Essential Classics

George Gershwin (piano), Ethel Waters (vocal), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Mannie Klein (trumpet), Ben Selvin (violin), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet), Buck & Bubbles, Buck Washington (vocal, piano), John "Bubbles" Sublett (vocal), Joe Bushkin (piano), Artie Shaw (clarinet), Bunny Berigan (trumpet), Cozy Cole (drums), Billie Holiday (vocal), Dick McDonough (guitar), Maxine Sullivan & Her Orchestra, Claude Thornhill (director), Maxine Sullivan (vocal), Buster Bailey (vocal, cornet), Fred Astaire (vocal), Johnny Green & His Orchestra, Al Jolson (vocal), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Mel Powell (piano), Morey Feld (drums), Mike Bryan (guitar), Frank Sinatra (vocal), Mischa Russell (violin), David Frisina (violin), John Ryan (bass), Samuel Freed, Jr (viola), John Mayhew (flute), Fred Goerner (cello), Mark Mclntye (piano), Ray Hagan (drums), George Van Eps (guitar), Buddy Clark (vocal), Dinah Shore (vocal), Jane Russell (vocal), Dorothy Kirsten (vocal), Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Morton Gould, His Piano and Orchestra, Martin Gould (piano), Earl Warren (alto saxophone), Jack Washington (alto saxophone), Lester Young (tenor saxophone), Harry 'Sweets' Edison (trumpet), Buck Clayton (trumpet), Joe Sullivan (piano), Jo Jones (drums), Freddie Green (guitar), Gene Kelly (vocal), Felicia Sanders (vocal), Irving Joseph (piano), Red Callender (bass), Norm Jeffries (drums), Harry James & His Orchestra, Doris Day (vocal), Rosemary Clooney (vocal), Frank DeVol & His Orchestra, Georges Guetary, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Oscar Levant (piano), Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Tony Bennett (vocal), The Hi-Lo's, Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Ella Fitzgerald (vocal), Ellis Larkins (piano), Alberta Hunter (vocal), Vishnu Wood (bass), Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone), Doc Cheatham (trumpet), Vic Dickinson (trombone), Jonah Jones (trumpet), Gerald Cook (piano), Butch Miles (drums), Billy Butler (guitar), Maureen McGovern (vocal), Jeff Harris (piano), Jay Leonhart (bass guitar), Dick Hyman (piano), Milt Hinton (bass), Eric Cohen (drums), Mel Torme (vocal), Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra, Aretha Franklin (vocal), Ray Bryant (piano), Bill Lee (bass), Warren Lucky (tenor saxophone), Belton Evans (drums), Lord Westbrook (guitar), Adele Addison (vocal), Robert Mcferrin (vocal), Miles Davis (trumpet), Louis Mucci (trumpet), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Willie Ruff (french horn), Bernie Glow (trumpet), Julius Watkins (french horn), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Joe Bennett (trombone), Frank Rehak (trombone), Dick Hixon (trombone), Gunther Schuller (french horn), Romeo Penque (clarinet), Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), Danny Bank (bass clarinet, flute), Jerome Richardson (flute), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Harold Jones (drums), George Gaffney (piano), Andy Simpkins (bass), Cab Calloway (vocal), Ralph Sharon Trio, Columbia Jazz Band, Michael Feinstein (piano, vocal), Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Leo F. Forbstein, Axel Stordahl, Harry Zimmerman, Lou Bring, Johnny Green, Paul Weston, Torrie Zito, Marty Paich, Robert Mersey, André Previn, Gil Evans

Robert Casadesus (piano)

Renata Scotto (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, John Pritchard

Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Joshua Bell (violin)

Leon Fleisher (piano) Juilliard Quartet

Anner Bylsma (cello)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Hilary Hahn (violin)

Alexander Brailowsky (piano)

John Williams (guitar)

Anner Bylsma (cello)

Laurence Guittard (vocal), Oklahoma! Orchestra (1979), William Warfield (vocal), Show Boat Ensemble (1966) (vocal), Show Boat Orchestra (1966), Bruce Yarnell (vocal), Annie Get Your Gun Orchestra (1966), Rufus Smith (vocal), Ethel Merman (vocal), Jerry Orbach (vocal), David Brooks (vocal), Marion Bell (vocal), Brigadoon Orchestra, Alfred Drake (vocal), Patricia Morison (vocal), Ezio Pinza (bass), Carol Channing (vocal), Nathan Lane (vocal), Walter Bobbie (vocal), J.K. Simmons (vocal), Guys and Dolls Ensemble (1992) (vocal), Edward Strauss (director), Guys and Dolls Orchestra (1992), Barbara Cook (vocal), The King and I Studio Orchestra, Theodore Bikel, Alfred Drake Henry Calvin, Richard Banke & Lee Venora, Henry Calvin, Richard Banke, Lee Venora, John Raitt (vocal), Mary Martin (vocal), Peter Pan Orchestra, Kathy Nolan (vocal), Robert Harrington (vocal), Joseph Stafford (vocal), Russ Brown (vocal), Jimmie Komack (vocal), Damn Yankees Orchestra, Nathaniel Frey (vocal), Albert Linville (vocal), Julie Andrews (vocal), Shorty Long (vocal), John Henson (vocal), Alan Gilbert (vocal), Candide Orchestra, Chita Rivera (vocal), Marilyn Cooper (vocal), West Side Story Orchestra, West Side Story Ensemble (vocal), Max Goberman (director), Frederick Dvonch (director), Robert Goulet (vocal), Hello, Dolly! Orchestra, Dolly! Ensemble (vocal), Zero Mostel (vocal), Maria Karnilova (vocal), Bert Convy (vocal), Julia Migenes (vocal), Fiddler on the Roof Orchestra, Brian Stokes Mitchell (vocal), Man of La Mancha Orchestra (2002), Natasha Richardson (vocal), Alan Cumming (vocal), Patrick Vaccariello (director), Cabaret Orchestra (1998), Sam Mendes (director), James Rado (vocal), Hair Band, Lynn Kellogg (vocal), Melba Moore (vocal), Hair Ensemble (vocal), Pamela Myers (vocal), Follies Ensemble, Glynis Johns (vocal), Original Broadway Cast Recording, Orchestra, Company, Andrea McArdle, Peter Howard (director), Sunday in the Park with George Ensemble, Mandy Patinkin (vocal), Bernadette Peters (vocal), Sunday in the Park with George Original Broadway Cast Ensemble, Barbara Bryne (vocal), Judith Moore (vocal), Brent Jay Spiner (vocal), Charles Kimbrough (vocal), Dana Ivey (vocal), Robert Westenberg (vocal), William Parry (vocal), Cris Groenendaal (vocal), Nancy Opel (vocal), Mary D'Arcy (vocal), Danielle Ferland (vocal), Melanie Vaughan (vocal), John Jellison (vocal), Kurt Knudson (vocal), Sue Anne Gershenson (vocal), Michele Rigan (vocal), Colm Wilkinson (vocal), Bebe Neuwirth (vocal), Ann Reinking (vocal), John Borstelmann (vocal), D. Sabella (vocal), Original Broadway Cast of The Producers, The Producers Orchestra, Matthew Broderick (vocal), Laura Bell Bundy, Linda Hart, Matthew Morrison, 42nd Street Ensemble (vocal), 42nd Street Orchestra, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Kismet Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Sunday in the Park with George Original Broadway Cast Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jay Blackton, Franz Allers, Lehman Engel, Louis Adrian, Harold Hastings, Samuel Krachmalnick, Shepard Coleman, Milton Greene, Robert Billig, Paul Gemignani, Mike Batt, Rob Fisher, Patrick S. Brady, Lon Hoyt, John Lesko

Midori (violin)

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Itzhak Perlman (violin)

Judith Raskin (soprano), George Schick (piano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Richard Amner (piano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Sir Peter Pears (tenor), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Judith Blegen (soprano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

E. Power Biggs (harpsichord)

Helmut Hunger (trumpet), André Bernard (trumpet), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Heinz Holliger (oboe) I Solisti Veneti, English Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Scimone

Julian Bream (guitar)

John Williams (guitar) English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves

Robert Casadesus (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Jean Casadesus (piano) Zürcher Kammerorchester, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra des Concerts Colonne, Edmond de Stoutz, Eugene Ormandy, Pierre Dervaux