- Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
- Hildegard Behrens, Wolfgang Brendel, Helen Donath, Hermann Sapell, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Peter Meven, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- André Cluytens, Constantin Silvestri, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Rudolf Kempe, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Vienna Philharmonic
- Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
- Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
- Elisabeth Leonskaja, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur & New York Philharmonic
- Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Hans Vonk, Kurt Sanderling, Jeffrey Tate, Herbert Blomstedt, Otmar Suitner, Rudolf Neuhaus, Siegfried Kurz, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Walter Berry, Peter Schreier, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Fritz Ollendorff, Siegfried Vogel, Günther Leib, Anneliese Rothenberger, Jürgen Förster, Lisa Della Casa, Hilde Gueden, Christian Funke, Oskar Michalik, Rosemarie Rönisch & Annelies Burmeister