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January 31, 2001 70 songs, 2 hours 38 minutes ℗ 1953 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. Digital remastering (P) 2001 by EMI Records Ltd
- Walter Berry, Pilar Lorengar, Patricia Wise, Christa Ludwig, Giorgio Zancanaro, Francisco Araiza, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Lorin Maazel
- Karl Ridderbusch, Richard Trimborn, Josef Greindl, Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Jörg Demus
- Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ingrid Bjoner, James King, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Carlo Maria Giulini, Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Gaetano Merola
- Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Dame Margaret Price & Munich Radio Orchestra
- Marek Janowski, Siegfried Jerusalem, Staatskapelle Dresden, Jessye Norman, Kurt Moll, Theo Adam, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Jeannine Altmeyer, Cheryl Studer, Yvonne Minton, Ortrun Wenkel, Ruth Falcon, Anne Gjevang, Christel Borchers, Kathleen Kuhlmann & Uta Priew