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March 1, 2004 82 songs, 4 hours 15 minutes ℗ 1953 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering 2001 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic
- Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Astrid Varnay, Bernd Aldenhoff, Rita Streich, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Joseph Keilberth
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner
- Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ingrid Bjoner, James King, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch