- Mirella Freni, Orchestra Del Gran Teatro La Fenice & Roberto Abbado
- Arleen Auger, Barbara Bonney & Bryn Terfel
- Renata Tebaldi, Cloe Elmo, Arturo Toscanini, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Giacinto Prandelli, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Cesare Siepi, Westminster Choir & NBC Symphony Orchestra
- Christian Thielemann, Munich Philharmonic & Diana Damrau
- Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Marilyn Horne, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Georg Solti