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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.
- Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht, Fritz Hübner, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Thomas Schippers, Giuseppe Taddei, Birgit Nilsson, Giovanni Foiani, Bruno Prevedi, Piero de Palma, Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner
- Peter Meven, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rafael Kubelik, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rose Wagemann, Urszula Koszut, James King & William Cochran
- Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Giacomo Aragall, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge