- Berlin Philharmonic & Claudio Abbado
- Erich Kunz, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Hermann Abendroth
- Karl Ridderbusch, Wolfgang Brendel, Alexander Malta, Helen Donath, Trudeliese Schmidt, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Kubelik
- Vienna Friends of Music Society, Herbert von Karajan, Eugenia Ratti, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Arnold Mill, Cornell MacNeil, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Fernando Corena & Renata Tebaldi
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Edo de Waart
- Claudio Abbado & London Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra