Boito - Prologue from "Mefistofele"

Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly

Cesare Siepi (Mefistofele), Giuseppe di Stefano (Faust), Renata Tebaldi (Margherita), Lucia Danieli (Marta), Piero de’ Palma (Wagner) Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Tullio Serafin

Milan La Scala Orchestra, Milan La Scala Chorus, Arturo Toscanini

Cesare Siepi (bass), Mario Del Monaco (tenor), Piero de Palma (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Lucia Danieli (mezzo-soprano), Floriana Cavalli (soprano) Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin

Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), John Mauceri (chorus master), James McCracken (tenor), Raymond Gibbs (bass (vocal)), Donald Gramm (bass (vocal)), Adriana Maliponte (soprano), Colette Boky (soprano), Russell Christopher (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Andrea Velis (baritone), Marcia Baldwin (soprano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass (vocal)), Elisabeth Ziegler (chorus master), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), Gerhart Hetzel (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano), Wolfgang Herzer (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin), Leonard Bernstein (narrator), Metropolitan Opera, The Manhattan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Childrens Chorus, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra

Robert Shaw Chorale, Nicola Moscona (bass), The Columbus Boys Choir (chorus), Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Vivian Della Chiesa (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Leonard Warren (baritone), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov Leonard Bernstein

Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Fedor Chaliapin, Covent Garden Opera Orchestra, Joseph Hislop, Franclyn Kelsey, Jane Laugier, Angelo Bada, Margherita Carosio, Luigi Manfrini, Piero Coppola, Dorville Dodane (speaker), Covent Garden Chorus, Covent Garden Orchestra, Paris Philharmonic Orchestra, Vincenzo Bellezza, Eugene Goossens, Albert Coates, Jacques Ibert

Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Giuseppe Filianoti, Mimmo Ghegghi, Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Zaramella, Monica Minarelli, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Coro del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Coro delle Voci bianche del Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Stefano Ranzani

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Piero de Palma (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nucci Condò (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Robin Leggate (tenor), National Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus, Choir Of Trinity School, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Franco Tagliavini (tenor), Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Silvio Varviso

Joseph Rouleau (bass), Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Peter Glossop (Luna), Gwyneth Jones (Leonora), Bruno Prevedi (Manrico), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), John Dobson (Ruiz), Luciano Salvari (Faust), Charles Reiner (piano), Colombe Pelletier (piano), Henk Sprint (piano), Pierre Jasmin (piano), Louise-Andrée Baril (piano), Claude Savard (piano) Omroep Orkest, Covent Garden Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Orchestre et Choeur Philharmonique de Radio France, Carlo Maria Giulini, Tullio Serafin, Nello Santi

Marc Barrard (baritone), José van Dam (baritone), Martine Mahé (mezzo-soprano), Richard Leech (tenor), Choeur Capitole Toulouse, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (second vocals), Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse (second vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Thomas Hampson (bass-baritone), Inva Mula (soprano), Elisabeth Vidal (soprano), Isabelle Cals (soprano), Ludovic Tézier (bass-baritone), Anne Gotkovsky (vocals), Didier Chevalier (vocals), Nicolas Cavallier (bass), Nicolas Rivenq (vocals), Roberto Alagna (vocals), Yann Beuron (vocals), Barbara Hendricks (second vocals), John Aler (spoken voice), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass), Cornell MacNeil (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), Keith Erwen (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Upton House School Boys' Choir, Hammersmith County School Girls' Choir, Alfredo Giacomotti (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Florindo Andreolli (vocals), Glynne Thomas (bass-baritone), Leonardo Monreale (bass), Piero de Palma (vocals), Anna Di Stasio (mezzo-soprano), Dame Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Hammersmith County School Girl's Choir (lead vocals), James McCracken (soprano), Upton House School Boy's Choir (lead vocals), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mirella Freni (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Vicente Sardinero (bass-baritone), Riccardo Cassinelli (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (bass-baritone), Petra Malakova (soprano), Eva Saurova (mezzo-soprano), Alberto Cupido (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Paul Plishka (bass), Remy Corazza (vocals), Edward Toumajian (bass-baritone), Petranka Malakova (boy soprano), Ricardo Cassinelli (vocals), Chœur de l'Armée Française, Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse, Les Chœurs de la Monnaie, Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, La Lauzeta, Choeur Les Elements, Choeur 'Les Elements', Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse, Les Éléments, Sociedad Coral de Bilbao, Orfeon Donostiarra, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Teatro alla Scala, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orch.Of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Southend Boys' Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Chœur de l'Opéra du Rhin, Michel Plasson, Sylvain Cambreling, Thomas Schippers, Riccardo Muti, Richard Armstrong, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Aldo Ceccato, Lamberto Gardelli, Sir John Barbirolli, Carlo Maria Giulini, Gabriele Santini, Bernard Haitink, Julius Rudel, Antonino Votto, Alain Lombard

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Merrill Greenberg (English Horn), Walter Lehmayer (Oboe Obbligato), Michael Werba (Bassoon Obbligato), Rainer Küchl (Violino Principale), Franz Bartolomey (Cello Obbligato), Thomas Moser (Tenor), Kurt Moll (Bass), Judith Blegen (Soprano), Lucia Popp (Soprano), Kurt Ollmann (Baritone), Hedwig Bilgram (Harpsichord), Brigitte Fassbaender (Contralto), Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö (Tenor), Hans Sotin (Bass), Kenneth Riegel (Tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass) Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National De France, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bavarian Radio, Leonard Bernstein