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March 13, 2001 43 songs, 1 hour 40 minutes ℗ 1958 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering (P) 2001 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nilsson, Astrid Varnay, Max Lorenz, Lauritz Melchior, Hans Hotter & Josef Greindl
- Stuttgart State Opera Chorus, Stuttgart State Orchestra, Peter Schrottner, Ferdinand Leitner, Wurttemberg State Theatre Chorus Stuttgart, Wurttemberg State Theatre Orchestra Stuttgart, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini, The RCA Victor Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Joseph Keilberth, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra, RIAS Kammerchor, Richard Kraus, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Heinrich Hollreiser, Arthur Rother, Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Fritz Lehmann, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Munich State Opera Chorus, Beniamino Gigli, Philharmonia Chorus, Stanford Robinson & Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Jessye Norman & Tatiana Troyanos
- Tito Gobbi, Niola Monti, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, London Symphony Orchestra, Umberto Berrettoni, James Robertson, Alberto Erede, Gabriele Santini, Walter Susskind & Warwick Braithwaite
- Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Justin Diaz, Katia Ricciarelli, Lorin Maazel, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra & Plácido Domingo
- Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Joseph Keilberth & Wolfgang Windgassen