Orfeo d'Or

Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian), Claire Watson (Marschallin), Karl Ridderbusch (Ochs), Lucia Popp (Sophie), Benno Kusche (Faninal), Annelie Waas (Marianne), David Thaw (Valzacchi), Margarethe Bence (Annina) & Gerhard Unger (Italian singer) Bavarian State Opera, Carlos Kleiber

Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber

Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with Leopold Ludwig, Viktor Graef & Erik Werba (piano)

Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Kathleen Battle (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine

Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano)

Ludwig Weber (Daland), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary), Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann) & Hermann Uhde (Der Holländer) Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch

Eduard Erdmann (piano) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Hans Rosbaud

Friedrich Gulda (piano)

Edith Mathis (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Paul Schilhawsky (piano), Erik Werba (piano) Salzburger Festspiele, 25. August 1974

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)

Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth), Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo), Carlo Cossutta (Macduff), Gildis Flossman (Dama) & Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm) Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Werner Hollweg (Tito), Carol Neblett (Vitellia), Catherine Malfitano (Servilia), Tatiana Troyanos (Sesto), Anne Howells (Annio), Kurt Rydl (Publio) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine

George London (Dutchman), Josef Greindl (Daland), Leonie Rysanek (Senta), Fritz Uhl (Erik), Res Fischer (Mary), Georg Paskuda (Steuermann) Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Cesare Siepi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rafaele Arié, Elisabeth Grümmer Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Placido Domingo (Hoffmann), Catherine Malfitano (Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta), Ann Murray (Niklausse, Hoffmann's Muse), Jose van Dam(Lindorf, Coppélius, Miracle, Dapertutto), Rémy Corazza (Andrès, Cochenille, Frantz, Pitichinaccio), Kurt Rydl (Luther, Crespel), Jocelyne Taillon (Antonia's mother), Gérard Friedmann (Nathanaël, Spalanzani) & Peter Weber (Hermann, Schlémi) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine

René Kollo, Cheryl Studer, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, John Janssen, Bodo Brinkmann, Karl Helm, Norbert Orth, Kieth Engen, Carmen Anhorn Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Gerhard Stolze (Walther), Franz Crass (Biterolf), Gerhard Paskuda (Heinrich), Theo Adam (Reinmar) Orchesta of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Jon Vickers (Parsifal), Hans Hotter (Gurnemanz), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Barbro Ericson (Kundry), Heinz Hagenau (Titurel), Anja Silja, Dorothea Siebert, Liselotte Rebmann, Rita Bartos, Else-Margrete Gardelli, Sylvia Lindenstrand (flower maidens) & Ruth Hesse (voice from above) Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch

Ramón Vargas (Don Carlos), Alastair Miles (Philippe II), Bo Skovhus (Rodrigue), Nadja Michael (La Princesse Eboli), Iano Tamar (Elisabeth de Valois), Simon Yang (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Cornelia Salje (Thibault), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Un Moine), Benedikt Kobel (Le Compte de Lerme), Inna Los (Un Voix d'en Haut), Cosmin Ifrim (Un Hérault Royal) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Bertrand de Billy

Camerata Academica Salzburg, Sándor Végh

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Gerhart Hetzel (violin) & Rudolf Streng Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Hilde Konetzni (soprano) & Josef Krips (piano)

Maurizio Pollini (piano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Clara Haskil (piano)

Seymour Lipkin (piano) New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Hanny Steffek (Christine), Hermann Prey (Robert Storch), Ferry Gruber (Baron Lummer), Anny Felbermayer (Anna), Alfred Poell (Notar), Judith Hellwig (his wife), Waldeman Kmentt (Stroh), Oskar Czerwenka (Kommerzienrat), Alois Pernerstorfer (Justizrat) & Ludwig Welter (Kammersänger) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Joseph Keilberth

Sena Jurinac

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Gundula Janowitz (Ariadne), Agnes Baltsa (Komponist), James King (Bacchus), Edita Gruberova (Zerbinetta), Erich Kunz (Haushofmeister), Walter Berry (Musiklehrer), Barry McDaniel (Harlekin), Kurt Equiluz (Scaramuccio), Manfred Jungwirth (Truffaldin), Gerhard Unger (Brighella), Hilda de Groote (Najade), Axelle Gall (Dryade) & Sona Ghazarian (Echo) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

Lucia Popp (soprano) & Irwin Gage (piano)

James King (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg

Henryk Szeryng (violin) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rudolf Kempe

Piotr Beczala (the Prince), Camilla Nylund (Rusalka), Emily Magee (Foreign princess), Alan Held (Water Goblin), Birgit Remmert (Ježibaba), Adam Plachetka (Gamekeeper), Eva Liebau (The Turnspit), Daniel Schmutzhard (Huntsman), Anna Prohaska (first Dryad), Stephanie Atanasov (2nd Dryad) & Hannah Esther Minutillo (3rd Dryad) Vienna State Opera Chorus & The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Hans Hopf (Emperor), Leonie Rysanek (Empress), Ludwig Weber (Barak, the Dyer), Christel Goltz (Dyer's Wife), Elisabeth Höngen (Nurse), Kurt Böhme (Spirit-Messenger), Karl Terkal (Apparition of a Youth) & Judith Hellwig (Voice of the Falcon) Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch

Daphne Evangelatos (soprano) & András Schiff (piano) Camerata Academica Salzburg, Sándor Végh

Paul Schöffler (Sachs), Gottlob Frick (Veit Pogner), Eberhard Waechter (Nachtigall), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Hans Braun Fritz Kothner), Hans Beirer (Walther), Murray Dickie (David), Irmgard Seefried (Eva) & Rosette Anday (Magdalena) Vienna State Opera, Fritz Reiner

Géza Anda (piano), Gerty Herzog (piano), Lisa Della Casa & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Wiener Symphoniker, Ataulfo Argenta

Géza Anda (piano)

Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo) Wiener Symphoniker, Georges Prêtre

Végh Quartet

Friedrich Gulda (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Magda Laszló (soprano), Keith Engen (bass) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen

Wolfgang Marschner, Carl Seemann, Clara Haskil (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith

Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Arleen Augér & Erik Werba (hammerklavier)

Julius Patzak (Tristan), Maria Cebotari (Isot), Endré Koréh (König Marke), Hilde Zadek (Brangäne), Maria Ilosvay (Die Mutter Isots), Dagmar Hermann (Isot die Weißhändige), Alfred Poell (Sprecher), Wilhelm Friedrich (Kaherdin) & Karl Dönch (Herzog von Hoël) Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Budapest Philharmonic, Ferenc Fricsay

Jessye Norman (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Reri Grist, Lotte Schädle, Martha Mödl, Donald Grobe, Barry McDaniel, Kurt Böhme, Benno Kusche Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Julia Varady (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo), Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor) & Franz Grundheber (bass) Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Ulf Schirmer Marcello Viotti, Christian Badea, Stefan Soltesz & Donald Runnicles

Laurence Dutoit, Gertrude Pitzinger, Fritz Wunderlich, Franz Pacher, Franz Sauer Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Salzburger Domchor, Joseph Messner