- Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
- Karl Böhm & Vienna Philharmonic
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- Dame Janet Baker, James King, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Bernard Haitink
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Riccardo Chailly
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
- Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra