- Frederica von Stade, John Pritchard & London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Birgit Nilsson, James McCracken, Wiener Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Mirella Freni & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI, Alfredo Simonetto, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra della RAI di Roma & Fernando Previtali
- Zubin Mehta, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carol Neblett, Plácido Domingo & Sherrill Milnes
- Ezio Pinza, Bruno Reibold & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Erich Leinsdorf, Cesare Siepi, Birgit Nilsson, Cesare Valletti, Leontyne Price, Fernando Corena, Eugenia Ratti, Heinz Blankenburg, Arnold van Mill, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Vienna Philharmonic