Beethoven - Fidelio, Op. 72 (highlights)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Don Fernando), Hans Sotin (Don Pizarro), Rene Kollo (Florestan), Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Leonard Bernstein

Gwyneth Jones (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Edith Mathis (Marzelline), Theo Adam (Pizarro), Peter Schreier (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Rocco), Martti Talvela (Don Fernando) Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Karl Böhm

Nielse, Winbergh, Moll, Titus, Lienbacher, Pecoraro Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicholaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Michael Halász

Birgit Nilsson (Feldmarschallin), Kerstin Meyer (Octavian), Eva Pritz (Sophie), Arne Tyrén (Baron Ochs), Erik Sundquist (Faninal), Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), Sigurd Björling (Don Pizarro), Ingeborg Kjellgren (Marzelline), Leon Björker (Rocco) Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling

Charlotte Margiono, Peter Seiffert, Sergei Leiferkus, Laszlo Polgar Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Sarah Chang (violin), Andrea Bönig (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Carola Höhn (soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Katharina Kammerloher (soprano), Pär Lindskog (tenor), René Pape (baritone), Angela Denoke (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), László Polgár (bass), Jon Villars (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, André Cluytens, Plácido Domingo, Joseph Keilberth, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Anton Dermota (Florestan), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Irmgard Seefried (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Karl Kamann (Fernando), George London (Don Giovanni), Lisa della Casa (Donna Anna), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Sena Jurinac (Donna Elvira), Irmgard Seefried (Zerlina), Erich Kunz (Leporello), Leonie Rysanek (Aida), Hans Hopf (Radamès), George London (Amonasro), Jean Madeira (Amneris), Gottlob Frick (Ramphis), Paul Schöffler (Hans Sachs), Hans Beirer (Walther von Stolzing), Irmgard Seefried (Eva), Erich Kunz (Beckmesser), Murray Dickie (David), Rosette Anday (Magdalene), Hans Braun (Kothner), Frederick Guthrie (Nachtwächter), Walter Berry (Wozzeck), Christel Goltz (Marie), Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Leonie Rysanek (Kaiserin), Elisabeth Höngen (Amme), Hans Hopf (Kaiser), Christel Goltz (Färberin), Ludwig Weber (Barak) Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm, Hans Knappertsbusch

Anton Dikov (piano), Peter Rosel (piano), Margot Stejskal (soprano), Elvira Puschkarova (mezzo-soprano), Annette Jahns (contralto), Ekkehard Wagner (tenor), Matthias Henneberg (baritone), Olaf Bar (bass), Miklos Szenthelyi (violin), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Edith Wiens (soprano), Ute Walther (contralto), Karl-Heinz Stryczek (bass), Istvan Szekely (piano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Leonard Hokanson (piano), Evelyn Dubourg (piano), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Jeno Jando (piano) Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian National Svetoslav Obretenov Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle, Dresden State Op, Emil Tabakov, Herbert Kegel, Gyorgy Gyorivanyi-Rath, Alfred Scholz, Tamas Pal, Siegfried Kurz, Georgi Robev, Herbert Blomstedt

August Seider (tenor), Margarete Teschemacher (Soprano)