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Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Tim Mead (Amadigi), Mary Bevan (Melissa), Anna Dennis (Oriana), Hilary Summers (Dardano), Patrick Terry (Orgando), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Lucy Crowe (Galatea), Allan Clayton (Acis), Benjamin Hulett (Damon), Jeremy Budd (Coridon) & Neal Davies (Polyphemus) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Erin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Anna Stéphany (Serse), Rosemary Joshua (Romilda), David Daniels (Arsamene), Hilary Summers (Amastre), Joélle Harvey (Atalanta), Andreas Wolf (Elviro), Brindley Sherratt (Ariodate) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Tim Mead (Flavio), Rosemary Joshua (Emilia), Iestyn Davies (Guido), Renata Pokupić (Vitige), Hilary Summers (Teodata), Thomas Walker (Ugone), Andrew Foster-Williams (Lotario) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Lynne Dawson, Partizia Kwella, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

Ruby Hughes (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings

Lynne Dawson, Lynda Russell, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo) Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Alexander Gibson

I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson

Julian Perkins (harpsichord)

Patricia Kwella, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Michael George The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

The Sixteen Orchestra, Ian Partridge (tenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Michael George (bass), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Lynne Dawson (soprano) & Ian Partridge (tenor) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Nancy Argenta (soprano), Michael George (bass) Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Catherine Bott (soprano) Purcell Quartet

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage

Sophie Yates (harpsichord)

Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers

Joan Rodgers (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo soprano), Christopher Robson (counter-tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Rosemary Joshua (soprano) & Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) English Concert, Harry Bicket

Sophie Yates (harpsichord)

Julianne Baird (soprano) Tempesta di Mare

Rosemary Joshua (Partenope), Kurt Streit (Emilio), Stephen Wallace (Armindo), Andrew Foster-Williams (Ormonte), Hilary Summers (Rosmira), Lawrence Zazzo (Arsace) Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson

Christopher Blake (oboe), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Peter Dixon (cello), Richard Davis (flute) BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

Black Dyke Band (brass ensemble), Roy Newsome, Keith Rhodes, Anthony Cooke, Huddersfield Choral Society

Ferio Saxophone Quartet

Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), Susan Patterson (Gioconda), Colin Lee (Fernando), Ffleur Wyn (Ines), Susan Patterson (Norma) Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus) English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras

Louis Lortie (piano), Locke Brass Consort, James Stobart, Ragnhild Hemsing, Melina Mandozzi, Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Collegium Musicum 90, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Ferio Saxophone Quartet, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Edward Gardner, Alpesh Chauhan, Neeme Järvi, Simon Standage, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vassily Sinaisky

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Soloists of Australia, Cantilena, Sir Alexander Gibson, Ronald Thomas, Adrian Shepherd

Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Shore (Taddeo), Anne Mason (Adalgisa), Mary Plazas (Jemmy), Anne Mason (Hedwige), Peter Wedd (Lindoro), Simon Bailey (Mustafa) London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

Sarah Walker (mezzo), Bruce Ford (tenor), Della Jones (mezzo), John Tomlinson (bass), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Valerie Masterson (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Della Jones (mezzos), Diana Montague (mezzo) London Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry, Sir Charles Mackerras

Marie Goossens (harp), Andrew Davis (harpsichord), Andrew Davis (organ) Chapel Royal Choir, Hurwitz Chamber Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Radcliffe Williams

Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd

Philippa Hyde (soprano) The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman

Sophie Yates (early keyboard instruments)

Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd

Sophie Yates (harpsichord)

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

Tredegar Orpheus And Rhos Orpheus Male Voice Choirs

Inga Nielsen, Christopher Hogwood (early keyboard instruments), The Royal Danish Orchestra, Alberto Noli, Christian Christiansen, Stig Andersen (tenor), Danish National Radio Symphony Choir, Antonio Pappano (piano), Knut Skram, Eugene Kohn, Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Friedrich Gürtler, Gert Henning-Jensen, Guido Paevatalu, David Firman, Ovid Young, Lars Hannibal (guitar), Michala Petri (recorder), Arne Nielsen, Esther Vagning, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Kuhn, Gerd Albrecht, Michael Schønwandt, Lamberto Gardelli, Ingo Metzmacher, Heinz Wallberg

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson

Simon Lindley (organ) Sellers Engineering Band, Honley Male Voice Choir, Leeds Parish Church Boys Choir, Philip McCann

Phillip McCann (cornet), Simon Lindley (organ) Sellers Engineering Band, Choristers of Leeds Parish Church, Roy Newsome

Black Dyke Mills Band, Roy Newsome, Sir Edward Heath

Black Dyke Band (brass ensemble), Major Peter Parkes

John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Major Peter Parkes

Black Dyke Band (brass ensemble), Roy Newsome, Keith Rhodes, Anthony Cooke, Huddersfield Choral Society