| 1 | Serenade for Strings | | | | | | String orchestra |
| 2 | 3 songs op. 2 | | | | 1928 | 6:00 | Song |
| 3 | Dover Beach | | | cha,voc | | | |
| 5 | The School for Scandal Overture | | | | | | Overture |
| 6 | Sonata for Cello and Piano | | | cel,pno | | 18:00 | Sonata |
| 7 | Music for a Scene from Shelley | | | | | | |
| 8 | The Virgin Martyrs | | | | | | |
| 9 | Symphony no. 1 | | | | | | Symphony |
| 10 | 3 songs op. 10 | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 11 | Quartet for Strings in B minor | | | | | 16:30 | |
| 12 | Essay for Orchestra no 1 | | | orc | | | |
| 13 | 4 songs op. 13 | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 14 | Violin Concerto | | | | 1939 | 23:00 | Violin concerto |
| 15 | A Stopwatch and an Ordinance Map | | | | | | |
| 16 | Reincarnations | | | | 1940 | 8:30 | Choir |
| 17 | Essay for Orchestra no 2 | | | orc | | | |
| 18 | 2 songs op. 18 | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 19 | Symphony no. 2 | | | | | | Symphony |
| 19a | Night Flight | | | orc | | | |
| 20 | Excursions for piano | | | pno | 1944 | 12:00 | |
| 21 | Capricorn Concerto for Fl, Ob, Tp & Strings | Capricorn Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Trumpet and Strings | | | | | |
| 22 | Concerto for Cello | | | | | 24:00 | Cello concerto |
| 23 | Medea "Cave of the Heart" | | | | | | |
| 23a | Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance | | | | | | Opera |
| 24 | Knoxville: Summer of 1915 | Completed 1947, revised 1949, first performance April 1, 1950. | | | 1947 | 15:00 | Symphonic poem |
| 25 | Nuvoletta | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 26 | Piano Sonata | | | pno | 1949 | 20:00 | |
| 27 | Mélodies passagères | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 28 | Souvernirs | | | pno | | 20:00 | |
| 29 | Hermit Songs | | | pno,voc | | 17:00 | |
| 30 | Prayers of Kierkegaard | | | | | | Choir |
| 31 | Summer Music | | | cha | | 12:00 | |
| 32 | Vanessa | | | | | | Opera |
| 33 | Nocturne for piano "Homage to John Field" | | | pno | 1959 | 4:00 | Nocturne |
| 34 | Wonderous Love | | | org | | | |
| 35 | A Hand of Bridge | | | | | | |
| 36 | Toccata festiva for Organ and Orchestra | | | orc,org | | | Toccata |
| 37 | Die natali | | | org | | | |
| 38 | Concerto for Piano | | | | | | Piano concerto |
| 38a | Canzone for Flute and Piano | | | flu,pno | | 4:00 | |
| 39 | Andromache's Farewell | | | orc | 1962 | 12:00 | |
| 40 | Antony and Cleopatra | | | | | | Opera |
| 41 | Despite and Still | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 43 | The Lovers | | | | | | Choir |
| 44 | Fadograph of a Yestern Scene | | | orc | | | |
| 45 | 3 songs op. 45 | | | pno,voc | | | |
| 46 | Ballade for piano | Restless, as before. | | pno | | 8:00 | Ballade |
| 47 | Essay for Orchestra no 3 | | | orc | | | |
| | Agnus Dei | | | | | 8:00 | Hymn |
| | Adagio for Strings | This work was originally the second movement of the String Quartet opus 11 from 1936. Two years later Barber wrote a version for string orchestra that became probably his best known work. | | | 1936 | 6:30 | Adagio |
| | Commando march | versions for band and for orchestra | | | 1943 | 4:00 | March |