| 1972 | Ceremonial Music | Purcell; The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, The English Chamber Orchestra, Symphoniae Sacrae, Charles Brett, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Forbes Robinson, George Guest | | 1 |
| 1976 | Stabat Mater / Nisi Dominus / Concerto in G minor | Antonio Vivaldi; James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music | | 3 |
| 1977 | The King Shall Rejoice and other Chapel Royal Anthems | James Bowman, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Matheson Consort, Philomusica of London, George Guest | | 1 |
| 1978 | Authentieke Uitvoeringen Van Vivaldi: Fluitconcert „La Tempesta Di Mare" En Muziek Van Byrd ~ Dowland ~ Gibbons ~ Purcell ~ Geminiani ~ Arne ~ Haydn ~ Stamitz | The Academy Of Ancient Music ~ The Consort Of Musicke ~ The Music Party ~ Christopher Hogwood ~ Stephen Preston ~ James Bowman ~ Anthony Pleeth | | 1 |
| 1984 | Carmina Burana | Carl Orff; Sylvia Greenberg, James Bowman, Stephen Roberts, RSO Berlin, RSO Berlin Chor, Riccardo Chailly | | 6 |
| 1986 | Eternal Source of Light | James Bowman, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 3 |
| 1987 | Vivaldi: Salve Regina / Pergolèse: Salve Regina | Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Baptiste Pergolèse; James Bowman, Yuriko Naganuma, Ensemble Jean-Walter Audoli, Jean-Walter Audoli | | 1 |
| 1988 | Countertenor Duets | Purcell, Blow; James Bowman, Michael Chance, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 2 |
| 1989 | Music for Royal Occasions | Handel; Gillian Fisher, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 2 |
| 1989 | Chandos Anthems, Volume 3: Nos. 7, 8 & 9 | Handel; Patrizia Kwella, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Michael George, The Sixteen, Orchestra of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | 2 |
| 1989 | Cantatas BWV 54 / BWV 169 / BWV 170 | Bach; James Bowman, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 2 |
| 1989 | Stabat Mater / Salve Regina | Pergolesi; Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy of Ancient Music | 5 | 3 |
| 1990 | Italian Duets | Handel, Gillian Fisher, James Bowman, The King’s Consort | | 1 |
| 1990 | Belshazzar | George Frideric Handel; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Arleen Auger, Catherine Robbin, James Bowman, David Wilson-Johnson, The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock | | 2 |
| 1991 | Awake, Sweet Love... | James Bowman, David Miller, The King’s Consort | | 2 |
| 1991 | Joshua | Handel; Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1991 | Orlando | George Frideric Handel; James Bowman, Arleen Augér, Catherine Robbin, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | | 1 |
| 1991 | Heroic Arias | Georg Friedrich Händel; James Bowman | | 1 |
| 1991 | Leçons de Ténèbres | François Couperin;James Bowman,Michael Chance,Mark Caudle,Robert King | | 1 |
| 1992 | Messiah | Handel; James Bowman, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks | | 1 |
| 1992 | The Fairy Queen | Purcell; Vyvyan, Bowman, Pears, Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | | 1 |
| 1993 | Anthems / Instrumental Music / Songs | Henry Purcell; Bowman, Rogers, van Egmond, King's College Choir Cambridge, Leonhardt‐Consort, Brüggen-Consort | | 2 |
| 1993 | The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. I | Henry Purcell; James Bowman, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Robert Evans, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1993 | Deborah | Handel; Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1993 | St. John Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach; Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Annegeer Stumphius, James Bowman, Van der Meel, Christoph Prégardien, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Peter Kooij, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Frans Brüggen | | 1 |
| 1994 | Masques from Dioclesian & Timon of Athens | Purcell; Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1994 | Dioclesian (complete) / Masque from Timon of Athens | Henry Purcell; Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | | 1 |
| 1994 | Orfeo ed Euridice | Christoph Willibald Gluck, James Bowman, Lynne Dawson, Claron McFadden, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy & Jean‐Claude Malgoire | | 1 |
| 1995 | Elizabethan Ayres & Dances | James Bowman & Robert Spencer | | 1 |
| 1995 | The Occasional Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel; Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Choirs of New College, Oxford and the King's Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1996 | Joseph and His Brethren | Handel; Yvonne Kenny, Connor Burrowes, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The Choir of New College Oxford, The Choir of the King's Consort, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1996 | Sacred Music, Vol. 2 | Vivaldi; Deborah York, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
| 1996 | Zadok the Priest / Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline / Concerto a Due Cori / Hallelujah Chorus | Handel;Pauline Tinsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, James Bowman, David Wilson‐Johnson, Simon Preston, London Philharmonic Choir, Westminster Abbey Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | | 1 |
| 1997 | Gloria / Nulla in mundo pax sincera / Nisi Dominus / Cantatas | Vivaldi; Kirkby, Bott, Nelson, Watkinson, Bowman, Preston, Hogwood | | 2 |
| 2000 | The Kings's Musick (Aus Der Zeit Henry VIII) | Bowman, Rogers, Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich | | 1 |
| 2001 | Sacred Music | Johann Schelle; Sampson, Outram, Blaze, Bowman, Daniels, Gilchrist, Harvey, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 2 |
| 2001 | Les plus beaux chants des Castrats | James Bowman, Alfred Deller | | 1 |
| 2006 | Saul | Handel; Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, Donald McIntyre, Margaret Price, Sheila Armstrong, Ryland Davies, James Bowman & John Winfield | | 1 |
| 2007 | Motets | Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Schütz; James Bowman, Louis Halsey Singers, Louis Halsey, David Lumsden | | 1 |
| 2011 | John Blow: An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell / Songs from Amphion anglicus / William Lawes: Songs | John Blow; William Lawes; René Jacobs, Nobuko Gamo-Yamamoto, Nelly van der Spek, James Bowman, Marius van Altena, Max van Egmond, Anner Bylsma, Gustav Leonhardt | | 1 |
| 2019 | La Calisto | Francesco Cavalli, Ileana Cotrubaș, Dame Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Raymond Leppard | | 1 |
| — | Aus Der Tiefe | Greta de Reyghere, James Bowman, Guy de Mey, Max van Egmond, Ricercar Consort, Capella Sancti Michaelis, Erik Van Nevel | | 1 |
| — | John Dowland - Ayres and Lute-lessons | James Bowman & Robert Spencer | | 1 |
| — | Sämtliche Werke - Kantaten (Vol. 1) | Nicolaus Bruhns; Greta De Reyghere, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Ian Honeyman, Max Van Egmond, Ricercar Consort | | 1 |
| — | Sämtliche Werke - Kantaten (Vol. 2) | Nicolaus Bruhns; Greta De Reyghere, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Ian Honeyman, Max Van Egmond, Ricercar Consort | | 1 |
| — | The Complete Anthems and Services, Vol. 2 | Henry Purcell; James Bowman, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Michael George, Choir of New College Oxford, The King’s Consort, Robert King | | 1 |
