Disc 1
Disc 2
January 1, 1954 54 songs, 1 hour 56 minutes ℗ Originally released in 1954 - All rights reserved BMG Entertainment
- Piero Cappuccilli, José Van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan, Agnes Baltsa, Berlin Philharmonic, Edita Gruberová, Mirella Freni & José Carreras
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner
- Carlo Felice Cillario, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett & Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra
- Lisa Della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Elisabeth Grummer, Fernando Corena, Gottlob Frick, Léopold Simoneau, Rita Streich, Walter Berry, Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- Alessandra Marc, Marita Posselt, Heinz Kruse, Michael Kraus, Krister St. Hill, Leipzig Opernchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Lothar Zagrosek
- Maria Callas, Piero Cappuccilli, Irene Companeez, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Fiorenza Cossotto, Renato Ercolani, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Carlo Forti, Leonardo Monreale, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, Ivo Vinco & Antonino Votto