April 22, 1980 25 songs, 1 hour 59 minutes ℗ 1980 Decca Music Group Limited
- Jessye Norman, Reiner Goldberg, Kurt Moll, Staatskapelle Dresden & Bernard Haitink
- Netherlands Opera Chorus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- André Previn, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France & Donald McInnes
- Bernard Haitink, Brigitte Lindner, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Edita Gruberová, Lucia Popp & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Christoph Genz, Andreas Schmidt, Sibylla Rubens, Yvonne Naef, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Marcus Ullmann, Klaus Häger, Donna Brown, Claudia Schubert, Arleen Auger, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Philippe Huttenlocher, Lutz-Michael Harder, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Franz-Josef Selig, Marlis Petersen, Lothar Odinius, Anke Vondung, Stella Doufexis, Christian Gerhaher, Letizia Scherrer, Katalin Halmai, Daniela Sindram, Diana Damrau, Juliane Banse, Markus Marquardt, Christiane Oelze, Birgit Remmert, Bach Collegium Berlin, Roxana Constantinescu, Maximilian Schmitt, Michael Nagy, Ingeborg Danz, Scot Weir, Michael Volle, Monica Groop, James Taylor, Michael Schade, Thomas Quasthoff, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schafer & Gilles Cachemaille
- Mirella Freni, Yvonne Minton, Jessye Norman, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Ingvar Wixell, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis