Classical Music
- Malcolm Arnold – Symphony for Strings opus 13
- Arno Babadzhanian – Polyphonic Piano Sonata
- Benjamin Britten – Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3
- George Crumb – Poem; Seven Songs for voice and piano
- Gottfried von Einem – Dantons Tod
- Don Gillis – Symphony No. 5½, A Symphony for Fun
- Ruth Gipps – Symphony No. 2
- Jesús Guridi – Sinfonía Pirenaica
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Symphony No. 2 "Adagio"
- Herbert Howells – Gloucester Service
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Cello Concerto
- Bohuslav Martinů – Symphony No. 5, H.310; Toccata e Due Canzoni; String Quartet No. 6, H.312
- Peter Mennin – Symphony No. 3
- Vincent Persichetti – Symphony No. 3
- Edmund Rubbra – Cello Sonata opus 60
- Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 2
- Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in D for Strings
- Michael Tippett – Little Music for String Orchestra
- William Walton – String Quartet No. 2
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