| Owen Wingrave (Chamber Reduction) | 2007 | Reduced orchestration | 106 | Benjamin Britten, David Matthews |
| Movements for a Clarinet Concerto | 2007 | Britten, devised and orchestrated by Colin Matthews | 17 | Benjamin Britten, Colin Matthews |
| Welcome Suite | 1994 | string ensemble | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Temporal Variations | 1993 | oboe & string orchestra | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Johnson over Jordan Suite | 1990 | orchestra | 18 | Benjamin Britten |
| Johnson over Jordan | 1990 | Suite arranged for 6 piece ensemble by Daryl Runswick | 18 | Benjamin Britten |
| Cabaret Songs | 1990 | female voice and 6 piece chamber ensemble | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Praise We Great Men | 1985 | SATB soloists and chorus with orchestra | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Suite from Death in Venice | 1984 | orchestra | 27 | Benjamin Britten |
| Welcome Ode | 1976 | young people's chorus (SAB) and orchestra | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| Eight Folk Song Arrangements | 1976 | high voice and harp | 2-3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Tema 'Sacher' | 1976 | solo cello | 1 | Benjamin Britten |
| Eight Folk Song Arrangements | 1976 | medium voice and piano | 19 | Benjamin Britten |
| Five Songs from Harmonia Sacra | 1976 | high voice and harp or piano | 20 | Benjamin Britten |
| Paul Bunyan | 1976 | operetta in 2 acts, based on the story of the American folkhero Paul Bunyan - version for two pianos and percussion | 114 | Benjamin Britten, David Matthews |
| String Quartet No.3 | 1975 | string quartet | 28 | Benjamin Britten |
| Birthday Hansel, A | 1975 | Song-cycle for high voice and harp | 17 | Benjamin Britten |
| Four Burns Songs | 1975 | high voice and piano | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| Sacred and Profane | 1975 | Eight Medieval Lyrics for unaccompanied SSATB chorus | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Phaedra | 1975 | dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Suite on English Folk Tunes | 1974 | orchestra | 14 | Benjamin Britten |
| Canticle V | 1974 | tenor and harp | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Death in Venice | 1973 | opera in 2 acts based on the short story by Thomas Mann | 145 | Benjamin Britten |
| Owen Wingrave | 1971 | Opera in two acts based on the short story by Henry James | 106 | Benjamin Britten |
| Third Suite for Cello | 1971 | solo cello | 22 | Benjamin Britten |
| St John Passion | 1971 | SATB soli & chorus with orchestra | 120 | Benjamin Britten, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| God Save the Queen | 1971 | orchestral arrangement of the National Anthem | 1 | Benjamin Britten |
| Canticle IV | 1971 | Countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano | 11 | Benjamin Britten |
| Five Waltzes | 1969 | solo piano | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| Suite for Harp | 1969 | harp | 14 | Benjamin Britten |
| Who Are These Children? | 1969 | tenor and piano | 23 | Benjamin Britten |
| Children's Crusade | 1969 | Ballad for children's voices and small orchestra | 19 | Benjamin Britten |
| Five Spiritual Songs | 1969 | high voice and piano | 2 | Benjamin Britten, Johann Sebastian Bach |
| The Prodigal Son | 1968 | Third parable for church performance | 72 | Benjamin Britten |
| Tit for Tat | 1968 | medium voice and piano | 9 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Building of the House | 1967 | Overture for symphonic wind band (with optional SATB chorus) | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Sycamore Tree | 1967 | Carol for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 2 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Oxen | 1967 | Carol for SA chorus and piano | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Wealden Trio, A | 1967 | Carol for unaccompanied SSA chorus | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Second Suite for Cello | 1967 | solo cello | 22 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Building of the House | 1967 | Overture with or without chorus | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Sweet Was the Song | 1966 | Carol for unaccompanied SSAA chorus | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Golden Vanity | 1966 | Vaudeville for boys and piano | 17 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Burning Fiery Furnace | 1966 | Second Parable for church performance | 64 | Benjamin Britten |
| Cadenzas to Mozarts Piano Concerto in Eb K482 | 1966 | solo piano | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Poet's Echo | 1965 | six poems of Pushkin for high voice and piano | 16 | Benjamin Britten |
| Songs and Proverbs of William Blake | 1965 | song-cycle for baritone and piano | 22 | Benjamin Britten |
| Voices for Today | 1965 | Anthem for boy's chorus, double SATB chorus and organ | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| Gemini Variations | 1965 | Quartet for 2 or 4 players | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Varations | 1965 | piano | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Variations | 1965 | piano | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| When night her purple veil | 1965 | Secular cantata for baritone, 2 violins and continuo | 15 | Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell |
| Curlew River | 1964 | Parable for church performance | 71 | Benjamin Britten |
| Suite for Cello | 1964 | solo cello | 21 | Benjamin Britten |
| Nocturnal after John Dowland | 1963 | guitar | 14 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Twelve Apostles | 1962 | Solo voice, unison chorus and piano | 2 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Red Cockatoo & Other Songs | 1960 | Medium/low voice and piano | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Red Cockatoo & Other Songs | 1960 | High voice and piano | 19 | Benjamin Britten |
| Men of Goodwill | 1947 | orchestra | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| Occasional Overture | 1946 | orchestra | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| Occasional Overture | 1946 | brass band | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| Chorale | 1944 | Unaccompanied double SATB chorus | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Rescue | 1943 | Incidental music to the radio drama by Edward Sackville-West basde on Homer's Odyssey for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor and baritone soloists and orchestra | | Benjamin Britten |
| The Rescue of Penelope | 1943 | narrator, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone soloists and orchestra | 45 | Benjamin Britten |
| Movement for Clarinet and Orchestra | 1942 | clarinet and orchestra | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Overture: Paul Bunyan | 1941 | symphonic wind band | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Carry Her Over the Water | 1941 | Partsong from Paul Bunyan for unacompanied SSATTBB chorus | 1 | Benjamin Britten |
| Ballads from Paul Bunyan | 1941 | Three songs for baritone and piano or guitar | 3-4 | Benjamin Britten |
| Overture: Paul Bunyan | 1941 | orchestra | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| American Overture, An | 1941 | orchestra | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| Lullaby of Dream Shadows | 1941 | SATB chorus and orchestra | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Inkslinger's Aria | 1941 | tenor soloist, TB chorus and orchestra | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| Moderato and Nocturne | 1940 | Piano Solo | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Paul Bunyan | 1940 | operetta in 2 acts, based on the story of the American folkhero Paul Bunyan | 114 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Spider and the Fly | 1939 | Orchestra | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Spider and the Fly | 1939 | Brass band | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| Johnson Over Jordan | 1939 | Orchestra | 35 | Benjamin Britten |
| Sword in the Stone, The: Concert Suite | 1939 | chamber ensemble 7 players | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| Young Apollo | 1939 | piano, string quartet and string orchestra | 10 | Benjamin Britten |
| A.M.D.G | 1939 | 7 settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 17 | Benjamin Britten |
| A Cradle Song | 1938 | soprano, contralto and piano | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Whoso Dwelleth under the Defence of the Most High | 1937 | Anthem for unaccompanied SATB choir from The Company of Heaven | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| The Company of Heaven | 1937 | Cantata for speaker(s), soprano and tenor soloists,SATB chorus and small orchestra | 45 | Benjamin Britten |
| Reveille | 1937 | concert study for violin and piano | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| Cabaret Songs | 1937 | voice and piano | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| Lullaby for a Retired Colonel | 1936 | Two pianos - 4 hands | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Lullaby | 1936 | two pianos - 4 hands | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Russian Funeral | 1936 | brass and percussion ensemble | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Divertimenti | 1936 | string quartet | 12 | Benjamin Britten |
| Temporal Variations | 1936 | oboe and piano | 13 | Benjamin Britten |
| Two Lullabies for Two Pianos | 1936 | two pianos - 4 hands | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Russian Funeral | 1936 | brass band | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Irish Reel | 1936 | orchestra | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Two Insect Pieces | 1935 | oboe and piano | 5 | Benjamin Britten |
| Jubilate Deo in Eb | 1934 | SATB chorus and organ | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Alla Marcia | 1933 | string quartet | 3 | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Divertimenti and Alla Marcia | 1933 | string quartet | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Phantasy in F Minor | 1932 | string quintet | 11 | Benjamin Britten |
| Twelve Variations | 1931 | Piano | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| String Quartet in D | 1931 | string quartet | 19 | Benjamin Britten |
| Plymouth Town | 1931 | chamber orchestra | 25 | Benjamin Britten |
| Christ's Nativity | 1931 | Christmas Suite for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 16 | Benjamin Britten |
| Movement for Wind Sextet | 1930 | Wind sextet | 8 | Benjamin Britten |
| Reflection | 1930 | viola and piano | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Character Pieces | 1930 | solo piano | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Quartettino | 1930 | string quartet | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Elegy | 1930 | solo viola | 6 | Benjamin Britten |
| Rhapsody | 1929 | string quartet | 7 | Benjamin Britten |
| Six Early Songs | 1929-31 | medium voice and piano | | Benjamin Britten |
| Two Pieces | 1929 | violin, viola and piano | 12 | Benjamin Britten |
| String Quartet in F | 1928 | String quartet | 22 | Benjamin Britten |
| Quatre Chansons Françaises | 1928 | high voice and small orchestra | 15 | Benjamin Britten |
| Beware! | 1926 | Three songs for medium voice and piano | 9 | Benjamin Britten |
| Irish Reel | | wind band | 4 | Benjamin Britten |
| On Receiving the Aspen Award | | | | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Suites | | solo viola | 65 | Benjamin Britten |
| Making of Peter Grimes | | | | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Carols for Upper Voices | | SA and piano and unaccompanied SA | | Benjamin Britten |
| Three Suites | | solo cello | 65 | Benjamin Britten |
| Britten's Blues | | suite for six-piece chamber ensemble | 18 | Benjamin Britten |