- Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- Plácido Domingo, Violeta Urmana, Alberto Veronesi & Wiener Philharmoniker
- Christian Gerhaher, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Daniel Harding
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, The Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Gianfranco Masini
- Magdalena Kožená, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Simon Rattle
- Edda Moser, Herbert Blomstedt, Jeanette Scovotti & Staatskapelle Dresden