| 1974 | Verses For Ensembles / Nenia - The Death Of Orpheus / The Fields Of Sorrow | Harrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta / David Atherton, The Matrix / Alan Hacker, Jane Manning | | 1 |
| 1986 | Piano Concerto / Organ Concerto | Peter Dickinson; BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Howard Shelley, Jennifer Bate | 5 | 1 |
| 1989 | Punch and Judy | Harrison Birtwistle; Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, Stephen Roberts, David Wilson-Johnson, John Tomlinson, The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 1990 | Pierrot lunaire / Serenade / Die eiserne Brigade | Schoenberg; Mary Thomas, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 1990 | Melodien / Double Concerto / Chamber Concerto | Ligeti; Nicolet, Holliger, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | 5 | 1 |
| 1992 | Suite, op. 29 / Wind Quintet, op. 26 | Schoenberg; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | 5 | 1 |
| 1993 | A Winter Idyll / Elegy / Intrada / A Song of the Night / Interlude (Sita) / Invocation / The Lure / Morning of the Year Dances | Holst; London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorraine McAslan, Alexander Baillie, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 1995 | King Priam | Tippett; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 1996 | Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / Lachian Dances / Suite for Strings / Mládí / Capriccio for Piano / Concertino | Janáček; Mackerras, Marriner, Huybrechts, Atherton | 5 | 1 |
| 1996 | A Vision of St Augustine / Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and Orchestra | Tippett; John Shirley‐Quirk, Ernst Kovacic, Rivka Golani, Karine Georgian, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 1999 | Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Mahagonny Songspiel / Happy End / Berliner Requiem / Violin Concerto | Kurt Weill; London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto | Hugh Wood; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton, Manoug Parikian, Moray Welsh | | 1 |
| 2006 | Sinfonia mistica / Sinfonia di sfere | Panufnik; London Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 2011 | The Complete Hindemith Viola Music, Volume 3: Music for Viola and Orchestra | Paul Hindemith; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Lawrence Power | | 1 |
| 2011 | Anaïs Nin / De staat | Louis Andriessen; London Sinfonietta, Cristina Zavalloni, David Atherton, Synergy Vocals | | 1 |
| 2011 | Bird Concerto With Pianosong | Jonathan Harvey; Hidéki Nagano, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton | | 1 |
| 2018 | Music for Piano Solo and Piano and Orchestra | Igor Stravinsky; Peter Donohoe, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton | | 2 |
| 2024 | BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 12: Japanese Suite / A Somerset Rhapsody / Indra | Holst; Susan Gritton, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Singers, Barry Wordsworth, David Atherton, David Hill | | 1 |
| — | Weil: Symphonies 1, 2 & Bastille Music | Weill; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton | | 1 |
