List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara

Operas

• Kaivos
• Apollo contra Marsyas
• The Myth of Sampo
• Thomas
• Vincent
• The House of the Sun , chamber opera
• The Gift of the Magi , chamber opera
• Aleksis Kivi
• Rasputin

  Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1
• Symphony No. 2
• Symphony No. 3
• Symphony No. 4: Arabescata
• Symphony No. 5
• Symphony No. 6: Vincentiana
• Symphony No. 7: Angel of Light
• Symphony No. 8: The Journey

  Concertos

• Cello Concerto No. 1
• Piano Concerto No. 1
• Flute Concerto: Dances with the Winds
• Violin Concerto
• Organ Concerto: Annunciations
• Double Bass Concerto: Angel of Dusk
• Piano Concerto No. 2
• Piano Concerto No. 3: Gift of Dreams
• Harp Concerto
• Clarinet Concerto
• Percussion Concerto: Incantations
• Cello Concerto No. 2: Towards the Horizon
• Fantasia, for solo violin and orchestra

  Choral orchestral

• Concerto for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra: Daughter of the Sea
• Children's Mass , for children's choir and orchestra
• On the Last Frontier, fantasy for chorus and orchestra
• Balada, for solo tenor, mixed choir and orchestra

  Other orchestral works

• Modificata
• Anadyomene – Adoration of Aphrodite
• Garden of Spaces
• Cantus Arcticus
• Angels and Visitations
• Isle of Bliss
• Autumn Gardens
• Book of Visions
• Manhattan Trilogy
• Before the Icons
• A Tapestry of Life
• In the Beginning

  String orchestra

• The Fiddlers
• Suite for Strings
• Divertimento
• An Epitaph for Béla Bartók
• Canto I
• Canto II
• Canto III – A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment
• Ballade for harp and strings
• A Finnish Myth
• Ostrobothnian Polska
• Hommage à Kodály Zoltán
• Hommage à Liszt Ferenc
• Canto IV
• Adagio celeste
• Canto V – Into the Heart of Light

  Brass band

• A Requiem in Our Time
• A Military Mass
• Playgrounds for Angels

  Chamber/instrumental

• String Quartets:
• *String Quartet No. 1
• *String Quartet No. 2
• *String Quartet No. 3
• *String Quartet No. 4
• Wind Octet
• Sonetto, for clarinet and piano
• Dithyrambos, for violin and piano
• Bassoon Sonata
• Cello Sonatas:
• *Cello Sonata No. 1
• *Cello Sonata No. 2
• Ballad, for harp and strings
• Variétude, for solo violin
• Sonata for Flute and Guitar
• Serenades of the Unicorn, for guitar
• Monologues of the Unicorn, for guitar
• Partita, for guitar
• Notturno e Danza, for violin and piano
• String Quintets:
• *String Quintet No. 1: Les cieux inconnus
• *String Quintet No. 2: Variations for Five
• Hymnus, for trumpet and organ
• Lost Landscapes, for violin and piano
• April Lines, for violin and piano
• The Last Runo, for flute and string quartet
• Summer Thoughts, for violin and piano
• Whispering, for violin and piano

  Piano

• Three Symmetrical Preludes
• The Fiddlers
• The Icons
• Seven Preludes
• Partita
• Six Études
• Sonata No. 1: Christus und die Fischer
• Sonata No. 2: The Fire Sermon
• Music for Upright Piano No. 1
• Music for Upright Piano No. 2
• Narcissus
• Passionale
• Fuoco
• Mirroring

  Organ

• Ta tou theou, Op. 30
• Laudatio trinitatis
• Toccata, Op. 59

  Choral

• Ludus verbalis, motet for declamatory choir
• Praktisch Deutsch, motet for declamatory choir
• True & False Unicorn, cantata
• All-Night Vigil , for chorus and soloists
• Credo, for mixed chorus
• Book of Life , choral suite
• Lorca Suite, for mixed or children's choir
• The Bride , choral song
• The Departure , choral song
• Summer Night , choral song
• Kainuu, cantata for chorus, reciter and percussion
• Canticum Mariae Virginis, for chorus a cappella
• Magnificat, for mixed chorus
• Nirvana Dharma, for chorus, soprano and flute
• The Cathedral , for chorus and soloists
• Legenda, for male choir
• Cancion de nuestro tiempo, choral suite
• Die erste Elegie, choral song
• With Joy We Go Dancing , choral song
• Wenn sich die Welt auftut, for SSAA chorus
• In the Shade of the Willow , choral song
• Our Joyful'st feast, for chorus
• Four Romances from the opera Rasputin, for male chorus
• Unsere Liebe, for mixed chorus
• Missa a cappella, for mixed chorus
• Hommage to an Old Composer, for male chorus

  Vocal

• Three Sonnets of Shakespeare
• Sacred Feasts
• Five Sonnets to Orpheus
• Die Liebenden
• God's Way
• The Trip
• Dream World
• In my Lover's Garden
• Three Songs from the Opera Aleksis Kivi
• Rubáiyát