January 1, 1977 23 songs, 51 minutes ℗ 1977 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering 1999 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Kathleen Battle, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Singverein, Janet Perry, Vienna Philharmonic, Trudeliese Schmidt, Helga Müller-Molinari, Gösta Winbergh, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alexander Malta & Rudolf Scholz
- Hermann Max, Sir Neville Marriner, Das Kleine Konzert & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucia Popp & Peter Schreier
- Luciano Pavarotti, Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala, Mirella Freni, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Pilar Lorengar
- Patricia Petibon, Royal Academy Consort, Amarillis, Marc Minkowski, María Bayo, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Christophe Rousset, Laurence Equilbey & Accentus
- Maria Stader, Oralia Dominguez, Ernst Haefliger, Michel Roux & Igor Markevitch