February 4, 2008 10 songs, 1 hour 22 minutes ℗ 1958. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation and digital remastering 2008 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Jessye Norman, Plácido Domingo, James Morris, Kurt Moll, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & James Levine
- Gundula Janowitz, James King, Peter Schreier, Rudolf Kempe, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sylvia Geszty, Teresa Zylis-Gara & Theo Adam
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, Kirsten Flagstad & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Peter Hoffmann, Simon Estes, Hans Sotin, Waltraud Meier, Bayreuth Festival Choir, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & James Levine