- Herbert von Karajan & Berlin Philharmonic
- Norman Bailey, Hans Sotin, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Helga Dernesch & William Cochran
- Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Willem Mengelberg
- Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Christa Ludwig & Gerald Moore
- Ferdinand Frantz, Bernd Aldenhoff, Tiana Lemnitz, Gerhard Unger, Staatskapelle Dresden & Rudolf Kempe
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Ileana Cotrubas, Frederica von Stade, José Van Dam, Tom Krause, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Herbert von Karajan