- Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Carlo Bergonzi, Cornell MacNeil, Giulietta Simionato, Sylvia Stahlman & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Rockwell Blake, London Symphony Orchestra & Conducted by Nicholas McGegan
- Alfredo Kraus, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Bonaventura Bottone, Bruno Lazzaretti, Edita Gruberová, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Nicola Rescigno, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Suvi Raj Grubb
- Beverly Sills, Joseph Evans, Opera Company of Boston, Sarah Caldwell, Tatiana Troyanos & William Fred Scott
- Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Dame Margaret Price & Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- Agnes Baltsa, Enzo Dara, Frank Lopardo, Ruggero Raimondi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper