- 1962
- Jessye Norman, Boston Pops Orchestra & John Williams
- Renée Fleming, Patrick Summers & The Orchestra Of St. Luke's
- Erich Leinsdorf
- Renata Tebaldi, Alberto Erede, Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Campora & Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
- Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiaurov & London Symphony Orchestra
- Kathleen Battle, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris & Myung-Whun Chung
- Beverly Sills