September 6, 2004 10 songs, 1 hour 15 minutes ℗ This compilation & digital remastering (P) 2004 by EMI Records Ltd.
- Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ingrid Bjoner, James King, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Bavarian State Orchestra & Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Helmut Melchert, Gertie Charlent, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marlies Siemeling, Richard Kraus, Cologne Radio Chorus, Marianne Schroeder, Käthe Möller-Siepermann, Heiner Horn, Res Fischer, Helene Petrich, Käthe Retzmann, Hasso Eschert, Arno Reinhardt, Ilsa Ihme-Sabisch & Trude Roesler
- Lisa Della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Elisabeth Grummer, Fernando Corena, Gottlob Frick, Léopold Simoneau, Rita Streich, Walter Berry, Vienna Philharmonic & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
- Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic
- Dagmar Hermann, Dagmar Schmedes, Erika Köth, Gerda Scheyrer, Hertha Töpper, Johanna Blatter, Judith Hellwig, Lawrance Collingwood, Leonie Rysanek, Ludwig Suthaus, Margarete Klose, Martha Modl, Ruth Siewert, Vienna Philharmonic & Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Adalbert Kraus, Hildegard Laurich, Frankfurt Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Wolfgang Schone, Arleen Auger, Kurt Equiluz, Alyce Rogers, Helen Watts, Niklaus Tüller, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Walter Heldwein, Lutz-Michael Harder, Julia Hamari & Edith Wiens
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Jon Vickers, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestre National de France