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| 1970-03 | Could This Ill World (Scottish), op. 108/16 | | Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Georg Donderer, Karl Engel, Andreas Röhn | 2:59 |
| 1983-01-18 – 1983-01-20 | Folksongs: Could this ill world have been contriv'd, op. 108 no. 16 | | Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Hartmut Höll, Yehudi Menuhin, Heinrich Schiff | 2:40 |
| 1996-08 | 25 Scottish Songs, op. 108 no. 16 "Could this ill world have been contriv’d" | | Sir Thomas Allen, Elizabeth Layton, Malcolm Martineau, Ursula Smith | 2:40 |
| 2016-05 | Scottish Songs, op. 108: No. 16. Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv’d | | Andrè Schuen, Boulanger Trio | 2:52 |
| 2018-01-08 – 2018-01-12 | Could this ill world have been contriv'd | | Jamie MacDougall, TrioVanBeethoven | 2:53 |
| 2018-02-10 – 2018-02-12 | 25 Scottish Songs, op. 108: No. 16. Could This Ill World | | Rufus Müller, Hammer Clavier Trio | 2:47 |
| 25 Scottish Songs op. 108: XVI. Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv'd | | Jean-François Rouchon, Jean‐Pierre Armengaud, Alessandro Fagiuoli, Andrea Musto | 2:06 |
| Beethoven: 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 16, Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv’d | | Yehudi Menuhin | 2:40 |
| Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, Op. 108, No. 16, "Could This Ill World Have Been Contriv'd" | | Günther Leib, Eva Ander, Joachim Bischof, Reinhard Ulbricht | 1:57 |