- 1999
- Placidus Morasch, Georg Kniestedt, Karl Reitz, Enrico Mainardi, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Staatskapelle Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic
- Vienna Philharmonic & Wiener Singverein
- Richard Bonynge, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sherrill Milnes & Dame Joan Sutherland
- Alastair Miles, David Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nelly Miricioiu, Renée Fleming & Bruce Ford
- Lucia Popp
- Vienna Friends of Music Society, Herbert von Karajan, Eugenia Ratti, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Arnold Mill, Cornell MacNeil, Giulietta Simionato, Carlo Bergonzi, Fernando Corena & Renata Tebaldi
- Angela Gheorghiu