- Erich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad & Ludwig Suthaus
- Rudolf Kempe, Wiener Philharmoniker & Vienna State Opera Chorus
- Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Christa Ludwig & Gerald Moore
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, London Symphony Orchestra & George Szell