1 January 1985 45 songs, 2 hours 22 minutes ℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
- Astrid Varnay, Bernd Aldenhoff, Rita Streich, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Joseph Keilberth
- Leonard Bernstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos, René Kollo, Frank Hoffmeister, Tom Krause, David Evitts, Ezio Flagello & Harvard Glee Club
- London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
- Hallé, Sir Mark Elder, Katarina Dalayman, Lars Cleveman, Peter Coleman-Wright, Attila Jun, Nancy Gustafson, Susan Bickley, Andrew Shore, Ceri Williams, Yvonne Howard, Miranda Keys, Katherine Broderick, Madeleine Shaw, Leah-Marian Jones, Hallé Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus & The Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus
- Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Vienna Symphony
- Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Janet Baker, New Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Simon Woolf & Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
- Riccardo Chailly, Philip Langridge, Cathryn Pope, Samuel Ramey, Stafford Dean, London Sinfonietta Chorus & London Sinfonietta
