- Magdalena Kožená, Berlin Philharmonic & Sir Simon Rattle
- Dalibor Jedlicka, Lucia Popp, Sir Charles Mackerras & Vienna Philharmonic
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra
- Peter Schreier, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic & Charles Munch
- John Eliot Gardiner, London Symphony Orchestra & Monteverdi Choir
- Herbert Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Wolfgang Holzmair & San Francisco Symphony
- Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf