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
- Elizabeth Harwood, Teresa Stratas, Donald Grobe, Werner Hollweg, Zoltan Kelemen, René Kollo, Werner Krenn, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Freni, Sir Thomas Allen, Paata Burchuladze, Neil Shicoff, Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine & MDR-Rundfunkchor
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Edita Gruberová, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Brendel, Richard Leech, Olaf Bär, Tom Krause, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & André Previn
- Franco Bonisolli, Orchestre National de France, Galina Vishnevskaya & Mstislav Rostropovich
- Sir Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eva Lind & Kurt Moll