Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

Twyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink

Gidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Bruno Walter

Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando) Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Ingeborg Wenglor (soprano), Ursula Zollenkopf (alto), Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Rundfunkchor Leipzig (chorus) Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Konwitschny

Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass, contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Joan Sutherland (soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), Anton Dermota (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur du Brassus, Choeur des Jeunes de l’Église National de Vandoise, Ernest Ansermet

Isaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), The Oratorio Society The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Lyndon Woodside

Gerhard Unger (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Wehofschitz (tenor), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Raymond Wolansky (baritone), Franz Crass (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

Ulrich Tukur, Ruth Ziesak (soprano), lrich Tukur (narrator), Camilla Nylund (soprano), Pavia Vykopalová (mezzo), Corby Welch (tenor), Vladimir Chmelo (bass) Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Virtuosi di Praga, Prague Chamber Choir, Frieder Bernius, Gerd Albrecht

Gerd Feldhoff (bass (vocal)), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Anton de Ridder (tenor), Liselotte Rebmann (soprano), Veronica Jochum von Moltke (piano), Adalbert Meier (organ), Annie Woud, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chorus, Bamberger Symphoniker, Kammerorchester Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass, bassbaritonevocalist), Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, chorusdirector), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Helmuth Froschauer (chorusmaster), Janet Perry (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Erich Schellow (speaker), Karl Leister (clarinet), Peter Geisler (clarinet), Gerd Seifert (horn), Manfred Klier (horn), Günter Piesk (bassoon), Henning Trog (bassoon), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Reinhold Schmid (chorusmaster), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Lella Cuberli (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto, contralto), Leon Spierer (violin), David Bell (organ), Preussische Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Priem-Bergrath

André Watts (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Guarneri Quartet (string quartet), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer (cello), John Dalley (violin), Arnold Steinhardt (violin), Robert Shaw (director), Adele Addison (soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Jane Hobson (mezzo-soprano), Donald Bell (baritone), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Charles Munch, André Previn, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell

Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch

Cheryl Studer (soprano), Yevgeny Kissin (piano) RIAS-Kammerchor & Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen

André Watts (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Guarneri Quartet (string quartet), Arnold Steinhardt (violin), John Dalley (violin), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer (cello), Jane Hobson (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Donald Bell (baritone), Adele Addison (soprano), Robert Shaw (director), Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Charles Munch, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny

Boston Symphony Orchestra, André Watts (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Guarneri Quartet, Arnold Steinhardt (violin), John Dalley (violin), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer (cello), The Cleveland Orchestra, Jane Hobson (mezzo-soprano), Robert Shaw (director), Richard Lewis (tenor), Donald Bell (baritone), Adele Addison (soprano) Charles Munch, André Previn, Leonard Bernstein, George Szell

Radio Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana, Philharmonia Slavonica, Anton Nanut, Carlo Pantelli

Jeannine Altmeyer (Leonore), Siegfried Jerusalem (Florestan), Peter Meven (Rocco), Siegmund Nimsgern (Don Pizarro), Carola Nossek (Marzelline), Rudiger Wohlers (Jaquino), Theo Adam (Don Fernando), Klaus Konig (Erster Gefangener), Frank-Peter Spathe (Zweiter Gefangener) Rundfunkchor und Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Singverein, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Carlo Maria Giulini, Karl Böhm, Carlos Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, George Szell, Bernhard Klee, Myung-Whun Chung

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Wiener Philharmoniker, Berlin Philharmoniker, Stockholms filharmoniska orkestern, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Leonard Bernstein

Staatskapelle Berlin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell

Ronald Turini (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Van Cliburn (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Isaac Stern (violin), Jussi Björling (tenor), Frederick Schauwecker (piano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Klaus Donath (piano), Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Midori Gotō (violin), Robert McDonald (piano), Renée Fleming (vocal), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sergio Assad (guitar), Odair Assad (guitar), Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet), Samuel Ramey (bass), James Levine (piano), New York Philharmonic, Symphony of the Air, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, American Boychoir, Leonard Bernstein, Kiril Kondrashin, Arturo Toscanini, André Previn

Minnesota Orchestra, Bach Society of Minnesota, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass, bassbaritonevocalist), Reinhold Schmidt (chorusmaster, chorusdirector), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Helmuth Froschauer (chorusmaster), Janet Perry (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Mark Zeltser (piano), Erich Schellow (speaker), Karl Leister (clarinet), Peter Geisler (clarinet), Gerd Seifert (horn), Manfred Klier (horn), Günter Piesk (bassoon), Henning Trog (bassoon), Christa Ludwig (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Reinhold Schmid (chorusmaster), Michel Schwalbé (violin), Lella Cuberli (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (alto, contralto), Leon Spierer (violin), David Bell (organ), Preussische Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Priem-Bergrath

Hildegard Behrens (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Kurt Moll (Rocco), Donald McIntyre (Pizarro), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Norbert Orth (Jaquino), Friedrich Lenz (First Prisoner), Hans Wilbrink (Second Prisoner), Nikolaus Hillebrand (Fernando) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Karl Böhm

Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Busch, Fritz Busch/Waldemar Wolsing/Carl Bloch/Leo Hansen/Alberto Medici/Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Medici (cello), Carl Bloch (bassoon), Leo Hansen (violin), Waldemar Wolsing (oboe), Fritz Busch/Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Busch

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra

NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

Isaac Stern (violin) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Franz Hawlata (baritone), Matthew Best (bass (vocal)), Robert Burt (tenor), Kim Begley (tenor), Christoph Bantzer (speaker), Christiane Oelze (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Colin Campbell (baritone), Alastair Miles (bass (vocal)), René Kollo (tenor), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass (vocal)), Manfred Jungwirth (bass (vocal)), Lucia Popp (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Susan Gritton (soprano), David Kübler (tenor), Robin Leggate (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass (vocal)), Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Convivium musicum München, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Leonard Bernstein, Erich Keller, Sir Andrew Davis

Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) Wilhelm Furtwängler

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Carol Smith (alto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Rudolf Serkin (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neville Marriner

Josef Suk (violin) Franz Konwitschny

Fritz Busch

Elisabeth Höngen (contralto), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Eugen Jochum

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Annie Fischer (piano), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin, cadenzor), Artur Schnabel (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Clara Haskil (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Pierre Fournier (cello), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Leonid Kogan (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), Hollywood String Quartet (string quartet), Quartetto Italiano (string quartet), Franco Rossi (cello), Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Theo Adam (bass (vocal)), Robert Johnson (tenor), Christa Ludwig (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass (vocal)), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal)), Philip Kraus (baritone), Jon Vickers (tenor), Friedrich Lenz (tenor), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Gerhart Wüstner (chorus master), Horst Neumann (chorus master), Othmar Eichinger (sound design), Franz Crass (bass (vocal)), Peter Schreier (tenor), Edith Mathis (soprano), James King (tenor), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chor der St. Hedwig's-Kathedrale, Berlin, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Leipzig Radio Choir, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Staatsoper, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Arthur Nikisch, Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan, Fritz Busch, Paul van Kempen, Hermann Scherchen, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Erich Kleiber, Ferenc Fricsay, Eugen Jochum, Lorin Maazel, Sir Georg Solti, Karl Böhm

NDR Sinfonieorchester, Günter Wand

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard