Classical Music
- John Adams – The Chairman Dances
- Mario Davidovsky – Capriccio for Two Pianos
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
- Henri Dutilleux – L'arbre des Songes violin concerto
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Canzoni d'amore (song cycle)
- Empty Stage
- My Rock
- Karel Goeyvaerts –
- Pas à pas, for solo piano
- Les Voix de Verseau, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- Jacques Hétu – Missa pro trecentisimo anno
- Nicholas Jackson – Organ Sonata
- Witold Lutosławski
- Chain 2
- Chain 3
- Andrew Lloyd Webber – Requiem
- John Rutter – Requiem
- Alfred Schnittke – String Trio
- Isabel Soveral – Fragmentos
- Joan Tower – Piano Concerto
- Robert Ward – Raleigh Divertimento
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