- Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Stuart Neill, Violeta Urmana, London Voices, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
- Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- John Pritchard & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir John Barbirolli, Dame Janet Baker, André Previn & Daniel Barenboim
- Erich Leinsdorf, Cesare Siepi, Birgit Nilsson, Cesare Valletti, Leontyne Price, Fernando Corena, Eugenia Ratti, Heinz Blankenburg, Arnold van Mill, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonic
- Sherrill Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Julius Rudel, Philharmonia Orchestra, Beverly Sills & Alfredo Kraus
- Rockwell Blake, London Symphony Orchestra & Nicholas McGegan