1978:
- Finzi: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 40 (reissued 2007)
1979:
- Robert White Sings Beethoven
1980:
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals | Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, OP. 35 | Polonaise, OP. 77
- Saint-Saëns and Lalo: Cello Concertos
- Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op.56
1981:
- Haydn: Cello Concertos
- Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 (with Emanuel Ax)
1982:
1983:
- Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
- Bach: The Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
- Shostakovich and Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos
- Beethoven: Cello Sonatas, Op.5, Nos.1 & 2
- Kreisler, Paganini: Works
1984:
- Bolling: Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
- Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 (with Emanuel Ax)
- Schubert: String Quintet
- Haydn: Three Favorite Concertos -- Cello, Violin and Trumpet Concertos
- Beethoven Sonatas, Volume 2, No. 3, Op. 69; No. 5 Op. 102, No. 2
1985:
- Japanese Melodies
- Elgar, Walton: Cello Concertos
- Mozart: Divertimento, K.563
- Brahms: Sonatas for Cello and Piano (with Emanuel Ax)
- Schubert: Quintet in C Major
1986:
- Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Concerto
- Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Cello and Piano, Vol. 3 (with Emanuel Ax)
- Dvořák: Cello Concerto
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.4; Variations
1987:
- Boccherini: Concerto | J.C. Bach: Sinfonia Concertante and Grand Overture
- Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor | Schubert: String Quartet No.15
- Beethoven: Complete Cello Sonatas
1988:
1989:
1990:
1991:
- Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonatas (with Emanuel Ax)
- Tchaikovsky Gala in Leningrad
- Brahms: Double Concerto; Berg: Chamber Concerto
- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1; Piano Concerto No.2; Violin Concerto No.3
1992:
1993:
1994:
1995:
- Concertos from the New World
- Greatest Hits: Saint-Saëns
- Tackling the Monster: Marsalis on Practice (VHS)
- Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Clarinet Trios (with Emanuel Ax and Richard Stoltzman)
- The Essential Yo-Yo Ma
1996:
- Premieres: Cello Concertos by Danielpour, Kirchner and Rouse
- Schubert and Boccherini String Quintets
- Lieberson: King Gesar | Corigliano: Phantasmagoria (with Emanuel Ax (all tracks), tracks 1-7: Omar Ebrahim, Peter Serkin, András Adorján, Deborah Marshall, William Purvis, David Taylor, Stefan Huge, and Peter Lieberson)
- Appalachia Waltz
- Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata (with Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank (tracks 1-5), Rebecca Young (tracks 1-5), Edgar Meyer (tracks 1-5), and Barbara Bonney (track 9))
1997:
1998:
- John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold/ Schmidt: Music for Strings and Piano Left Hand
- Inspired by Bach: "Falling Down Stairs" -- Cello Suite No.3
- Inspired by Bach[2]
- Inspired by Bach: "Struggle For Hope" -- Cello Suite No.5
- Inspired by Bach: "The Music Garden" -- Cello Suite No.1
- Inspired by Bach: "Sarabande" -- Cello Suite No.4
- Inspired by Bach: "The Sound of the Carceri" -- Cello Suite No.2
- Inspired by Bach: "Six Gestures" -- Cello Suite No.6
1999:
2000:
2001:
- Classic Yo-Yo
- Classical Hits
- Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology
2002:
- Naqoyqatsi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by Philip Glass
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams
- Silk Road Ensemble: Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet
- Meyer and Bottesini Concertos (with Edgar Meyer (tracks 1-3): Concerto for Cello and Double Bass)
2003:
- Paris - La Belle Époque
- Master and Commander: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Obrigado Brazil
2004:
2005:
2006:
- Strauss: Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6, TrV 115 - Britten: Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
2007:
2008:
2009:
- "Cinema Paradiso" on Chris Botti in Boston
- 30 Years Outside the Box—Box set includes two bonus disks with various previously unreleased recordings
2010:
2011:
2012:
- Bach: Unaccompanied Cello Suites[8]
- Concertos for the New World[9]
- Appalachian Journey[10]
- Vivaldi's Cello[11]
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone[12]
- Saint-Saëns, Lalo: Cello Concertos[13]
2013:
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks[14]
2014:
2015:
- Before this World (with James Taylor)
- Songs from the Arc of Life (with Kathryn Stott)
- Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35 & Schoenberg: Concerto in D Major for Cello and Orchestra [16]
- Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo[17]
- Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration [18]
- Seven Years in Tibet[19]
- Simply Baroque II[20]
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays The Music of John Williams[21]
- Schubert: Trout Quintet; Arpeggione Sonata; Die Forelle[22]
- Schubert, Boccherini: String Quintets[23]
- Solo[24]
- Paris - La Belle Époque[25]
- Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals[26]
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[27]
- Yo-Yo Ma - The Classical Cello Collection[28]
2016:
2017:
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach[30]
- Brigitte Klassik zum Genießen: Yo-Yo Ma[31]
2018
- Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites[32]
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini[33]
- Six Evolutions - Bach: Cello Suites[34]
- Salonen Cello Concerto[35]
2019:
- Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma - A Celebration[36]
2020:
2021:
- Hope Amid Tears - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas[40]
2022:
2024: