List of contemporary repertoire for guitar

This is a list of selected contemporary repertoire for guitar. The pieces in this list were composed by notable composers (outside of the so-called "guitar world"), or composers whose work has significance in contemporary classical music history. For more pieces and pieces of earlier eras, visit the list of compositions for guitar.
Solo
*Claudio Ambrosini - Rap
*Constantinos Chizaris - Guitariana
*Hans Erich Apostel - Sechs Musiken
*Milton Babbitt - Composition
*Clarence Barlow - Until
*Richard Barrett - Colloid
*Xavier Benguerel - Versus; Cantus
*Luciano Berio - Sequenza XI
*Sergio Blardony - Sueño que despierto
*John E. Bower - Preliminary Hearing ()
*Benjamin Britten - Nocturnal
*Howard J. Buss - Dances and Interludes (Brixton Publications)
*Sylvano Bussotti - Rara
*Elliott Carter - Changes; Shard
*Aldo Clementi - 12 Variazioni, Fantasia su frammenti di M.G.
*James Dillon - Shrouded Mirrors
*Franco Donatoni - Algo; Åse (Algo II)
*Mikael Edlund - Små Fötter
*Sebastian Fagerlund - Kromos
*Brian Ferneyhough - Kurze Schatten II
*Carlo Forlivesi - Differencias sobre el Finsterling
*Christopher Fox - Chile
*Luca Francesconi - Alborada
*Erik Förare - Grande Caprice Vulgaire
*Alberto Ginastera - Sonata for guitar, op. 47
*Benoit Glazer - "TanVal"
* Charles Griffin - "Samba Variations"
*Mikko Heiniö - Five Preludes
*Mikko Heiniö - Through Green Glass
*Hans Werner Henze - Drei Tentos; Royal Winter Music I and II
*Hans Joachim Hespos - Kitara
*Hans Holewa - Fantasia e Ricercare
*Mansoor Hosseini - Zapp Music
*Klaus K. Hübler - Fantasia e Ricercare
*Reuben Jelleyman - Soliloquy
*Karin Jeppson - Invocazione
*Ernst Krenek - Suite
*Meyer Kupferman - Echoes from Barcelona; Strumming; Pipedream Sonata
*Dylan Lardelli - First Ice (Lachrymae); ¿No hay quien nos desate?
*Hans Ulrich Lehmann - …etwas Klang von meiner; Oberfläche…
*Georges Lentz - Ingwe
*Christer Lindwall - Eclipse
*Peter Machajdík - Silent Wanderings
*Peter Machajdík - More Questions Than Answers
*Bruno Maderna - Y Después
*Giacomo Manzoni - Echi
*Mikos Maros - Drawing; Capriccio
*Eduardo Martin - Preludio, Son y Allegro
*Peter Maxwell Davies - Hill runes
*Tristan Murail - Tellur; Vampyr!
*Lior Navok - Remembrances of Jerusalem ; Meditation ; Six for a Dance
*Louisa Nicklin - Locus; Too (sur)real
*Michael Norris - Traiga Cuentos la Guitarra
*Maurice Ohana - Si le jour parait…; Tiento
*Marco Oppedisano - Urban Mosaic for solo electric guitar
*Yves-Marie Pasquet - Rosace pour Notre-Dame de Casalibus
*Goffredo Petrassi - Suoni Notturni; Nunc
*Gerhard Präsent (born 1957) - Praeludium und Toccata
*Roger Reynolds - The Behaviour of Mirrors
*Rolf Riehm - Toccata Orpheus; Notturno für die trauerlos Sterbenden; Variationen über ein Thema von Heinz Teuchert
*Uros Rojko - Passing Away
*Fausto Romitelli - TV Trash Trance
*Lars Sandberg - Arena
*Sven-David Sandström - Away From
*Giacinto Scelsi - Ko-Tha
*Stefano Scodanibbio - Dos Abismos
*Humphrey Searle - Five
*Cornelius Schwer - Sub-version
*Eliott Sharp - Amygdala; Seek
*Alexander Shchetynsky - Five Miniatures
*Gerhard Stäbler - …Schloss die Augen, vor Glück…
*Harri Noun Suilamo - fretwork circle
*Bent Sørensen - Angelùs Waltz; Shadow Siciliano
*Toru Takemitsu - Folios; Equinox; In the Woods; All in Twilight
*Giorgio Tedde - Tap
*Michael Tippett - The Blue Guitar
*Fabio Vacchi - Plynn
*William Walton - Five Bagatelles
*Michael Whiticker - Tulku
*Heitor Villa-Lobos - 12 Etudes
Two guitars
* Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Les Guitares bien tempérées
*Brian Ferneyhough - no time (at all)
* Helmut Lachenmann - Salut für Caudwell
*Peter Machajdík - Quiet Differences
* Lior Navok - Sarigim
*Rolf Riehm - Au bord du jour; KlageTrauerSehnsucht; Lamento di Tristano
*Alexander Shchetynsky - Three Sketches in Quartertones
Works with tape/electronics
*Mauro Bagella - Söder Mälarstrand 61
*Fabio Cifariello Ciardi - Scaenae Intimae
*Hans-Ola Ericsson - Melody to the Memory…
*Dror Feiler - Herkos Odonton
*Giuseppe Giuliani - Erinnerung
*Georg Katzer - Dialogue Immaginaire
*Josh Levine - Downstream
*Tod Machover - Deplacements
*Dugal McKinnon - A Single Hurt Colour
*Diego Minchiacchi - Ritual for the New Morning
*Lior Navok - Through the Alleys of Time
*Jon Christopher Nelson - Wawes of Refraction
*Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
*Bo Rydberg - Self/Model
*Giorgio Tedde - Tap
*Michael Whittaker - In Prison Air
*Tommy Zwedberg - Gir
Concertos
*Malcolm Arnold - Serenade for guitar and strings
*Richard Barrett - Colloid-E for guitar and ensemble
*Xavier Bengeruel - Tempo for guitar and strings
*Luciano Berio - Chemins V for guitar and orchestra
*Leo Brouwer - Tres Danzas concertantes for guitar and strings
*Alvaro Carlevaro - Eco Errante for guitar and ensemble
*Aldo Clementi - Serenade for guitar and ensemble
*Michael Colina - Goyescana concerto for guitar and orchestra
*Paul Davies - Genji's visit to Utsusemi for guitar and ensemble
*Edison Denisov - Concerto for guitar and orchestra
*Franco Donatoni - Algo III for guitar and chamberorch; Algo IV for guitar and ensemble
*Paul Dupré - Concerto pour guitare et orchestre n° 1
*Sebastian Fagerlund - Isola for guitar and orchestra
*Luca Francesconi - A Fuoco for guitar and ensemble
*Hilding Hallnäs - Concerto for guitar and strings
*Hans Holewa - Concertino for guitar and ensemble
*Jan W Morthenson - Sonora for guitar and string orchestra
*Lior Navok - Guitar Concerto for guitar and orchestra
*Jan Novák - Concentus Euridicae for guitar and strings
*Maurice Ohana - Tres Graficos for guitar and orchestra
*Maurizio Pisati - Senti! for guitar and strings
*Sven-David Sandström - Lonesome for guitar and orchestra
*Toru Takemitsu - To the Edge of Dream for guitar and orchestra
*Constantinos Chizaris - Concerto N.1 "Homage to H.Villa-Lobos" for guitar and full orchestra
*Fabio Vacchi - Notturno concertante for guitar and orchestra
*Herman Rechberger - Golpe de corazón for guitar and orchestra
*Herman Rechberger - Concierto florál for guitar and orchestra

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