| 1981 | Carmina Burana | Orff; Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Håkan Hagegård, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Eduardo Mata | | 12 |
| 1982 | Messiah: Highlights | George Frideric Handel; Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg, Judith Blegen, Katherine Ciesinski, John Aler, John Cheek | | 2 |
| 1985 | A Faust Symphony | Franz Liszt; John Aler, Men's Chorus of the Slovak Philhamonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon | | 1 |
| 1986 | Le Postillon de Lonjumeau | Adam; Aler; Anderson; Fulton | | 1 |
| 1987 | Messiah | Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis | 1 | 3 |
| 1989 | Les Pêcheurs de perles | Georges Bizet; Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Gino Quilico, Chœurs et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | | 1 |
| 1989 | Le Comte Ory | Gioachino Rossini, Sumi Jo, John Aler, Diana Montague, Gilles Cachemaille, Gino Quilico, Raquel Pierotti, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon & Sir John Eliot Gardiner | | 1 |
| 1990 | Les Boréades | Jean‐Philippe Rameau; Smith, Rodde, Langridge, Aler, Lafont, March, Priday, Cachemaille, Le Roux, Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner | | 1 |
| 1991 | Apollon musagète / Concerto in D / Cantata | Stravinsky, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Orchestra & Chorus, Yvonne Kenny, John Aler, Esa-Pekka Salonen | | 2 |
| 1991 | Pulcinella / Octet / Renard / Ragtime | Stravinsky; Yvonne Kenny, John Aler, John Tomlinson, London Sinfonietta, Esa‐Pekka Salonen | | 1 |
| 1992 | Mors Et Vita | Gounod; Barbara Hendricks, Nadine Denize, John Aler, José van Dam, Orféon Donostiarra, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson | | 1 |
| 1993 | Semele | George Frideric Handel; Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, John Aler, Sylvia McNair, Michael Chance, John Nelson | | 1 |
| 1994 | Missa Solemnis | Ludwig van Beethoven; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Daniel Barenboim, Tina Kiberg, Waltraud Meier, John Aler, Robert Holl | | 1 |
| 1994 | Mélodies | Hector Berlioz; Françoise Pollet, Anne Sofie von Otter, John Aler, Thomas Allen, Cord Garben | | 1 |
| 1994 | Carmina Burana | Carl Orff; Sylvia McNair, John Aler, Håkan Hagegård, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus, Leonard Slatkin | | 5 |
| 1995 | L’Enfance du Christ | Berlioz; Alastair Miles, Jean Rigby, Gerald Finley, John Aler, Gwynne Howell, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best | | 2 |
| 1996 | Songs We Forgot to Remember | John Aler & Grant Gershon | | 1 |
| 1998 | Le Toréador | Adolphe Adam; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge, Sumi Jo, John Aler, Michel Trempont | | 1 |
| 2000 | Messiah (Highlights) | Handel; Kathleen Battle, Florence Quivar, John Aler, Samuel Ramey, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis | | 1 |
| 2002 | Stabat Mater | Antonín Dvořák; Brewer, Simpson, Aler, Gao, The Washington Chorus and Orchestra, Robert Shafer | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | La Muette de Portici | Auber; Alfredo Kraus, June Anderson, John Aler, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Ensemble Choral Jean Laforge, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Thomas Fulton | | 1 |
| 2007 | Histoire du Soldat / Renard | Stravinsky; Aler, Spears, Evitts, Pauley, Ciesinski, Narucki, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Robert Craft | | 1 |
| — | Eine Faust-Symphonie | Liszt; John Aler, Mužský Sbor Sl'ovenskej Fil'harmonie, Bratislava, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, James Conlon | | 1 |
| — | Roméo et Juliette | Berlioz; Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes, Westminster Choir | | 1 |
