| 1832 | Symphony in C major, WWV 29 | Confirmed | 37' |
| 1834 | Symphony in E major, WWV 35 (unfinished; performing version completed by Felix Mottl) | TBD | — |
| 1836 | Polonia, WWV 39 (concert overture) | Confirmed | — |
| 1837 | Rule Britannia, WWV 42 (concert overture) | Confirmed | 12' |
| 1840 | Eine Faust-Ouvertüre, WWV 59 | Confirmed | — |
| 1842 | Overture to Rienzi | Confirmed | 12' |
| 1843 | Der fliegende Holländer (complete opera) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 140' |
| 1843 | Overture to Der fliegende Holländer | Confirmed | 10' |
| 1845 | Overture to Tannhäuser | Confirmed | 14' |
| 1845 | Tannhäuser (complete opera, Dresden version) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 210' |
| 1850 | Lohengrin (complete opera) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 235' |
| 1857 | Wesendonck Lieder (orch. Mottl) | Confirmed | 23' |
| 1864 | Huldigungsmarsch, WWV 97 (orchestral version, arr. Joachim Raff) | TBD | — |
| 1865 | Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde | Confirmed | 17' |
| 1865 | Tristan und Isolde (complete opera) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 235' |
| 1868 | Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Confirmed | 10' |
| 1869 | Das Rheingold (complete opera) · opera | Confirmed | 160' |
| 1870 | Die Walküre (complete opera) · opera | Confirmed | 235' |
| 1870 | Siegfried Idyll | Confirmed | 18' |
| 1871 | Kaisermarsch, WWV 104 · chorus | Confirmed | — |
| 1876 | Götterdämmerung (complete opera) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 270' |
| 1876 | Großer Festmarsch, WWV 110 (American Centennial March) | Confirmed | — |
| 1876 | Siegfried (complete opera) · opera | Confirmed | 240' |
| 1882 | Parsifal (complete opera) · opera · chorus | Confirmed | 245' |
| — | Christopher Columbus Overture (Mottl) | TBD | — |
| — | Das Liebesverbot: Overture | TBD | — |
| — | Die Feen: Overture | TBD | — |
| — | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Suite | TBD | — |
| — | König Enzio Overture | Confirmed | — |