- Dame Joan Sutherland, Pedro Lavirgen & Richard Bonynge
- George Szell, Dame Janet Baker, Richard Lewis & The Cleveland Orchestra
- Maria Reining, Jaro Prohaska, Jarmila Novotna, Georg Hann, Vienna Philharmonic & George Szell
- Sherrill Milnes, Christa Ludwig, Karl Ridderbusch, Carlo Cossutta, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Karl Böhm
- Leonie Rysanek, Anton Dermota, George London, Gottlob Frick, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Berislav Klobucar
- Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, Brian Sullivan, Lucine Amara, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Bruno Walter
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad & Lauritz Melchior