- Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Sir Georg Solti & Vienna Philharmonic
- NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
- Audience, Otto Klemperer & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Hans Knappertsbusch, Lucretia West & Vienna Philharmonic
- Christa Ludwig, Berlin Philharmonic, René Kollo & Herbert von Karajan
- James Levine & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra