| A Most Eloquent Music, from Hamlet, Peacock Press. RSC. The prison Cycle Chamber Cantata | 2 recorders & lute or harpsichord | | | | |
| Rawsthorne, Alan, arr. David Ellis: Interludes from “Hamlet” | 1 A and S & pno | | | | |
| Suite for Recorder and Piano | Recorder, Piano | | | | |
| ‘Two Fish’ | | Solo | Cookham | 1973 | solo |
| Scena Rustica for soprano and harp | | Solo | | 1967 | solo |
| Saraband (with Ernest Irving) – Folies d’Espagne | | Solo | | 1948 | solo |
| Carol | | Solo | | | solo |
| Two Songs to Words by John Fletcher | | Solo | | 1943 | solo |
| ‘We Three Merry Maids’ | | Solo | | 1945 | solo |
| Three French Nursery Songs | | Solo | London | 1938 | solo |
| A Rose for Lidice | Soprano solo and chorus | Other Vocal Music: Choral | Thaxted | 1956 | other-vocal-music-choral |
| The Oxen | Mixed chorus a cappella | Other Vocal Music: Choral | London | 1965 | other-vocal-music-choral |
| Lament for a Sparrow | Mixed chorus and harp | Other Vocal Music: Choral | London | 1962 | other-vocal-music-choral |
| Four Seasonal Songs | SATB | Other Vocal Music: Choral | | 1956 | other-vocal-music-choral |
| Canzonet from ‘A Garland for the Queen’ | SATB | Other Vocal Music: Choral | London | 1953 | other-vocal-music-choral |
| Tankas of the Four Seasons | oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, and cello | Voices and Instruments | Cheltenham | 1965 | voices-and-instruments |
| Practical Cats for Speaker and Orchestra. (Chamber orchestra version) | fl, ob, 2 cl, bn, 2 hn, tpt, tbn, timp, 2 perc (SD, cym, tri, xylo, glock, tamb), str | Voices and Instruments | | | voices-and-instruments |
| Practical Cats for Speaker and Orchestra. (Full Orchestra Version) | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc (SD, cym, tri, xylo, glock, tamb), str | Voices and Instruments | Edinburgh | 1954 | voices-and-instruments |
| Medieval Diptych – for Baritone solo and Orchestra. | 3 fl (II+picc, III+afl), 2 ob, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, | Voices and Instruments | London | 1962 | voices-and-instruments |
| Kubla Khan – SATB, contralto and tenor soli and orchestra | 3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, timp, 3 perc, hp, str | Voices and Instruments | London | 1941 | voices-and-instruments |
| God in the Cave – Cantata for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (gong, cym, clash cym, whip, SD, BD, xylo), str | Voices and Instruments | Edinburgh | 1967 | voices-and-instruments |
| Chamber Cantata. | Mezzo-Soprano, String Quartet, Harpsichord. | Voices and Instruments | London | | voices-and-instruments |
| A Canticle of Man – Chamber Cantata. | Baritone solo, choir, and small orchestra (flute, strings) or piano | Voices and Instruments | Bryanston | 1952 | voices-and-instruments |
| Carmen Vitale: Choral Suite. | Soprano solo, chorus and full orchestra. 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (gong, BD, cym, tri, glock, clash cym, whip, xylo, TD, tamb, Chinese blk, SD), hp, pn, str | Voices and Instruments | London | 1963 | voices-and-instruments |
| The Creel: Suite for Piano Duet | | Piano Music | | 1940 | piano-music |
| Ballade | | Piano Music | Cardiff | 1967 | piano-music |
| Four Bagatelles | | Piano Music | Oslo Radio | 1938 | piano-music |
| Four Romantic Pieces | | Piano Music | London | 1953 | piano-music |
| Sonatina for Piano | | Piano Music | London | 1949 | piano-music |
| Elegy for Guitar | | Chamber Music | London | 1972 | chamber-music |
| Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello | | Chamber Music | London | 1962 | chamber-music |
| Theme and Variations for Two Violins | | Chamber Music | London | 1938 | chamber-music |
| Suite for Treble Recorder and Piano | | Chamber Music | Cheltenham | 1993 | chamber-music |
| Suite for Flute, Viola and Harp | | Chamber Music | London | 1968 | chamber-music |
| String Quartet No. 3 | | Chamber Music | Harlow | 1965 | chamber-music |
| String Quartet No. 2 | | Chamber Music | Cheltenham | 1954 | chamber-music |
| String Quartet No. l | | Chamber Music | | 1939 | chamber-music |
| String Quartet in B minor (1932) | | Chamber Music | London | 1934 | chamber-music |
| Sonatina for Flute, Oboe and Piano | | Chamber Music | London | 1936 | chamber-music |
| Sonata for Cello and Piano | | Chamber Music | London | 1949 | chamber-music |
| Sonata for Viola and Piano | | Chamber Music | London | 1938 | chamber-music |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano | | Chamber Music | London | 1959 | chamber-music |
| Quintet for Piano and Strings | | Chamber Music | Cardiff | 1968 | chamber-music |
| Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon | | Chamber Music | London | 1936 | chamber-music |
| uartet for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Cello | | Chamber Music | London | 1948 | chamber-music |
| Concerto for Ten Instruments | fl, ob (+ca), cl, bn, hn, 2 vln, vla, vc, db | Chamber Music | Cheltenham | 1961 | chamber-music |
| Concertante for Piano and Violin | | Chamber Music | London | 1934 | chamber-music |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | vln solo, 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (tri, xylo, cym, SD, clash cym, TD, BD), hp, str | Concerto | London | 1956 | concerto |
| Violin Concerto No. 1 | vln solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (SD, TD, BD, cym, tri, Chinese blk, tamb, glock), hp, str | Concerto | Cheltenham | 1948 | concerto |
| Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra | 2 pn soli, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, cym, xylo, tri, tamb, Chinese blk, clash cym), str | Concerto | London | 1968 | concerto |
| Piano Concerto No. 2 | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (tri, cym, clash cym, SD, tamb, Chinese blk), str | Concerto | London | 1951 | concerto |
| Piano Concerto No. l | Full orchestra version: pn solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (cym, tri, TD, SD, tamb, BD, xylo), str. String orchestra version: pn solo, str, perc (timp, tamb, xylo, tri. basco, SD, TD) | Concerto | London | 1942 | concerto |
| Concerto for Oboe and Strings | | Concerto | Cheltenham | 1947 | concerto |
| Concerto for Clarinet and Strings | | Concerto | London | 1937 | concerto |
| Cello Concerto | vc solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 4 perc (tri, tamb, BD, Chinese blk, TD, cym, gong, xylo, clash cym, cas), hp, str | Concerto | London | 1966 | concerto |
| Triptych for Orchestra | 3 fl, 3 ob, 3 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (gong, cym, BD, tri, SD, TD, Chinese blk, xylo), hp, str | Orchestral Music | Lancaster | 1969 | orchestral-music |
| Theme, Variations and Finale | 3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 3 perc (cym, xylo, SD, tamb, Chinese blk, TD, tri, BD, gong, clash cym), str | Orchestral Music | Chelmsford | 1967 | orchestral-music |
| Symphony No. 3 | 3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 2 cl, bcl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (clash cym, cym, TD, SD, tri, gong, BD, xylo, Chinese blk, tam), cel, hp, str | Orchestral Music | Cheltenham | 1964 | orchestral-music |
| Symphony No. 2 (A Pastoral Symphony) | Soprano solo and orchestra 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc (tri, TD, cym, xylo, Chinese blk, SD, clash cym, tamb), hp, str | Orchestral Music | Birmingham | 1959 | orchestral-music |
| Symphony No. 1 | 3 fl, 2 ob, ca, 3 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 2 tbn, btbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (cym, tri, BD, SD, clash cym, TD), str | Orchestral Music | London | 1950 | orchestral-music |
| Symphonic Studies | 3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl (III+bcl), 3 bn (III+cbn), 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn (III+btbn), tba, timp, 2 perc (SD, cym, tri, BD, tamb, TD), cel, hp, str | Orchestral Music | Warsaw | 1939 | orchestral-music |
| Street Corner – Overture | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc (cym, tri, SD, xylo, tamb), str | Orchestral Music | Leamington Spa | 1945 | orchestral-music |
| Prisoners’ March – from the film The Captive Heart | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (SD, TD, BD, cym), hp, str | Orchestral Music | | 1946 | orchestral-music |
| Overture for Farnham | | Orchestral Music | Farnham | 1967 | orchestral-music |
| Madame Chrysanthème – Suite | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 2 perc (cym, tri, glock, xylo,TD, SD, tamb, ), hp, str | Orchestral Music | | | orchestral-music |
| Madame Chrysanthème – Ballet | 3 fl, ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, 3 tpt, pn, cel, timp, 2 perc (xylo, tri, w blk, SD, cym, gong, glock, TD, tri, BD), hp, str | Orchestral Music | Covent Garden | 1955 | orchestral-music |
| Light Music for Strings | | Orchestral Music | | 1938 | orchestral-music |
| Improvisations on a Theme by Constant Lambert | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str | Orchestral Music | Newcastle | 1961 | orchestral-music |
| Hallé – Overture | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (SD, cym, clash cym, tamb, tri, xylo), str | Orchestral Music | Manchester | 1968 | orchestral-music |
| Elegiac Rhapsody for Strings | | Orchestral Music | London | 1964 | orchestral-music |
| Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra | fl, 2 ob, 2 bn, 2 hn, str | Orchestral Music | Cambridge | 1962 | orchestral-music |
| Cortèges – Fantasy Overture | 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (BD, clash cym, SD, xylo, Chinese block, tri, glock, TD, tamb), hp, str | Orchestral Music | London | 1945 | orchestral-music |
| Concerto for String Orchestra | | Orchestral Music | Hilversum Radio | 1949 | orchestral-music |
| Concertante Pastorale | fl, hn, str | Orchestral Music | Hampton Court | 1951 | orchestral-music |