| 1960 | Symphony No. 5 | Prokofiev; Thomas Schippers, Philharmonia Orchestra | | 1 |
| 1966 | Four Melodic Masterpieces of Samuel Barber | Samuel Barber; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 1971 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Gaetano Donizetti; Beverly Sills, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Justino Díaz, London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Schippers | 5 | 5 |
| 1972 | Ernani | Giuseppe Verdi; Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Sereni, Ezio Flagello, Thomas Schippers | | 3 |
| 1984 | Symphony no. 9 in C major, D. 944 "The Great" | Franz Schubert; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Schippers | | 2 |
| 1988 | Ernani | Giuseppe Verdi; Thomas Schippers, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Mario Sereni & Cesare Siepi | | 1 |
| 1988 | La forza del destino | Giuseppe Verdi; Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Shirley Verrett, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Schippers | | 2 |
| 1989 | Alexander Nevsky / Romeo & Juliet | Prokofiev; Dimitri Mitropoulos, Thomas Schippers | 5 | 1 |
| 1990 | Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 | Chopin; Emil Gilels, André Watts, Eugene Ormandy, Thomas Schippers | | 4 |
| 1991 | Grosse Komponisten und ihre Musik 44: Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30 / Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche Op. 28 / Don Juan Op. 20 | Richard Strauss; Bamberger Symphoniker, Jascha Horenstein, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Süsskind, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 1991 | La bohème | Puccini; Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Mariella Adani, Mario Sereni, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers | | 3 |
| 1993 | Carmen | Georges Bizet; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 1993 | Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Rossini: Stabat Mater | Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 1994 | Macbeth (grosser opern-querschnitt) | Giuseppe Verdi; Birgit Nilsson, Giuseppe Taddei, Bruno Prevedi, Chor und Orchester der Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rom, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 1996 | Samuel Barber | Samuel Barber; New York Philharmonic, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 2005 | Adagio for Strings: Orchestral and Chamber Works | Samuel Barber; New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Thomas Schippers, Eugene Ormandy | | 1 |
| 2012 | Two Scenes from Antony and Cleopatra / Knoxville Summer of 1915 | Samuel Barber, Leontyne Price, Philharmonia Orchestra & Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
| 2015 | Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Bruch: Violin Concerto | Sibelius, Bruch; Zino Francescatti, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Schippers | | 1 |
