Classical Music
- Carlos Chávez –
- Symphony No. 4 (Sinfonía romántica)
- Symphony No. 5, for string orchestra
- George Crumb – Viola Sonata
- Peter Racine Fricker – Viola Concerto
- Cristobal Halffter – Piano Concerto
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Concerto for piano, winds and percussion
- Arthur Honegger – A Christmas Cantata
- György Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Cello
- Otto Luening – Fantasy in Space
- Xavier Montsalvatge – Poema Concertante
- Giacinto Scelsi – Five Incantations for piano
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Ballet Suite No. 4
- Symphony No. 10 E minor, Op. 93
- Karlheinz Stockhausen -
- Kontra-Punkte
- Klavierstücke I–IV (revised version)
- Studie I, electronic music
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sinfonia antartica
- Heitor Villa-Lobos
- Harp Concerto
- Cello Concerto No. 2
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