List of compositions by Giacinto Scelsi

First period (1929–48)

• Chemin du coeur for violin and piano
• Rotative for three pianos, winds and percussion
• *version for 2 pianos
• *version for 2 pianos and percussion
• Suite No. 2 for piano
• 40 Preludes in 4 series for piano
• 6 Pieces from "Paralipomeni" for piano
• Dialogo for cello and piano
• Sinfonietta for orchestra
• Tre canti di primavera for voice and piano
• L'amour et le crane for voice and piano
• Tre canti for voice and piano
• Toccata for piano
• Sonata for violin and piano
• Concertino for piano and orchestra
• Suite No. 5 for piano
• Trio No. 1 for violin, cello and piano
• Preludio, Ariosa e Fuga for orchestra
• Four Poems for piano
• perdus for female voice and piano
• Suite No. 6 "I Capricci di Ty" for piano
• Suite No. 7 for piano
• Hispania for piano
• Sonata No. 2 for piano
• Sonata No. 3 for piano
• Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano
• Variations for piano
• Variations and Fugue for piano
• Sonata No. 4 for piano
• Ballata for cello and piano
• String Quartet No. 1
• *version for string orchestra
• Introduction and Fugue for string orchestra
• La Nascita del Verbo Cantata for mixed chorus and orchestra
• Trio for vibraphone, marimba and percussion

Second period (1952–59)

• Suite No. 8 "Bot-Ba: Evocation of Tibet with its monasteries on high mountain summits: Tibetan rituals, prayers and dances" for piano
• Quattro Illustrazioni "Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu" for piano
• Cinque incantesimi for piano
• Suite No. 9 "Ttai: A succession of episodes which alternatively express time
• Piccola suite for flute and clarinet
• Suite No. 10 "Ka: The word 'ka' has many meanings, but the principal one is 'essence'" for piano
• Pwyll for flute
• Three studies for E clarinet
• Preghiera per un'ombra for B clarinet
• Divertimento No. 2 for violin
• Yamaon for bass voice and alto sax, baritone sax, contrabassoon, double bass, percussion
• Action Music for piano
• Divertimento No. 3 for violin
• Divertimento No. 4 for violin
• Coelocanth for viola
• Hyxos for alto flute in G, 2 gongs and cow-bell
• Suite No. 11 for piano
• Four Pieces for trumpet
• Three Pieces for saxophone or bass trumpet
• Four Pieces for horn in F
• Ixor for reed; Bb clarinet, oboe
• Divertimento No. 5 for violin
• Three Studies for viola
• Three Pieces for trombone
• Trilogy "Triphon, Dithome, Ygghur" for cello
• Rucke di guck for piccolo and oboe
• String Trio
• I presagi for 11 players: 9 brass and 2 percussion
• Elegia per ty for viola and cello
• Tre canti popolari for four-voice mixed choir
• Tre canti sacri for eight-voice mixed choir
• Kya for B clarinet solo, and seven instruments
• Quattro pezzi su una nota sola for chamber orchestra

Third period (1960–69)

• Ho "Five songs" for solo soprano voice
• Wo-Ma for solo bass voice
• Hurqualia "A Different Realm" for large orchestra, with amplified instruments
• String Quartet No. 2
• Aion "Four Episodes in one Day of Brahma" for orchestra
• Taiagaru "Five Invocations" for solo soprano voice
• Lilitu for solo female voice
• Riti "Ritual March"
• *version for Alexander, for tuba, double bass, contrabassoon, electric organ & percussion
• *version for Carl the Great, for cello and 2 percussionists
• Khoom "Seven episodes of an unwritten tale of love and death in a distant land" for soprano voice, horn, string quartet & percussion
• 20 Canti del Capricorno for soprano
• String Quartet No. 3
• Hymnos for large orchestra
• Chukrum for string orchestra
• Xnoybis "The ability of energy to ascend to the spirit" for violin
• String Quartet No. 4
• Yliam for female choir
• Duo for violin and cello
• *version for violin and double bass
• Anahit "Lyric Poem on the name of Venus" for violin and 18 instruments
• Anagamin "The one who is faced with a choice between going back and refusing to" for 11 strings
• Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet
• Elegia per Ty for viola and cello
• Ohoi "The Creative Principles" for 16 strings
• Uaxuctum "The Legend of the Maya City which destroyed itself for religious reasons" for 4 vocal soloists, ondes martenot solo, mixed choir and orchestra
• Ko-Tha "Three Dances of Shiva" for guitar
• *version for double bass
• *version for six-string cello
• Manto I, II, III for viola and female voice
• Ckckc for soprano voice and mandolin
• Natura renovatur for 11 strings
• Tkrdg for 6-voice male choir, electric guitar and 3 percussion
• Okanagon "Okanagon is like a rite, or if you will, like grasping the heartbeat of the Earth" for harp, tamtam & double bass
• Konx-Om-Pax "Three aspects of sound: as the first motion of the immovable, as creative force, as the syllable 'om'" for mixed choir, and orchestra
• Ogloudoglou for solo voice

Fourth period (1970–85)

• Il est grand temps for voice
• Même si je voyais for voice
• Three Latin Prayers for solo voice or choir
• Antifona "on the name of Jesus" for male choir
• Le Grand sanctuaire for solo tenor
• Nuits for double bass
• Pranam I "In memory of the tragic losses of Jani and Sia Christou" for soprano voice, 12 instruments & tape
• L'âme ailée for violin
• L'âme ouverte for violin
• Arc-en-ciel for two violins
• Sauh I & II for two female voices or female voice and tape
• Sauh III & IV for four female voices or female choir
• Pranam II for nine instruments
• Voyages for cello
• Et maintenant c'est à vous de jouer for cello and double bass
• To the master "Two improvisations" for cello and piano
• Manto "per quattro" for Soprano, flute, trombone and cello
• In Nomine Lucis for electric organ
• Aitsi for electronically prepared piano
• *version as String Quartet No. 5
• Pfhat "A flash... and the sky opened!" for mixed choir and large orchestra
• Dharana for cello and double Bass
• Kshara for two double basses
• Litanie for 2 female voices or female voice and tape
• Maknongan for low-voice instrument: double bass, contrabassoon, etc., or bass voice
• Le réveil profond for double bass
• Un adieu for piano
• String Quartet No. 5
• Krishna e Rada for flute and piano