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5 March 2012 50 songs, 2 hours 21 minutes ℗ 1959 the copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd, Digital remastering 2000 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, George London, Hans Knappertsbusch, Ludwig Weber, Martha Modl & Wolfgang Windgassen
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Jon Vickers, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestre National de France
- Lisa Della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Elisabeth Grummer, Fernando Corena, Gottlob Frick, Léopold Simoneau, Rita Streich, Walter Berry, Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- Robert Kerns, Karl Ridderbusch, Siegmund Nimsgern, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Dunja Vejzovic & René Kollo
- Fernando Corena, Suzanne Danco, Cesare Siepi, Kurt Böhme, Anton Dermota, Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Güden, Walter Berry, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & Josef Krips
- Piero Cappuccilli, José Van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan, Agnes Baltsa, Berlin Philharmonic, Edita Gruberová, Mirella Freni & José Carreras