Een spectaculair drama over liefde, oorlog en macht in Perzië.
- Trevor Pinnock, Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble & The Glenn Gould School
- Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Stuart Neill, Violeta Urmana, London Voices, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
- Ansgar Pfeiffer, Christoph Wegmann, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concentus Musicus Wien, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Gustav Leonhardt, Hanover Boys' Choir, Heinz Hennig, Kurt Equiluz, Leonhardt-Consort, Max van Egmond, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Philippe Herreweghe, Sebastian Hennig, Stefan Rampf, Thomas Hampson & Tölzer Knabenchor