Otello - José Carreras; Desdemona - Frederica Von Stade; Iago - Gianfranco Pastine; Rodrigo - Salvatore Fisichella; Emilia - Nucci Condò; Elmiro - Samuel Ramey; Lucio - Keith Lewis; Doge - Alfonso Leoz. Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra - Jesús López-Cobos, 1978, studio recording.