- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Otmar Suitner, Staatskapelle Dresden & Rundfunkchor Leipzig
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus
- Christian Thielemann, Munich Philharmonic & Diana Damrau
- Erika Köth, Friedrich Lenz, Fritz Wunderlich, Lotte Schädle, Kurt Böhme, Eugen Jochum, Bayerische Staatsopernchor & Bavarian State Orchestra
- Judith Raskin, Alexander Young, John Reardon, Camerata Singers, New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Chorus of La Scala & Carlos Kleiber