Original Masters

Griller String Quartet

Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Emil Gilels (piano)

Leonid Kogan (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Rudolf Barshai (viola), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Edith Steinbauer (treble viol), Beatrice Reichert (alto viol), Frieda Litschauer (tenor viol), Ernst Knava (bass viol), Julian Bream (lute/guitar) The Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde

Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Volker Martin (videoscripteditor), Joachim Niss (videoscripteditor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Werba (piano), Sebastien Peschko (piano), Utah Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Maurice Abravanel, Sir Adrian Boult, Janos Kulka, Lorin Maazel, Hans Löwlein, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Clifford Curzon (piano) London Symphony Orchestra and Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips and Eduard van Beinum

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Robert Casadesus (piano), Julian von Karolyi (piano), Gerty Herzog (piano) including Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Berliner Philharmoniker, Hans Rosbaud

Pierre Fournier (cello)

Suzanne Danco (soprano), Marie-Lise de Montmollin & Pauline Martin (mezzo-sopranos), Michel Hamel (tenor) & Stéphane Audel (narrator) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Choeur des Jeunes de l'église National Vaudoise, Ernest Ansermet

Amadeus Quartet

Clifford Curzon (piano)

Ernst Haefliger, Karl Richter, Peter Schreier, Maria Stader, Elisabeth Lindermeier/Heinrich-Schütz-Kreis Münchener Bach-Orchester, Berliner Philharmoniker

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) & Samuel Samosud Symphony Orchestra of the All Union Radio & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin & Gregory Stolyarov

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Helmut Walcha (organ)

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Wolfgang Meyer (harpsichord), Hertha Klust (piano), Günther Weissenborn (piano), Karl Engel (piano), Jörg Demus (Piano) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS-Kammerchor, Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des NDR, Berliner Philharmoniker, Berliner Motettenchor (Günther Arndt) & RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS-Kammerchor & Radio-Symphgonie-Orchester Berlin, Karl Böhm, Ferenc Fricsay, Richard Kraus, Schmidt-Isserstedt

Moura Lympany (piano) New Symphony Orchestra of London & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Collins & Anatole Fistoulari

Emil Gilels (piano), Elena Gilels (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

Christel Goltz, Julius Patzak, Margareta Kenney, Hans Braun, Anton Dermota, Else Schürhoff, Rudolf Christ, Hugo Meyer-Welfing, Kurt Preger, Murray Dickie, Franz Bierbach, Ludwig Weber, Harald Pröglhöf, Walter Berry, Herbert Alsen, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Hermann Gallos Wiener Philharmoniker

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Bing Crosby

The New York Ensemble of the Philharmonic Scholarship Winners & Symphony of the Air American Symphony Orchestra

David & Igor Oistrakh (violins), Hans Pischner (harpsichord), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rita Streich (soprano), Andrés Segovia (guitar), Koeckert Quartet, Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Adolf Hartmann (mandolin), Margot Guilleaume (soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hans Günter Nöcker (bass), Fritz Neumeyer (fortepiano), Végh Quartet, Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), Léopold Simoneau (tenor), Helmut Zacharias (violin/direction), Andor Foldes (piano), Kim Borg (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Don Cossacks Choir, Fritz Lehman, Kurt Gaebel, Eugen Jochum, Ferenc Fricsay, Paul Strauss, Serge Jaroff

Mado Robin (Lakmé), Agnes Disney (Mallika), Claudine Collart (Ellen), Simone Lemaître (Rose), Libero de Luca (Gerald), Jean Borthayre (Nilakantha), Jacques Jansen (Frédéric), Pierre Germain (Hadji), Jane Perriat (Mistress Bentson), Edmond Chastenet (A fortune teller) & Camille Rouquett (A Chinese merchant) Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique, Paris, Georges Sébastian

Pierre Fournier (cello) & Friedrich Gulda (piano)

Helmut Walcha (organ)

Monique Haas (piano), Hans Otte (piano) Berlin Philharmonic, Paul Hindemith

David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) David Oistrakh (conductor)

Astrid Varnay (soprano)

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone)

Georg Kulenkampff (violin), Georg Solti (piano), Mischa Elman (violin), Christel Goltz (Elektra), Elisabeth Höngen (Klytaemnestra), Ferdinand Frantz (Orest) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Clifford Curzon (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, George Szell, Adrian Boult, Enrique Jorda, Malcolm Sargent

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

Mario Del Monaco (tenor) Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Studio Orchestra, The New Symphony Orchestra of London, L’Orchestre national de l’Opéra de Monte-Carlo & Mantovani & His Orchestra, Alberto Erede, Franco Ghione, Ernesto Nicelli, Carlo Franci & Nicola Rescigno

Cecil Aronowitz Amadeus Quartet

Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

Zara Nelsova (cello) & Artur Balsam (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra & Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Josef Krips, Samuel Barber, Ernest Ansermet & Boyd Neel

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Dario de Rosa (piano), Renato Zanettovich (violin), Libero Lana (cello), Trio di Trieste

Zara Nelsova (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) & Christian Ferras (violin), Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Christian Ferras (violin) Wiener Philharmoniker, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Julius Katchen (piano) & Alfredo Campoli (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Ataúlfo Argenta

Gundula Janowitz (soprano)

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Hilversum Radio Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Pilar Lorengar (soprano) & Klaus-Jurgen Wussow (narrator) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker & London Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

Géza Anda (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rafael Kubelik, Eduard van Beinum, Ferenc Fricsay

Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart

New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin), Rudolf Baumgartner (violin) & Claude Starck (violoncello), Rudolf Baumgartner (violin and direction) Festival Strings Lucerne, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul van Kempen, Ferdinand Leitner, Ferenc Fricsay, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Ernest Ansermet

Renata Tebaldi, with Gianni Poggi, with Giulietta Simionato, with Luciano Pavarotti, with Fernando Corena, with Mario del Monaco, with Carlo Bergonzi, with Fioernza Cossotto, with Cornell MacNeil, with Nicola Zaccaria Cesare Siepi

Clifford Curzon (piano) Members of the Amadeus Quartet, Queen's Hall Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood, Boyd Neel, Enrique Jorda, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Adrian Boult, Oivin Fjeldstad & Hans Knappertsbusch

Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen

Arthur Grumiaux (violin)

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

Reginald Kell (clarinet), Fine Arts Quartet, Frank Miller (cello) & Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano), Lillian Fuchs (viola) & Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano), Joel Rosen (piano), Brooks Smith (piano), Melvin Ritter (violin) & Joel Rosen (piano) Zimbler Sinfonietta, Kell Chamber Players, [Salvatore] Camarata & His Orchestra, Reginald Kell (direction)

Carl Seemann (piano)

Liselotte Rebmann, Anna Reynolds, Anton de Ridder, Gerd Feldhoff Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum