| 1970 | The Whale | John Tavener | | 4 |
| 1971 | Celtic Requiem (Requiem for Jenny Jones) | John Tavener | | 3 |
| 1991 | Sacred Music by John Tavener | John Tavener; The Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Christopher Robinson | | 2 |
| 1992 | Tavener: The Protecting Veil / Britten: Cello Suite No 3 / Tavener: Thrinos | John Tavener, Britten; Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski | | 2 |
| 1992 | We Shall See Him as He Is | John Tavener; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1993 | Mary of Egypt | John Tavener; Lionel Friend | | 1 |
| 1994 | Akathist of Thanksgiving | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 1994 | Ikon of Light | John Tavener; The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | 1 |
| 1994 | Thunder Entered Her | John Tavener; David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir | | 1 |
| 1994 | The Last Sleep of the Virgin / The Hidden Treasure | John Tavener; Chilingirian Quartet | | 1 |
| 1995 | Ikos | Górecki, Tavener, Pärt; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury | | 1 |
| 1995 | Eis Thanaton, Theophany | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 1995 | Innocence | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 1995 | The Protecting Veil / Thrinos / Eternal Memory | John Tavener; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Justin Brown, Raphael Wallfisch | | 4 |
| 1996 | Tavener / Pärt / Górecki | Tavener, Pärt, Górecki; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse | | 5 |
| 1997 | Svyati | John Tavener; Steven Isserlis | | 1 |
| 1998 | Funeral Ikos | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 1998 | Strong on Oaks - The Protecting Veil | Michael Nyman / John Tavener / Josephine Knight, English Sinfonia, conducted byBramwell Tovey | | 1 |
| 1998 | The Protecting Veil | Tavener; Rudolf Werthen, I Fiamminghi | | 1 |
| 1998 | Tears of the Angels | John Tavener; BT Scottish Ensemble, Clio Gould, Patricia Rozario | | 1 |
| 1998 | The Protecting Veil / Wake Up... And Die | John Tavener; Yo‐Yo Ma, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman | | 2 |
| 1999 | The Protecting Veil / In Alium | John Tavener; Maria Kliegel, Eileen Hulse, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa | | 1 |
| 1999 | Choral Works | Mawby, Mathias, Tavener, Rubbra, Pärt, Howells; Westminster Cathedral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, James O’Donnell | | 1 |
| 1999 | Out of the Night | Arvo Pärt, John Tavener; Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott | | 1 |
| 1999 | Eternity's Sunrise | John Tavener; Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin | | 1 |
| 2000 | Fall and Resurrection | John Tavener; Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 2001 | Ikon of Light / Funeral Ikos / Carol: The Lamb | John Tavener; The Tallis Scholars, Members of the Chilingirian String Quartet | | 1 |
| 2001 | Lamentations and Praises | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 2001 | Song for Athene / Svyati: and other choral works | John Tavener; The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson | | 2 |
| 2001 | Total Eclipse • Agraphon | John Tavener - Patricia Rozario • John Harle, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin | | 2 |
| 2002 | The Hidden Face | John Tavener; Fretwork, Michael Chance | | 1 |
| 2003 | Darkness Into Light | John Tavener; Anonymous 4, Chilingirian Quartet | | 1 |
| 2003 | Mother and Child | Sir John Tavener; Tenebrae, Nigel Short | | 2 |
| 2003 | Ikon of Eros | John Tavener; Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale, Paul Goodwin | | 1 |
| 2003 | The John Tavener Collection | John Tavener; The Choir of Temple Church, Holst Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Layton | | 2 |
| 2004 | Schuon Hymnen / The Second Coming / Exhortation and Kohima / Shûnya | John Tavener; Polyphony, Stephen Layton | | 2 |
| 2004 | The Veil of the Temple (The Choir of the Temple Church & The Holst Singers feat. soprano Patricia Rozario, conductor: Stephen Layton) | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 2006 | Lament for Jerusalem | Tavener; Angharad Gruffydd Jones, Peter Crawford, Choir of London and Orchestra, Jeremy Summerly | | 1 |
| 2007 | Black Castles (British Music For Brass) | Elgar, Butterworth, Bourgeois, Tavener, Pickard, Turnage; Brass Partout, Hermann Bäumer | | 1 |
| 2007 | Vaughan Williams and Tavener | Vaughan Williams, Tavener; Nicola Benedetti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton | | 1 |
| 2007 | Styx, The Myrrh-Bearer | Kancheli, Tavener, Maxim Rysanov | | 1 |
| 2008 | Ex Maria Virgine | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 2008 | The Repentant Thief | Tavener, Patricia Rozario, Andrew Marriner, Michael Tilson Thomas, The London Symphony Orchestra | | 1 |
| 2009 | A Place Between | John Tavener, Arvo Pärt, Alexander Knaifel, Valentin Silvestrov, Henryk Górecki, John Cage | | 1 |
| 2009 | Glass / Tavener / Nyman | Glass, Tavener, Nyman; Amy Dickson | | 1 |
| 2010 | Iepo Oneipo | John Tavener, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Hjörleifur Valsson & Kammerkór Suðurlands | | 1 |
| 2010 | BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 3: A Choral Christmas | Holst, Tavener, Vaughan Williams, Byrd, Whitacre; Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood | | 2 |
| 2010 | Towards Silence | Sir John Tavener; Medici Quartet, Finzi Quartet, Cavaleri Quartet & Fifth Quadrant | | 1 |
| 2011 | Choral Ikons | Tavener; James Whitbourn | | 1 |
| 2012 | Requiem | John Tavener | | 1 |
| 2013 | Around Britten | Britten, Bryars, Tavener; Matthew Barley | | 2 |
| 2013 | Pratirūpa | John Tavener; Ralph van Raat, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta | | 1 |
| 2014 | Music for Remembrance | Duruflé, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Tavener, Moore; The Choir of Westminster Abbey, Britten Sinfonia, James OʼDonnell | | 2 |
| 2014 | The Protecting Veil | John Tavener; Steven Isserlis, London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | | 1 |
| 2015 | Tavener Conducts Tavener | John Tavener; Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener | | 1 |
| 2015 | Great Britain | Britten, Harvey, MacMillan, Tavener, Davies; SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed | | 1 |
| 2016 | Missa Wellensis | John Tavener; Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens | | 1 |
| 2018 | 99 Words | Sir John Tavener, Roxanna Panufnik; Voce Chamber Choir, Suzi Digby, Matthew Barley, Simon Russell Beale, James Sherlock | | 1 |
| 2019 | Angels | John Tavener; Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden | | 2 |
| 2019 | The Protecting Veil | Sir John Tavener; Matthew Barley | | 1 |
| 2020 | No Longer Mourn for Me | Tavener; Steven Isserlis, Matthew Rose, Abi Sampa, Philharmonia Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber | | 2 |
| 2023 | Vaughan Williams / MacMillan / Tavener | Vaughan Williams, Tavener, MacMillan; Choir of Westminster Abbey, Peter Holder, James O’Donnell | | 1 |
| — | Ikons | John Tavener | | 1 |
| — | Ikons: Meditations in Words and Music | John Tavener | | 1 |
