- 1999
- Christine Schäfer, Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado
- Renée Fleming, Philharmonia Orchestra & Sebastian Lang-Lessing
- René Pape, Staatskapelle Dresden & Sebastian Weigle
- Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni & Pilar Lorengar
- Dame Joan Sutherland
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Hilde Gueden & Friedrich Gulda