January 1, 1953 8 songs, 39 minutes ℗ 1953 Sony Music Entertainment
- Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Ludwig Suthaus, Herbert von Karajan, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Jean Madeira, Lotte Rysanek, Gerda Scheyrer, Margareta Sjoestedt, Martha Rohs, Rosette Anday, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Leonie Rysanek, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Judith Hellwig & Gottlob Frick
- Alfred Poell, Otto Edelmann, Hans Hopf, Elisabeth Grummer, Rita Streich, Karl Donch, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic, Kurt Böhme, Oscar Czerwenka & Claus Clausen
- Eberhard Wächter, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Eugen Jochum
- Julius Patzak, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Paul Schoeffler, Josef Greindl, Anton Dermota, Hans Braun, Hermann Gallos, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Adalbert Kraus, Niklaus Tüller, Walter Heldwein, Frankfurt Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling, Bach Ensemble, The, Wolfgang Schone, Helen Watts, Aldo Baldin, Kathrin Graf, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Indiana University Chamber Singers, Philippe Huttenlocher, Erika Schmidt-Valentin, Uta Spreckelsen, Stuttgart Figuralchor der Gedachtniskirche, Arleen Auger & Julia Hamari
- Carl Hartmann, Ludwig Weber, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Hans Knappertsbusch