- Carlo Rizzi, Cecilia Gasdia, Samuel Ramey & Welsh National Opera Orchestra
- Thomas Hampson, José Van Dam, Michel Plasson, Nadine Denize, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Cheryl Studer & Ben Heppner
- Bernard Haitink, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Galina Gorchakova, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Olga Borodina, Richard Margison & Robin Leggate
- Christian Thielemann, Münchner Philharmoniker & Diana Damrau
- Cheryl Studer, Plácido Domingo, Fernando De La Mora, Juan Pons, London Symphony Orchestra & Ion Marin
- Claudio Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- Mirella Freni, Orchestra Del Gran Teatro La Fenice & Roberto Abbado