- Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra & New York Philharmonic
- Fritz Reiner & Vienna Philharmonic
- Pierre Monteux, Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra & Igor Markevitch
- Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra & The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne & New York Philharmonic
- Placidus Morasch, Georg Kniestedt, Karl Reitz, Enrico Mainardi, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic