January 1, 1963 46 songs, 2 hours 1 minute A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1963, 2001 Warner Music France
- Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic
- Carlo Felice Cillario, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett & Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra
- Regina Sarfaty, Maria Callas, American Opera Society Chorus, Nicola Rescigno, Pier Miranda Ferraro & Glade Peterson
- Silvio Varviso, Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Hannelore Bode, Hans Sotin, Anna Reynolds, Klaus Hirte, Bayreuth Festival Choir & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Janet Perry, Raina Kabaivanska, Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Francisco Araiza, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Heinz Zednik, Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai, Federico Davia, Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Jane Berbié, Robert Massard, Roger Soyer & Sir Colin Davis