Classical Music
- Geoffrey Burgon – Requiem
- Elliot Carter – A Symphony of Three Orchestras
- Brian Cherney – String Trio
- George Crumb
- Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players)
- Night Music I (1963, revised 1976) for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
- Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 3
- Henri Dutilleux – Ainsi la nuit
- Einar Englund – Symphony No. 4 Nostalgic (in memory of Shostakovich)
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Le néant où l'on ne peut arriver
- Romanza senza parole
- Henryk Górecki – Symphony No. 3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 1
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Amour
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