This article presents a complete list of compositions by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), organized by instrumentation. Within each category, the works are arranged chronologically by year of composition.
Iannis Xenakis in his Paris studio, c. 1970
Vocal
Anastenaria: Procession aux eaux claires, for SATB chorus of 30 voices, male choir of 15 voices, and orchestra (1953)
Polla ta dhina, for children's choir and orchestra (1962)
Cendrées, for chorus and orchestra (1973–74)
Anémoessa, for SATB chorus of 42 or 84 voices and orchestra (1979)
Aïs, for amplified baritone, percussion and orchestra (1980)
Nekuïa, for SATB chorus of 54 or 80 voices and orchestra (1981)
Medea senecae, for male voices and 6 instruments (1967)
Nuits, for SATB chorus of 12 voices (1967–68)
À Colone, for male or female voices and 3 instruments (1977)
À Hélène, for female voices (1977)
Pour la Paix, for SATB chorus, two male speakers, two female speakers, and tape (1981)
Serment-Orkos, for SATB chorus of 32 or more voices (1981)
Chant des Soleils, for SATB chorus, children's choir, brass ensemble and percussion (1983)
Idmen A/Idmen B, for SATB chorus of 64 or more voices and percussion (1985)
Knephas, for SATB chorus of 32 or more voices (1990)
Pu wijnuej we fyp, for children's choir (1992)
Les Bacchantes, for baritone soloist, female voices and 9 instruments (1993)
Sea–Nymphs, for SATB chorus of 24 or more voices (1994)
Other vocal
N'shima, for two mezzo-soprano or alto soloists, 2 horns, 2 trombones and cello (1975)
Akanthos, for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1977)
Pour Maurice, for baritone and piano (1982)
Kassandra, for baritone/psalterion and percussion (1987, an additional movement for Oresteïa)
La déesse Athéna, for baritone soloist, piccolo, oboe, E-flat clarinet, doublebass clarinet, contrabassoon, horn, piccolo trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion and cello (1992, an additional movement for Oresteïa)
With piano
Eonta, for 2 trumpets, 3 trombones and piano (1963–64)
Palimpsest, for English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion, piano and string quintet (1979)
Dikhthas, for violin and piano (1979)
Thalleïn, for piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, piccolo trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano and string quintet (1984)
Akea, for piano and string quartet (1986)
Paille in the Wind, for cello and piano (1992)
Plektó, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello (1993)
For string ensemble
ST/4, 1-080262, for string quartet (1956–62, transcription of ST/48, 1-240162)
Analogique A, for string ensemble (1958, must be performed with tape work Analogique B)
Gmeeoorh, for organ (1974), commissioned by and for the 1974 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the Hartt School of Music, premiered by Clyde Holloway.[1]
Mycenae alpha, 2-track (Polytope of Mycenae, 1978)
Taurhiphanie, 2-track (1987)
Voyage absolu des Unari vers Andromède, 2-track (1989)
Created using dynamic stochastic synthesis
GENDY3, 2-track (1991)
S.709, 2-track (1994)
This section lists early pieces by Xenakis that have not been published during his lifetime, and works that were withdrawn from the catalogue by the composer himself, for various reasons.
Untitled piece for piano (February 1949, revised in June)
Untitled piece for piano (March 1949)
Untitled piece for piano (27 May 1949)
Untitled piece for piano (October 1949)
Menuet, for piano
Air populaire, for piano
Allegro molto, for piano
Untitled piece for piano (January 1950)
Mélodie, for piano
Untitled piece for piano (April 1950)
Untitled piece for piano (15 June 1950)
Andante, for piano
Thème et conséquences, for piano (1951, unpublished)
Dhipli zyia, for violin and cello (1951, unpublished)
Tripli zyia, for flute, voice and piano (1952, unpublished)
Trois poèmes, for voice and piano (1952, unpublished)
La colombe de la paix, for alto soloist and SATB chorus (1953, unpublished)
Stamatis Katotakis, for soloist and male voices (1953, unpublished)
Vasarely, tape (1960, film score, withdrawn)
Formes rouges, tape (1961, film score, withdrawn)
Amorsima-Morsima (1956–62, withdrawn)
GENDY301, tape (1991, withdrawn)
Erod, tape (1997, withdrawn, created using UPIC in collaboration with Brigitte Robindoré)
Mâche, François-Bernard. 2000. L'hellénisme de Xenakis, in Un demi-siècle de musique … et toujours contemporaine. Paris, l'Harmattan, pp.302–321. (in French)
