- Berlin Philharmonic & Karl Böhm
- Olga Borodina, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Carlo Rizzi
- Jonas Kaufmann, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Marco Armiliato
- Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan & Seiji Ozawa
- Mirella Freni, Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Sir Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo, Leo Nucci & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden