| 1928 | Quatre chansons françaises | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1931 | Plymouth Town (ballet per a orquestra petita) | Confirmat | 25' |
| 1932 | Sinfonietta, op. 1 | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1932 | Sinfonietta, op. 1 (versió per a small orchestra) | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1934 | Simfonia simple, op. 4 | Confirmat | 17' |
| 1936 | Irish Reel (for orchestra) | Confirmat | 3' |
| 1936 | Irish Reel (for banda simfònica) | Confirmat | 4' |
| 1936 | Our Hunting Fathers, op. 8 | Confirmat | 27' |
| 1936 | Russian Funeral (for brass and percussion) | Confirmat | 6' |
| 1936 | Soirées musicales, op. 9 (Suite of cinc moviments de Rossini) | Confirmat | 11' |
| 1936 | Temporal Variations (for oboe and string orchestra) | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1937 | Mont Juic, op. 12 (Suite of Catalan Dances, with Lennox Berkeley) | Confirmat | 12' |
| 1937 | The Company of Heaven (cantata) · cor | Confirmat | 45' |
| 1937 | Variacions sobre un tema de Frank Bridge, op. 10 | Confirmat | 25' |
| 1938 | Concert per a piano, op. 13 (versió original de 1938) | Confirmat | 34' |
| 1938 | Concert per a piano, op. 13 (versió revisada de 1945) | Confirmat | 33' |
| 1939 | Ballad of Heroes, op. 14 · cor | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1939 | Canadian Carnival (Kermesse Canadienne), op. 19 | Confirmat | 14' |
| 1939 | Johnson over Jordan (complete música incidental) | Confirmat | 35' |
| 1939 | Johnson over Jordan: Suite | Confirmat | 18' |
| 1939 | Les Illuminations, op. 18 | Confirmat | 21' |
| 1939 | The Spider and the Fly | TBD | 4' |
| 1939 | The Sword in the Stone: Concert Suite | Confirmat | 10' |
| 1939 | Concert per a violí, op. 15 | Confirmat | 31' |
| 1939 | Young Apollo, op. 16 | Confirmat | 10' |
| 1940 | Diversions on a Theme, op. 21 | Confirmat | 23' |
| 1940 | Sinfonia da Requiem, op. 20 | Confirmat | 20' |
| 1941 | Fourteen Folk Songs (arranged per a veu i orquestra) | TBD | 16' |
| 1941 | Matinées musicales, op. 24 (Second Suite of cinc moviments de Rossini) | Confirmat | 13' |
| 1941 | Obertura: Paul Bunyan (for orchestra) | Confirmat | 5' |
| 1941 | Obertura: Paul Bunyan (for symphonic banda simfònica) | Confirmat | 7' |
| 1941 | Paul Bunyan, op. 17 (operetta in dos actes) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 114' |
| 1941 | Scottish Ballad, op. 26 | Confirmat | 13' |
| 1942 | Movement per a clarinet i orquestra | Confirmat | 6' |
| 1942 | Movements per a a Concert per a clarinet (devised and orquestrat per Colin Matthews) | Confirmat | 17' |
| 1943 | Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (rejected movement from the Serenade, op. 31) | Confirmat | 5' |
| 1943 | Preludi i fuga for 18-part String Orchestra, op. 29 | Confirmat | 9' |
| 1943 | Serenata per a tenor, trompa i cordes, op. 31 | Confirmat | 24' |
| 1945 | Quatre interludis marins de Peter Grimes, op. 33a | Confirmat | 17' |
| 1945 | Passacaglia de Peter Grimes, op. 33b | Confirmat | 7' |
| 1945 | Peter Grimes, op. 33 (òpera completa) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 147' |
| 1946 | Obertura Occasional en do, op. 38 | Confirmat | 8' |
| 1946 | The Rape of Lucretia, op. 37 (òpera completa, revisada 1947) · òpera | Confirmat | 107' |
| 1946 | Guia d'orquestra per a joves, op. 34 | Confirmat | 17' |
| 1947 | A Charm of Lullabies, op. 41 (orch. Colin Matthews) | Confirmat | 12' |
| 1947 | Albert Herring, op. 39 (complete comic opera) · òpera | Confirmat | 137' |
| 1947 | Men of Goodwill (variations on “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”) | Confirmat | 8' |
| 1948 | Lachrymae, op. 48a (reflections on a song of Dowland, per a viola i cordes) | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1948 | Saint Nicolas, op. 42 · cor | Confirmat | 50' |
| 1948 | The Beggar's Opera, op. 43 (John Gay, realised by Britten) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 108' |
| 1949 | Spring Symphony, op. 44 · cor | Confirmat | 45' |
| 1949 | The Little Sweep, op. 45 (the opera de Let's Make an Opera) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 45' |
| 1953 | Gloriana, op. 53 (òpera completa, revisada 1966) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 148' |
| 1953 | Gloriana: Courtly Dances | Confirmat | 10' |
| 1953 | Gloriana: Suite simfònica, op. 53a | Confirmat | 26' |
| 1954 | The Turn of the Screw, op. 54 (òpera completa) · òpera | Confirmat | 101' |
| 1956 | The Prince of the Pagodas, op. 57 (ballet complet) | Confirmat | 119' |
| 1956 | The Prince of the Pagodas: Pas de Six, op. 57a | Confirmat | 12' |
| 1956 | The Prince of the Pagodas: Preludi and Dances, op. 57b (selected by Norman Del Mar) | Confirmat | 27' |
| 1957 | Noye's Fludde, op. 59 (the Chester miracle play) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 50' |
| 1957 | The Prince of the Pagodas: Suite (compiled Cooke & Mitchell) | Confirmat | 47' |
| 1958 | Nocturn, op. 60 | Confirmat | 25' |
| 1959 | Cantata academica, carmen basiliense, op. 62 · cor | Confirmat | 22' |
| 1960 | El somni d'una nit d'estiu, op. 64 (òpera completa) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 144' |
| 1960 | Billy Budd, op. 50 (òpera completa, revisada two-act version) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 158' |
| 1962 | Rèquiem de guerra, op. 66 · cor | Confirmat | 85' |
| 1963 | Cantata misericordium, op. 69 · cor | Confirmat | 20' |
| 1963 | Simfonia per a violoncel i orquestra, op. 68 | Confirmat | 34' |
| 1964 | Curlew River, op. 71 (first parable for church performance) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 71' |
| 1966 | The Burning Fiery Furnace, op. 77 (second parable for church performance) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 64' |
| 1967 | The Building of the House, op. 79 (overture, versió orquestral) | Confirmat | 6' |
| 1967 | The Building of the House, op. 79 (overture, symphonic banda simfònica) | Confirmat | 6' |
| 1968 | The Prodigal Son, op. 81 (third parable for church performance) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 72' |
| 1969 | Children's Crusade, op. 82 (ballad per a children's veus) · cor | Confirmat | 19' |
| 1971 | Owen Wingrave, op. 85 (òpera completa) · òpera | Confirmat | 106' |
| 1973 | Death in Venice, op. 88 (òpera completa) · òpera · cor | Confirmat | 145' |
| 1973 | Suite de Death in Venice, op. 88a | Confirmat | 27' |
| 1974 | Suite on English Folk Tunes, op. 90 “A Time There Was…” | Confirmat | 14' |
| 1975 | Phaedra, op. 93 (dramatic cantata) | Confirmat | 15' |
| 1976 | Praise We Great Men (completed Colin Matthews) · cor | Confirmat | 7' |
| 1976 | Welcome Ode, op. 95 · cor | Confirmat | 8' |