January 1, 1979 41 songs, 3 hours 2 minutes A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1979, 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
- Richard Bonynge, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sherrill Milnes & Dame Joan Sutherland
- Carlo Felice Cillario, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett & Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra
- Geraint Evans, Hans Sotin, Otto Klemperer, Yvonne Minton, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Dame Margaret Price & Luigi Alva
- Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Jon Vickers, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestre National de France
- Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Fernando Corena, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Alberto Erede