- Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Kathleen Battle & Maureen Forrester
- Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Lucia Popp
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Orchestre De Paris, Daniel Barenboim & Jessye Norman
- Bernarda Fink, Freiburger Barockorchester & René Jacobs
- Leonard Bernstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos, René Kollo, Frank Hoffmeister, Tom Krause, David Evitts, Ezio Flagello & Harvard Glee Club
- Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Renée Fleming & London Symphony Orchestra