| 1978 | Requiem / Cantique de Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Louis Frémaux, Norma Burrowes, Brian Rayner Cook | 1 |
| 1983 | War Requiem | Britten; Elisabeth Söderström, Robert Tear, Thomas Allen, CBSO Chorus, Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | 2 |
| 1987 | From the Bavarian Highlands / Dirge and Hymeneal (world premiere recording) / The Evening Watch / Sing Me the Men / Five Partsongs, op. 12 (first complete recording) | Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst; CBSO Chorus, Simon Halsey, Richard Markham | 1 |
| 1987 | Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection” | Mahler; Arleen Augér, Janet Baker, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | 4 |
| 1988 | Sinfonietta / Glagolitic Mass | Janáček; Felicity Palmer, Ameral Gunson, John Mitchinson, Malcolm King, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & CBSO Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jane Parker‐Smith, Simon Rattle | 3 |
| 1991 | The Creation | Haydn; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Rattle | 1 |
| 1991 | A Child of Our Time | Tippett; Robinson, Walker, Garrison, Cheek, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra | 2 |
| 1992 | Toward the Unknown | Vaughan Williams; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus | 1 |
| 1994 | Stabat Mater / Litany to the Virgin Mary / Symphony no. 3 "Song of the Night" | Szymanowski; Simon Rattle, Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, John Connell, Jon Garrison, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 2 |
| 1998 | Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony no. 1 | Walton; Thomas Hampson, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | 1 |
| 1998 | Symphonie no. 3 / Des Knaben Wunderhorn | Mahler; Birgit Remmert, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, Ladies of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | 4 |
| 1999 | Faust et Hélène | Lili Boulanger; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1 |
| 1999 | Król Roger / Symphony no. 4 (Sinfonia concertante) | Szymanowski; Thomas Hampson, Elzbieta Szmytka, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Philip Langridge, Leif Ove Andsnes, Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1 |
| 2001 | Requiem / Cantique de Jean Racine / Ballade | Fauré; Norma Burrowes, Brian Rayner Cook, John Ogdon, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus & Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | 1 |
| 2003 | Requiem / La Naissance de Vénus / Cantique de Jean Racine / Pavane | Fauré; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1 |
| 2003 | The Dream of Gerontius | Elgar; Dame Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley‐Quirk, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | 1 |
| 2006 | Book of Hours | Julian Anderson; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Sakari Oramo, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1 |
| 2006 | Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess / Harnasie / Love Songs of Hafiz | Szymanowski; Simon Rattle, Iwona Sobotka, Timothy Robinson, Katarina Karnéus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus | 1 |
| 2012 | There Was A Child | Jonathan Dove; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Joan Rodgers, Toby Spence, Simon Halsey | 1 |
| 2015 | Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 3 | Felix Mendelssohn; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, Edward Gardner | 1 |
| 2018 | Évocations / Pour une fête de printemps / Suite in F | Roussel; Kathryn Rudge, Alessandro Fisher, François Le Roux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier | 1 |
| — | Gloria / Te Deum / Façade Suites / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre | Walton; CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | 2 |
