Disc 1
Disc 2
September 1, 1989 55 songs, 2 hours 33 minutes ℗ 1961 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering (P) 1989 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Cesare Siepi, Anton Dermota, Fernando Corena, Suzanne Danco, Hilde Gueden, Lisa Della Casa, Josef Krips, Walter Berry, Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra & Herbert von Karajan
- Bruno Weil, Cheryl Studer, Elzbieta Szmytka, Gunther Missenhardt, Kurt Streit & Robert Gambill
- Maria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Dino Olivieri, Angelo Mercuriale, Giuseppe di Stefano, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra & Tullio Serafin