June 5, 2006 12 songs, 1 hour 3 minutes ℗ 1972 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Electrola GmbH. Digital remastering 1997 by EMI Electrola GmbH
- Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, René Kollo, Bernd Weikl, Hermann Prey, Ivan Rebroff, Bavarian State Orchestra & Carlos Kleiber
- Elizabeth Harwood, Teresa Stratas, Donald Grobe, Werner Hollweg, Zoltan Kelemen, René Kollo, Werner Krenn, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- André Cluytens, Constantin Silvestri, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Rudolf Kempe, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Vienna Philharmonic
- Angela Denoke, Ana Maria Labin, Piotr Beczala, Staatskapelle Dresden & Christian Thielemann
- Erika Köth, Friedrich Lenz, Fritz Wunderlich, Lotte Schädle, Kurt Böhme, Eugen Jochum, Bayerische Staatsopernchor & Bavarian State Orchestra