- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Vienna Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein
- Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Helen Watts, Nicolai Gedda, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears, Walter Legge & Wilfred Brown
- James Levine & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
- Peter Schreier, Robert Holl, Roberta Alexander, Marjana Lipovšek, Olaf Bär, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Philharmonic & Ferdinand Leitner