Disc 1
Disc 2
January 1, 1998 47 songs, 2 hours 28 minutes ℗ This compilation (P) 1998 EMI Records Ltd.
- Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, Stuttgart State Orchestra, Peter Schrottner, Ferdinand Leitner, Wurttemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart, Wurttemberg State Theatre Orchestra Stuttgart, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini, The RCA Victor Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Joseph Keilberth, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, Richard Kraus, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Heinrich Hollreiser, Arthur Rother, Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Fritz Lehmann, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Munich State Opera Chorus, Beniamino Gigli, Philharmonia Chorus, Stanford Robinson & International Chief Philharmonic Orchestra
- Evelyn Lear, Christa Ludwig, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Lorin Maazel
- Peter Schreier, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Günther Leib, Hermann Christian Polster, Henry Krtschil, Studio Orchester, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Leipzig & Herbert Kegel