- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucia Popp & Peter Schreier
- Hermann Max, Sir Neville Marriner, Das Kleine Konzert & Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- John Nelson, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Susan Graham
- Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden & Theo Adam
- Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
- Dame Janet Baker, Gerald Moore & Geoffrey Parsons