- Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- Birgit Nilsson, Plácido Domingo, Rafael Kubelik & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus, Susan Roberts, Ruby Philogene, Glenn Siebert, Mark Beesley, Christopher Bell & Leon Botstein
- Agnes Baltsa, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dano Raffanti, Edita Gruberová, Gwynne Howell, Sir John Tomlinson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Riccardo Muti
- Alison Hagley, Ann Murray, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Hillevi Martinpelto, Kurt Streit, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Woods & Sir Simon Rattle
- Sir Colin Davis, Patricia Kern, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra
- Leif Segerstam, Kungliga Hovkapellet, The Royal Swedish Opera Chorus & Tomtberga School Children's Choir