- 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
- Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Jean Madeira, Thomas Stewart, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Karl Böhm
- 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
- Dagmar Hermann, Dagmar Schmedes, Erika Köth, Gerda Scheyrer, Hertha Töpper, Johanna Blatter, Judith Hellwig, Lawrance Collingwood, Leonie Rysanek, Ludwig Suthaus, Margarete Klose, Martha Modl, Ruth Siewert, Vienna Philharmonic & Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Ruth Hesse, Walter Berry, New Philharmonia Chorus, Orchestre National de France & Karl Böhm