• Richard Wagner

  Tannhäuser WWV 70: Overture
  Andante maestoso – Allegro – Tempo I – Molto vivace – Assai stretto

  Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker
  14:04
• Richard Wagner

  Tristan und Isolde WWV 90: Vorspiel und Liebestod (Prelude and Love-Death)
  Tristan und Isolde WWV 90: Vorspiel und Liebestod (Prelude and Love-Death)

  Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
  20:52
• Gustav Mahler

  Symphony No. 3 in D minor
  VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden

  Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo-soprano), Pierre Boulez
  Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Singverein
  22:23
• Ludwig van Beethoven

  Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 55 “Eroica”
  II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

  Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra
  15:34
• Ludwig van Beethoven

  Symphony No. 6 in F major op. 68 “Pastoral”
  II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto mosso

  Carlos Kleiber, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  12:19
• Dmitri Shostakovich

  Symphony No. 8 in C minor op. 65
  I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo

  Evgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
  24:36
• Anton Bruckner

  Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107
  II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam

  Christian Thielemann, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
  23:12
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

  Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 MWV N 18 “Scottish”
  I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato

  Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  14:39
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

  Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 MWV N 18 “Scottish”
  II. Vivace non troppo

  Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  04:20
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

  Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 MWV N 18 “Scottish”
  III. Adagio

  Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  09:26
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

  Symphony No. 3 in A minor op. 56 MWV N 18 “Scottish”
  IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso

  Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  09:33
• Joseph Haydn

  Symphony No. 95 in C minor Hob. I:95
  II. Andante

  Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concertgebouworkest
  04:26
• Joseph Haydn

  Symphony No. 95 in C minor Hob. I:95
  III. Menuetto - Trio

  Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concertgebouworkest
  04:53
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  04:31
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero's Adversaries

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  03:37
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero's Companion –

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  14:17
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero at Battle –

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  07:58
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero's Works of Peace

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  08:24
• Richard Strauss

  Ein Heldenleben op. 40 TrV 190
  The Hero's Retirement from this World and Consummation –

  Anton Barachovsky (Violin), Mariss Jansons
  Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  07:28
• Richard Strauss

  Don Quixote op. 35 TrV 184
  Introduzione - Tema con 10 variazioni - Finale

  Yo-Yo Ma (Violoncello), Seiji Ozawa
  Boston Symphony Orchestra
  45:06
• Richard Strauss

  Lieder (Songs) op. 27 TrV 170 (Version for Voice and Orchestra)
  4. Morgen

  Jessye Norman (Soprano), Kurt Masur
  Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  03:59
• Richard Strauss

  Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) for Voice and Orchestra TrV 296
  1. Frühling. In dämmrigen Grüften träumte ich lang

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Herbert von Karajan
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  03:03
• Richard Strauss

  Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) for Voice and Orchestra TrV 296
  2. September. Der Garten trauert

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Herbert von Karajan
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  03:50
• Richard Strauss

  Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) for Voice and Orchestra TrV 296
  3. Beim Schlafengehen. Nun hat der Tag mich müd‘ gemacht

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Herbert von Karajan
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  05:06
• Richard Strauss

  Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) for Voice and Orchestra TrV 296
  4. Im Abendrot. Wir sind durch Not und Freude gegangen

  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Herbert von Karajan
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  06:50
• Richard Strauss

  Der Rosenkavalier op. 59 TrV 227: 'Marie Theres'! - Hab' mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben' (Octavian, Feldmarschallin, Sophie, Act 3)
  Der Rosenkavalier op. 59 TvR 227: 'Marie Theres'! - Hab' mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben' (Octavian, Feldmarschallin, Sophie, Act 3)

  Kathleen Battle (Soprano), Renée Fleming (Soprano), Frederica von Stade (Mezzo-soprano), Andreas Schmidt (Baritone), Claudio Abbado
  Berliner Philharmoniker
  12:42
• Sergei Rachmaninoff

  Symphony No. 2 in E minor op. 27
  III. Adagio

  Evgeny Svetlanov, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”
  15:08
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  7. "Fuggi, crudele, fuggi! … Senti, cor mio" (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  04:02
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  6. "Ah! del padre in periglio" - No. 2a, Recitativo accompagnato, "Ma qual mai s'offre, oh Dei" (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  02:36
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  11. "Madamina, il catalogo e questo" (Leporello)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  05:28
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  28. "Fin ch'han dal vino" (Don Giovanni)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  01:22
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  39. "Trema, trema, o scellerato!" (Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Ottavio, Masetto, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  02:11
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  3. "Ah! taci, ingiusto core!" (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  04:50
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Don Giovanni KV 527
  28. "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello)

  Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Eberhard Waechter (Baritone), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
  Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
  05:19
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  4. 'Fuoco di gioia!' (Chorus)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  02:45
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  8. 'Abbasso le spade!' (Otello, Iago, Cassio, Montano)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  03:04
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  9. 'Già nella notte' (Otello, Desdemona)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  10:49
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  10. 'Ora e per sempre addio' (Otello)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  01:07
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  14. 'Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!' (Otello, Iago)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  02:39
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  3. 'Dio ti giocondi, o sposo' (Desdemona, Otello)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  04:30
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  13. 'Messeri! Il Doge' (Otello, Iago, Roderigo, Cassio, Lodovico)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  01:43
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  14. 'A terra!... sì... nel livido fango' (Desdemona)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  02:02
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  6. 'Diceste questa sera le vostre preci?' (Otello, Desdemona)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  03:03
• Giuseppe Verdi

  Otello
  8. 'Niun mi tema' (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano)

  Tom Krause (Bass-baritone), Nello Romanato (Tenor), Aldo Protti (Baritone), Athos Cesarini (Tenor), Mario del Monaco (Tenor), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Ana Raquel Satre (Mezzo-soprano), Libero Arbace (Bass), Fernando Corena (Bass), Herbert von Karajan
  Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kinderchor
  04:53
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  3. "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  02:55
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  5. "Un dì felice, eterea"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  03:06
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!... Sempre libera"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  04:23
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  4. "Pura siccome un angelo"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  01:39
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  15. "Noi siamo zingarelle"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  02:46
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  3. "Tenesta la promessa...Attendo, né a me giungon mai...Addio del passato"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  03:59
• Giuseppe Verdi

  La traviata
  6. "Ah, non più!... Ah! Gran Dio! Morir sì giovine"

  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Stefania Malagù (Soprano), Walter Gullino (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Bruno Grella (Baritone), Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass), Giovanni Foiani (Bass), Helena Jungwirth (Mezzo-soprano), Sherrill Milnes (Baritone), Paul Winter (Tenor), Paul Friess (Baritone), Carlos Kleiber
  Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
  03:00
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  5. "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano)

  Victor Godfrey (Baritone), Eric Garrett (Bass), Renato Cioni (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano), Robert Bowman (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Dennis Wicks (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Edgar Boniface (Bass), Carlo Felice Cillario
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  01:42
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  14. "Mia gelosa!" (Cavaradossi, Tosca)

  Victor Godfrey (Baritone), Eric Garrett (Bass), Renato Cioni (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano), Robert Bowman (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Dennis Wicks (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Edgar Boniface (Bass), Carlo Felice Cillario
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  03:37
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  22. "Tre sbirri, una carrozza" (Scarpia, Spoletta, Chorus)

  Victor Godfrey (Baritone), Eric Garrett (Bass), Renato Cioni (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano), Robert Bowman (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Dennis Wicks (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Edgar Boniface (Bass), Carlo Felice Cillario
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  04:16
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  2. "Ha più forte sapore" (Scarpia, Sciarrone)

  Victor Godfrey (Baritone), Eric Garrett (Bass), Renato Cioni (Tenor), Maria Callas (Soprano), Robert Bowman (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Dennis Wicks (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Edgar Boniface (Bass), Carlo Felice Cillario
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  01:16
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  9. "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (Tosca, Scarpia, Spoletta)

  Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Giorgio Tadeo (Bass), Leonardo Monreale (Bass), Maria Callas (Soprano), Renato Ercolani (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Ugo Trama (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Georges Prêtre
  Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Choeur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris
  03:05
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  3. "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)

  Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Giorgio Tadeo (Bass), Leonardo Monreale (Bass), Maria Callas (Soprano), Renato Ercolani (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Ugo Trama (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Georges Prêtre
  Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Choeur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris
  03:03
• Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca
  5. "O dolci mani mansuete e pure" (Cavaradossi, Tosca)

  Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Giorgio Tadeo (Bass), Leonardo Monreale (Bass), Maria Callas (Soprano), Renato Ercolani (Tenor), Tito Gobbi (Baritone), Ugo Trama (Bass), David Sellar (Boy Soprano), Georges Prêtre
  Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Choeur du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris
  05:17