- Maurice Abravanel & Utah Symphony
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Klemperer, Jörg Demus, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Bryn Terfel & Sir Neville Marriner
- Roberta Peters, Robert Merrill, Rome Opera Orchestra & Jonel Perlea
- Anne Sofie von Otter
- Ramón Vargas, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Olga Borodina, Violeta Urmana, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, NDR Choir & Turin Radio Chorus
- Lisa Della Casa, Vienna Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Heinrich Hollreiser, Josef Krips, Erich Kleiber, Karl Böhm, Erich Leinsdorf & Victor Reinshagen