She recorded the role of the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas in 1965, alongside Victoria de los Ángeles as Dido, with John Barbirolli conducting the English Chamber Orchestra.[9] The original cast of Der junge Lord recorded the opera in 1967, two years after the premiere, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi.[10] In 1968, Johnson recorded the role of Marcellina in Figaro, conducted by Karl Böhm.[11] The same year, and again with Böhm, she recorded the role of Countess Geschwitz in Lulu.[12]