- Hildegard Behrens, Wolfgang Brendel, Helen Donath, Hermann Sapell, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Peter Meven, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- Neeme Järvi, Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan & James Levine
- Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Rolando Villazón, London Symphony Orchestra & Antonio Pappano
- Gewandhausorchester, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Franz Konvitschny
- Elisabeth Leonskaja, Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur & New York Philharmonic