arangi Lombardi, Ebe Stignani, Camilla Rota, Alessandro Granda, Gaetano Viviani, Corrado Zambelli, Aristide Baracchi Orchestra and Chorus of La Scale Opera House, Milan, Lorenzo Molajoli

Lauritz Melchior, Kirsten Flagstad, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorburg, Karl Laufkotter Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Arthur Bodanzky

Christina Wieland (Theodora), Diana Schmid (Irene), Franz Vitzthum (Didymus), Knut Schoch (Septimius), Mertens (Valens) Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini

Miro Changalovich (Ivan Susanin), Maria Glavachevich (Antonida), Militza Miladinovich (Vanya), Ivan Murgashki (Russian soldier), Drago Startz (Bogdan Sobinin), Bogolub Grubach (Polish messenger), Vladeta Dimitrievich (Sigizmund King of Poland) Yugoslav Army Chorus, Belgrade National Opera Orchestra, Oskar Danon

Bertalan Hock (organ), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Niklas Eklund (trumpet), Susanne Ryden (soprano), Gyorgy Eder (cello), Peter Nagy (piano), Balazs Szokolay (piano), Nora Shulman (flute), Judy Loman (harp), Gyorgy Geiger (trumpet), Simon Lindley (organ), Jozef Cejka (oboe), Gerald Garcia (guitar), James Barbagallo (piano), Jeno Jando (piano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Wolf Harden (piano), Kamil Rosko (trumpet), K. Luspai (trumpet), Andrew Lucas (organ), Judit Nemeth (alto), Istvan Gati (bass), Julia Paszthy (soprano), Priti Coles (soprano), Janos Balint (flute), Nora Mercz (harp) Capella Istropolitana, London Baroque, Danubius String Quintet, London Symphony Brass, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Camerata Cassovia, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Budapest Camerata, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Oxford Camerata, Cologne Chamber Orch, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Jaroslav Dvorak, Richard Edlinger, Charles Medlam, Jaroslav Krecek, Bohdan Warchal, Eric Crees, Daniel Nazareth, Peter Breiner, Nils-Erik Sparf, Laszlo Kovacs, Jeremy Summerly, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Paul Daniel, Matyas Antal, Johannes

Christopher Burchett (bass-baritone), Jessica Muirhead (soprano), Marguerite Krull (soprano), Melissa Attebury (mezzo-soprano), David Vanderval (tenor), Jonathan Woody (bass), Caroline Cole (harp), Janet Yieh (organ), Ian Rosenbaum (percussion), Jonathan Allen (percussion), Victor Caccese (percussion), Katie Hyun (violin), Kyle Miller (viola), Hannah Collins (cello), Tony Flynt (double bass), Julian Wachner (organ), Stephen Burns (trumpet), Sarah Brailey (soprano), Steven Wilson (tenor), Ian Rosenbaum (timpani) Trinity Wall Street Choir, Novus NY, Trinity Youth Chorus, Majestic Brass Quintet

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Mosè), Giuseppe Taddei (Faraone), Agostino Lazzari (Elisero), Mario Filippeschi (Aménofi), Caterina Mancini (Anaìde), Bruna Rizzoli (Sinaìde), Lucia Danieli (Maria), Plinio Clabassi (Osiride), Piero De Palma (Aufide) San Carlo Theatre Orchestra, San Carlo Theatre Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Olle Persson (baritone), Fredrik Sixten (organ), Lars-Ove Eriksson (organ), Anders Paulsson (sopranino saxophone), Torbjörn Widfeldt (organ), Ulf Bergström (flute), Mats Rondin (cello), Alf Petersen (double bass), Michael Bloss (organ), Magnus Kjellson (organ), Göran Marcusson (flute), Tobias Sjögren (guitar), Raymond Johnston (organ), Jussi Björling (tenor), Lennart Palm (piano), Johnny Miller (double bass), Oscar Moore (guitar), Artie Shaw (clarinet), Lars-Ove Eriksson (piano) Gothenburg Musicians, Örebro Chamber Choir, Taby Church Choir, Musica Ficta, Mogens Dahl Kammerkor, Leif Strands Kammarkor, Göteborgs Gosskör, Ensemble 96, Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir, Elora Festival Singers, Gothenburg Cathedral Boys Chorus, Worcester Cathe, Jerker Johansson, Fred Sjöberg, Karin Winther, Bo Holten, Mogens Dahl, Øystein Fevang, Anders Öhrwall, Noel Edison, Simon Phipps, Donald Hunt, Peter Breiner, Nils Grevillius, Richard Hayman

Hans Pålsson (piano), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Sergey Rachmaninov (piano), Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Claude Debussy

Jacques Jansen (Pelléas), Victoria De los Angeles (Mélisande), Gerard Souzay (Golaud), Pierre Froumenty (Arkel), Jeannine Collard (Geneviève), Jean Vieuille (Le médecin), Françoise Ogéas (Yniold) French National Radio Orchestra, Raymond St. Paul Choir, Andre Cluytens

John Brownlee, Ina Souez, Luise Helltsgruber, Audrey Mildmay, Koloman von Pataky, David Franklin, Roy Henderson, Salvatore Baccaloni Glyndebourne Festival Chourus & Orchestra, Fritz Busch

Angelina Ruzzafante (soprano), Stefan Adam (baritone), Reinhard Leisenheimer (tenor), Sergio Gómez (bass), Sibrand Basa (tenor), Peer-Martin Sturm (tenor), Michael Kurz (tenor), Anneli Pfeffer (soprano), Christiane Rost (soprano), Ina Stachelhaus (soprano), Anna-Maria Dur (mezzo-soprano), Marilyn Bennett (mezzo-soprano), Marlene Mild (soprano), Vera Fischer (soprano), Gisela Ribbert (soprano), Niwako Shimbo (soprano), Hagen Opera Chorus, Hagen Augmented Opera Chorus, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhard Markson

Elisa Balbo, Victoria Yarovaya, Mert Süngü, Patrick Kabongo Mubenga, Mirco Palazzi Camerata Bach Choir Poznań, Virtuosi Brunenses, Antonino Fogliani

Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Peter Koves (bass), Istvan Gati (bass), Janos Remenyi (choirmaster), Agnes Mester (choirmaster), Ibolya Verebics (soprano) Hungarian Festival Chorus, Hungarian Radio Children's Choir, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank

Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin), Astrid Varnay (Elsa), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Alexander Sved (Friedrich von Telramund), Mack Harrell (Der Heerrufer des Königs), Norman Cordon (König Heinrich) Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Erich Leinsdorf

Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Fedora Barbieri, Leonard Warren, Boris Christoff, Plinio Clabassi, Mario Carlin & Bruna Rizzoli, Zinka Milanov and Marian Andersen Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra & Giuseppe Conca, Jonel Perlea, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Helen Traubel (Isolde), Kerstin Thorborg (Brangaene), Alexander Kipnis (King Mark), Julius Huehn (Kurwenal) New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf

Nicola Wemyss (Dejanira), Gerlinde Sämann (Iole), Franz Vitzthum (Lichas), Knut Schoch (Hyllus), Peter Kooij (Hercules) Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini

Delitiæ Musicæ, Marco Longhini

Laura Giordano, Sofia Mchedlishvili, Alessandra Marianelli (sopranos), Marianna Pizzolato (contralto), Bogdan Mihai, Maxim Mironov (tenors), Mirco Palazzi, Bruno De Simone, Bruno Praticò, Gezim Myshketa (basses) & Michele D’Elia (piano) Camerata Bach Choir, Poznań & Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani

Mario Filippeschi (Don Carlo), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Antonietta Stella (Elisabetta di Valois), Elena Nicolai (Eboli), Giulio Neri (Il Grande Inquisitore), Loretta Di Lelio (Tebaldo) Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera House, Rome, Gabriele Santini

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Lisa Otto, Léopold Simoneau, Rolando Panerai & Sesto Bruscantini Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Aljaž Farasin (Faust), Carlo Colombara (Méphistophélès), Marjukka Tepponen (Marguerite), Diana Haller (Siébel), Ivana Srbljan (Marthe)Lucio Gallo (Valentin), Waltteri Torikka (Wagner) Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka Opera Orchestra and Choir, Ville Matvejeff

Alex Penda (Semiramide), Marianna Pizzolato (Arsace), Lorenzo Regazzo (Assur), Andrea Mastroni (Oroe), John Osborn (Idreno), Marija Jokovic (Azema), Vassilis Kavayas (Mitrane), Raffaele Facciola (Ghost of Nino), Poznan Camerata Bach Choir, Virtuosi Brunensis, Antonino Fogliani

Alexander Marinkovich (Andrey Khovansky), Melanie Bugarinovich (Marfa), Sofiya Jankovich (Emma), Drago Startz (Vasily Golitsyn), Miro Changalovich (Dosifey), Stepan Andrashevich (Scribe), Krsta Krstich (Kuzka), Dushan Popovoch (Shaklovity), Zhivoin Milosavlevich (Varsonofiev), Vladimir Popovich (Strelets I), George Djurgevich (Strelets II), Zhivoin Iovanovich (Streshniev/Strelets II), Anita Mezetova (Susanna) Belgrade National Opera Orchestra, Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Kreshimir Baranovich

Lars-Ove Eriksson (organ), Torbjorn Widfeldt (organ), Olle Persson (baritone), Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Ulf Lundmark (baritone), Erik Wadman (organ), Stefan Ljungqvist (vocals), Magnus Kjellson (organ), Michael Bloss (organ), Tobias Sjogren (guitar), Goran Marcusson (flute), Niklas Westlund (vocals), Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Lennart Palm (piano), Johnny Miller (double bass), Nat King Cole (vocals), Oscar Moore (guitar), Bing Crosby (vocals), Gene Autry (vocals), Perry Como (vocals), Artie Shaw (clarinet), Lars-Ove Eriksson (piano) Gothenburg Musicians, Orebro Chamber Choir, Gothenburg Boys Choir, Leif Strand Chamber Choir, Adolf Fredrik Bach Choir, Taby Church Choir, Gothenburg Cathedral Boys Chorus, Elora Festival Singers, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Worcester Cat, Jerker Johansson, Fred Sjoberg, Fredrik Sixten, Leif Strand, Anders Ohrwall, Karin Winther, Simon Phipps, Noel Edison, Peter Breiner, Donald Hunt, Richard Hayman

Graziella Sciutti (Susanna), Sesto Bruscantini (Figaro), Franco Calabrese (Conte Almaviva), Sena Jurinac (Contessa Almaviva), Hugues Cuenod (Basilio), Rise Stevens (Cherubino), Daniel McCoshan (Curzio), Jeannette Sinclair (Barbarina), Ian Wallace (Bartolo), Monica Sinclair (Marcellina), Gwyn Griffiths (Antonio) Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Vittorio Gui

Alexander Polyakov (baritone), Klara Kadinskaya (soprano), Antonina Kleshcheva (contralto), Leonid Ktitorov (bass), Nina Polyakova (soprano), Gennady Pishchayev (tenor), Alexei Korolev (bass), Yuri Yelnikov (tenor) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus, Alexey Kovalev, Yevgeny Akulov, Evgeny Svetlanov

Nanny Larsen-Todsen, Gunnar Graarud, Anny Helm, Rudolf Bockelmann Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Elmendorff

Elizabeth Farr (harpsichord)

Marcel Beekman, David Cordier, counter-tenor, Stephan MacLeod, bass, Claron McFadden, Barbara Schlick, soprano, Knut Schoch, tenor, Gotthold Schwarz Barockorchester Frankfurt, Joachim Carlos Martini, Junge Kantorei

Eleanor Steber, Emanuel List, Risë Stevens, Hugh Thompson, Erna Berger, Peter Klein, Martha Lipton, Giuseppe di Stefano, Thelma Votipka Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner

Rebecca Broberg (soprano), Robert Fendl (baritone), Anne Wieben (soprano), Caterina Maier (soprano), Matthias Grätzel (tenor) & Ralf Sauerbrey (baritone) PPP Music Theatre Ensemble, Munich & Orchestra of the Sorbian National Ensemble, Israel Yinon

Miloš Števove (horn), Joanna Borowska (soprano), Rohangiz Yachmi (mezzo-soprano), Peter Mikuláš (bass), Vladimir Ruso (organ), Donna Robin (soprano), Andrea Martin (baritone), Michelle Breedt (soprano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Kurt Rydl (bass), József Kiss (oboe), Hans Gansch (posthorn), Gréta de Reyghere (soprano), János Fehérvári (viola), Herbert Weissberg (flute), Peter Lang (piano), Patrick Gallois (flute), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Roderick Shaw (harpsichord), Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet), Oleh Krysa (violin), Onix Chamber Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Cassovia, Moyzesovo kvarteto, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, St. Clement Concert Choir, St. Clement Concert Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Concentus Hungaricus, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Spohr Kammerorchester Kassel, Kodály Quartet, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Éder Quartet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Pannon Quartet, Ukrainian Chamber Orchestra, Jozef Kopelman, Johannes Wildner, Zdenek Kosler, Konrad Leitner, Michael Halász, Barry Wordsworth, Randall Swanson, Támas Pál, Mátyás Antál, Roberto Paternostro, Martin Turnovský, Patrick Peire, Martin Sieghart, Christoph Eberle, Katarina Andreasson, Theodore Kuchar

Boris Freidkov (Ivan Khovansky), Ivan Nechayev (Andrey Khovansky), Vladimir Ulianov (Vasily Golitsyn), Mark Reizen (Dosifey), Sofiya Preobrazenskaya (Marfa) Kirov Chorus and Orchtra, Boris Khaikin

Ulf Bästlein, Christoph Ritter, Silke Evers, Hedayet Djeddikar (piano)

Annalisa Stroppa (Léonor de Guzman), Javier Camarena (Fernand), Florian Sempey (Alphonse XI), Evgeny Stavinsky (Balthazar), Edoardo Milletti (Don Gaspar) Coro Dell'accademia Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra E Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza

Annelies Kupper (soprano), Hilde Zadek (soprano), Corry Bijster (soprano), Annie Hermes (contralto), Lore Fischer (contralto), Lorenz Fehenberger (tenor), Herman Schey (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Combined Rotterdam Choirs (chorus) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Flipse