- Pilar Lorengar, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Jesús López-Cobos
- José Van Dam, Mirella Freni, Frederica von Stade, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Herbert von Karajan
- Lawrence Tibbett
- Sir Charles Mackerras, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Banks, Elizabeth Vidal, Rebecca Evans, Simon Keenlyside, Sir John Tomlinson & Leslie Garrett
- Risë Stevens, Mario del Monaco, Clifford Harvuot, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus & Fausto Cleva