Disc 1
Disc 2
July 1, 2000 50 songs, 2 hours 14 minutes ℗ p 2000 this copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records ltd
- London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Angela Denoke, Matthias Goerne, Dame Felicity Palmer, Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet & Lia Shevtsova
- Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig Thomaner Choir, Rosemarie Lang, Eberhard Büchner, Heidi Rieß, Siegfried Lorenz, Hermann Christian Polster, Helga Termer & Dieter Wiemann
- Anja Kampe, Torsten Kerl, Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrzej Dobber, Vladimir Jurowski, London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus
- Werner Hollweg, Tatiana Troyanos, Catherine Malfitano, Carol Neblett, Kurt Rydl, Anne Howells, Philip Eisenberg, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & James Levine
- Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Birgit Nilsson, Fritz Uhl, Regina Resnik, Tom Krause, Arnold van Mill & Wiener Singverein
- Dame Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Hanna Schwarz, Peter Hofmann, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Franco Bonisolli, Orchestre National de France, Galina Vishnevskaya & Mstislav Rostropovich