O Lacrymosa op. 48 (1926); escrito para Krenek por Rainer Maria Rilke, versão orq. op. 48a
Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (texto de Krenek), op. 62 (1929)
The Ballad of the Railroads op. 78 (1944, texto de Krenek)
Sestina (texto de Krenek), op.161, soprano e 8 instrumentos (1957)
Orquestral
Sinfonias
Sinfonia no. 1, op. 7 (1921)
Sinfonia no. 2, op. 12 (1922)
Sinfonia no. 3, op. 16 (1922)
Sinfonia para sopros e percussão, op. 34 (1924-25)
Pequena Sinfonia op. 58 (1928)
Sinfonia no. 4, op. 113 (1947)
Sinfonia no. 5, op. 119 (1949)
Sinfonia "Pallas Athene", op. 137 (1954)
Concertos e trabalhos concertantes
concerto para violino no. 1, op. 29
Pequeno concerto para cravo, órgão e orquestra de câmara, op. 88
Concerto para violino, piano e pequena orquestra , op. 124
Concerto para harpa e orquestra de câmara, op. 126
concerto para violoncelo no. 1, op. 133
concerto para violino no. 2, op. 140
Capriccio para violoncelo e orquestra , op. 145
concerto para violoncelo no. 2, op. 236
4 concertos para piano
concertos para órgão, incl. concerto op. 230 para órgão e orq. de cortas, op. 235 com orq. completa
Música de Câmara
Quartetos de cordas
Quarteto de cordas no. 1, op. 6 (1921)
Quarteto de cordas no. 2, op. 8 (1921)
Quarteto de cordas no. 3, op. 20 (1923)
Quarteto de cordas no. 4, op. 24 (1924)
Quarteto de cordas no. 5, op. 65 em mi bemol (1930)
Quarteto de cordas no. 6, op. 78 (1936)
Quarteto de cordas no. 7, op. 96 (1944)
Quarteto de cordas no. 8, op. 233 (1981)
Sonatas
Para piano
No. 1, op. 2 em mi bemol (1919)
No. 2, op. 59 (1928)
No. 3, op. 92, no. 4 * (1943)
No. 4, op. 114 (1948)
No. 5, op. 121 (1950)
No. 6, op. 128 (1951)
No. 7, op. 240 (1988)
Para violino
2 com piano (no. 1 op. 3 em fá sustenido menor, e no. 2 op. 99)
2 solo (op. 33 e 115)
Para viola
Sonata para Viola Solo, Op. 92 No. 3 (1942)
Sonata para Viola e Piano, Op. 117 (1948)
Outros
Serenata para clarinete e trio de cordas, op. 4
Suite para violoncelo solo, op. 84
Suite para guitarra, op. 164
Trio de cordas, op. 118
Trio de cordas Parvula Corona Musicalis: ad honorem Johannis Sebastiani Bach, op. 122
Trio de cordas em 12 estações, op. 237
Monólogo para clarinete solo (1956)
Música electrónica
Spiritus Intelligentiae, Sanctus, op. 152, duas vozes e fita magnética (1956)
San Fernando Sequence, op. 185 (1963)
Exercises of a Late Hour, op. 200 (1967)
Orga-Nastro, op. 212, órgão e fita magnética (1971)
They Knew What They Wanted, op. 227, narrador, oboé, piano, percussão e fita magnética (1977)
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