- Herbert von Karajan & Vienna Philharmonic
- Kathleen Ferrier, Otto Klemperer & Vienna Philharmonic
- James Levine, Kathleen Battle & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Edda Moser, José Van Dam, Kenneth Riegel, Lorin Maazel, Malcolm King, Paris Opera Orchestra & Ruggero Raimondi
- Claudio Abbado & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
- Gundula Janowitz, Academy of London & Richard Stamp
- Jean-Claude Hartemann & Sir John Barbirolli