Evangelist, arias - Michael Schade; Jesus - Matthias Goerne; Christiane Oelze; Ingeborg Danz; arias - Thomas Quasthoff; Ancilla I - Ursula Fiedler; Ancilla II - Barbara Osterloh; Uxor Pilati - Bettina Arias; Testis I - Daniela Sindram; Testis II - Martin Wanner; Judas - Christoph Wagner; Petrus - Peter Pöppel; Pilatus - Ralf Ernst; Pontifex I - Jörn Sakuth; Pontifex II - Stefan Müller-Ruppert. Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Recorded: February-April 1994, Germany.
Leonore - Hillevi Martinpelto, Florestan - Kim Begley, Rocco - Franz Hawlata, Pizzaro - Matthew Best, Fernando - Alastair Miles, Marzelline - Christiane Oelze, Jaquino - Michael Schade, Erster Gefangner - Robert Burt, Zweiter Gefangner - Colin Campbell. Monteverdi Choir. September 1996, Watford, UK.
Contralto - Cornelia Kallisch, bass - Anton Scharinger. Anton-Webern-Chor (Chorus Master - Hans-Michael Beuerle). Recorded live during Bodensee Festival May or June 1991, at Konstanzer Münster, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Recorded: December 11, 1992, Frankfürt (live). Dagmar Pecková, Christiane Oelze, Marita Napier, Eike Wilm Schulte, Helga Dernesch. (Note: This performance includes the original ending to the opera).