Classical Music
- George Antheil - Symphony No 4
- Leonard Bernstein - Fancy Free (ballet)
- Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (ballet)
- George Crumb - Two Duos for flute and clarinet
- David Diamond - Rounds
- Ernő Dohnányi - Symphony No. 2
- John Fernström - Symphony No. 10
- Vivian Fine - ''Concertante for Piano and Orchestra
- Gerald Finzi - Farewell to Arms
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs - Westmoreland Symphony
- Camargo Guarnieri - String Quartet No. 2
- Vagn Holmboe - Symphony No. 4
- Joseph Jongen - Concerto for Harp No. 1
- Zoltán Kodály - Missa Brevis
- Frank Martin - Petite symphonie concertante
- Darius Milhaud - Suite française
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Trio for violin, cello and piano No. 2 E minor, Op. 67; String Quartet No.2 in A major, Op. 68
- Michael Tippett - A Child of our Time
- Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphony No. 6 - Montanhas do Brasil (The Mountains of Brazil)
- Grace Williams - Sea Sketches
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