- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Gerald Moore
- Marilyn Horne & Martin Katz
- Beverly Sills, Joseph Evans, Opera Company of Boston, Sarah Caldwell, Tatiana Troyanos & William Fred Scott
- Thomas Schippers & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester, Jessye Norman, Edita Gruberová, Julia Varady, Paul Frey, Olaf Bär, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Rudolf Asmus
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Franz Grundheber, Gabriele Fontana, Helga Dernesch, Peter Seiffert, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Jeffrey Tate
- Lily Pons, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Fausto Cleva