- Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Montserrat Caballé, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
- Kathleen Battle, Randi Stene, Richard Croft, Mark S. Doss, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella & John McCarthy
- Lucia Popp, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Werner Schmidt-Boelcke, Hans Zanotelli, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg & Lamberto Gardelli
- Sir John Pritchard, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Edita Gruberová, Uwe Heilmann, Manfred Jungwirth, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Kammerorchester & György Fischer
- Mirella Freni, Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper & Herbert von Karajan
- Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leontyne Price, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Taddei & Fernando Corena
- Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester & Henry Lewis