- Gundula Janowitz, Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
- George Szell, Leon Fleisher & The Cleveland Orchestra
- Gunther Schuller, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa & William Vacchiano
- Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Michael Tilson Thomas
- Kathleen Battle, Lorin Maazel & Vienna Philharmonic
- Michael Tilson Thomas, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra