- Dame Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Hanna Schwarz, Peter Hofmann, Donald McIntyre, Matti Salminen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Pierre Boulez
- Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, René Kollo, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Boys' Choir & Zoltan Kelemen
- Silvio Varviso, Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Hannelore Bode, Hans Sotin, Anna Reynolds, Klaus Hirte, Bayreuth Festival Choir & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Birgit Nilsson, Karl Böhm, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Thomas Stewart, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Agnes Baltsa, Edita Gruberová, Francisco Araiza, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra & Giuseppe Patanè