| 1966 | Das Lied von der Erde | Mahler; James King, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein | | 6 |
| 1966 | Symphony no. 9 “Choral” | Beethoven; Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, James King, Martti Talvela, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Schmidt‐Isserstedt | | 4 |
| 1969 | Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven; Gwyneth Jones, Edith Mathis, Theo Adam, Franz Crass, James King, Peter Schreier, Martti Talvela, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm | | 2 |
| 1975 | Das Lied von der Erde | Mahler; Janet Baker, James King, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink | | 7 |
| 1988 | Notre Dame | Franz Schmidt; Jones, King, Laubenthal, Welker, Moll, Helm, Borris, RSO Berlin, Christof Perick | | 1 |
| 1989 | Salome | Strauss; Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Lewis, Regina Resnik, James King, London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf | | 2 |
| 1994 | Daphne | Richard Strauss - Hilde Güden, Fritz Wunderlich, James King, Paul Schöffler, Wiener Symphoniker, Karl Böhm | | 1 |
| 1995 | Mathis der Maler | Paul Hindemith; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, James King, Urszula Koszut, Rose Wagemann, William Cochran, Peter Meven, Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelík | | 1 |
| 1996 | Orchestral Songs | Mahler; Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, James King, Hermann Prey, John Shirley‐Quirk, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | | 1 |
| 1996 | Lohengrin | Richard Wagner; James King, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, Thomas Stewart, Karl Ridderbusch, Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelík | | 1 |
| 1996 | Iphigenie in Aulis | Christoph Willibald Gluck, Elisabeth Steiner, Walter Berry, Inge Borkh, Christa Ludwig, James King, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm | | 1 |
| 1996 | Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini; Maria Chiara, James King, Hermann Prey, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Giuseppe Patanè | | 2 |
| 1996 | Samson et Dalila | Camille Saint‐Saëns; Ludwig, King, Weikl, Malta, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Giuseppe Patane | | 1 |
| 1998 | Symphony no. 9: Das Lied von der Erde | Gustav Mahler; Janet Baker, James King, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | | 1 |
| 2000 | Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria | Claudio Monteverdi, Hans Werner Henze; Kathleen Kuhlmann, Ann Murray, Thomas Allen, Vinson Cole, James King, Robert Tear, Tölzer Knabenchor, Radio‐Symphonieorchester Wien, Jeffrey Tate | | 1 |
| 2014 | Salome | Richard Strauss; Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Lewis, Regina Resnik, James King, Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra | | 1 |
