Beethoven - Fidelio, Op. 72 - Act II

Lise Davidsen (Leonore), Christian Elsner (Florestan), Georg Zeppenfeld (Rocco), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Don Pizarro), Christina Landshamer (Marzelline), Cornel Frey (Jaquino), Günther Groissböck (Don Fernando), Dresdner Philharmoniker, Marek Janowski

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

Ernst Haefliger (tenor)

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando) Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch

Hermann Jadlowker (tenor), Frieda Hempel (soprano), Claire Dux (soprano), Maria Labia (soprano)

Lars Vogt (piano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Angela Denoke (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), László Polgár (bass), Ion Tibrea (bass), Thomas Ebenstein (tenor), Jon Villars (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Kurt Streit (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle

Ticho Parly (tenor), Deutsche Oper Berlin, Peter Maag

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

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

René Kollo (tenor)

Leonie Rysanek (Leonore), Hans Hopf (Florestan), Ludwig Weber (Rocco), Ferdinand Frantz (Pizarro), Elisabeth Lindermeier (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Hans Braun (Fernando), Tomaso Spataro (First Prisoner), Dmitri Lopatto (Second Prisoner) RAI Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

András Molnár (tenor) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Simonov

Mária Mátyás (soprano), Anna Báthy (soprano), Mihály Székely (bass), Oszkár Maleczky (baritone), Endre Rösler (tenor) Budapest Opera Orchestra, Budapest Opera Chorus, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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

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

Unknown Broadcast Speaker, Frances Greer, Lorenzo Alvary, Regina Resnik, John Garris, Kenneth Schon, Arthur Carron, Hugh Thomson, Un, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Chorus, Bruno Walter

Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Don Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Don Fernando) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Julius Patzak (tenor), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Rosette Anday (soprano), Hilde Zadek (soprano), Hilde Dermota (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Schrammel-Quartett, Karl Böhm, Rudolf Moralt, Clemens Krauss

Sena Jurinac (Leonore), Jan Peerce (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Maria Stader (Marzelline), Murray Dickie (Jaquino), Frederick Guthrie (Fernando) Bayerisches Staatsopernorchester, Bavarian State Orchestra, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Hans Knappertsbusch

József Simándy, Júlia Orosz, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Male Chorus, Miklós Erdélyi, Vilmos Komor, János Ferencsik

Christel Goltz (Leonore), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Otto Edelmann (Rocco), Paul Schoffler (Pizarro), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino), Nicola Zaccaria (Fernando), Erich Majkut (First Prisoner), Walter Berry (Second Prisoner) Herbert von Karajan

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg

Viktoria Mullova (violin), Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon), Christoph Marks (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin), Leslie Pearson (organ, harpsichord), Simon Halsey (chorus master), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Hartmut Welker (baritone), Peter Burian (chorus master), Kurt Moll (bass (vocal)), Peter Köves (bass (vocal)), Senta Fischer (contralto), Bojidar Nikolov (tenor), Elaine MacKillop (contralto), Ingrid Sieghart (soprano), Amy Linda Domaracki (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass (vocal)), Franz Kasemann (tenor), Renate Hasler (soprano), Ulrike Erfurt (contralto), Marianne Sattmann (contralto), Gretchen Eder (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Jose Antonio Sainz Alfaro (chorus master), Véronique Gens (soprano, singer), José Antonio Sainz Alfaro (chorus director), Roberto Alagna (tenor), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano), Gil Shaham (violin), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Christine Schäfer (soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone, singer), Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Michael Volle (bass-baritone), Margarethe Joswig (mezzo-soprano), Jacques Zoon (flute), Richard Hosford (clarinet), James Sommerville (horn), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor), Romano Gandolfi (chorus master), Andrea Concetti (bass (vocal)), Nicola Ulivieri (bass-baritone), Sara Mingardo (mezzo-soprano), Peter Marschik (chorus master), Gottfried Hornik (narrator), Günther Theuring (chorus master), Annet Zaire (soprano), Ildiko Monyok (speaker), Erwin Ortner (chorus master), Wissam Boustany (flute), Ernesto Molinari (clarinet), Thomas Larcher (piano), Roger Woodward (piano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Swedish Radio Choir, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Donostiako Orfeonia, suedtiroler Kinderchor, Gretel Brugger, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Coro di Teatro Regio Parma, Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Ensemble Anton Webern, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Claudio Abbado

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Ben Heppner (tenor), José van Dam (bass), René Pape (bass), Karita Mattila (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Mark Tucker (tenor), Peter Pears (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor), James McCracken (tenor), Gösta Winbergh (tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Fernando Piqueras (tenor), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), José Carreras (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Peter Schreier (tenor), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Leopold Simoneau (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Hans Weber (videoscripteditor), René Kollo (tenor), Arthur Oldham (chorusmaster), Temistocle Solera (reviser), Bartolommeo Merelli (reviser), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Opernchor, Wiener Opernorchester, Orchestre de Paris, Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Zubin Mehta, Sir Georg Solti, Richard Bonynge, Franco Patané, Daniele Callegari, Sir Colin Davis, Tullio Serafin, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Benjamin Britten, Alberto Erede, Lorin Maazel, Herbert von Karajan, Daniel Oren, Sir Roger Norrington, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Riccardo Chailly, Erich Leinsdorf, Donald Runnicles, Carlos Kleiber, Lee Schaenen, Karl Böhm, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Peter Schneider, Carlo Maria Giulini, Nicola Rescigno, Daniel Barenboim, Vjekoslav Šutej, Gianandrea Noseda

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

Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Christel Goltz (Leonore), Otto Edelmann (Rocco), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Niccola Zaccaria (Don Fernando), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Waldemar Kmentt (Jaquino) & Erich Majkut (1st Prisoner) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Gyula Angyl Nagy, Mária Mátyás, Anna Bathy, Mihály Szekely, Oszkar Maleczky, Endre Rösler, Istávn Koszò, Annie Fischer Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Chorus, Otto Klemperer

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano), Helmut Najda (videoscripteditor), Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Maria Stader (soprano), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Ivan Sardi (bass), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Alfred Leder (chorusmaster), Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Wiener Symphoniker, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Igor Markevitch, Karl Richter, Ferdinand Leitner, Ferenc Fricsay

Peter Klein (tenor), Hilde Konetzni (narrator), Herbert Alsen (narrator), Irmgard Seefried (narrator, soprano), Paul Schöffler (narrator, bass-baritone), Torsten Ralf (narrator), Tomislav Neralić, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Karl Böhm

Alfred Poell (baritone), Alwin Hendriks (tenor), Franz Bierbach (bass), Gottlob Frick (bass), Martha Mödl (soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass, bass-baritone), Rudolf Schock (tenor), Sena Jurinac (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Studio pianist (piano), Jacques Urlus (tenor), Melanie Kurt (soprano), Thila Plaichinger (soprano) Studio orchestra, Studio Conductor

Torsten Kerl (tenor) Slovac Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Anguélov

The Albion Ensemble

Dorothy Dow (Leonore), Amedeo Berdini (Florestan), Boris Christoff (Rocco), Giuseppe Taddei (Pizarro), Irene Gasperoni (Marzelline), Nicola Monti (Jaquino), Franco Calabrese (Fernando) Vittorio Gui

Peter Anders (tenor), Heinz Mende (piano), Hubert Giesen (piano) Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Otto Ackermann, Paul Burkhard

Charlotte Margiono (Leonore), Peter Seiffert (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Sergei Leiferkus (Pizarro), Barbara Bonney (Marzelline), Deon van der Walt (Jaquino), Bo Skovus (Fernando), Reinaldo Macias (First Prisoner), Robert Florianschutz (Second Prisoner) Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Andreas Kohn (bass), Albert Dohmen (baritone), Evelyn Herlitzius (soprano), Hans Tschammer (bass), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Stig Andersen (tenor), World Orchestra for Peace, London Voices, Sir Georg Solti

Katalin Farkas (Soprano), Karola Ágay (Soprano), Stefánia Moldován (Soprano), Ilona Tokody (Soprano), Júlia Hamari (Soprano), Klára Takács (Mezzo-Soprano), József Simándy (Tenor), József Réti (Tenor), Róbert Ilosfalvy (Tenor), Sándor (Alexander) Svéd (Baritone), István Gáti (Baritone), Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (Baritone), József Gregor (Bass)

Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf, Gottlob Frick, Gerhard Unger, Ingeborg Wenglor, Paul Schöffler, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Radio Colonia, Hans Braun Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne Radio Chorus, Erich Kleiber

Karl Weiser, Lisa Otto (soprano), Helene Werth, Gottlob Frick (bass), Josef Metternich (baritone), Peter Anders (tenor), Ljubomir Pantscheff, Trude Eipperle, Marta Fuchs, Georg Hann, Walburga Wegner, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur et Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Chorus, Berliner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Ferenc Fricsay, Artur Rother, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Murray Dickie (tenor, speaker), Maria Stader (soprano, speaker), Dezsö Ernster (speaker, bass (vocal)), Sena Jurinac (speaker, soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (speaker, Georg Paskuda (tenor), Paul Neuner (bass (vocal)), Jan Peerce (tenor, speaker), Frederick Guthrie (baritone), Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Hans Knappertsbusch

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Oskar Czerwenka (Rocco), Hermann Uhde (Don Pizarro), Laurel Hurley (Marzelline), Charles Anthony (Jaquino), Giorgio Tozzi (Don Fernando), William Olvis, Calvin Marsh (prisoners) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Karl Böhm

Norbert Ernst (tenor), Nikolay Borchev (baritone) Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Hartmut Keil

Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Norbert Balatsch (chorusmaster), Krystian Zimerman (piano), Jobst Eberhardt (videoscripteditor), Oliver Rogalla von Heyden (videoscripteditor), Edda Moser (soprano), Bernard Bartelink (organ), Meindert Boekel (chorusmaster), Herman Krebbers (violin), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Manfred Jungwirth (bass), Hans Sotin (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Claudio Arrau (piano), Ludwig van Beethoven (cadenzor), June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Wolfgang Seeliger (chorusmaster), Leonard Bernstein (narrator), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation Chorus, Hilversum, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra, Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra, Members Of The New York Philharmonic, Members of the Orchestre de Paris, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic Childrens Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra

Roberta Alessandrini (harp), Peter Palinkas (tenor), Alan Titus (baritone), Kalman Strausz (choirmaster), Kurt Moll (bass), Edith Lienbacher (soprano), Herwig Pecoraro (tenor), Gosta Winbergh (tenor), Jozsef Moldvay (bass), Inga Nielsen (soprano), Wolfgang Glashof (bass), Jay Baylon (bass-baritone), James Taylor (tenor), Mary Kathryn van Osdale (violin), Lori Phillips (soprano), Robynne Redmon (mezzo-soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Manfred Fink (tenor), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Stefan Vladar (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Csaba Onczay (cello), Hae Won Chang (piano) Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Mantova Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmoni, Piero Bellugi, Vittorio Parisi, Michael Halasz, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Bela Drahos, Barry Wordsworth, Kenneth Jean, Tamas Pal, Herve Niquet

Evangelos Markelos (Don Fernando), Costantino Ego (Don Pizarro), Giuseppe Zampieri (Florestan), Martha Mödl (Leonore), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Zoe Vlachopoulou (Marzelline) & Aristos Pantzinakos (Jaquino) Orchestra of the Athens Festival, Jascha Horenstein

Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russel Davies (pianos) & Waltraud Meier & Kurt Moll (speakers)

James Morris (bass), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Christian Zacharias (piano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello), Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Emil Gilels (piano), John Lill (piano), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Dame Moura Lympany (piano), Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Itamar Golan (piano), Paul Tortelier (cello), Eric Heidsieck (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Frank Braley (piano), Michel Debost (flute), Christian Ivaldi (piano), Alexander Markovich (piano), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet), Melos Ensemble (chamber ensemble), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Gérard Jarry (violin), Serge Collot (viola), Chung Trio, Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Myung-Wha Chung (cello), Myung-Whun Chung (piano), Hungarian Quartet (string quartet), Olaf Bär (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano), Walter Berry (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone, bass-baritone), Eduard Drolc (violin), Irmgard Poppen (cello), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Hartmut Höll (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass), Carol Vaness (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Hans Tschammer (bass), Thomas Ebenstein (tenor), Juliane Banse (soprano), Angela Denoke (soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), Ion Tibrea (baritone), Rainer Trost (tenor), László Polgár (bass), Jon Villars (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Münchner Philharmoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, London Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Cleveland Orchestra, Scottish National Chorus, Scottish National Orchestra, The Nash Ensemble, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philhamonia Orchestra, Tallis Chamber Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Masur, Rudolf Kempe, Sir Thomas Beecham, Jeffrey Tate, Hans Vonk, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mstislav Rostropovich, George Szell, Sir Alexander Gibson, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Simon Rattle

February 22, 1941 broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), René Maison (Florestan), Julius Huehn (Don Pizarro), Alexander Kipnis (Rocco), Marita Farell (Marzelline), Karl Laufkoetter (Jaquino), Herbert Janssen (Don Fernando). March 10, 1951 matinee broadcast: Kirsten Flagstad (Leonore), Set Svanholm (Florestan), Dezsö Ernster (Rocco), Paul Schöffler (Pizarro), Nadine Conner (Marzelline), Peter Klein (Jaquino), Jerome Hines (Fernando) Metropolitan Opera, Bruno Walter

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Claudio Arrau (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Janos Starker (cello), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Sona Ghazarian (soprano), David Kübler (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Daniel Guilet (violin), Menahem Pressler (piano), Bernard Greenhouse (cello), Susan Dunn (soprano), Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-soprano), Bruno Beccaria (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Quartetto Italiano (stringquartet), Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello), Peter Hofmann (tenor), Carlo Curley (organ), Severino Gazzelloni (flute), Bruno Canino (piano), Clara Haskil (piano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Robert Johnson (tenor), Philip Kraus (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Mallory Walker (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Terence Macdonagh (oboe), William Waterhouse (bassoon), Alan Civil (horn), Radu Lupu (piano), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Jard van Nes (contralto), Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, I Musici, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Berlin Philharmonic Octet, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Beaux Arts Trio, Ernst Senff Chor, RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, London Wind Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Choir, GewandhausKinderchor, Bernard Haitink, Eliahu Inbal, Kurt Masur, Edo de Waart, Sir Neville Marriner, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Sir Georg Solti, Alceo Galliera, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Colin Davis, George Szell, Piero Gamba, Zubin Mehta

Helen Donath (soprano, narrator), Horst Laubenthal (tenor, narrator), Helga Dernesch (narrator, soprano), Karl Ridderbusch (narrator, bass), Zoltán Kelemen (narrator, baritone), Jon Vickers (tenor, narrator), José van Dam (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Kurt Streit (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Lars Vogt (piano), Angela Denoke (Leonore), Jon Villars (Florestan), Alan Held (Pizarro), Laszlo Polgar (Rocco), Juliane Banse (Marzelline), Rainer Trost (Jaquino), Thomas Quasthoff (Fernando) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Dorothy Dow, Peter Anders, Piero Guelfi Orchestra and Choir of Naples Opera House, Ferenc Fricsayl

Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir and Orchestra

Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Norbert Balatsch (chorusmaster), Krystian Zimerman (piano), Jobst Eberhardt (videoscripteditor), Oliver Rogalla von Heyden (videoscripteditor), Edda Moser (soprano), Bernard Bartelink (organ), Meindert Boekel (chorusmaster), Herman Krebbers (violin), Adolf Dallapozza (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Manfred Jungwirth (bass), Hans Sotin (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Claudio Arrau (piano), Ludwig van Beethoven (cadenzor), June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Wolfgang Seeliger (chorusmaster), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation Chorus, Hilversum, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra, Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra, Members Of The New York Philharmonic, Members of the Orchestre de Paris, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Dresden Philharmonic Childrens Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein