- 1961
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Lloyd & Sir Neville Marriner
- Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Robert Shaw Festival Singers
- Sir Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Christian M. Immler & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Michele Crider, Markella Hatziano, Gabriel Sade, Robert Lloyd & London Symphony Chorus
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Arleen Auger, Bryn Terfel, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Jerry Hadley & Leontyne Price
- Christoph von Dohnányi & The Cleveland Orchestra