- Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Morehouse-Spelman Chorus, John Aler & John Cheek
- Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Singverein
- Eleanor Steber, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Jean Morel & Dimitri Mitropoulos
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe di Stefano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Victor de Sabata
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer & Ralph Downes
- Orchestre Lamoureux, Berliner Philharmoniker & Igor Markevitch
- Jussi Björling, Fritz Reiner, Leontyne Price, Rosalind Elias & Wiener Philharmoniker