January 1, 1953 44 songs, 2 hours 2 minutes ℗ 1954 Fonit Cetra, Warner Music Italia Srl. Remastered (p) 2014 Fonit Cetra SpA, Warner Music Italia Srl.
- Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Dame Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Renata Scotto, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Sir John Barbirolli, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Carlo Bergonzi
- Carlo Bergonzi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei & Fernando Corena