ORCHESTRA

• Obertura a Una Farsa Seria ("Overture to a Serious Farce") (1950)
• Introducción y Episodio ("Introduction and Episode") (1952) - commissioned by Frieder Weissmann
• Elegía ("Elegy"), for string orchestra (1954)
• Divertimento for Piano, Violin, Cello and String Orchestra (1956)
• Symphony in Four Parts (1960) - commissioned by Inocente Palacios for the Third Inter-American Music Festival
• Intrata (1972) - commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Adiós (“Farewell”) (1977) - commissioned by Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Variación del Recuerdo ("Variation of the Remembrance"), for string orchestra (1999) - commissioned by the Culver City Chamber Orchestra

CHAMBER: INSTRUMENTAL

• La Muerte de Pan ("The Death of Pan"), for violin and piano (1948) - commissioned by Carlos Agostini
• Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1949) - commissioned by the Sociedad de Conciertos, La Habana
• Soliloquio ("Soliloquy"), for viola and piano (1950) - commissioned by Alberto Fajardo
• Leyenda del Ariel Criollo ("Legend of the Creole Ariel"), for cello and piano (1953) - commissioned by Adolfo Odnoposoff
• String Quartet in Five Movements, "In Memoriam Alban Berg" (1957) - Havana Lyceum Publication Prize, Igor Markevitch, Presiding Juror
• Woodwind Quintet (1959)
• Trio for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet (1960)
• Structures, for piano and string quartet (1962) - commissioned by the Coolidge Foundation, The Library of Congress
• Segmentos ("Segments"), for violin and piano (1964) - commissioned by Robert Gross
• Exametron, for flute, cello and four percussionists (1965)
• Exospheres, for oboe and piano (1966)
• Labdanum, for flute, vibraphone and viola (1970) - commissioned by Peter Morelenbaum
• Septicilium, for solo clarinet and small instrumental ensemble (flute, harp, piano-celesta, one percussionist, violin and cello) (1974) - commissioned by the 1973 Festival of New Music, University of California, Los Angeles
• Olep ed Arudamot, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1974) - commissioned by Gloria Morris
• The Infinite Square, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1975) - commissioned by Gloria Morris
• Andamar-Ramadna, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1975) - commissioned by Gloria Morris
• The Magic Labyrinth, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1975) - commissioned by Gloria Morris
• Astralis, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1977) - commissioned by Francisco Lequerica
• Nones, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1977) - commissioned by Francisco Lequerica
• Corde, for any number of instruments and/or voices (1977) - commissioned by Francisco Lequerica
• Galandiacoa, for clarinet and guitar (1982) - commissioned by Julian Spear
• Tropimapal, for nine instruments (flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, one percussionist, violin, viola, cello and double bass) (1983) - commissioned by the Los Angeles American Chamber Symphony

CHAMBER: VOCAL

• Fuente Infinita ("The Infinite Fountain"), song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by José Francisco Zamora (1944) - commissioned by Magda Medina
• El Encuentro ("The Encounter"), for contralto and piano, on a poem by Rabindranath Tagore (1950)
• Cantata for Two Sopranos, Contralto and Twenty One Instruments, on poems by Roberto Fernández Retamar (1958)
• Inflorescencia ("Inflorescence"), for soprano, bass clarinet and pre-recorded sounds, on a poem by Aurelio de la Vega (1976)
• Adramante, for soprano and piano, on a poem by Octavio Armand (1985) - commissioned by the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Asonante ("Assonant"), for soprano, dancer(s),seven instruments (flute, trumpet, trombone, piano, violin, cello and double bass) and pre-recorded sounds, on a poem by Aurelio de la Vega (1985) - commissioned by Franco Saltieri
• Magias e Invenciones ("Magics and Inventions"), song cycle for soprano and piano on poems by Gastón Baquero (1986)
• Andamar-Ramadna (Version II), for any number of instruments and/or voices (1988)
• Testimonial, for female voice, flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, on poems by Armando Valladares (1990) - commissioned by the Buenos Aires Encounters of Contemporary Music
• Madrigales de Entonces ("Madrigals from Another Time"), for SATB a cappella choir, on poems by Heberto Padilla (1991)
• Canciones Transparentes ("Transparent Songs"), for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano, on poems by José Martí (1995) - commissioned by Florida International University
• Variación del Recuerdo, Versión II ("Variation of the Remembrance", Version II), on a poem by Aurelio de la Vega, for six voices, clarinet and two percussionists (2005) - commissioned by the Moldenhauer Foundation, The Library of Congress
• Recordatio ("Recollection"), for soprano, wind quintet and string quintet, on a poem by Emilio Ballagas (2011) - commissioned by North/South Consonance

PIANO

• Tres Preludios (Three Preludes) (1944)
• Rondo (1948)
• Epigrama ("Epigram") (1953)
• Danza Lenta ("Slow Dance") (1956)
• Minuet (1957)
• Toccata (1957)
• Antinomies (1967) - commissioned by Peter Hewitt
• Homenagem ("Homage"),"In Memoriam Heitor Villa-Lobos" (1987) - commissioned by José Eduardo Martins

GUITAR

• Sound Clouds (1975)
• Bifloreo (1992)

SOLO INSTRUMENTS

• Interpolation, for solo clarinet with or without pre-recorded sounds (1965) - commissioned by Howard Pineridge
• Undici Colori ("Eleven Colors"), for solo bassoon with or without projected transparencies of mixed media colored drawings by the composer (1981) - commissioned by the Klimt Foundation
• Memorial de la Ausencia ("Memorial of the Absence"), for unaccompanied cello (1985)

SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH PRE-RECORDED SOUNDS

• Interpolation, for solo clarinet with or without pre-recorded sounds (1965) - commissioned by Howard Pineridge
• Tangents, for violin and pre-recorded sounds (1973) - commissioned by Endré Granat
• Para-Tangents, for trumpet and pre-recorded sounds (1973) - commissioned by Thomas Stevens

ELECTRONIC MUSIC (solo tape only)

• Vectors, monaural tape (1963)
• Extrapolation, stereophonic tape (1981) - commissioned by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra for the Los Angeles Music of the 80s Festival