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Katarina Dalayman (Brünnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gunther), Attila Jun (Hagen), Nancy Gustafson (Gutrune), Susan Bickley (Waltraute), Andrew Shore (Alberich) The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Paul Kuen (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Josef Greindl (bass), Ilse Hollweg, Maria von Ilosvay, Martha Mödl (soprano), Joseph Keilberth

Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Aage Haugland (Hagen), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Norman Welsby (Gunther), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune), Katherine Pring (Waltraute); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Maud Cunitz (Sieglinde), Bernd Aldenhoff (Siegmund), Bernd Aldenhoff (Siegfried), Otto von Rohr (Fafner) Bavarian State Orchestra, Munich, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Dora Zschille (soprano), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Helmut Eyle (bass), Kurt Rehm (baritone), Hans Kramer (bass), Ernst Gruber (tenor), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Margarete Baumer (soprano), Karl Paul (baritone), Hans Hopf (tenor), Emilie Walter-Sachs (soprano), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Christel Goltz (soprano), Kurt Bohme (bass), Arno Schellenberg (baritone), Joachim Sattler (tenor) Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth, Gerhard Pfluger, Rolf Kleinert, Rudolf Kempe, Kurt Striegler, Hans-Hendrik Wehding, Gerhard Wiesenhutter, Walter Stoschek

Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Veit Pogner), Markus Eiche (Fritz Kothner), Friedemann Röhlig (Ein Nachtwächter), Charles Reid (Kunz Vogelgesang), Rainer Zaun (Konrad Nachtigall), Edward Randall (Balthasar Zorn), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Ulrich Eisslinger), Stefan Heibach (Augustin Moser), Martin Snell (Hermann Ortel), Andreas Macco (Hans Schwarz), Iógenes Randes (Hans Foltzd), Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Sonja Mühleck (Gerhilde), Anna Gabler (Ortlinde), Edith Haller (Helmwige), Martina Dike (Waltraute), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Annette Küttenbaum (Grimgerde), Manuela Bress (Rossweise), Simone Schröder (Schwertleite), Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Tomislav Muzek (Erik), Christa Mayer (Mary), Benjamin Bruns (Der Steuermann), Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa Von Brabant), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Jukka Rasilainen (Friedrich Von Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich), Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer Des Königs), Torsten Kerl (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Michelle Breedt (Venus), Markus Eiche (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Kwangchul Youn (Landgraf Hermann), Lothar Odinius (Walther von der Vogelweide), Thomas Jesatko (Biterolf), Stefan Heibach (Heinrich der Schreiber), Rainer Zaun (Reinmar von Zweter), Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Irene Theorin (Isolde), Robert Holl (König Marke), Jukka Rasilainen (Kurwenal), Ralf Lukas (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Clemens Bieber (Junger Seemann), Arnold Bezuyen (Hirt) & Martin Snell (Steuermann) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor) & Katharina Wagner (stage director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Tankred Dorst (director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Jan Philipp Gloger (director), Andris Nelsons (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (director), Axel Kober (conductor) & Sebastian Baumgarten (stage director), Peter Schneider (conductor) & Christoph Marthaler (stage director)

Udo Wachtveitl (narrator) Symphonieorchester de Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons

Waltraud Meier, Emily Magee, Deborah Polaski, Anne Evans, Siegfried Jerusalem, Johan Botha, John Tomlinson, Falk Struckmann, Robert Holl Daniel Barenboim

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Lovro von Matačić

Giulio Tampalini (guitar)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Artists include Martha Argerich, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Samson François, Renaud Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, André Cluytens, François-Xavier Roth, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Kent Nagano and Carlo Maria Giulini

Denmarks Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Alfons Herwig, Josef Traxel, Ludwig Suthaus (tenor), Georgine von Milinkovič, Gré Brouwenstijn (soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Paul Kuen (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Arnold van Mill (bass), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Studio chorus, Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra & Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Sebastian Weigle

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Thomanenchor Leipzig & Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel

Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves, Catherine Foster, Christine Hansmann, Mario Hoff, Renatus Mészár, Tomas Möwes, Norbert Schmittberg, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Johnny van Hal, Nadine Weissmann, Marietta Zumbült Orchestra and Chorus of the Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St.Clair

Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Clay Hilley (Siegfried), Derek Welton (Wotan - Das Rheingold), Iain Paterson (Wotan - Die Walküre/Wanderer), Elisabeth Teige (Sieglinde), Brandon Jovanovich (Siegmund), Albert Pesendorfer (Hagen) Deutsche Oper Berlin, Stefan Herheim, Sir Donald Runnicles

Berit Lindholm, Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Band of the Grenadier Guards, John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda), Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) [b] Siegfried [/b] Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta

Orchestra of Sofia Opera and Ballet, Pavel Baleff, Erich Wächter

Frankfurter Opern-und Museumorchester & Chor der Opern Frankfurt, Sebastian Weigle

Dennis Brain (horn)

Franz Hawlata (Hans Sachs), Michael Volle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Michaela Kaune (Eva), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther Von Stolzing), Norbert Ernst (David), Carola Guber (Magdalene), Artur Korn (Veit Pogner), Markus Eiche (Fritz Kothner), Friedemann Röhlig (Ein Nachtwächter), Charles Reid (Kunz Vogelgesang), Rainer Zaun (Konrad Nachtigall), Edward Randall (Balthasar Zorn), Hans-Jürgen Lazar (Ulrich Eisslinger), Stefan Heibach (Augustin Moser), Martin Snell (Hermann Ortel), Andreas Macco (Hans Schwarz), Iógenes Randes (Hans Foltzd), Johan Botha (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Sonja Mühleck (Gerhilde), Anna Gabler (Ortlinde), Edith Haller (Helmwige), Martina Dike (Waltraute), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Annette Küttenbaum (Grimgerde), Manuela Bress (Rossweise), Simone Schröder (Schwertleite), Samuel Youn (Der Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), Ricarda Merbeth (Senta), Tomislav Muzek (Erik), Christa Mayer (Mary), Benjamin Bruns (Der Steuermann), Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Annette Dasch (Elsa Von Brabant), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Jukka Rasilainen (Friedrich Von Telramund), Georg Zeppenfeld (König Heinrich), Samuel Youn (Der Heerrufer Des Königs), Torsten Kerl (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Michelle Breedt (Venus), Markus Eiche (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Kwangchul Youn (Landgraf Hermann), Lothar Odinius (Walther von der Vogelweide), Thomas Jesatko (Biterolf), Stefan Heibach (Heinrich der Schreiber), Rainer Zaun (Reinmar von Zweter), Robert Dean Smith (Tristan), Irene Theorin (Isolde), Robert Holl (König Marke), Jukka Rasilainen (Kurwenal), Ralf Lukas (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne), Clemens Bieber (Junger Seemann), Arnold Bezuyen (Hirt) & Martin Snell (Steuermann) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Sebastian Weigle (conductor) & Katharina Wagner (stage director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Tankred Dorst (director), Christian Thielemann (conductor) & Jan Philipp Gloger (director), Andris Nelsons (conductor) & Hans Neuenfels (director), Axel Kober (conductor) & Sebastian Baumgarten (stage director), Peter Schneider (conductor) & Christoph Marthaler (stage director)

John Tomlinson (Wotan), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Nadine Secunde (Sieglinde), Philip Kang (Fafner/Hagen), Linda Finnie (Fricka), Birgitta Svenden (Erda),Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Graham Clark (Loge), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), René Maison (Loge), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Karin Branzell (Fricka), Norman Cordon (Fasolt), Emanuel List (Fafner), Dorothee Manski (Freia), Julius Huehn (Donner), Hans Clemens (Froh), Karl Laufkötter (Mime), Doris Doe (Erda), Stella Andreva (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde), Doris Doe (Flosshilde) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund), Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Alexander Kipnis (Hunding), Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde), Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka), Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde), Maxine Stellman (Ortlinde), Doris Doe (Waltraute), Anna Kaskas (Schwertleite), Maria van Delden (Helmwige), Helen Olheim (Siegrune), Mary van Kirk (Grimgerde), Lucielle Browning (Rossweisse) [b] Siegfried [/b] Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Friedrich Schorr (Der Wanderer), Kerstin Thorborg (Erda), Stella Andreva (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Marjorie Lawrence (Brünnhilde), Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen), Friedrich Schorr (Gunther), Dorothee Manski (Gutrune), Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute), Editha Fleischer (Woglinde), Doris Doe (1. Norn), Irra Petina (2. Norn), Dorothee Manski (3. Norn) New York Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodanzky

Jeannine Altmeyer, Nadine Secunde, Kurt Rydl, John Brocheler, Graham Clark, Chris Merritt De Nederlandse Opera, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (Götterdämmerung & Die Walküre), The Hague Philharmonic (Das Rheingold), Hartmut Haenchen (conductor) & Pierre Audi (director)

Franz-Josef Selig (daland), Ricarda Merbeth (senta), Tomislav Mužek (erik), Christa Meyer (mary), Benjamin Bruns (steersman), Samuel Youn (the dutchman), Bayreuth Festival (opera company), Kwangchul Youn (hermann), Torsten Kerl (tannhäuser), Markus Eiche (wolfram von eschenbach), Lothar Odinius (walther), Camilla Nylund (elisabeth), Michelle Breedt (venus, brangane), Georg Zeppenfeld (konig heinrich), Klaus Florian Vogt (lohengrin, walther von stolzing), Annette Dasch (elsa), Jukka Rasilainen (friedrich, kurwenal), Petra Lang (ortrud), Linda Watson (brunnhilde), Stephen Gould (siegfried), Albert Dohmen (wotan), Endrik Wottrich (siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (sieglinde), Andrew Shore (alberich), Robert Dean Smith (tristan), Iréne Theorin (isolde), Robert Holl (king marke), Ralf Lukas (melot), Franz Hawlata (hans sach), Artur Korn (veit pogner), Michael Volle (sixtus beckmesser), Norbert Ernst (david), Michaela Kaune (eva), Carola Guber (magdalena), Christian Thielemann, Axel Kober, Andris Nelsons, Peter Schneider, Sebastian Weigle

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky

Nellie Melba (soprano)

Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Ernö Balogh (piano), Paul Ulanowsky (piano), Bruno Walter (narrator), Bruno Walter (piano), Lotte Lehmann (reader), Lotte Lehmann (narrator) NBC Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Chorus, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra, Frank Black, Nathaniel Shilkret, Richard Lert

Hermbert Blomstedt, Sabine Kittel, Anja Kampe (soprano), Christian Thielemann, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Gantert, Christian Grygas, Andreas Heinze, Niccolo Paudler, Oliver Pitt, Bryan Rothfuss, Philipp Schreyer, Martin Schubert, Holger Steinert, Johannes Wollrab, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Czech National, Insoo Hwoang, Martin Saul, Rudolf Kempe, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatsopernchor Dresden, Dresden Symphony Chorus, Czech National Chorus of Prague, Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Choir, Dresden Chamber Choir, Fritz Busch, Richard Strauss, Karl Böhm, Karl Elmendorff, Joseph Keilberth, Franz Konwitschny, Otmar Suitner, Kurt Sanderling, Martin Turnovský, Herbert Blomstedt, Hans Vonk, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bernard Haitink, Fabio Luisi, Myung-Whun Chung, Sir Colin Davis

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Artur Rodzinski

Royal Danish Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Frederik IX (King of Denmark)

Gottlob Frick (bass)

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Doric String Quartet, Xiayin Wang (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin), Cpl Jonathan Hill (trombone), Martin Roscoe (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Ivan Ilić (piano), Wojciech Switala (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Krzysztof Lasoń (violin), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Federico Colli (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Trio, I Musici de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Black Dyke Mills Band, The King's Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum 90, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, Brodsky Quartet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Mariss Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky, Neeme Järvi, Geoffrey Simon, Harry Christophers, Sir Neville Marriner, Major Peter Parkes, Richard Hickox, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Bruffy, Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, John Wilson, Edward Gardner, Juanjo Mena, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Karabits, Rumon Gamba

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (piano)

Jan Michiels (piano)

Clara Haskil (piano), SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Tobias Unger, Florian Metzger, Harald Matjacic, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks, SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, SWR Symphonieorchester, Sir Roger Norrington, Carl Schuricht, Michael Gielen, Hans Rosbaud, Marcus Creed, Eliahu Inbal

Dame Nellie Melba (soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano), John McCormack (tenor), Emmy Destinn, Johanna Gadski, Friedrich Schorr (bass), Eva Turner, Renato Zanelli, Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Maria Olczewska, Feodor Chaliapin (bass), Margherita Carosio, Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Conchita Supervia, Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Richard Tauber (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Victor Maurel, Francesco Tamagno, Francesco Navarrini, Mattia Battistini, Fernando de Lucia, Rosina Storchio, Alessandro Bonci, Eugenia Burzio, Giuseppe De Luca, Celestina Boninsegna, Giovanni Valls, Ricardo Stracciari, Maria Gay, Lucrezia Bori, Bernardo De Muro, Gilda Dalla Rizza, Toti Dal Monte (soprano), Ezio Pinza (bass), Miguel Fleta, Margherita Perras, Erna Berger (soprano), Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Volker, Tiana Lemnitz, Frida Leider (soprano), Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Max Lorenz (tenor), Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone), Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte Schöne, Alexander Kipnis (bass), Else Ruziczka, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Staatskapelle Berlin, Percy Pitt, Albert Coates, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Sabajno, Robert Heger, Vincenzo Bellezza, Gustave Cloëz, Giulio Setti, Walter Goehr, Edwin McArthur, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Fritz Zweig, Alois Melichar, Leo Blech, Clemens Schmalstich, Johannes Schüler, Hanns Udo Müller, Clemens Krauss, Erich Orthmann

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Harry Cowell (piano) All-American Youth Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

Rosa Ponselle (soprano)

Daniel Barenboim, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Spas Wenkoff, Siv Wennberg Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Franz Wesler-Most

Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart Des SWR, Ileana Cotrubas, Glenda Maurice, Südfunk-Chor, Gary Bertini

John Forsell, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Martha Ohlsson, Armas Järnefelt, Anna Hellstrom-Oscar, David Hesse, Magna Lykseth-Schjerven, Hjalmar Meissner, Joel Berglund, Helga Görlin, Emil Stiebel, Gota Allard, Elsa Ekendahl, Olle Strandberg, Martha Ohlson, Brita Hertzberg, Folke Jonsson, Gurli Forsell, Peder Schram, Hjalmar Stolpe, Birger Biguet, Karin Hacksell, Karin Nilsson, Hildur Boden, Kungliga Teaterns Kor, Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra and He, Royal Stockholm Opera, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Herbert Sandberg

Holger Groschopp (piano)

Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Christel Goltz (soprano), Josef Hermann (baritone), Jan Rittel (baritone), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Kurt Böhme (bass), Helena Rott (vocals), Elfriede Trötschel (soprano), Elfriede Weidlich (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Mathieu Ahlersmeyer (vocals), Heinrich Pflanzl (baritone), Karl Wessely (tenor), Marta Fuchs (soprano), Margarete Teschemacher (soprano), Karl Erb (tenor), Lorenz Fehenberger (vocals), Irma Beilke (soprano), Marie-Luise Schilp (alto), Arno Schellenberg (baritone), Hans Hopf (tenor), Kurt Wessely (vocals), Maria Cebotari (soprano), Horst Weber (vocals), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Erich Zimmermann (tenor), Werner Faulhaber (bass), Edith Hellriegel (vocals), Eva Fleischhauer (vocals), Kate Hofgen (vocals), Helmut Schindler (vocals), Boris Gregoryewitsch (vocals), Sieglinde Goßmann (vocals), Karl-Heinz Thomann (vocals), Savjol Prokofjewitsch Dikoj (vocals), Marfa Ignatjewna Kaban (vocals), Emilie Walter-Sacks (soprano), Gudrun Wüstemann (vocals), Erich Siebenschuh (vocals), Christian Pötzsch (vocals), Eleonore Elstermann (soprano), Nelly Ailakowa (soprano), Karl Friedrich Hölzke (tenor), Karl Wüstemann (vocals), Johannes Kemter (tenor), Günter Dressler (bass), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Elisabeth Wilke (mezzo-soprano), Reinhart Ginzel (tenor), Gunther Emmerlich (bass), Andrea Ihle (soprano), Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass), Tichina Vaughn (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Pohl (baritone), Marjorie Owens (soprano), Tilmann Rönnebeck (bass), Ladislav Elgr (tenor), Timothy Oliver (tenor), Michael Eder (bass), Torsten Ralf (tenor), Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Jard van Nes (alto), Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Rinat Shaham (mezzo-soprano), Yosep Kang (tenor), René Pape (bass), Saxon State Opera Chorus, Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, MDR Rundfunkchor, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Dresden Symphony Chorus, Singakademie Dresden, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno, Czech National Choir Prague, Dresdner Kammerchor, Karl Böhm, Kurt Striegler, Karl Elmendorff, Joseph Keilberth, Ernst Richter, Rudolf Kempe, Rudolf Neuhaus, Heinz Rögner, Hans Zimmer, Hans Vonk, Fabio Luisi, Constantin Trinks, Herbert Blomstedt, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bernard Haitink, Sir Colin Davis, Myung-Whun Chung, Christian Thielemann

Hermann Prey (baritone)

Horst Stein, Friedrich Gulda (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker

Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Marita Viitasalo, Tommi Hakala, Elina Garanča (mezzo-soprano), Juha Uusitalo (bass), Karita Mattila (soprano), Estonian State Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eri Klas, Peter Schreier, Aleksandrs Vilumanis, Leif Segerstam, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

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

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch

Includes Arturo Toscanini, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Beecham, Willem Mengelberg, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein

Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Choir and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Böhm, Krips, Erede, Karajan, Prêtre, Heger, Maazel, Bernstein, Stein, Albrecht, Mehta, Kitaenko, Abbado & Hollreiser