- Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Plácido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi, Martina Arroyo & Josephine Veasey
- Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Veriano Luchetti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Arthur M. Fierro, Margaret Hillis, José Van Dam, Dame Janet Baker & Leontyne Price
- Berlin Philharmonic & Zubin Mehta
- Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Singverein & Vienna Philharmonic
- Fritz Reiner, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Guss
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein & Thomas Hampson