- Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Dame Margaret Price & Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rudolf Kempe, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Daniel Barenboim
- Riccardo Muti, Sir John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra & The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Bruno Walter & Kathleen Ferrier
- Ernest Ansermet, John Wustman, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Régine Crespin