1st version: Beverly Hoch, Dawn Upshaw, Catherine Pierard, sopranos; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Guy de Mey, tenors; Andreas Schmidt, baritone; Cornelius Hauptmann, bass; Olaf Bär, speaker; with supporting singers; Schütz Choir of London ; London Classical Players; Roger Norrington, conductor.
2nd version: Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Ruth-Margret Pütz, sopranos ; Marga Höffgen, alto ; Nicolai Gedda, Gerhard Unger, tenors ; Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry, basses ; Franz Crass, speaker ; Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus ; Otto Klemperer, conductor.
3rd version: Edda Moser, Anneliese Rothenberger, Olivera Miljakovic, Leonore Kirschstein ; sopranos ; Brigitte Fassbaender, Ilse Gramatzki, mezzo-sopranos ; Peter Schreier, Wilfried Badorek, tenors; Theo Adam, bass-baritone ; Kurt Moll, Walter Berry, Günter Wewel, basses ; Walter Gampert, Peter Hinterreiter, Andreas Stein, boy sopranos ; Bayerische Staatsoper München ; Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor.
4th version: Irmgard Seefried, Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose, sopranos ; Anton Dermota, Peter Klein, tenors ; Erich Kunz, baritone ; George London, bass-baritone ; Ludwig Weber, bass ; supporting soloists ; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.