Music: Opera

Josef Herrmann, Erich Kunz, Max Lorenz, Maria Reining, other soloists (1st work) ; Maria Reining, Max Lorenz, Alda Noni, Irmgard Seefried, Paul Schöffler, Josef Witt, other soloists (2nd work) ; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Karl Böhm, conductor

English National Opera Orchestra (The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, and Twilight of the gods), and Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra (Siegfried) ; Reginald Goodall, conductor.

Helen Traubel, soprano ; Lauritz Melchior, tenor ; with (variously) New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodzinski, conductor ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fritz Busch, conductor ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Roberto Kinsky, conductors ; in part with other vocal soloists

Dallas Symphony Orchestra ; Eduardo Mata, conductor.

National Symphony Orchestra ; Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor.

Berliner Philharmoniker ; Semyon Bychkov, conductor

Berliner Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.

Eileen Farrell, soprano ; Richard Tucker, tenor (3rd, 6th, and 10th works) ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Max Rudolf (1st-2nd, 4th-5th, and 7th-9th works), Fausto Cleva (remainder), conductors

Rose Bampton, soprano ; various soloists ; orchestra and chorus ; Wilfrid Pelletier (1st-4th works), William Steinberg (5th-11th works), conductors

Giacomo Rimini (Sir John Falstaff) ; Pia Tassinari (Mrs. Alice Ford) ; Emilio Ghirardini (Ford) ; Ines Alfani Tellini (Nannetta) ; Roberto D'Alessio (Fenton) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala ; Lorenzo Molajoli, conductor.

Gian Giacomo Guelfi, baritone (Francesco Foscari) ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor (Jacopo Foscari) ; Maria Vitale, soprano (Lucrezia Contadini) ; Pasquale Lombardi (Jacopo Loredano) ; Mario Bersieri (Servo) ; Aldo Bertocci, tenor (Fante) ; Orchestra Sinfonica e coro di Milano della RAI ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor.

Anita Cerquetti, soprano ; Mario Ortica, baritone ; Carlo Tagliabue, tenor ; Boris Christoff, bass ; with supporting soloists ; Orchestra e coro della RAI di Torino ; Mario Rossi, conductor.

Cheryl Studer, soprano ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor.

Edita Gruberova, Dawn Upshaw, Yvonne Kenny, sopranos ; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Schreier, tenor ; Arnold Schönberg Chor ; Concentus Musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.