Purcell - Dido and Aeneas

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches) Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny

Janet Baker (Dido), Raimund Herincx (Aeneas), Patricia Clark (Belinda), Monica Sinclair (Sorceress) English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis

Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), George Mosley (bass), Michael Chance (alto), Pauline Tinsley (soprano), Ruth Holton (soprano), Nicola Jenkin (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), David Miller (guitar), Teresa Shaw (mezzo), Donna Deam (soprano), Shauna Beesley (soprano), Jonathan Peter Kenny (alto) English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Tatiana Troyanos (Dido), Sheila Armstrong (Belinda), Barry McDaniel (Aeneas), Patricia Johnson (Sorceress), Paul Esswood (Spirit) Sir Charles Mackerras

Simone Kermes (Dido), Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas), Deborah York (Belinda), Oleg Ryabets (Sorceress), Margarita Mezentseva, Sofia Fomina, Yana Mamonova, Elena Kondratova, Valeria Safonova & Alexandre Zverev New Siberian Singers (chamber choir of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre) & MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis

Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman

Ida Ränzlöv, Bernt Ola Volungholen, Christina Larsson Malmberg, Rupert Enticknap, Lisa Carlioth, Mathilda Sidén Silfver, Mikael Stenbaek, Arash Azarbad, Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra, William Relton (director), Olof Boman

Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Camilla Tilling, Cécile de Boever, Felicity Palmer, David Daniels, Paul Agnew European Voices, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones

Véronique Gens, Nathan Berg, Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Sophie Daneman, Gaëlle Mechaly Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Susan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction) Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices

Patricia Clark, Eileen Poulter, Monica Sinclair, Rhianon James, Catherine Wilson, Dorothy Dorow, Raimund Herincx & John Mitchinson St. Anthony Singers & English Chamber Orchestra, Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis

Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Camilla Tilling, Felicity Palmer, David Daniels, Cécile de Boever & Paul Agnew Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim

Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, Julianne Baird The Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra & Chorus, Christopher Hogwood

Sonya Yoncheva (Dido), Halidou Nombre (Aeneas), Sarah Charles (Belinda), Attila Varga-Tóth (Sorceress/Sailor) Choeur & Orchestre de l'Opera Royal, Stefan Plewniak

Solenn’ Lavanant Linke (Dido), Alejandro Meerapfel (Æneas), Yeree Suh (Belinda), Fabián Schofrin (Sorceress), Mariana Flores (Second Witch, Second woman), Magali Arnault (First Witch), Christophe Carré (Spirit of the Sorceress) & Valerio Contaldo (Sailor) La Nouvelle Ménestrandie & Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón (direction)

Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Belinda), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Arda Mandikian (Sorceress), Sheila Rex (First Witch), Anna Pollak (Second Witch), David Lloyd (Sailor) The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones

Laura Pudwell (Dido/Sorceress), Peter Harvey (Aeneas), Salomé Haller (Belinda/First Witch), Marie-Louise Duthoit (Second Woman/Second Witch), Nicolas Maire (Sailor), Matthew White (Spirit) Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

Simone Kermes (Dido), Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas), Deborah York (Belinda), Oleg Ryabets (Sorceress), Margarita Mezentseva, Sofia Fomina, Yana Mamonova, Elena Kondratova, Valeria Safonova & Alexandre Zverev New Siberian Singers (chamber choir of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre) & MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis

Ann Murray (Dido), Anton Scharinger (Aeneas), Trudeliese Schmidt (Sorceress) Rachel Yakar (Belinda) Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tatiana Troyanos, Richard Stilwell, Felicity Palmer, Elizabeth Gale, Patricia Kern Alfreda Hodgson English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Choir, Raymond Leppard

Kym Amps (soprano), David van Asch (bass), Anna Crookes (soprano) Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Susannah Waters (soprano), Nancy Maultsby (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Baker (soprano), Russell Braun (baritone), Laura Tucker (mezzo-soprano), Margaret O'Keefe (soprano), Donna Ames (mezzo-soprano), Richard Clement (tenor), Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman

Helen Donath (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Frank Patterson (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass (vocal)), Thomas Allen (baritone), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, John Alldis Choir, Sir Colin Davis

Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian, David Lloyd, Eilidh McNab, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Academy of the Begynhof Amsterdam, Roderick Shaw

Maria Ewing (soprano), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Patricia Rozario (soprano), Mary Plazas (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman (alto), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Karl Morgan Daymond (baritone) Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Maggie Teyte (Belinda), Edith Coates (Sorceress), Arda Mandikian (1st witch), Ilsa Steinora (2nd witch), Eilidh McNab (1st woman), Ann Dowdall (2nd woman), Murray Dickie (Spirit), Powell Llloyd (Sailor) London Mermaid Theatre, Geraint Jones

Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, Elizabeth Gale, Patrick Power & Derek Lee Ragin English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Emily van Evera (Dido), Janet Lax (Belinda), Ben Parry (Aeneas), Haden Andrews (the Sorceress), Douglas Wootton (the Sailor) Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott

Rachael Lloyd (Dido), Elin Manahan Thomas (Belinda), Robert Davies (Aeneas), Roderick Morris (Sorceress), Eloise Irving (Second Woman/First Witch/Spirit), Jenni Harper (Second Witch), Miles Golding (Sailor) Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks

Marie-Sophie Pollak (soprano), Vox Orchester, Lorenzo Ghirlanda

Lynne Dawson, Rosemary Joshua & Gerald Finley Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Clare College Chapel Choir, René Jacobs

Teresa Berganza (Dido), Hanny Steffek (Belinda), Danièle Millet (Second Woman), Gérard Souzay (Aeneas), Jane Berbié (Sorceress), Christiane Harbell (Witch), Edmée Sabran (2nd Witch) & Michael Lecocq (First Sailor) Choeur du Conservatoire de Paris & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Pierre Dervaux

Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano), Meredith Hall (soprano), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Russell Braun (baritone), Shari Saunders (soprano), Christina Mahler (cello), Stephen Marvin (violin), Elly Winer (viola), Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord), Ivars Taurins (viola), Jeanne Lamon (violin), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Anne Sofie von Otter (Dido), Stephen Varcoe (Aeneas), Lynne Dawson (Belinda), Nigel Rogers (Sorceress/Sailor), Sarah Leonard (Second Woman), Kym Amps (Spirit), Carol Hall, Elisabeth Priday (Witches) The English Concert, The English Concert Choir, Trevor Pinnock

Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, David Thomas Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott

Jessye Norman (Dido), Sir Thomas Allen (Aeneas), Marie McLaughlin (Belinda), Patricia Kern (Sorceress), Helen Walker (First Witch), Della Jones (Second Witch), Elizabeth Gale (Second Woman), Patrick Power (Sailor), Derek Ragin (Spirit) English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Raffaella Milanesi (Dido), Richard Helm (Aeneas), Stefanie True (Belinda), Iason Marmaras (Sorceress), Michela Antenucci (First Witch, Sailor) & Anna Bessi (Second Witch, Spirit) La Risonanza & Coro Constanzo Porta, Fabio Bonizzoni

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Dido), Lisa Saffer (Belinda), Paul Elliott (Aeneas/Sailor), Donna Deam (Second Woman), Ellen Rabiner (Sorceress), Christine Brandes (First Witch/Spirit), Ruth Rainero (Second Witch) Choir of Clare College Cambridge & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas), Judith Van Wanroij (Belinda), Hilary Summers (Sorceress), Lina Markeby (Second Woman), Celine Ricci (First Witch), Ana Quintans (Second Witch), Marc Mauillon (Spirit), Damian Whiteley (Sailor), Prologie (Fiona Shaw), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Véronique Gens (Dido), Nathan Berg (Aeneas), Sophie Marin-Degor (Belinda), Claire Brua (Sorceress), Sophie Daneman (Second Woman/First Witch), Gaëlle Méchaly (Second Witch), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Spirit/Sailor), Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Susannah Waters (sopranos), Iain Paton, Mark Padmore (tenors), Petteri Salomaa, Jonathan Best & François Bazola-Minori (basses), Barbara Bonney, Sylvia McNair (sopranos), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo), Michael Chance (countertenor), Laurence Dale (tenor), Robert Holl & Anthony Michaels-Moore (basses) Les Arts Florissants, Concentus musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, William Christie, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Anne Sofie von Otter (Dido), Stephen Varcoe (Aeneas), Lynne Dawson (Belinda), Nigel Rogers (Sorceress/Sailor), Sarah Leonard (Second Woman), Kym Amps (Spirit), Carol Hall, Elisabeth Priday (Witches) The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Doric String Quartet, Xiayin Wang (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin), Cpl Jonathan Hill (trombone), Martin Roscoe (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Ivan Ilić (piano), Wojciech Switala (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Krzysztof Lasoń (violin), Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Federico Colli (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Trio, I Musici de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Black Dyke Mills Band, The King's Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum 90, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, Brodsky Quartet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Mariss Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky, Neeme Järvi, Geoffrey Simon, Harry Christophers, Sir Neville Marriner, Major Peter Parkes, Richard Hickox, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Bruffy, Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, John Wilson, Edward Gardner, Juanjo Mena, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Karabits, Rumon Gamba

Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman

Malena Ernman (Dido), Christopher Maltman (Aeneas), Judith Van Wanroij (Belinda), Hilary Summers (Sorceress), Lina Markeby (Second Woman), Celine Ricci (First Witch), Ana Quintans (Second Witch), Marc Mauillon (Spirit), Damian Whiteley (Sailor), Prologie (Fiona Shaw), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Josephine Veasey, Helen Donath, Delia Wallis, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Gillian Knight, Thomas Allen, John Shirley-Quirk, Frank Patterson Academy of St Martin in the Fields & John Alldis Choir, Sir Colin Davis

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Lucas Meachem (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sara Fulgoni (Sorceress), Anita Watson (Second Woman), Eri Nakamura (First Witch), Pumeza Matshikiza (Second Witch), Iestyn Davies (Spirit), Ji-Min Park (Sailor) Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Extra Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) & Wayne McGregor (stage director)

Sarah Connolly (Dido), Lucas Meachem (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Sara Fulgoni (Sorceress), Anita Watson (Second Woman), Eri Nakamura (First Witch), Pumeza Matshikiza (Second Witch), Iestyn Davies (Spirit), Ji-Min Park (Sailor) Dancers of The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera Extra Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) & Wayne McGregor (stage director)

Emily Van Evera (Dido), Ben Parry (Aeneas), Janet Lax (Belinda), Haden Andrews (Sorceress), Hanne Mari Ørbaek Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott

Vivica Genaux (Dido), Henk Neven (Æneas), Ana Quintans (Belinda) & Marc Mauillon (Sorceress, Marin) Vincent Dumestre (conductor) & Stéphane Vérité (director)

Mary Thomas (soprano), Honor Sheppard (soprano), Ellen Dales (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), April Cantelo (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Peter Salmon (counter-tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), John Frost (bass), George Eskdale (solo trumpet), Leonard Friedman (violin), Eli Goren (violin), Richard Taylor (treble recorder), Stanley Taylor (treble recorder), Peter Graeme (oboe), Edward Selwyn (oboe), Philip Jones (trumpet), Denis Clift (trumpet), Alan Taylor (tympani), Anna Shuttleworth (cello and basso continuo), Francis Baines (cello and basso continuo), Denis Vaughan (harpsichord), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano), Gerald English (tenor), Owen Grundy (baritone), Mark Deller (counter-tenor), Max Worthley (tenor), John Whitworth (counter-tenor) Christopher Taylor (recorder), Richard Taylor (recorder), Anne Shuttleworth (cello) Walter Bergmann (harpsichord) The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers / Kalmar Chamber Orchestra of London, Kalmar Chamber Orchestra, Kalmar Orchestra of London, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett

Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman

Le Concert Spirituel, Gli Incogniti, Pygmalion, Cafe Zimmermann, Le Poeme Harmonique, MusicAeterna, Ensemble 415, Raphael Pichon, Vincent Dumestre, Teodor Currentzis, Hervé Niquet

Michel Corboz