- Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna
- Dresdner Philharmonie, Dresden State Opera Chorus & Heinz Rögner
- Dame Joan Sutherland, London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Richard Bonynge
- Bavarian State Orchestra, Bayerische Staatsopernchor, Edith Mathis, Friedrich Lenz, Fritz Wunderlich, Gisela Litz, Robert Heger & Ruth-Margret Pütz
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen, Christian Fliegner, Jochen Kowalski, Dagmar Schellenberger & Berlin Radio Choir
- Birgit Nilsson, Plácido Domingo, Rafael Kubelik & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Thomas Hengelbrock