- 2000
- Barbara Bonney
- Kathleen Battle & Orchestra Of St Luke's
- Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Boston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
- Renée Fleming & Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Anne Sofie von Otter, John Eliot Gardiner & Radio-Philharmonie Hannover
- Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, London Voices, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & Sir Simon Rattle