- Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Montserrat Caballé, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
- Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Mirella Freni
- Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Carlos Kleiber
- Carlo Maria Giulini, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Soloists
- Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly
- Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei & Fernando Corena