- Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Earl Wild
- BBC Singers, Philip Langridge & Sir Thomas Allen
- Simon Keenlyside & Malcolm Martineau
- Dame Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, John Wilbraham & Sir Neville Marriner
- Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse & Jeremy Filsell