- 1961
- Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Norman Scott, Richard Tucker, Giuseppe Valdengo, Eva Gustavson, Dennis Horbour & Herva Nelli
- Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir, Irmgard Seefried & George London
- Alessandra Marc, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Janet Williams, John Aler, Plácido Domingo, Robert Holl, Thomas Hampson, Tina Kiberg & Waltraud Meier
- Jussi Björling, Fritz Reiner, Leontyne Price, Rosalind Elias & Vienna Philharmonic
- Edo de Waart, Michael Murray & San Francisco Symphony
- Leonard Slatkin & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter, Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Singverein