- Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- Leonard Bernstein, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Philharmonique de Vienne
- Jessye Norman, Kurt Masur, Gewandhausorchester, Edita Gruberová, Julia Varady, Paul Frey, Olaf Bär, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Rudolf Asmus
- Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Münchner Philharmoniker & Ferdinand Leitner
- Bernard Haitink, Galina Gorchakova, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Richard Margison, Olga Borodina & Robin Leggate
- Staatskapelle Berlin, Franz Konwitschny, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & Martin Görgen
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado & Prague Philharmonic Chorus