January 1, 1981 27 songs, 2 hours 20 minutes A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
- Leo Nucci, Paata Burchuladze, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Giacomo Aragall, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
- Carlo Bergonzi, Gabriella Tucci, Piero Cappuccilli, Giulietta Simionato, Ivo Vinco, Mirella Fiorentini, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra & Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Simone Young, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- Antonio de Almeida, Julia Varady, José Carreras, June Anderson & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Agnes Baltsa, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dano Raffanti, Edita Gruberová, Gwynne Howell, Sir John Tomlinson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Riccardo Muti
- Frans Brüggen, Cappella Amsterdam, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Markus Schäfer, Thomas Oliemans, Michael Chance, Carolyn Sampson, Pierre-Guy Le Gall White, Jon Etxabe-Arzuaga Groenland, Bart Oenema, Guido Groenland, Marcel Beekman & Peter Kooij