- René Kollo, Hildegard Behrens, Helen Donath, Peter Meven, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Böhm, Marianne Schech & Staatskapelle Dresden
- Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Walter Berry, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Herbert von Karajan
- Agnes Baltsa, London Symphony Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate
- Sesto Bruscantini, Rosanna Carteri, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Carlo Maria Giulini