Naxos

Nanny Larsen-Todsen, Gunnar Graarud, Anny Helm, Rudolf Bockelmann

Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Elmendorff

Annelies Kupper (soprano), Hilde Zadek (soprano), Corry Bijster (soprano), Annie Hermes (contralto), Lore Fischer (contralto), Lorenz Fehenberger (tenor), Herman Schey (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Combined Rotterdam Choirs (chorus)

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Flipse

Elizabeth Scholl (soprano), Natacha Ducret (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Ewa Wolak (contralto), Knut Schoch (tenor), Jelle S. Draijer (baritone)

Barokorchester Frankfurt, Joachim Carlos Martini, Junge Kantorei

Jaakko Ryhanen (Filippo II), Lars Cleveman (Don Carlo), Peter Mattei (Rodrigo), Bengt Rundgren (Il Grande Inquisitore), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elisabetta), Ingrid Tobiasson (Eboli), Iwa Sörenson (Tebaldo)

Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Alberto Hold-Garrido

Kirsten Flagstad (Alceste), Raoul Jobin (Admeto), Thomas Hemsley (Apollo/Sommo Pontifice), Alexander Young (Evandro), James Atkins (Herald/Oracle), Marion Lowe (Ismene), Joan Clark (Eumelo), Rosemary Thayer (Aspasia)

Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones Orchestra, Geraint Jones

Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Luisa Maragliano (soprano), Athos Cesarini (tenor), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Ugo Savarese (baritone), Antonio Balbi (baritone), Mario Del Monaco (tenor)

Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Chorus, Geneva Grand Theater Orchestra, Alberto Erede

Jocy de Oliveira (piano)

Maria Kuznetsova (soprano), Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor), Aleksey Petrovich Ivanov (bass), Alexander Khosson (tenor), Sergei Krasovsky (bass), Vladimir Gavryushov (bass), Elena Gribova (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Talakhadze (soprano)

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Bidù Sayão (soprano), Bidù Sayão (Manon), Sidney Rayner (Des Grieux), Richard Bonelli (Lescaut)

New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Maurice Abravanel