| 1952 | Трио ля минор | П. Чайковский; Э. Гилельс, Л. Коган, М. Ростропович | | 2 |
| 1958 | Concerto No. 2 | Brahms; Emil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner | | 2 |
| 1972 | Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 G-dur | Пётр Ильич Чайковский; Эмиль Григорьевич Гилельс | | 1 |
| 1972 | Piano Concerto no. 1 | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum | | 1 |
| 1974 | Lyrische Stücke - Lyric Pieces | Edvard Grieg; Emil Gilels | | 7 |
| 1976 | "Forellenquintett" ("Trout" quintet, "La truite") | Franz Schubert; Amadeus Quartet, Emil Gilels, Rainer Zepperitz | | 2 |
| 1979 | Mozart / Brahms / Debussy | Mozart, Brahms, Debussy; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1979 | Sonaten: Waldstein / Les Adieux / Appassionata | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 2 |
| 1983 | Sonaten: Pathétique / Mondschein | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | 3 | 1 |
| 1983 | Piano Sonata no. 29 in B-flat major, op. 106 "Hammerklavier" | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 2 |
| 1984 | The Piano Concertos | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum | | 1 |
| 1985 | Concerto no. 2 / Tragic Overture | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner | | 1 |
| 1985 | Piano Sonatas nos. 2, 4 | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1986 | Klaviersonaten No. 15 "Pastorale", No. 17 "Sturm-Sonate" | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | 3 | 1 |
| 1987 | Klavierkonzert Nr. 27 / Konzert für zwei Klaviere Es-dur | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Wiener Philharmoniker, Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels, Karl Böhm | | 2 |
| 1987 | Eroica‐Variationen / Klaviersonaten Nrs. 7, 18 | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | 4 | 1 |
| 1987 | Klaviersonaten nos. 30 & 31 | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1987 | Nachtstücke / Moments Musicaux | Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1990 | Piano Concertos nos. 1, 2 / Seven Fantasias, op. 116 | Brahms; Emil Gilels, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum | | 3 |
| 1990 | Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto | Tchaikovsky; Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy | | 2 |
| 1990 | Edition Emil Guilels 3: Chopin / Liszt | Chopin, Liszt; Emil Guilels | | 1 |
| 1990 | Edition Emil Guilels 4: Prokofiev / Kabalevski | Emil Guilels | | 1 |
| 1990 | Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 | Chopin; Emil Gilels, André Watts, Eugene Ormandy, Thomas Schippers | | 4 |
| 1991 | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 / Ballades | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum | 5 | 1 |
| 1991 | Piano Concerto No. 2 / Haydn Variations | Brahms; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1992 | Piano Sonata no. 8 in B-flat Major, op. 84 / Visions Fugitives, op. 22 | Prokofiev; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1992 | Volume 4: Piano Concertos nos. 2, 3 & 4 | D. Kabalevsky; Nikolai Petrov, Emil Gilels, Yuri Popov, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Large Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko | | 1 |
| 1993 | Piano Sonatas no. 8 “Pathétique” / No. 23 “Appassionata” / no. 31, op. 110 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 2 |
| 1993 | Piano Concerto 1 / Piano Concerto 2 | Tchaikovsky; Richter, Mravinsky, Gilels, Svetlanov | | 1 |
| 1993 | Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 | Tchaikovsky; Emil Gilels, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | | 1 |
| 1993 | Tchaïkovsky: Piano Concerto No1 / Violin concerto | Tchaikovsky; Emil Gilels, Gidon Kremer, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky | | 1 |
| 1995 | Klavierquartett, op. 25 / Balladen, op. 10 | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Amadeus Quartet | | 1 |
| 1995 | Scarlatti: 7 Sonates / Debussy : Pour le piano / Schumann : Études symphoniques op. 13 | Scarlatti, Debussy, Schumann; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1996 | Saint‐Saëns: Carnival of the Animals / Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra / Brahms: Fantasy, op. 116 | Saint‐Saëns, Brahms; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1996 | Sonata no. 7 in D, op. 10 no. 3 / Sonata no. 25 in G, op. 79 / Sonata no. 26 in E flat, op. 81a / Sonata no. 27 in E minor, op. 90 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1996 | Selected Piano Works | Rachmaninov, Schumann, Brahms; Emil Gilels | | 2 |
| 1997 | Emil Gilels Edition, vol. I: Piano Sonata no. 14, D. 784 / Moments musicaux, D. 780 / Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 | Schubert; Emil Gilels, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin | | 1 |
| 1997 | Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Nutcracker (excerpts) | Tchaikovsky; Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Reiner | | 2 |
| 1997 | Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37 / Symphony no. 4 in B flat, op. 60 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1997 | Russians in Recital | Rubinstein, Richter, Kissin, Gilels | | 1 |
| 1998 | Egmont - Ouverture Klavierkonzert No. 3, Symphonie No. 5 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels, Wiener Philharmoniker & George Szell | | 1 |
| 1999 | Schumann: Piano Sonata no. 1 / Scarlatti: 5 Keyboard Sonatas / Bach / Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev | Schumann, Scarlatti, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1999 | Klaviersonaten: no. 15 “Pastorale” / no. 17 “Sturm” / no. 18 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 1999 | Mozart: Klavierkonzert No. 27 / Konzert für 2 Klaviere, KV 365 / Schubert: Fantasie D 940 | Mozart, Schubert; Emil & Elena Gilels, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm | | 2 |
| 1999 | Piano Concerto no. 2 / Fantasien | Johannes Brahms; Emil Gilels, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum | | 1 |
| 2000 | Symphony no. 15 / Sonata no. 2 | Dmitri Shostakovich; Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2001 | Klaviersonaten opp. 101 & 106 »Hammerklavier« | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2004 | Variations for Piano | Ludwig van Beethoven; John Ogdon, Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2004 | Concertos for piano no. 1, 2 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky; Emil Gilels, Moscow Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Nikolai Golovanov, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin | | 1 |
| 2005 | Piano Concertos 4 & 5 'Emperor' | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels, Leopold Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra | | 1 |
| 2005 | The Art of Emil Gilels, Volume 1 | Domenico Scarlatti, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joseph Haydn; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2006 | Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 | Sergei Rachmaninov - Camille Saint‐Saëns - Dmitri Shostakovich - Emil Gilels - André Cluytens - Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire | | 1 |
| 2007 | Haydn / Mozart / Schumann | Haydn, Mozart, Schumann; Gilels, Kogan, Rostropovich | | 1 |
| 2008 | Early Recordings, Volume 1 | Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2009 | BBC Legends: Gilels: Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 7, op. 10 no. 3 / Eroica Variations, op. 35 / Scriabin: Etudes no. 2, op. 8 & no. 1, op. 2 / Five Preludes, op. 74 / Ravel: Jeux d'eau / Alborada del gracioso | Beethoven, Scriabin, Ravel; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2009 | Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major Op. 53 Waldstein / von Weber: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A flat major Op.39 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2009 | Scarlatti: Seven Piano Sonatas / Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor / Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp minor / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 3 / Debussy: Pour le piano | Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy; Gilels | | 1 |
| 2010 | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels, Leopold Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra | | 1 |
| 2010 | Sonate no. 3 / Polonaises nos. 3 · 4 · 6 | Frédéric Chopin; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2011 | Sonates pour piano n°8 "Pathétique" n°13, n°14 "Clair de lune" et n°23 "Appassionata" | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2013 | Emil Gilels plays Beethoven: Historical Recording 1980 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2014 | Eroica‐Variationen / Piano Sonatas No. 21 & 23 | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2016 | Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2 / Bach: French Suite No. 5 | Shostakovich; Bach; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| 2017 | The Five Piano Concertos | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell | | 1 |
| 2017 | Emil Gilels Legacy, Vol. 9: Chopin / Schubert | Chopin, Schubert; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| — | Emil Gilels | Эмиль Григорьевич Гилельс | | 1 |
| — | Gilels Plays Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 | Ludwig van Beethoven; The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Gilels, Kurt Sanderling | | 1 |
| — | Gilels Plays Prokofiev Sonatas nos. 2, 3 & 8 | Prokofiev; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| — | Klaviersonaten No. 8 "Pathétique", No. 21 "Waldstein", No. 23 "Appassionata" | Ludwig van Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| — | Piano Concerto Nos. 4, 5 "The Emperor" | Beethoven; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
| — | Piano Sonata No. 3 | Chopin; Emil Gilels, Lazar Berman | | 1 |
| — | Sonata No. 2, Op. 14 | Prokofiev; Emil Gilels | | 1 |
