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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 & Philharmonic Orchestra
- Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Otmar Suitner, Theo Adam, Martin Ritzmann, Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Karl-Heinz Stryczek & Ludmilla Dvorakova
- Wilhelm Loibner, Gundula Janowitz, Austrian State Radio Orchestra, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Heinz Hoppe, Joseph Strobl, Anton Dermota, Alfred Poell, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Rosl Schwaiger, Ilona Steingruber, Gottfried Kassowitz & Rudolf Christ