July 1, 2006 12 songs, 1 hour 11 minutes ℗ 2005 FARAO classics
- 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 Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Joseph Keilberth, Eva Fleischhauer, Edith Hellriegel, Kurt Preuss, Elfriede Trötschel, Helmut Schindler, Ruth Lange, Kate Hofgen, Helena Rott, Gottlob Frick, Lisa Otto & Erich Zimmermann
- Thomas Quasthoff, Christian Thielemann & Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Dame Joan Sutherland, Alexander Young, Peter Lagger, Gwyn Griffith, Naida Labay, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Bryan Balkwill
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Philharmonia Orchestra & Vienna Philharmonic