| 1910 | Autumnal, op. 8 | Confirmed | 8' |
| 1910 | Two Choral Songs, op. 7 (women's chorus and orchestra) · chorus | Confirmed | 10' |
| 1912 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, op. 10 | Confirmed | 16' |
| 1913 | Maddalena, op. 13 (opera in 1 act, orch. completed by Edward Downes) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 48' |
| 1913 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 | Confirmed | 32' |
| 1914 | The Ugly Duckling, op. 18 (mezzo-soprano and orchestra) | Confirmed | 12' |
| 1915 | Scythian Suite (Ala and Lolli), op. 20 | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1917 | Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25 “Classical” | Confirmed | 15' |
| 1917 | The Gambler, op. 24 (opera in 4 acts) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 130' |
| 1917 | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 19 | Confirmed | 22' |
| 1918 | Seven, They Are Seven, op. 30 (Akkadian incantation) · chorus | Confirmed | 7' |
| 1919 | The Love for Three Oranges Suite, op. 33bis | Confirmed | 16' |
| 1919 | The Love for Three Oranges, op. 33 (complete opera in 4 acts and a prologue) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 110' |
| 1920 | Chout (The Buffoon) Suite, op. 21bis | Confirmed | 34' |
| 1920 | Chout (The Buffoon), op. 21 (complete ballet in 6 scenes) | Confirmed | 55' |
| 1921 | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, op. 26 | Confirmed | 28' |
| 1925 | Symphony No. 2 in D minor, op. 40 | Confirmed | 35' |
| 1925 | Trapèze, op. 39 (complete chamber ballet in 8 movements) | Confirmed | 22' |
| 1926 | Le Pas d'acier (The Steel Step), op. 41 (complete ballet in 2 tableaux) | Confirmed | 55' |
| 1926 | Le Pas d'acier (The Steel Step): Symphonic Suite, op. 41bis | Confirmed | 14' |
| 1926 | Overture in B-flat “American”, op. 42 (original version for chamber orchestra) | Confirmed | 8' |
| 1927 | The Fiery Angel, op. 37 (opera in 5 acts) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 125' |
| 1928 | Overture in B-flat “American”, op. 42a (version for full orchestra) | Confirmed | 8' |
| 1928 | Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 44 | Confirmed | 35' |
| 1929 | Divertimento, op. 43 | Confirmed | 15' |
| 1929 | Sinfonietta in A major, op. 5/48 | Confirmed | 22' |
| 1929 | The Prodigal Son (L'enfant prodigue), op. 46 (complete ballet in 3 scenes) | Confirmed | 35' |
| 1930 | Andante, op. 50bis (from String Quartet No. 1, for string orchestra) | Confirmed | 9' |
| 1930 | Symphony No. 4 in C major, op. 47 (first version, 1930) | Confirmed | 23' |
| 1930 | Symphony No. 4 in C major, op. 47/112 | Confirmed | 38' |
| 1931 | Four Portraits and Dénouement from The Gambler, op. 49 | Confirmed | 25' |
| 1931 | On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène), op. 51 (complete ballet in 2 tableaux) | Confirmed | 40' |
| 1931 | Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 53 (left hand) | Confirmed | 24' |
| 1932 | Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op. 55 | Confirmed | 24' |
| 1933 | Chant symphonique (Symphonic Song), op. 57 | Confirmed | 13' |
| 1933 | On the Dnieper (Sur le Borysthène): Symphonic Suite, op. 51bis | Confirmed | 23' |
| 1934 | Andante, op. 29bis (from Piano Sonata No. 4) | Confirmed | 8' |
| 1934 | Egyptian Nights, Symphonic Suite, op. 61 | Confirmed | 22' |
| 1934 | Lieutenant Kijé: Suite, op. 60 | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1934 | Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34bis (orchestral version) | Confirmed | 9' |
| 1935 | Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 (complete ballet in 4 acts) | Confirmed | 120' |
| 1935 | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 63 | Confirmed | 27' |
| 1936 | Boris Godunov: incidental music, op. 70bis · chorus | Confirmed | 30' |
| 1936 | Eugene Onegin, incidental music, op. 71 · chorus | Confirmed | 57' |
| 1936 | Peter and the Wolf, op. 67 | Confirmed | 25' |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1, op. 64bis | Confirmed | 28' |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet: Suite No. 2, op. 64ter | Confirmed | 30' |
| 1936 | Russian Overture, op. 72 | Confirmed | 14' |
| 1936 | Symphonic Suite from The Queen of Spades (unrealised film score, adapted Michael Berkeley) | Confirmed | 32' |
| 1937 | Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74 · chorus | Confirmed | 43' |
| 1937 | Songs of Our Days, op. 76 · chorus | Confirmed | 35' |
| 1938 | Alexander Nevsky, complete film music (1938) · chorus | Confirmed | 55' |
| 1938 | Alexander Nevsky: complete film music (arr. Frank Strobel, for live-to-picture) · chorus | Confirmed | 55' |
| 1938 | Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 58 | Confirmed | 35' |
| 1938 | Hamlet, incidental music, op. 77 | Confirmed | 28' |
| 1939 | Alexander Nevsky, cantata, op. 78 · chorus | Confirmed | 40' |
| 1939 | Semyon Kotko, op. 81 (opera in 5 acts) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 140' |
| 1939 | Zdravitsa (Hail to Stalin), op. 85 · chorus | Confirmed | 13' |
| 1940 | Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna), op. 86 (opera in 4 acts) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 156' |
| 1941 | Semyon Kotko: Symphonic Suite, op. 81bis | Confirmed | 42' |
| 1941 | Summer Day, Suite for Small Orchestra, op. 65bis | Confirmed | 12' |
| 1942 | Kotovsky: film music (arr. Michail Jurowski) | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1942 | War and Peace, op. 91 (opera in 13 scenes) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 230' |
| 1943 | Ballad of an Unknown Boy, op. 93 · chorus | Confirmed | 23' |
| 1944 | Cinderella, op. 87 (complete ballet in 3 acts) | Confirmed | 100' |
| 1944 | Ivan the Terrible, op. 116: Part I film music (arr. Frank Strobel, for live-to-picture) · chorus | Confirmed | 65' |
| 1944 | Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100 | Confirmed | 45' |
| 1945 | Ode to the End of the War, op. 105 | Confirmed | 13' |
| 1946 | Cinderella Suite No. 1, op. 107 | Confirmed | 25' |
| 1946 | Cinderella Suite No. 2, op. 108 | Confirmed | 29' |
| 1946 | Cinderella Suite No. 3, op. 109 | Confirmed | 27' |
| 1946 | Ivan the Terrible, op. 116: Concert Scenario (arr. Christopher Palmer, 1990) · chorus | Confirmed | 56' |
| 1946 | Ivan the Terrible, op. 116a (oratorio after the film music, arr. Abram Stasevich) · chorus | Confirmed | 65' |
| 1946 | Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, op. 101 | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1946 | Waltz Suite, op. 110 (from War and Peace, Cinderella and Lermontov) | Confirmed | 29' |
| 1947 | Festive Poem “Thirty Years”, op. 113 | Confirmed | 15' |
| 1947 | Symphony No. 4 in C major, op. 112 (revised version, 1947) | Confirmed | 37' |
| 1947 | Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, op. 111 | Confirmed | 45' |
| 1948 | The Story of a Real Man, op. 117 (opera in 4 acts) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 135' |
| 1950 | Summer Night, op. 123 (suite from Betrothal in a Monastery) | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1950 | The Tale of the Stone Flower, op. 118 (complete ballet) | Confirmed | 160' |
| 1950 | Winter Bonfire, op. 122 (suite for narrator, boys' choir and orchestra) · chorus | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1951 | The Meeting of the Volga and the Don, op. 130 (festive poem) | Confirmed | 16' |
| 1951 | The Stone Flower — Wedding Suite, op. 126 | Confirmed | 20' |
| 1952 | Cello Concertino in G minor, op. 132 (completed Rostropovich, orch. Kabalevsky) | Confirmed | 18' |
| 1952 | Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 131 | Confirmed | 32' |
| 1952 | Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, op. 125 | Confirmed | 37' |
| 1954 | Romeo and Juliet: film music (arr. Gennady Rozhdestvensky) | Confirmed | 93' |
| 2011 | Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No. 2, op. 92, arr. Daniel Sánchez Velasco) | Confirmed | 24' |