- Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado & Karita Mattila
- Barbara Bonney, Gösta Winbergh, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Matthias Goerne, Riccardo Chailly & Sara Fulgoni
- Boston Symphony Orchestra, James McCracken, Jessye Norman, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus & Tatiana Troyanos
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Dame Felicity Lott
- Irmgard Seefried, Gerhard Stolze, Hermann Uhde, Czech Chorus, Prague, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Igor Markevitch