- Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- José Carreras, Frederica von Stade, Gian-Franco Pastine, Samuel Ramey, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra & Jesús López-Cobos
- Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden & Gary Bertini
- Christian Thielemann, Munich Philharmonic & Diana Damrau
- London Symphony Orchestra, Petra Lang, Michelle DeYoung, Sir Colin Davis & Ben Heppner
- Carlos Kleiber & Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala
- New York Philharmonic, Wesminster Choir & Leonard Bernstein