January 1, 1988 43 songs, 3 hours 51 minutes A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Limited
- Siegfried Jerusalem, Helmut Pampuch, Heinz Zednik, Donald McIntyre, Martin Egel, Hermann Becht, Fritz Hübner, Matti Salminen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Wolfgang Windgassen, Karl Böhm, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Gustav Neidlinger, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Theo Adam & Birgit Nilsson
- Alison Hagley, Ann Murray, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Hillevi Martinpelto, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Woods & Sir Simon Rattle
- Stephen Gould, Gerhard Siegel, Linda Watson, Andrew Shore, Christa Mayer, Albert Dohmen, Robin Johannsen, Hans-Peter Konig, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Christian Thielemann
- Andreas Schmidt, Melanie Diener, Yvonne Naef, Ralf Lukas, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Michael Gielen, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Robert Dean Smith, Gerhard Siegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Choir
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Karl Liebl, Walter Cassel, Irene Dalis & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra