First Choice

Olivier Latry (organ)

Frederica von Stade (Claire), Tyne Daley (Hildy), Thomas Hampson (Gabey), Samuel Ramey (Pitkin/First Workman/Announcer), Cleo Laine (Nightclub Singer), Kurt Ollmann (Chip), Evelyn Lear (Madame Dilly), Marie McLaughlin (Ivy) London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas

English Concert & Chorus, Trevor Pinnock

Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Francisco Araiza (tenor) Berliner Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Patrick Gallois (flute) Kammerorchester C.P.E.Bach, Peter Schreier

Maria João Pires (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn

Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Lambert Orkis (piano)

Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Robert Levin (piano) Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner

Thomas Quasthoff & Justus Zeyen

Yevgeny Kissin (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Mischa Maisky (cello) Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Philadelphia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

Gil Shaham (violin) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel

Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) & Mischa Maisky (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin) & Mischa Maisky (cello)

Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

Emerson String Quartet

Anna Netrebko (soprano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda

Hélène Grimaud (piano)

Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)

Itzhak Perlman (violin), with Myor Rosen (harp) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Magdalena Kozená Prague Philharmonia, Michel Swierczewski

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Kathleen Battle (soprano) Orchestre de L’Opera Bastille, Myung Whun Chung

Göran Söllscher (guitar) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Concerto Köln

Krystian Zimerman (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli