- Joseph Calleja, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Carlo Rizzi
- Geoffrey Parsons & Thomas Hampson
- Bernard Haitink, Galina Gorchakova, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Richard Margison, Olga Borodina & Robin Leggate
- Mirella Freni, Teresa Berganza, José Carreras, Juan Pons, Philharmonia Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Piero Cappuccilli & Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra & Antonio Pappano
- Angela Gheorghiu