- Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicolai Ghiaurov & The Ambrosian Singers
- José Carreras, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Roberto Benzi
- Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra & Ion Marin
- Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Stuart Neill, Violeta Urmana, London Voices, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
- Joseph Calleja, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana & Ramón Tebar
- Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, Jay Hunter Morris, Bryn Terfel, Eric Owens, Deborah Voigt, Eva-Maria Westbroek, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus