- Cello – Amaryllis Fleming (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3)
- Composed By – Camille Saint-Saëns (tracks: 4-4), Franz Schubert (tracks: 3-1 to 3-15), Georg Friedrich Händel (tracks: 4-15), Gioacchino Rossini (tracks: 4-7 to 4-9), Gustav Mahler (tracks: 2-1 to 2-15), Hugo Wolf (tracks: 3-16, 3-17), Johann Sebastian Bach (tracks: 4-16), Johannes Brahms (tracks: 1-1 to 1-30), Maurice Ravel (tracks: 4-1 to 4-3), Max Reger (tracks: 2-24, 2-25), Richard Strauss (tracks: 3-18 to 3-20), Richard Wagner (tracks: 4-10 to 4-14, 4-17), Robert Schumann (tracks: 2-16 to 2-23), Serge Rachmaninov* (tracks: 4-5, 4-6)
- Conductor – Horst Stein (tracks: 4-15), Karl Forster (tracks: 4-16), Otto Klemperer (tracks: 4-10 to 4-14,4-17)
- Design – Sylvie Trambouze
- Flute – Douglas Whittaker (tracks: 4-1 to 4-4)
- Liner Notes – André Tubeuf
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
- Orchestra – Berliner Symphoniker (tracks: 4-15, 4-16), Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 4-10 to 4-14, 4-17)
- Piano – Geoffrey Parsons (2) (tracks: 1-15 to 1-30, 3-13 to 3-15, 4-1 to 4-6), Gerald Moore (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1 to 2-25, 3-1, 3-2, 3-16 to 3-20, 4-7 to 4-9)
- Viola – Herbert Downes (tracks: 1-29, 1-30)
Notes Total Timing: CD1: 75:01 — CD2: 79:05 — CD3: 78:50 — CD4: 74:57
Recorded: London, Abbey Road Studio, tracks 1-1 to 1-4, November 1, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 1957; tracks 1-5 to 1-12, May 3, 4, 5 & June 25, 1959; tracks 1-15 to 1-28, March 31 – April 3, 1969; tracks 2-29, 2-30, 4-1 to 4-6, November, 1965 & March, 1966; tracks 2-1 to 2-12, May 1, 3–5, 1959; tracks 2-13 to 2-15, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1 to 3-19, November 1, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20, 1957; tracks 2-16 to 2-23, May 3, 4, 6, & June 25, 1959; tracks 3-2 to 3-14, November 1, 28–30, 1961; track 2-15, November 8, 1965; tracks 4-1 to 4-6.
Recorded: Munich, Bürgerbräu, tracks 1-13, 1-14, 2-24, 2-25, 3-20, 4-7 to 4-9, November 29 & December 1, 1965
Recorded: London, Kingsway Hall, tracks 4-10 to 4-14, 4-17, March 21–23, 1962
Recorded: Berlin-Grunewald, Grunewaldkirche, track 4-15, March 19, 1962; track 4-16, 1961
Booklet 48 pages with notes in French, English, and German; sung texts in original language only (no translations).
℗ 1959 (1-1 to 1-4, 2-13 to 2-15, 3-1, 3-2, 3-16 to 3-19), 1960 (1-5 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-12, 2-16 to 2-23), 1962 (4-10 to 4-17), 1966 (1-13, 1-14, 2-24, 2-25, 3-15, 3-20, 4-7 to 4-9), 1967 (1-29, 1-30, 3-3 to 3-14, 4-1 to 4-6), 1970 (1-15 to 1-28)
Digital remastering ℗ 1991 EMI Records Ltd. This compilation ℗ 1991 EMI France.
