- Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan & Mstislav Rostropovich
- George Szell, Ferdinand Leitner, The Cleveland Orchestra & Berlin Philharmonic
- Vladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Prague Symphony Orchestra & Václav Smetáček
- Sir John Barbirolli, Arthur Rubinstein & Wilhelm Backhaus
- Wilhelm Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic, Hans Knappertsbusch & Carl Schuricht
- Claudio Arrau