Historical

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter

Orchester des Württembergischen Landes-Theaters, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Fritz Busch

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Claudio Arrau (piano), Marian Anderson (contralto) New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Male Chorus of the Schola Cantorum, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Busch

Peter Rybar (violin) Sinfonie-Orchester Winterthur, Fritz Busch

Nicola Moscona (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Adolf Busch (violin), Bruno Seidler-Winkler (piano) Busch Quartet, Rudolf Serkin (piano)

Ruggiero Ricci (violin) New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Busch Quartet, Adolf Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Philipp Dreisbach (clarinet), Wendling Quartet

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Cyril Smith (piano) Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

Ricci (violin), Lympany (piano), LPO (concerti), LSO (Gayaneh), Fistoulari (conductor)

Cyril Smith (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens, Hans Kindler

Tommy Dorsey (trombone), James Abato (saxophone) New York City Symphony Orchestra, RAI Turino Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Richard Blareau, George Weldon

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Leopold Stokowski

Heifetz (violin), Philadelphia Orch. (all except Sym 7), All-American Youth Orchestra (Sym 7), Stokowski (conductor)

Adolf Busch (violin), Hermann Busch (cello) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchester der Stadt Basel, Hans Münch, Paul Kletzki

Jacques Abram (piano) Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Leopold Stokowski

Birgit Nilsson (soprano), George London (baritone) Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

L’Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Colonne, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest Amsterdam, L’Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris, Orchestre des Concerts de Paris, Pierre Dervaux

Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens, Georges Prêtre

London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Dmitri Mitropoulos

Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone) NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), René Maison (Florestan), Alexander Kipnis (Rocco), Julius Huehn (Pizarro), Karl Laufkoetter (Jaquino), Marita Farell (Marzelline), Herbert Janssen (Fernando) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Artur Rodzinski

Emmy Hürlimann (harp), Manfred Preis (clarinet), Martin Suter (organ), Nico Kaufmann (piano), Hans Schaeuble (piano) Paul Burkhard

Leonard Warren (Falstaff), Giuseppe Valdengo (Ford), Giuseppe di Stefano (Fenton), Regina Resnik (Alice Ford), Licia Albanese (Nannetta), Cloe Elmo (Quickly), Martha Lipton (Meg Page), Alessio de Paolis (Bardolpho), Lorenzo Alvary (Pistol) Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Reiner

Rudolf Ganz (piano) Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Kletzki

Friedrich Schorr (Wotan), Eduard Habich (Alberich), Rene Maison (Loge), Karin Branzell (Fricka), Dorothee Manski (Freia), Norman Cordon (Fasolt), Emanuel List (Fafner), Karl Laufkötter (Mime), Kerstin Thorborg (Erda), Stella Andreva (Woglinde), Irra Petina (Wellgunde), Doris Doe (Flosshilde) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Artur Bodansky

Ivan Kozlovsky (Roméo), Yelizaveta Shumskaya (Juliette), Ivan Burlak (Mercutio), Natalya Sokolova (Stéphano), Maxim Mikhailov (Frère Laurent), Ivan Petrov (Capulet), G. Pasechnik (Tebaldo), Nina Ostrumova (Gertrude), Antonina Nezhdanova (Juliette) Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Orlov

René Maison (Samson), Gertrud Wettergren (Dalila), Ezio Pinza (Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon, Emanuel List (Le Vieillard Hébreu), John Gurney (Abimélech) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Maurice Abravanel

Ramón Vinay (Canio), Florence Quartarao (Nedda), Leonard Warren (Tonio), Leslie Chabay (Beppe), Hugh Thompson (Silvio), Florence Quartararo (soprano) Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Giuseppe Antonicelli

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Emanuel Barbec (cello) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

David Galliver (tenor) Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Robert Casadesus (piano) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Szell

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Bernard Baker (trumpet), John Wummer (flute), Robert Bloom (oboe), Mischa Misschakoff (violin), Licia Albanese (Violetta), Jan Peerce (Alfredo), Robert Merrill (Germont) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Robert Casadesus (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Ladies’ Choir, Arturo Toscanini

Daniel Guilet & Remo Bolognini (violins) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli

Tilla Briem (soprano), Elisabeth Hoengen (contralto), Peter Anders (tenor), Rudolf Watzke (bass) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Kittel Choir, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Teatro Colón Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Symphony of the Air, Leopold Stokowski

Alexander Brailowsky (piano), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, Serge Koussevitsky, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Yelizaveta Shumskaya (Violetta Valery), Ivan Kozlovsky (Alfredo Germont), Pavel Lisitsian (Giorgio Germont), Yelena Gribova (Flora Bervoix), Yuri Filin (Gastone), Anatloi Yakhontov (Baron Douphol) Chorus and Symphony of the USSR State, Alexander Orlov

Anni Frind (soprano), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano) Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Groot Symfonieorkest van Zender Brussel, Stadtisches Orchester Berlin, Fritz Lehmann, Eugen Jochum, Eduard van Beinum, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Robert Heger

Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind (soprano), Else Jena (mezzo), Eric Sjöberg (tenor), Holger Byrding (bass) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Chorus, Fritz Busch

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Wilhelm Backhouse (piano), Lili Kraus (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Guido Cantelli, Pierre Monteux, Victor de Sabata

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky

Jo Vincent (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Toonkunstchoir, Otto Klemperer

Ria Ginster (soprano), Bruna Castagna (contralto), Charles Kullman (tenor), Leonard Warren (bass) New York Philharmonic Symphony, Westminster Choir, John Barbirolli

London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Fritz Busch

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini