- Vienna Philharmonic, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Uwe Heilmann, Ulf Schirmer, Håkan Hagegård & Olaf Bär
- Michael Schade, Andreas Schmidt, Christine Schafer, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling & Stuttgart Bach Collegium
- Dame Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Hanna Schwarz, Peter Hofmann, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Birgit Nilsson, Eugen Jochum, Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Hermann Uhde, Bayreuth Festival Choir & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Thomas Stewart, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Helen Donath, Ingeborg Springer, Peter Schreier, MDR-Rundfunkchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Theo Adam & Wolfgang Sawallisch