- Agnes Baltsa, London Symphony Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate
- Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Brendel, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Lubomir Matl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Barenboim
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucia Popp & Peter Schreier
- Anne Sofie von Otter, Mirella Freni, Sir Thomas Allen, Paata Burchuladze, Neil Shicoff, Staatskapelle Dresden, James Levine & Rundfunkchor Leipzig
- Bernard Haitink & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra