- Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac, Hilde Gueden, Ludwig Weber, Vienna Philharmonic & Erich Kleiber
- Dame Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Eberhard Büchner, René Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber & Kurt Moll
- Maria Stader, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Eugen Jochum
- Barbara Bonney, Gösta Winbergh, Sara Fulgoni, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Matthias Goerne & Riccardo Chailly
- Sir Colin Davis, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karita Mattila, Francisco Araiza, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Eva Lind & Kurt Moll
- Claudio Abbado
- Lorin Maazel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Waltraud Meier