Well-known Works in G Minor
- Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth), aria from the opera, Dido and Aeneas - Purcell
- Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 – Bach
- Fantasia and Fugue in G minor "The Great", BWV 542 – Bach
- Symphony No. 83 "The Hen" – Haydn
- Symphony No. 40 – Mozart
- Ballade No. 1 in G minor – Chopin
- Polonaise in G minor – Chopin
- Piano Concerto No. 1 - Mendelssohn
- Piano Concerto No. 2 – Saint-Saëns
- Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor – Dvořák
- Sicilienne, Op. 78 – Fauré
- Prelude in G Minor – Rachmaninoff
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor – Rachmaninoff
- Much of Verdi's Requiem, specifically the Dies Irae, is in G minor.
- Much of Oxygène (parts I, II, IV and VI) by Jean Michel Jarre is in G minor.
- Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "Summer" from The Four Seasons – Antonio Vivaldi
- Adagio in G minor – "Albinoni's Adagio", now attributed to Remo Giazotto
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 – Max Bruch
- Christmas Concerto – Arcangelo Corelli
- Carol of the Bells – Mykola Leontovych
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Johannes Brahms
- Cataluña - Isaac Albéniz
- Embers - Phantasma
See also: List of symphonies in G minor.
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