- Waarg (1988), 16:0013 musicians
- Wahida (2003), 5:36nay, oud, percussion and string quintet
- Waiting for God (1996), 15:00drum kit, processing and multichannel fixed medium
- Waiting on the storm to break the heat (2023), 7:46
- Wald-Forest (2006-09), 30:00processing
- 6 flutes, oboe, bass clarinet, saxophone, alto tuba and 2 Yamaha DX-7 synthetizers
- Warnings written on the Wind (2013-17), 16:0013 Asian and European instruments
- Water Shadow (2008), 1:00pianoCycle: One Minute More
- Waterways (1977-78)clarinet, 2 harps, piano, 2 vibraphones, violin and cello
- Watt (Concerto pour trombone) (1994), 17:00trombone and orchestra
- Waves (1971)soprano and piano
- Waves (1976)clarinet, horn, 2 trombones and percussion
- The Way of Truth (1978)soprano, tenor, bass, mezzo-soprano and processing
- soprano and saxophone quartet
- Wesendonk Lieder (1857-58)
- West Side Story (1957), 75:00Orch. Jean Lacornerie, 2009soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, 5 percussions and piano
- piano
- … what is this song I hear with so much sorrow… (2020), 25:00video and 5 musicians with videoscores
- What You Will (1969)solo or four-hand piano
- Whence Hilarity II (2017-19), 13:00saxophone quartet
- While the Sun Shines (2013-16), 15:42multichannel fixed medium (Klangdom)
- Whimsical Sketches of Fanciful Birds (2012), 11:00piano and alto saxophone
- The white dove (1943)
- White_Box (2011), 45:00audiovisual performance
- why sing why cry (2000), 27:00violin and cello
- amplified saxophone quartet and fixed medium
- Wild, Wild Nights, 5:00soprano, cello and saxophone
