Handel - Messiah (highlights)

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw

London Handel Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Martin Neary

Max Emanuel Cencic (soprano), Charles Humphries (countertenor), Ivan Sharpe (tenor) & Robert Torday (bass-baritone) Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis & Academy of London, Peter Marschik

Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Ryland Davies, John Shirley-Quirk English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Choir, Raymond Leppard

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Jean-Claude Malgoire

Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Roderick Kennedy (bass) Stockholm Kammerkören, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Marga Höffgen (Contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Franz Crass (bass) Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Nathalie Paulin (soprano), Matthew White (counter-tenor), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Brett Polegato (bass) Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins

Christine Schäfer (soprano), Anna Larson (alto), Michael Schade (tenor) & Gerald Finley (baritone) Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Bryn Terfel, Patrizia Kwella & Catherine Denley London Musici, Mark Stephenson

Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman

Bruce Ford, Gwynne Howell, Patricia Schuman, Lucia Valentini Terrani I Solisti Veneti, Ambrosian Singers, Claudio Scimone

Judith Raskin (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Thomas Paul (bass) Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw

Emma Kirkby (soprano), Judith Nelson (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (tenor), David Thomas (bass) Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Michael Chance (countertenor), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass) The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass) London Musici, London Musici Chamber Choir, Mark Stephenson

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Sir Andrew Davis, Samuel Ramey (bass), Kathleen Battle (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano), Elmer Iseler Singers (additional vocals), John Aler (mezzo-soprano), Kathleen Battle (bass)

Bulgarian Chapel Choir Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Alipi Naidenov

Dorthe Zielke (trumpet), Søren Johannsen (organ), Johannes Søe Hansen (violin), Pelle Gravers Nielsen (oboe)

Adele Addison (soprano), Russell Oberlin (countertenor), David Lloyd (tenor), William Warfield (baritone) Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Kenneth McKellar (tenor), David Ward (bass) London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano), Davis Cunningham (tenor), William Warfield (baritone), The Mormon Tabernacle Choir The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Regina Werner (soprano), Heidi Rieß (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass) Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Helmut Koch

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling

Bratislava City Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krecek

Taverner Consort Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott

Margaret Marshall, Saul Quirke, Catherine Robbin, Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Robert Hale Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Richard Lewis & James Milligan Huddersfield Choral Society & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Layton James (harpsichord), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Richard Stilwell (baritone), Kaaren Erickson (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw

Andrea Saposnik (alto) Trinity Church Orchestra, Trinity Church Choir, New York, Owen Burdick

Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Lucia Popp (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Robert Gambill (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Südfunkchor, Elly Ameling (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Choir of King's College, Cambridge Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Philip Ledger

Nancy Maultsby (soprano), Celena Shafer (mezzo), Jonathan Lemalu (bass), Westminster Symphonic Choir (chorus) New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert

Paul McMahon (tenor), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass), Christopher Field (countertenor), Sara Macliver (soprano), Alexandra Sherman (alto, mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Antipodes, Cantillation, Antony Walker

New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra Leopold Stokowski

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano), Davis Cunningham (tenor), William Warfield (baritone) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Oxford Camerata, Schola Cantorum Oxford, Julia Faulkner (soprano), Anna Gonda (contralto), Sunhae Im (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass-baritone), Ibolya Verebics (soprano), Judit Németh (contralto), József Mukk (tenor), Peter Köves (bass), Jan Kobow (tenor), Magdaléna Hajóssyová (soprano), Jaroslava Horská (contralto), Jozef Kundlák (tenor), Peter Mikulas (bass), Vladimir Rusó (organ), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Genz (tenor), Ralf Lukas (bass), Elena Filipova (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo-soprano), César Hernández (tenor), Carlo Colombara (bass), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Nicholas Gedge (baritone), Colm Carey (organ), Kosice Teachers' Chorus, Camerata Cassovia, Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Lori Phillips (soprano), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), James Taylor (tenor), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), Mary Kathryn Van Osdale (violin) Camerata Budapest, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Dresden Chamber Choir, Hungarian Radio & TV Children's Chorus, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, The Scholars of London, Cologne Vocal Ensemble, Capella Augustina, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Chorus, MDR Symphony Orchestra, MDR Radio Choir, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Jeremy Summerly, Michael Halász, Helmut Muller-Brühl, Géza Oberfrank, Andreas Spering, Zdenek Kosler, Jun Märkl, Piergiorgio Morandi, Johannes Wildner, László Kovács, Kenneth Schermerhorn

Joanne Lunn, Melanie Marshall, James Gilchrist & Christopher Purves The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Felicity Lott (soprano), Felicity Palmer (contralto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass) Royal Philharmonic Society, The Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Charles Mackerras

Sian Eirian (soprano), Helen Medi (mezzo-soprano), Ian Rees (tenor), Aled Edwards (bass) Cor Eifionydd, North Wales Chamber Orchestra, Pat Jones

Thomas Drew (treble), Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Margaret Cable (contralto), William Kendall (tenor), Richard Jackson (bass), Stephen Keary (trumpet) Winchester Cathedral Choir, London Handel Orchestra, Martin Neary

Helen Donath (soprano), Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra

Anthony Bernard, Roger Désormière, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola, George Enescu, Sir William Walton, Hamilton Harty, Henry Wood, Willem Mengelberg, Albert Coates, Victor de Sabata, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ernest Ansermet, Clemens Krauss, Paul van Kempen, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Eduard van Beinum, Hans Knappertsbusch, Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon, Leo Blech, Sergiu Celibidache