Classical Music
- Elliott Carter – String Quartet No.4
- George Crumb – An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
- George Crumb – Federico's Little Songs for Children for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
- Mario Davidovsky – Salvos for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, violin and cello
- Ludovico Einaudi – Movimento
- Peter Eötvös – Chinese Opera
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- La fuga di Foscolo
- Anemia (film score)
- Passacaglia
- My Blues
- Poi andro in America
- Intermezzo "Portella della Ginestra"
- Ninna-nanna
- Karel Goeyvaerts –
- De Heilige Stad (The Holy City), for chamber orchestra
- De Zeven Segels (The Seven Seals), for string quartet
- Krzysztof Penderecki – The Song of Cherubin
- Paul Schoenfield – Café Music for Piano Trio
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