Disc 1
Disc 2
January 1, 1954 54 songs, 1 hour 56 minutes ℗ Originally released in 1954 - All rights reserved BMG Entertainment
- Geraint Evans, Hans Sotin, Otto Klemperer, Yvonne Minton, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Dame Margaret Price & Luigi Alva
- 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
- Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Herbert von Karajan, Elena Obraztsova, Berlin Philharmonic, Leontyne Price & Franco Bonisolli
- Peter Meven, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rafael Kubelik, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rose Wagemann, Urszula Koszut, James King & William Cochran
- Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Anna Di Stasio, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Florindo Andreolli, James McCracken, Philharmonia Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis & Sir John Barbirolli
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner
- Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic