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March 5, 2012 50 songs, 2 hours 21 minutes ℗ 1959 the copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd, Digital remastering 2000 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Vienna Symphony, Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan, Irmgard Seefried, Kathleen Ferrier & Walther Ludwig
- Piero Cappuccilli, José Van Dam, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ruggero Raimondi, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan, Agnes Baltsa, Berlin Philharmonic, Edita Gruberová, Mirella Freni & José Carreras
- Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Herbert von Karajan, Elena Obraztsova, Berlin Philharmonic, Leontyne Price & Franco Bonisolli
- Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Bayreuth Festival Chorus
- Wolfgang Holzmair, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Matthias Goerne, Lothar Zagrosek & Iris Vermillion
- Arleen Auger, Philippe Huttenlocher, Lutz-Michael Harder, Julia Hamari, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Wolfgang Schone, Helen Watts & Aldo Baldin
- Carlo Felice Cillario, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett & Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra