Opera

Régine Crespin, Alain Vanzo, Jules Bastin, Gérard Friedmann Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin, Alain Lombard

Håkan Hagegård (Figaro), Jennifer Larmore (Rosina), Raúl Giménez (Il Conte d’Almaviva), Samuel Ramey (Basilio, Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo), Barbara Frittoli (Berta) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesús López-Cobos

Yvonne Kenny, Lillian Watson, Peter Schreier, Wilfried Gamlich & Matti Salminen Chor des Opernhauses Zürich & Mozart-Orchester des Opernhauses Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Mariella Devia, Roberto Alagna, Pietro Spagnoli, Bruno Praticò, Francesca Provvisionato Tallis Chamber Choir & English Chamber Orchestra, Marcello Viotti

Ladislaus Anderko, Nikolaus Simkowsky, Rotraud Hansmann, Margaret Baker-Genovesi, Sven Olof Eliasson, Norma Lerer, Kai Hansen, Max von Egmond & Anne-Marie Mühle Junge Kantorei & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Cathy Berberian (L’espérance, La messagère), Rotraud Hansmann (Eurydice, La musique), Max von Egmond (Apollon), Kurt Equiluz (Deuxieme esprit), Lajos Kozma (Orfeo), Nikolaus Simkowsky (Charon), Eiko Katanosaka (Proserpine) & Jacques Villisech (Pluton) Capella antiqua München & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Edita Gruberova, Patricia Spence, Monica Bacelli, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro, Kim Begley, Peter Sidhom, David Barrell & Alastair Miles The Ambrosian Singers & London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

Alexandru Agache (Rigoletto), Leontina Vaduva (Gilda), Richard Leech (Il duca di Mantova), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile) & Jennifer Larmore (Maddalena) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Gill Ross, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) John Tomlinson (Wanderer), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde), Birgitta Svendén (1. Norn), Philip Kang (Hagen), Linda Finnie (2. Norn), Bodo Brinkmann (Gunther), Uta Priew (3. Norn), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Gutrune), Hilde Leidland (Woglinde), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute), Annette Küttenbaum (Wellgunde), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Jane Turner (Flosshilde) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim

Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka (Pimen), Kenneth Riegel (Shuisky), Nicolai Gedda (Simpleton), Galina Vishneyevskaya (Marina), Catherine Dubosc (Xenia), Matthew Adam Fish (Feodor), Mira Zakai (Nurse), Vyacheslav Poloznov (Grigory), Misha Raitzin (Missail), Lajos Miller (Shchelkalov), Nikita Storozhev (Rangoni) & Romuald Tesarowicz (Varlaam)  Oratorio Society of Washington Choral Arts Society of Washington & National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich

Philip Langridge (Titus), Lucia Popp (Vitellia), Ruth Ziesak (Servilia), Ann Murray (Sextus), Delores Ziegler (Annius) & László Polgár (Publius) Chor und Orchester der Oper Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Richard Leech (Riccardo), Michèle Crider (Amelia), Vladimir Chernov (Renato), Elena Zaremba (Ulrica), Maria Bayo (Oscar), Roberto Scaltriti (Silvano), Peter Rose (Samuel), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Peter Bronder (Un giudice) Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Siegfried Jerusalem (Tristan), Waltraud Meier (Isolde), Matti Salminen (König Marke), Falk Struckmann (Kurwenal), Johan Botha (Melot), Marjana Lipovšek (Brangäne), Peter Maus (Ein Hirt / Shepherd), Roman Trekel (Ein Steuermann / Steersman) Chor der Berliner Staatsoper & Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Jean-Luc Viala (Fernand), Hélène Jossoud (Léonore), Jean-Marc Ivaldi (Alphonse XI) & Lionel Sarrazin (Balthazar) Choeur et Orchestre du Centre National de Musique de Chambre d’Aquitaine, Jacques Pernoo

Werner Hollweg (Idomeneo), Trudeliese Schmidt (Idamante), Rachel Yakar (Ilia), Felicity Palmer (Elettra), Kurt Equiluz (Arbace), Robert Tear (Gran Sacerdote) & Simon Estes (La Voce) Chor und Mozartorchester des Opernhauses Zürich, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Marilyn Horne, Victoria de los Angeles, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Carmen Gonzales, Lajos Kozma, Sesto Bruscantini & Nicola Zaccaria Coro Amici della Polifonia & I solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone

John Tomlinson (Wotan), Bodo Brinkmann (Donner), Kurt Schreibmayer (Froh), Graham Clark (Loge), Linda Finnie (Fricka), Eva Johansson (Freia), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Helmut Pampuch (Mime), Matthias Hölle (Fasolt), Philip Kang (Fafner), Hilde Leidland (Woglinde), Annette Küttenbaum (Wellgunde) & Jane Turner (Flosshilde) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim

Charlotte Margiono (Fiordiligi), Delores Ziegler (Dorabella), Gilles Cachemaille (Guglielmo), Deon van der Walt (Ferrando), Thomas Hampson (Don Alfonso), Anna Steiger (Despina) Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Jennifer Larmore (Angelina), Raúl Giménez (Don Ramiro), Gino Quilico (Dandini), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Magnifico), Adelina Scarabelli (Clorinda), Laura Polverelli (Tisbe), Alastair Miles (Alidoro) Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carlo Rizzi

José van Dam, Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, John Aler, Bernard Deletre, Gilles Cachemaille, Ann Monoylos & Isabelle Eschenbrenner Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de L’Opéra de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner

Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Gino Quilico, Angela Maria Blasi, Richard Cowan & Federico Davià Choeur et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, James Conlon

Marilyn Horne (Isabella), Samuel Ramey (Mustafa), Ernesto Palacio (Lindoro), Domenico Trimarchi (Taddeo), Kathleen Battle (Elvira), Clara Foti (Zulma), Nicola Zaccaria (Haly) Prague Philharmonic Chorus & I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone

Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Samuel Ramey (Méphistophélès), Alexandru Agache (Valentin), Susanne Mentzer (Siébel), Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe) & Philippe Fourcade (Wagner) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi

Paul Esswood (Giulio Cesare), Roberta Alexander (Cleopatra), Marjana Lipovšek (Cornelia), Ann Murray (Seste) & Lucia Popp (Cleopatra (in no. 40)) Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), Graham Clark (Mime), John Tomlinson (Der Wanderer), Anne Evans (Brünnhilde) & Hilde Leidland (Waldvogel) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim