Classical Music
- Leonardo Balada – Folk Dreams (Three Pieces for Orchestra)
- Osvaldas Balakauskas – Symphony No. 4
- Louis Andriessen – Writing to Vermeer
- John Barry – The Beyondness of Things
- George Crumb – Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) for guitar and percussion
- Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 5
- Ludovico Einaudi – Arie
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Memoria del fuego (symphonic poem)
- A Red Wedding Dress for organ
- Jake Heggie – Sophie's Song
- Frederik Magle – Cantata to Saint Cecilia
- Gordon McPherson – Miami
- Zbigniew Preisner – Requiem for my Friend
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – Piano Concerto No. 3 Gift of Dreams
- Juan Maria Solare – Spaghettisssimo
- Morton Subotnick – Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona
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