- Christiane Karg, Malcolm Martineau & Felix Klieser
- 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
- Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Riccardo Chailly
- Barbara Bonney, Gösta Winbergh, Sara Fulgoni, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Matthias Goerne & Riccardo Chailly
- Bavarian State Orchestra, Ben Heppner, Cheryl Studer, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Cornelia Kallisch, Deon Van der Walt, Michael Schade, Roland Wagenführer, Ulrich Ress, Wilhelm Meister & Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Brigitte Fassbaender
- Andreas Schmidt, Helmut Deutsch & Juliane Banse