- Vienna Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan
- Samuel Ramey, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra & Donato Renzetti
- Staatskapelle Dresden, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden & Christian Thielemann
- Dame Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Renato Bruson & Sir Georg Solti
- Berlin Philharmonic, Karita Mattila & Claudio Abbado
- Agnes Baltsa, Enzo Dara, Frank Lopardo, Ruggero Raimondi, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
- Mirella Freni, Vladimir Ghiaurov, Kurt Peter Eichhorn & Munich Radio Orchestra