| 1990 | Lucio Silla | Mozart; Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberová, Cecilia Bartoli, Dawn Upshaw, Yvonne Kenny, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | | 1 |
| 1990 | L’elisir d’amore | Gaetano Donizetti; Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, Dawn Upshaw, Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, James Levine | 5 | 2 |
| 1991 | John Adams Conducts American Elegies | Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, John Adams | | 3 |
| 1991 | The Girl With Orange Lips | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1992 | Symphony no. 3 | Henryk Górecki; Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta, David Zinman | | 7 |
| 1992 | Le nozze di Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dawn Upshaw, Kiri Te Kanawa, Thomas Hampson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Tatiana Troyanos, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, James Levine | | 1 |
| 1994 | Goethe-Lieder | Schumann, Schubert, Wolf, Mozart; Richard Goode, Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1994 | I Wish It So | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1994 | Streichquartette I–IV | Arnold Schoenberg; Arditti String Quartet, Dawn Upshaw | | 2 |
| 1994 | Long Time Ago | Aaron Copland; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson | | 1 |
| 1994 | Mahler 4 | Mahler; Christoph von Dohnányi, Dawn Upshaw, Cleveland Orchestra | | 1 |
| 1994 | Nocturnes / La Damoiselle élue / Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien | Debussy; Dawn Upshaw, Paula Rasmussen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen | | 1 |
| 1996 | White Moon: Songs to Morpheus | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1996 | Orphée et Eurydice | Gluck; Jennifer Larmore, Dawn Upshaw, Alison Hagley, Chorus and Orchestra of San Francisco Opera, Donald Runnicles | | 1 |
| 1996 | Leonard Bernstein's New York | Leonard Bernstein; Dawn Upshaw, Mandy Patinkin, Judy Blazer, Richard Muenz, Donna Murphy, Eric Stern | | 1 |
| 1996 | Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers & Hart | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1996 | Symphony no. 2 / Chantefleurs et chantefables / Piano Concerto | Lutosławski; Dawn Upshaw, Paul Crossley, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa‐Pekka Salonen | | 1 |
| 1997 | Forgotten Songs: Dawn Upshaw Sings Debussy | Claude Debussy; Dawn Upshaw, James Levine | | 2 |
| 1997 | Private Gardens | Kaija Saariaho; Camilla Hoitenga, Florent Jodelet, Anssi Karttunen, Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1997 | Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne / Emmanuel: Chansons bourguignonnes | Canteloube, Emmanuel; Dawn Upshaw, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon | | 1 |
| 1997 | Werther | Jules Massenet; Jerry Hadley, Anne Sofie von Otter, Dawn Upshaw, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano | | 1 |
| 1998 | The World So Wide | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 1999 | Saint François d'Assise | Olivier Messiaen; Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano, José van Dam, Dawn Upshaw | 5 | 1 |
| 2001 | Angels Hide Their Faces: Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach and Purcell | Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 2001 | Château de l'âme / Graal théâtre / Amers | Kaija Saariaho; Dawn Upshaw, Gidon Kremer, Anssi Karttunen, Esa-Pekka Salonen | | 1 |
| 2001 | El Niño | John Adams; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Kent Nagano | | 1 |
| 2001 | LA Variations / Five Images after Sappho / Mania / Gambit / Giro | Esa-Pekka Salonen; Dawn Upshaw, Anssi Karttunen, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Esa-Pekka Salonen | | 1 |
| 2001 | Brangle / Counterpoise / Viola Concerto | Jacob Druckman; The Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw, Roberto Díaz | | 1 |
| 2001 | Christmas With Chanticleer | Chanticleer feat. Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 2001 | Chants d'Auvergne | Joseph Canteloube; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | Voices of Light | Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriel Fauré; Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 | Ayre | Osvaldo Golijov; The Andalucian Dogs, Dawn Upshaw | | 1 |
| 2006 | Ainadamar | Osvaldo Golijov; Dawn Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | Oceana | Osvaldo Golijov; Souza, Kronos Quartet, Upshaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chorus, Spano | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2013 | La Passion de Simone | Kaija Saariaho; Dawn Upshaw, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Chamber Choir, Esa-Pekka Salonen | | 2 |
| 2021 | Narrow Sea | Caroline Shaw; Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish | | 2 |
