Classical Music
- Aaron Copland – Orchestral Variations
- Pierre Gabaye – Boutade
- László Lajtha – Symphony No. 7, Revolution (A tribute to the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 against the Soviet suppression)
- Walter Piston – Viola Concerto
- Hilding Rosenberg – String Quartets nos. 8 – 12
- Edmund Rubbra – Seventh Symphony
- Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 3
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 G minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905"
- Elie Siegmeister – Symphony No. 3
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gruppen for three orchestras (1955–57)
- Toru Takemitsu – Requiem
- Mieczysław Weinberg – Symphony no. 4
- Malcolm Williamson
- A Vision of Beasts and Gods, song-cycle for high voice & piano
- Santiago de Espada, overture for orchestra
- Symphony No. 1 – Elevamini, for orchestra
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