Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

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

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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

Cappella Aquileia, Marcus Bosch

Helen Donath (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor), Simon Estes (bass), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Fritz Kreisler (cadenzor), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Christiane Eda-Pierre (soprano), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), John Constable (organ), Leslie Pearson (organ), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), John Georgiadis (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Colin Davis

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

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

Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum

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

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

Dora Labette (soprano), Eugenia Zareska (mezzo-soprano), Jean Pougnet (violin), Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Moura Lympany (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham, Eduard van Beinum, Sir Adrian Boult, Anatole Fistoulari

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny

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

Minnesota Orchestra, Bach Society of Minnesota, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neville Marriner

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neville Marriner

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Otto Klemperer

Waltraud Meier (Leonore), Placido Domingo (Florestan), René Pape (Rocco), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), Soile Isokoski (Marzelline), Werner Güra (Jaquino), Kwangchui Youn (Fernando), Klaus Häger (Second Prisoner) Staatskapelle Berlin & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Daniel Barenboim

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hermann Scherchen

The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Franz Konwitschny

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington

Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Bela Drahos

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Wiener Philharmoniker, Clemens Krauss

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

Leipzig Gewandhaus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Kurt Masur, Sir Neville Marriner

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Bela Drahos

David Oistrakh (violin), Maria Callas (soprano), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Emil Gilels (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugene Ormandy, Otto Klemperer, Tullio Serafin, Herbert von Karajan, Rudolf Kempe

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonic Promenade of London, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Society of Minnesota, András Kórodi, Armin Jordan, Sir Neville Marriner, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Sir Adrian Boult, Josef Krips, Barry Wordsworth, David Laberge

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Martti Talvela (bass), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Ingeborg Hallstein (soprano), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer

George Szell

Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Olbertz (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis

The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, Louis Lane

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Bertrand de Billy

Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Erica Morini (violin), Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Oliver Schnyder (piano)

The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

Hillevi Martinpelto (Leonore), Kim Begley (Florestan), Franz Hawlata (Rocco), Matthew Best (Pizzaro), Geert Smits (Fernando), Christiane Oelze (Marzelline), Michael Schade (Jaquino), Gundula Janowitz (Leonore), René Kollo (Florestan), Hans Sotin (Pizarro), Manfred Jungwirth (Rocco), Lucia Popp (Marzelline), Adolf Dallapozza (Jaquino), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Fernando), Karl Terkal (Erster Gefangene), Alfred Sramek (Zweiter Gefangene) Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner, Leonard Bernstein

Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Detlef Roth (bass), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Truls Mork (cello), Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Schweizer Kammerchor, David Zinman

Jarmila Novotna (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Michael Gielen (piano), Berlin Radio Choir, Edda Moser (soprano), Julia Hamari (contralto), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Barry McDaniel (bass), Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Edith Peinemann (violin), Antonio Janigro (cello), Jorg Demus (piano), Thomas Moser (tenor), Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Dominik Wortig (tenor), Rudolf Rosen (bass) South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg-Orchestra, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, \South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jarmila Novotna (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (contralto), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Ania Dorfmann (piano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Arturo Toscanini

Liselotte Rebmann, Anna Reynolds, Anton de Ridder, Gerd Feldhoff Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini