Essentials

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Trio Fontenay (piano trio), Eva Urbanová (soprano vocals), New Helsinki Quartet (string quartet), Keller Quartet (string quartet), András Schiff (piano), Panocha Quartet (piano quartet), Petri Aarnio (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello), Jan Söderblom (violin), Ilari Angervo (viola) New York Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Ondrej Lenárd, Hugh Wolff, Jirí Belohlávek

Monique Haas (piano), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Keller Quartet (string quartet), Keller Quartett, Rachel Yakar (soprano vocals), Eric Tappy (tenor vocals), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano vocals), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Choeurs De L'Opera Du Rhin, Alain Lombard, Armin Jordan, James Conlon

Piero Toso (violin), Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne (vocal ensemble), Jennifer Smith (soprano vocals), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano vocals), Victoria De Los Angeles (soprano vocals), Daniela Mazzucato (soprano vocals), Sandra Browne (mezzo-soprano vocals), Nicole Rossier (contralto vocals), Wally Staempfli (soprano vocals), Hanna Schaer (contralto vocals), Marco Fornaciari (violin), Kazuki Sasaki (violin), Glauco Bertaguin (violin), Fabrizio Scalabrin (violin), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Ugo Orlandi (mandolin), Jean-Pierre Rampal (piccolo), Stefano Zanchetta (violin), Glauco Bertagnin (violin), Kasuki Sasaki (violin) Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, I Solisti Veneti, Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, I Soliste Veneti, Michel Corboz, Claudio Scimone

Eder Quartett, Eder Quartet (string quartet), Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet), Philippe Entremont (piano), Arnold Schönberg Chor (chorus), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Josef Protschka (tenor vocals), Edita Gruberová (soprano vocals), Frédéric Lodéon (cello), Trio Fontenay (additional musicians), Wolf Harden (piano), Niklas Schmidt (cello), Michael Mücke (violin), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Jesús López-Cobos, Theodor Guschlbauer

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), Lawrence Foster, Jari Valo and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Jari Valo (violin), Tom Krause (baryton), Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano), Yuval Yaron (violin), Rena Sharon (piano), New Helsinki Quartet (string quartet), Petri Aarnio (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello), Jan Söderblom (violin), Ilari Angervo (viola), Raimo Sariola (cello), Hui-Ying Liu (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Daniel Barenboim, Sakari Oramo, Juha Kangas

Arto Noras (cello), Edward Higginbottom (director) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New College Choir, Oxford, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Andrew Davis

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Thomas Zehetmair (solo violin), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (solo piano), Clemens Hagen (solo cello), Vermeer Quartet (string quartet), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Itamar Golan (piano), Vermeer Quartet (additional musicians), Staatskapelle Chor (chorus), Werner Güra (tenor vocals), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Soile Isokoski (soprano vocals), René Pape (bass vocals), Falk Struckmann (baritone vocals), Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (chorus), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alexander Markovich (piano), Arnold Schönberg Chor (chorus) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Staatskapelle Berlin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Nelson Freire (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Boris Berezovsky (piano), Maria-João Pires (piano), Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano), François-René Duchable (piano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Alexei Lubimov (piano), György Sebök (piano)

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Cyprien Katsaris (piano), Eder Quartett, Kreuzberger String Quartet (string quartet), Eder Quartet (string quartet), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), MDR-Chor Leipzig (chorus), Annie d'Arco (piano), Michael Schönheit (organ), Leipzig Radio Chorus (chorus), Beaux Arts Trio (musicians), Menahem Pressler (piano), Daniel Hope (violin), Antonio Meneses (cello), Edward Higginbottom (director), Thomas Herford (soprano vocals) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, English Chamber Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, New College Choir, Oxford, Kurt Masur, Armin Jordan, Raymond Leppard

Tasmin Little (violin), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Amanda Roocroft (soprano vocals), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus), Patricia Rozario (soprano vocals) New College Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Choir of the New College Oxford, Andrew Davis, Edward Higginbottom

Netherlands Opera Chorus (chorus), Karl Engel (piano), Alban Berg Quartet (string quartet), László Polgár (bass vocals), Josef Protschka (tenor vocals), Joan Rodgers (soprano vocals), Elisabeth von Magnus (contralto vocals), Sharon Kam (clarinet), Charlotte Margiono (soprano vocals), Hermann Baumann (horn), Rachel Yakar (soprano vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Edita Gruberová (soprano vocals), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (wind ensemble) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Vienna Hofburgkapella Schola, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, The C, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Leopold Hager, Raymond Leppard, Jörg Färber, Kurt Redel

Maurizio Barbacini (tenor vocals), Luca Canonici (tenor vocals), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocals), Richard Cowan (baritone vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor vocals), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano vocals), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (bass vocals), Catherine Malfitano (soprano vocals), Barbara Hendricks (soprano vocals), Angela Maria Blasi (soprano vocals), Gino Quillico (baritone vocals), Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano vocals), José Cura (tenor vocals), Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), José Carreras (tenor vocals), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano vocals), Gino Quilico (baritone vocals), Federico Davià (bass vocals), Coro di Roma della RAI (chorus), Mario Buffoli (tenor vocals), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus) Orchestra Sinfonica E Coro Di Roma Della Rai, Orchestre National De France, Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica, BBC Symphony Orchestra, T, Yutaka Sado, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, James Conlon, Jesús López-Cobos, Leonard Slatkin, Géza Szilvay, Csaba Szilvay, Pascal Verrot, Claudio Scimone, Nello Santi

Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Nicolai Lugansky, Kalevi Olli (baritone vocals), Ulrich Koneffke (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexandre Rabinovich (piano), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Mstislav Rostropovitch, Maureen Forrester (contralto vocals), Gene Tucker (tenor vocals), Nikolai Lugansky (solo piano) State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orch Symph de la Fédération de Russie, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Society of Washington, State Academic Symphonic Orchestra of Russia, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Sakari Oramo, Evgeny Svetlanov, Mstislav Rostropovich

Sumi Jo (soprano vocals), Felicity Lott (soprano vocals), Monteverdi Choir (chorus), Scott Ross (harpsichord), John Angelo Messana (counter-tenor vocals), Felicity Palmer (soprano vocals), Charles Brett (tenor vocals), Henk Rubingh (director), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Olivier Baumont (harpsichord), Ton Koopman (organ), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Orchestre Jean-François Paillard, Marco Cera (oboe), Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe), Lily Laskine (harp), Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Anner Bylsma (cello), Ryland Davies (tenor vocals), English Chamber Orchestra Choir (chorus), Natalie Dessay (soprano vocals), Marion Middenway (cello), Nicolas Mazzoleni (violin), Jean-Philippe Thiébaut (oboe), Christian Moreaux (oboe), Claire Giardelli (cello), Alice Pierot (violin), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano vocals) Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, English Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, Il, John Eliot Gardiner, Jean-François Paillard, Raymond Leppard, Hugh Wolff, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Giovanni Antonini, William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Claudio Scimone

Vermeer Quartet (string quartet), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, Hartmut Höll (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone vocals), Haydn Trio Wien, Ludwig Streicher (double bass), Atar Arad (viola), Haydn-Trio Wien (strings), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anne Queffélec (piano), Imogen Cooper (piano), Soile Isokoski (soprano vocals), Marita Viitasalo (piano), Jörg Baumann (cello), Brandis Quartet (musicians), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Arnold Schönberg Chor (chorus), Choeur de Radio France (chorus), Tom Krause (baritone vocals), Gustav Djupsjöbacka (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Members of the Wiener Concert-Verein, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Theodor Guschlbauer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Erwin Ortner

Peter Seiffert (tenor vocals), Jane Eaglen (soprano vocals), Rolando Villazon (tenor vocals), Daniel Barenboim, Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin (chorus), René Pape (bass vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (soprano vocals), Poul Elming (tenor vocals), Nadine Secunde (soprano vocals), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Anne Evans (soprano vocals), Philip Kang (bass vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor vocals), Kurt Schreibmayer (tenor vocals), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass vocals) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Daniel Borenboim

Marie-Claire Alain (piano), Ludwig Hoffmann (piano), Boris Berezovsky (piano), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), György Sebök (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Ensemble Vocal Audite Nova (vocal ensemble), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), François-René Duchâble, François René Duchable (piano), Gábor Farkas (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Kurt Masur, Hugh Wolff, James Conlon, Jean Sourisse

Richard leech (tenor vocals), Sumi Jo (soprano vocals), Chorus of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia (chorus), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), Barbara Frittoli (soprano vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor vocals), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone vocals), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano vocals), Neil Shicoff (tenor vocals), Edita Gruberová (soprano vocals), Ambrosian Singers (chorus), José Cura (tenor vocals), Fundación Barenboim-Saïd/EuroArts, Jaakko Ryhänen and Johann Tilli, Matti Salminen (bass vocals), Jaakko Ryhänen (bass vocals), Johann Tilli (bass vocals), Jerry Hadley (tenor vocals) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the National Academy of Saint Cecilia, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Philharmoni, Carlo Rizzi, Paolo Olmi, Miguel Gomez- Martinez, Yutaka Sado, Colin Davis, Nello Santi, Emil Tchakarov, Maurizio Barbacini, Daniel Barenboim, Leif Segerstam

Martha Argerich (piano), Maria-João Pires (piano), Boris Berezovsky (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone vocals), Hartmut Höll (piano), Borodin Quartet (string quartet), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Peter Schreier (tenor vocals), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Kurt Masur

Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Arnold Schoenberg Chor (chorus), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Danubia Orchestra, Rudolf Buchbinder (solo piano), Johann Widihofer (horn), Jakob Keiding (horn), Gabriela Mossyrsch (harp), Erwin Ortner (director), Tapiola Chamber Choir (chorus), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Brigitte Fassbaender (counter-tenor vocals), Alexander Markovich (piano), Margaret Price (soprano vocals), Ambrosian Singers (chorus), Pierre Del Vescovo (horn), Michel Dalberto (piano), Pierre Amoyal (violin), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Henri Demarquette (cello), Rudolph Buchbinder Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, Cleveland Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Domonkos Héja, Christoph von Dohnányi, Juha Kuivanen, Pedro Halffter, André Previn, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Dagmar Pecková (mezzo-soprano vocals), Women of the Rundfunkchor, Berlin (chorus), Hannover Boys' Choir (chorus), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Edith Wiens (soprano vocals), Nancy Gustafson (soprano vocals), Florence Quivar (contralto vocals), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), David Lutz (piano) Staatskapelle Berlin, Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre De Paris, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, Armin Jordan, Kurt Sanderling

Ton Koopman (organ), Chorus Viennensis (chorus), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), René Jacobs (counter-tenor vocals), Alan Curtis (harpsichord), Tölz Boys' Choir (chorus), Ton Koopmann (organ), Jörg Baumann (cello), Ruud van der Meer (bass vocals), Wilhelm Wiedl (boy soprano), Wiener Sängerknaben (chorus), Arnold Schönberg Chor (chorus), Ton Koopman (harpsichord), Bernarda Fink (contralto vocals), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director), Siegfried Lorenz (bass vocals), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Tölzer Knabenchor (chorus), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Sebastian Hennig (boy soprano), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Hans Gillesberger (director) Concentus Musicus Wien, Leonhardt-Consort, Hanover Boys' Choir, Collegium Vocale, King's College Choir Cambridge, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Netherlands Opera Chorus (chorus), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano vocals), Peter Schreier (tenor vocals), Zürich Opera Choir (chorus), Yvonne Kenny (soprano vocals), Matti Salminen (bass vocals), Herbert Tachezi (harpsichord), Edita Gruberová (soprano vocals), Werner Hollweg (tenor vocals), Anton Scharinger (baritone vocals), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenor vocals), Pamela Coburn (soprano vocals), Peter Keller (tenor vocals), Stefan Gienger (soprano vocals), Thomas Moser (tenor vocals), Markus Baur (soprano vocals), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Barbara Bonney (soprano vocals), Antti Suhonen (bass vocals), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano vocals), Edith Schmid (soprano vocals), Andreas Fischer (soprano vocals), Thomas Hampson (baritone vocals), Charlotte Margiono (soprano vocals), Deon Van der Walt (tenor vocals), Anna Steiger (mezzo-soprano vocals), Robert Holl (bass vocals), László Polgár (bass vocals), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano vocals), Philip Langridge (tenor vocals), Kevin Langan (bass vocals), Isabel Rey (soprano vocals) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Zürich Opera Orchestra, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Maxim Vengerov (violin), Galina Vichnievskaia (soprano vocals), Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Itamar Golan (piano), Keller Quartett (string quartet), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano vocals), Karita Mattila (soprano vocals), Vadim Repin (violin) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orch Symph de la Fédération de Russie, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphonic Orchestr, Kurt Masur, Evgeny Svetlanov, Zubin Mehta, Alexander Lazarev, Yutaka Sado, Emmanuel Krivine