- 1981
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Edith Wiens, Peter Schreier, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Clifford Grant, Felicity Palmer, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Tear, Ileana Cotrubas, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis
- Leontyne Price, Wiener Singverein, Fritz Reiner, Rosalind Elias, Zubin Mehta, Vienna Philharmonic, Jussi Björling, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Giorgio Tozzi & Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Vienna Symphony, Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan, Irmgard Seefried, Kathleen Ferrier & Walther Ludwig
- Maria Callas, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Fiorenza Cossotto, Irene Companeez, Antonino Votto, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Pier Miranda Ferraro & Mario Borriello
- Lorin Maazel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Waltraud Meier
- Irmgard Seefried, Berlin Philharmonic & Igor Markevitch
- English Concert, Harry Bicket, Rosemary Joshua & Dame Sarah Connolly