13 March 2001 22 songs, 1 hour 4 minutes ℗ p 2001 the copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records ltd
- NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Merrill, Arturo Toscanini, Arthur Newman, Johanne Morland, Maxine Stellman, John Garris, Paul Dennis, Licia Albanese, George Cehanovsky & Jan Peerce
- Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ingrid Bjoner, James King, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Roland Bracht, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Robert Gambill, Nicolai Gedda, Tom Krause, Peter Lika, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jessye Norman, Bernd Weikl & Serge Baudo