| 1989 | Music for Royal Occasions | Handel; Gillian Fisher, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 2 |
| 1990 | Acis and Galatea | Handel; Claron McFadden, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Michael George, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1990 | Mass in C minor, K. 427 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Arleen Augér, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | | 1 |
| 1991 | Lamentations | Zelenka; Michael Chance, Michael George, John Mark Ainsley, Chandos Baroque Players | | 2 |
| 1991 | Vivaldi: Gloria / Ostro picta / Bach: Magnificat | Vivaldi, Bach; Collegium Musicum 90, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Tessa Bonner, John Mark Ainsley, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1991 | Joshua | Handel; Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1991 | Symphony of Psalms / Mass / Canticum Sacrum | Igor Stravinsky; Westminster Cathedral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, James O’Donnell, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Roberts | | 1 |
| 1991 | Britten: Cantata misericordium / Deus in adjutorium meum / Chorale on an Old French Carol / Finzi: Requiem da camera / Holst: Psalms 86 & 148 | Britten, Finzi, Holst; John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, The Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | | 2 |
| 1992 | Hymnus Paradisi / An English Mass | Herbert Howells; Julie Kennard, John Mark Ainsley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | | 1 |
| 1992 | Mass in F minor / Psalm 150 | Bruckner; Juliet Booth, John Mark Ainsley, Gwynne Howell, Jean Rigby, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best | | 3 |
| 1993 | Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs and Keyboard Music by John Blow | John Blow; John Mark Ainsley, Timothy Roberts, Paula Chateauneuf | | 1 |
| 1993 | Trout Quintet / 7 Lieder | Franz Schubert; Steven Lubin, John Mark Ainsley, The Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble | | 1 |
| 1993 | Don Giovanni | Mozart; Andreas Schmidt, Gregory Yurisich, Amanda Halgrimson, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Nancy Argenta, Gerald Finley, Alastair Miles, London Classical Players, Roger Norrington | | 2 |
| 1993 | Krönungsmesse K. 317/ Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 | Mozart; Kirkby, Robbin, Ainsley, Michael George, Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | | 3 |
| 1994 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 20: An 1815 Schubertiad | Franz Schubert; Patricia Rozario, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Michael George, Graham Johnson, The Schubert Chorale | | 1 |
| 1994 | Masques from Dioclesian & Timon of Athens | Purcell; Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1994 | Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell; Bott, Kirkby, Ainsley, Thomas, Chance, Baird, Priday, Stowe, Lochmann, Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 3 | 4 |
| 1994 | Dioclesian (complete) / Masque from Timon of Athens | Henry Purcell; Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1994 | Songs by Peter Warlock | Peter Warlock; John Mark Ainsley, Roger Vignoles | | 1 |
| 1994 | Der gewaltige Hahnrei / Mediterranean Songs | Berthold Goldschmidt; Alexander, Kraus, Wörle, Otelli, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Ainsley, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Lothar Zagrosek | | 1 |
| 1995 | The Occasional Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel; Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choirs of New College, Oxford and the King's Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1995 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 24: A Goethe Schubertiad | Franz Schubert; Christine Schäfer, John Mark Ainsley, Simon Keenlyside, Michael George, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 1995 | Die Schöpfung (The Creation) | Joseph Haydn; Frans Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Eike Wilm Schulte, Coro Gulbenkian, John Mark Ainsley, Ľuba Orgonášová, Joan Rodgers | | 1 |
| 1996 | Jungle Book | Grainger; John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Polyphony, Stephen Layton | | 2 |
| 1996 | Songs | Roger Quilter; John Mark Ainsley, Malcolm Martineau | | 1 |
| 1996 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 26: An 1826 Schubertiad | Franz Schubert; Christine Schäfer, John Mark Ainsley, Richard Jackson, The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 1996 | Joseph and His Brethren | Handel; Yvonne Kenny, Connor Burrowes, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The Choir of New College Oxford, The Choir of the King's Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1996 | Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings / Les Illuminations / Nocturne | Benjamin Britten; John Mark Ainsley, David Pyatt, Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury | | 2 |
| 1997 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 28: An 1822 Schubertiad | Franz Schubert; Maarten Koningsberger, John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 1997 | Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II / Cantata on the accession of Emperor Leopold II | Beethoven; Judith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José van Dam, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best | | 1 |
| 1997 | Elijah | Mendelssohn; Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | | 1 |
| 1998 | Fidelio, Op. 72 | Beethoven; Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Siegfried Vogel, Franz Josef Kapellmann, Ildikó Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley & David Wilson‐Johnson | | 1 |
| 1999 | The Songs of John Ireland | John Ireland; Lisa Milne, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 2000 | Evening Services & Anthems | Stanford; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Cleobury | | 1 |
| 2000 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 37: The Final Year | Franz Schubert; John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Schade, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 2000 | L’Enfance du Christ / Chœurs et mélodies | Berlioz; Graham, Le Roux, Ainsley, Chœur et Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Dutoit | | 1 |
| 2001 | Violin Concerto / Prelude / Romance / In Years Defaced | Gerald Finzi; City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Tasmin Little, John Mark Ainsley | | 1 |
| 2005 | The Complete Songs – 1: Au bord de l’eau | Gabriel Fauré; Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy, Stella Doufexis, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 2005 | The Complete Songs – 2: Un paysage choisi | Gabriel Fauré; Jennifer Smith, Geraldine McGreevy, Felicity Lott, Stella Doufexis, John Mark Ainsley, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 2005 | The Complete Songs – 3: Chanson d’amour | Gabriel Fauré; Felicity Lott, Jennifer Smith, John Mark Ainsley, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Christopher Maltman, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson, Ronan O'Hora | | 1 |
| 2006 | L'Invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque | John Mark Ainsley, Graham Johnson | | 1 |
| 2007 | The English Song Series, Volume 16: A Young Man's Exhortation / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair to See | Gerald Finzi; John Mark Ainsley, Iain Burnside | | 1 |
| 2009 | Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell; Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny | | 1 |
| 2011 | Matthäus Passion: Berühmte Chöre und Arien | Johann Sebastian Bach; Oelze, Stutzmann, Ainsley, Thomas Quasthoff, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa | | 1 |
| 2013 | Handel: Messiah | Handel; Lynne Dawson, Magdalena Kožená, Brian Asawa, John Mark Ainsley, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | 1 |
| 2015 | Intimations of Immortality / Dies natalis | Finzi; John Mark Ainsley, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best | | 1 |
| 2015 | Partenope | Handel; Karina Gauvin, Philippe Jaroussky, Teresa Iervolino, Emőke Baráth, John Mark Ainsley, Luca Tittoto, Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi | | 1 |
| 2017 | Songs by Donald Swann | Donald Swann; Felicity Lott, Kathryn Rudge, John Mark Ainsley, Roderick Williams, Christopher Glynn | | 2 |
| 2021 | The Complete Songs of Fauré, Vol. 4 | Fauré; John Mark Ainsley, Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, John Chest, Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Ann Murray, Kitty Whately, Malcolm Martineau | | 1 |
