- Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, The Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra & Gianfranco Masini
- Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Gabriel Bacquier, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Richard Bonynge
- Alastair Miles, Alexandru Agache, Barry Banks, Carlo Rizzi, Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Fabrizio Visentin, Geoffrey Moses, Jennifer Larmore, Leontina Vaduva, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Patricia Bardon, Paula Bradbury, Peter Sidhom, Rebecca Evans, Richard Leech & Samuel Ramey
- Pilar Lorengar, Giacomo Aragall, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Lorin Maazel
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Freni, Sir Thomas Allen, Paata Burchuladze, Neil Shicoff, Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine & Rundfunkchor Leipzig
- Mirella Freni, Yvonne Minton, Jessye Norman, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Ingvar Wixell, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis