- Peter Hoffmann, Simon Estes, Hans Sotin, Waltraud Meier, Bayreuth Festival Choir, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & James Levine
- Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Otto Gerdes, Theo Adam & Wolfgang Windgassen
- Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, René Kollo, Sir Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Wiener Sängerknaben & Zoltan Kelemen
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Franz Grundheber, Gabriele Fontana, Helga Dernesch, Peter Seiffert, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Jeffrey Tate
- Birgit Nilsson
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rudolf Kempe, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Daniel Barenboim
- Silvio Varviso, Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Hannelore Bode, Hans Sotin, Anna Reynolds, Klaus Hirte, Bayreuth Festival Choir & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra