- Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker
- Camerata Salzburg, Elīna Garanča & Louis Langrée
- Claudio Abbado
- Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Dame Margaret Price & Münchner Rundfunkorchester
- London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, Dame Joan Sutherland, Piero Cappuccilli & Nicolai Ghiaurov
- Angela Gheorghiu, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Riccardo Chailly, Roberto Alagna, Roberto de Candia & Simon Keenlyside
- Montserrat Caballé