| 1980 | Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Egmont, Coriolan, Fidelio | Beethoven;Anne‐Sophie Mutter,Maurice Zeltser,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1982 | Kreisler - Paganini | Kreisler,Paganini;Yo‐Yo Ma,Patricia Zander | | 2 |
| 1982 | Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 | Beethoven;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | | 2 |
| 1982 | The Piano Quartets | Johannes Brahms;Emanuel Ax,Isaac Stern,Jaime Laredo,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 1983 | Cello Concertos | Lalo,Saint‐Saëns;Yo‐Yo Ma,Orchestre National de France,Lorin Maazel | | 2 |
| 1983 | Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord | Bach;Yo‐Yo Ma,Kenneth Cooper | | 1 |
| 1984 | The Unaccompanied Cello Suites no. 1 & no. 2 | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1984 | The Unaccompanied Cello Suites no. 3 & no. 6 | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1984 | The Unaccompanied Cello Suites no. 4 & no. 5 | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1985 | Quintet, op. 163, D. 956 | Franz Schubert;Yo‐Yo Ma,Cleveland Quartet | | 1 |
| 1985 | Tripelkonzert / Ouvertüren: Egmont / Coriolan / Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven;Anne‐Sophie Mutter,Mark Zeltser,Yo‐Yo Ma,Berliner Philharmoniker,Herbert von Karajan | | 2 |
| 1985 | Japanese Melodies | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 4 |
| 1985 | Elgar: Cello Concerto, op. 85 / Walton: Cello Concerto | Elgar,Walton;Yo‐Yo Ma,London Symphony Orchestra,André Previn | | 2 |
| 1985 | Sonatas for Cello and Piano(1985 recordings) | Brahms;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | 5 | 5 |
| 1985 | Strauss: Don Quixote / Schoenberg: Concerto | Strauss,Schoenberg;Yo‐Yo Ma,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Seiji Ozawa | | 1 |
| 1985 | The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites | J. S. Bach;Yo-Yo Ma | | 5 |
| 1986 | Cello Concerto Op. 104 | Dvořák;Yo‐Yo Ma,Berliner Philharmoniker,Lorin Maazel | | 2 |
| 1986 | Sonata no. 4, op. 102, no. 1 | Beethoven;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | | 2 |
| 1987 | Boccherini: Concerto For Violoncello & Orchestra / J.C. Bach: Symphony Concertante / Grand Overture | Boccherini,JC Bach;Yo‐Yo Ma,Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,Pinchas Zukerman | | 1 |
| 1987 | Cello Sonatas Nos. 3, 5 | Beethoven;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | | 1 |
| 1987 | Schubert: Quartet No. 15, D. 887 / Mozart: Adagio & Fugue, K. 546 | Mozart,Schubert;Yo‐Yo Ma,Kim Kashkashian,Daniel Phillips,Gidon Kremer | | 1 |
| 1988 | Double Concerto / Piano Quartet, op. 60 | Brahms;Isaac Stern,Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax,Jaime Laredo,Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Claudio Abbado | | 2 |
| 1988 | Piano Trios | Dvořák;Ax,Kim,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1988 | Trio, op. 67 / Sonata for Cello and Piano | Shostakovich;Stern,Yo‐Yo Ma,Ax | | 1 |
| 1989 | Anything Goes: Stéphane Grappelli & Yo‐Yo Ma play (mostly) Cole Porter | Stéphane Grappelli &Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 1989 | Barber: Cello Concerto / Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra | Barber,Britten;Yo‐Yo Ma,Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,David Zinman | | 1 |
| 1989 | Sonata for Cello & Piano | R. Strauss,Britten;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | | 2 |
| 1990 | Don Quixote / Die Liebe der Danae | R. Strauss;Yo‐Yo Ma,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Seiji Ozawa,Toronto Symphony,Andrew Davis | | 1 |
| 1990 | Brahms - Double Concerto / Berg - Chamber Concerto | Brahms,Berg;Isaac Stern,Yo‐Yo Ma,Peter Serkin,Claudio Abbado | | 1 |
| 1990 | Carnaval des animaux / Variations sur un theme de Beethoven / Polonaise | Saint-Saëns;Yo‐Yo Ma,Gaby Casadesus,Philippe Entremont | | 1 |
| 1991 | Serenade no. 10, K. 361 / Sonata for Bassoon & Cello, K. 292 | Mozart;Marcel Moyse,Alexander Heller,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1991 | Hush | Yo‐Yo Ma &Bobby McFerrin | 4 | 3 |
| 1991 | Klavierkonzert / Tripelkonzert | Ludwig van Beethoven;Christoph Eschenbach,Anne‐Sophie Mutter,Yo‐Yo Ma,Mark Zeltser,Berliner Philharmoniker,Herbert von Karajan | | 2 |
| 1991 | Cello Sonatas | Rachmaninoff,Prokofiev;Emanuel Ax,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 3 |
| 1991 | Carnival of the Animals / Organ Symphony | Saint‐Saëns;Yo‐Yo Ma,E. Power Biggs | | 4 |
| 1992 | Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme / Andante Cantabile | Prokofiev,Tchaikovsky;Yo‐Yo Ma,Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,Lorin Maazel | | 1 |
| 1992 | Sonatas for Cello and Piano, opp. 38, 99 and 108(1991 recordings) | Johannes Brahms;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax | | 2 |
| 1992 | Divertimento K.563 in E-flat major | Mozart;Gidon Kremer,Kim Kashkashian,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 1992 | Piano Quartets, opp. 15 & 45 | Gabriel Fauré;Emanuel Ax,Isaac Stern,Jaime Laredo,Yo‐Yo Ma | 5 | 2 |
| 1992 | Sextets opp. 18 & 36 | Brahms;Isaac Stern,Cho-Liang Lin,Jaime Laredo,Michael Tree,Yo‐Yo Ma,Sharon Robinson | | 1 |
| 1993 | Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 / Trio, op. 45 | Schoenberg;Juilliard String Quartet,Walter Trampler,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1993 | Made in America | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1993 | Cello Concertos in C major and D major | Haydn;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 3 |
| 1993 | Quintets | Schubert,Boccherini;Isaac Stern,Cho-Liang Lin,Jaime Laredo,Yo‐Yo Ma,Sharon Robinson | | 3 |
| 1994 | Piano Quartets | Beethoven,Schumann;Isaac Stern,Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax,Jaime Laredo | | 1 |
| 1994 | Polonaise Brillante For Cello & Piano / Cello Sonata / Piano Trio / Polonaise Brillante For Piano | Chopin;Emanuel Ax,Pamela Frank,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 3 |
| 1994 | The New York Album | Stephen Albert,Bartók,Bloch;Yo‐Yo Ma,Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,David Zinman | | 1 |
| 1994 | Suite for Cello & Jazz Piano Trio | Claude Bolling,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 1995 | Concertos From the New World | Dvořák,Herbert;Yo‐Yo Ma,New York Philharmonic,Kurt Masur | | 5 |
| 1995 | Cello Concerto No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 2 / Violin Concerto No. 3 | Saint‐Saëns;Yo‐Yo Ma,Orchestre National de France,Lorin Maazel,Cecile Licad,London Philharmonic Orchestra,André Previn,Cho-Liang Ling,Philharmonia,Michael Tilson Thomas | 5 | 3 |
| 1995 | Tripelkonzert / Overtüren: Leonore III / Die Ruinen von Athen | Beethoven;Anne‐Sophie Mutter,Yo‐Yo Ma,Mark Zeltser,Berliner Philharmoniker,Herbert von Karajan | | 1 |
| 1996 | "Trout" Quintet / "Arpeggione" Sonata | Schubert;Emanuel Ax,Yo‐Yo Ma,Pamela Frank,Rebecca Young,Edgar Meyer,Barbara Bonney | | 3 |
| 1996 | Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio | Elliot Goldenthal;Yo‐Yo Ma,Ann Panagualias,James Maddalena,Pacific Symphony Orchestra,Carl St. Clair | | 1 |
| 1996 | Appalachia Waltz | Yo‐Yo Ma,Edgar Meyer &Mark O’Connor | | 2 |
| 1996 | King Gesar | Peter Lieberson;Yo‐Yo Ma,Omar Ebrahim,Emanuel Ax,Peter Serkin | | 1 |
| 1996 | Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Cello Concertos | Danielpour,Kirchner,Rouse;Philadelphia Orchestra,David Zinman,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1997 | From Ordinary Things | André Previn;Yo‐Yo Ma,Sylvia McNair | | 1 |
| 1997 | Symphony 1997:Heaven Earth Mankind | Tan Dun;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 1997 | Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla | Yo‐Yo Ma;Astor Piazzolla | | 6 |
| 1997 | The Concertos | Berthold Goldschmidt;Yo‐Yo Ma,Sabine Meyer,Chantal Juillet | | 2 |
| 1998 | Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand | Erich Wolfgang Korngold,Franz Schmidt;Leon Fleisher,Joseph Silverstein,Jaime Laredo,Joel Smirnoff,Michael Tree,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 1998 | The Protecting Veil / Wake Up... And Die | John Tavener;Yo‐Yo Ma,Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,David Zinman | | 2 |
| 1999 | Simply Baroque | Johann Sebastian Bach,Luigi Boccherini;Yo‐Yo Ma,Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,Ton Koopman | | 4 |
| 1999 | Piano Concerto no. 2 / Cello Sonata, op. 78 | Brahms;Emanuel Ax,Yo‐Yo Ma,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Bernard Haitink | | 1 |
| 2000 | Appalachian Journey | Yo‐Yo Ma,Edgar Meyer &Mark O’Connor | | 2 |
| 2000 | Simply Baroque II | Bach,Boccherini;Yo‐Yo Ma,Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,Ton Koopman | | 3 |
| 2000 | Phantasmagoria | John Corigliano;Emanuel Ax,Yo‐Yo Ma,James Tocco | | 1 |
| 2000 | Piano Quartet / Romantic Pieces / Sonatina | Dvořák;Ax,Stern,Laredo,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 2001 | Adagio & Fugue, KV 546 / Divertimento, KV 563 | Mozart;Gidon Kremer,Kim Kashkashian,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 2001 | Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet | Yo‐Yo Ma & theSilk Road Ensemble | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | Symphony No.5 / Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra | Пётр Ильич Чайковский;Yo‐Yo Ma,Claudio Abbado,Lorin Maazel | | 1 |
| 2001 | Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach | Bach;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 2002 | Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams | John Williams;Yo‐Yo Ma | 4 | 3 |
| 2002 | Cello Concerto / Dumky Trio | Dvořák;Yo‐Yo Ma,Berlin Philharmonic,Lorin Maazel | | 1 |
| 2002 | Concertos | Edgar Meyer,Giovanni Bottesini;Joshua Bell,Yo‐Yo Ma,Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra,Hugh Wolff | | 4 |
| 2002 | Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6 | Johann Sebastian Bach;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 2002 | Concerti Per Violoncello | Camille Saint-Saëns,Édouard Lalo :Yo-Yo Ma,Lorin Maazel,Orchestre National De France | | 1 |
| 2003 | Paris: La Belle Époque | Fauré,Franck,Massenet,Saint‐Saëns;Yo‐Yo Ma,Kathryn Stott | | 6 |
| 2003 | Obrigado Brazil | Yo‐Yo Ma | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | The Piano Quartets | Mozart;Ax,Stern,Laredo,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 2004 | Vivaldi’s Cello | Antonio Vivaldi;Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra,Yo‐Yo Ma,Ton Koopman | | 5 |
| 2004 | Trios for Piano, Clarinet, Cello | Brahms,Beethoven,Mozart;Ax,Stoltzman,Yo‐Yo Ma | | 2 |
| 2004 | Cello Concerto / Fantasiestücke / Adagio & Allegro / 5 Stücke im Volkston | Schumann;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,Sir Colin Davis | | 1 |
| 2004 | Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone | Ennio Morricone;Yo‐Yo Ma | 4.65 | 13 |
| 2004 | Enchantment | Yo-Yo Ma,The Silk Road Ensemble | | 1 |
| 2004 | Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon | Yo‐Yo Ma & theSilk Road Ensemble | | 4 |
| 2005 | Cello Suites Nos. 2, 3 & 4 | Johann Sebastian Bach;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 2005 | Don Quixote / Sonata for Cello and Piano | Richard Strauss;Yo‐Yo Ma,Emanuel Ax,Seiji Ozawa,Boston Symphony Orchestra | | 1 |
| 2005 | Yo-Yo Ma plays Shostakovich | Shostakovich;Yo‐Yo Ma | | 1 |
| 2007 | New Impossibilities | Yo‐Yo Ma & theSilk Road Ensemble | | 1 |
| 2007 | New Impossibilities | Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble | | 1 |
| 2008 | Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago | Chicago Symphony Orchestra,Silk Road Ensemble,Yo‐Yo Ma,Wu Man,Miguel Harth-Bedoya,Alan Gilbert | | 1 |
| 2008 | Beethoven Folk Songs | Beethoven;Robert White,Yo‐Yo Ma,Ani Kavafian,Samuel Sanders | | 1 |
| 2008 | Songs of Joy & Peace | Yo‐Yo Ma | | 3 |
| 2010 | Piano Trio, opp. 49 & 66 | Mendelssohn;Emanuel Ax,Yo‐Yo Ma,Itzhak Perlman | | 2 |
| 2010 | Cello Concertos / Rococo Variations | Saint‐Saëns,Lalo,Tchaikovsky;Yo‐Yo Ma,Orchestre national de France /Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,Lorin Maazel | | 1 |
| 2010 | Chilling Cello | Sol Gabetta,Yo‐Yo Ma,Jan Vogler | | 1 |