- Christine Schäfer, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado
- Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein
- Christa Ludwig
- Karl Ridderbusch, Wolfgang Brendel, Alexander Malta, Helen Donath, Trudeliese Schmidt, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- Christian Thielemann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Thomas Quasthoff
- Irmgard Seefried, Gerhard Stolze, Hermann Uhde, Czech Chorus, Prague, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Igor Markevitch
- 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