Disc 1
Disc 2
August 19, 1997 52 songs, 2 hours 9 minutes ℗ 1957 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Italiana SpA. Digital remastering (P) 1997 by EMI Italiana SpA
- Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Riccardo Chailly
- Victoria de los Ángeles, Tito Gobbi, Anna Maria Canali, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House & Gabriele Santini
- Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Antonio de Almeida, London Philharmonic Orchestra & June Anderson
- Mario Sereni, Renato Capecchi, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchestra dell'opera di Roma, Mirella Freni & Nicolai Gedda
- Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra La Scintilla & Alessandro De Marchi
- Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Jules Bastin, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Michel Plasson