The following is a partial list of compositions by Gabriel Fauré.
By Instrumentation
Solo Piano
- 1 ballade, Op. 19
- 13 barcarolles, Opp. 26, 41, 42, 44, 66, 70, 90, 96, 101, 104, 105/1-2, 116
- 6 impromptus, Opp. 25, 31, 34, 86, 91, 102
- 1 mazurka, Op. 32
- 13 nocturnes, Opp. 33/1-3, 36, 37, 63, 74, 84/8, 97, 99, 104, 107, 119
- 9 preludes, Op. 103
- 3 songs without words, Op. 17
- 4 valses-caprices, Opp. 30, 38, 59, 62
- 1 set of variations, Op. 73
- 1 suite for piano 4 hands, Op. 56 Dolly
- 1 set of 8 miniatures, Op. 84
Solo Harp
- Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110
Violin and piano
- 2 violin sonatas, Opp. 13, 108
- Andante, Op. 75
- Berceuse, Op. 16
- Romance, Op. 28
Cello and piano
- 2 cello sonatas, Opp. 109, 117
- Élégie, Op. 24
- Papillon, Op. 77
- Romance, Op. 69
- Sérénade, Op. 98
- Sicilienne, Op. 78
Flute and piano
- Fantaisie, Op. 79
String ensemble and piano
- 1 piano trio, Op. 120
- 2 piano quartets, Opp. 15, 45
- 2 piano quintets, Opp. 89, 115
Strings
- 1 string quartet, Op. 121
Voice and piano
- Songs and Song Cycles, Opp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 18, 21, 23, 27, 35, 39, 43, 46, 51, 58, 61, 72, 76, 83, 85, 87, 92, 94, 95, 106, 113, 114, 118
Choral
Religious
- Ave Maria, Op. 67
- Ave verum corpus, Op. 65 No. 1
- Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
- La Naissance de Vénus, Op. 29
- O Salutaris: Maria, Mater Gratiae, Op. 47
- Ecce fidelis servus, Op. 54
- Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
- Salve Regina
- Tantum ergo, Op. 55
- Tantum ergo, Op. 65 No. 2
- Tu es Petrus
Secular
- Les Djinns, Op. 12
- Le Ruisseau, Op. 22
Orchestral
- Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112
- Caligula, Op. 52
- Pavane, Op. 50
- Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
- Shylock, Op. 57
- Le voile du bonheur
- Ballade for piano and orchestra, Op. 19 (arr. of original version for piano solo)
- Fantaisie in G for piano and orchestra, Op. 111
- Violin Concerto, Op. 14
- Pénélope
- Prométhée, Op. 82
By Opus Number
- Op. 1 Two Songs
- Le papillon et la fleur
- Mai
- Op. 2 Two Songs
- Dans le ruines d'une abbaye
- Les matelots
- Op. 3 Three Songs
- Seule
- Sérénade toscane
- Op. 4 Two Songs
- Chanson du pêcheur (lamento)
- Lydia
- Op. 5 Three Songs
- Chant d'automne
- Rêve d'amou
- L'absent
- Op. 6 Two Songs
- Aubade
- Tristesse
- Op. 7 Four Songs (1870-8)
- Sylvie
- Aprés un rêve
- Hymne
- Barcarolle
- Op. 8 Three Songs
- Au bord de l'eau
- La rançon
- Ici-bas
- Op. 9
- Op. 10 Two Songs
- Puisqu'ici-bas
- Tarantelle
- Op. 11 Cantique de Jean Racine (1865)
- Op. 12 Les Djinns (1875?), for mixed chorus and piano or orchestra, after Hugo
- Op. 13 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A (1875-6)
- Op. 14 Violin Concerto (1878-9), unfinished
- Op. 15 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1876-9)
- Op. 16 Berceuse for piano and violin (1878-9), also for violin/cello and orchestra
- Op. 17 Romances sans paroles (1863)
- No. 1 Andante quasi allegretto
- No. 2 Allegro molto
- No. 3 Andante moderato
- Op. 18 Three Songs (1878)
- Nell
- Le Voyageur
- Automne
- Op. 19 Ballade (1881), originally for piano solo, orchestral accompaniment later added
- Op. 20 Symphonic Suite in F (1865-74)
- Op. 21 Poème d'un jour, song cycle
- Rencontre
- Toujours
- Adieu
- Op. 22 Le Ruisseau, (1881?) for 2-part female chorus and piano
- Op. 23 Three Songs (1879)
- Les Berceaux
- Notre Amour
- Le Secret
- Op. 24 Élégie for cello and orchestra (1880)
- Op. 25 Impromptu No. 1 in E flat (1881)
- Op. 26 Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor (1881)
- Op. 27 2 Mélodies (1882)
- Chanson d'amour
- La fée aux chansons
- Op. 28 Romance for violin and piano (1877)
- Op. 29 La Naissance de Vénus (1882)
- Op. 30 Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A (1882)
- Op. 31 Impromptu No. 2 in F minor (1883)
- Op. 32 Mazurka in B flat (1875)
- Op. 33 Three Nocturnes
- No. 1 in E flat minor (1875)
- No. 2 in B (1881)
- No. 3 in A flat (1883)
- Op. 34 Impromptu No. 3 in A flat (1883)
- Op. 35 Madrigal
- Op. 36 Nocturne No. 4 in E flat (1884)
- Op. 37 Nocturne No. 5 in B flat (1884)
- Op. 38 Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D flat (1884)
- Op. 39 Four Songs (1884)
- Aurore
- Fleur jetée
- Les pays des rêves
- Les Roses d'Ispahan
- Op. 40 Symphony in D minor (1884)
- Op. 41 Barcarolle No. 2 in G (1885)
- Op. 42 Barcarolle No. 3 in G flat (1885)
- Op. 43 Two Songs (1885-6)
- Noël
- Nocturne
- Op. 44 Barcarolle No. 4 in A flat (1886)
- Op. 45 Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1885-6)
- Op. 46 Two Songs (1887)
- Les Présents
- Clair de lune
- Op. 47 O Salutaris: Maria, Mater Gratiae (1887)
- Op. 48 Requiem in D minor (1877, rev. 1887-90, orch. 1899)
- Op. 49 Petite Pièce in G for cello and piano (c. 1888) now lost
- Op. 50 Pavane (1887)
- Op. 51 Four Songs (1888)
- Larmes
- Au cimitière
- Spleen
- La Rose
- Op. 52 Caligula (1888)
- Op. 53
- Op. 54 Ecce fidelis servus (1890), motet
- Op. 55 Tantum ergo (1890)
- Op. 56 Dolly Suite for piano four hands (1893-6), orch. Rabaud 1906
- Berceuse (1894)
- Mi-a-ou (1896)
- Le jardin de Dolly (1896)
- Kitty-valse (1896)
- Tendresse (1896)
- Le pas espagnol (1897)
- Op. 57 Shylock Suite (1889)
- Op. 58 Chansons de Venise (1891), song cycle after Verlaine
- Mandoline
- En sourdine
- Green
- À Clymène
- C'est l'extase
- Op. 59 Valse-Caprice No. 3 in G flat (1887-93)
- Op. 60
- Op. 61 La bonne chanson (1892-4), song cycle after Verlaine
- Une Sainte en son auréole
- Puisque l'aube grandit
- La lune blanche luit dans les bois
- J'allais par des chemins perfides
- J'ai presque peur, en vérité
- Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
- Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
- N'est-ce pas?
- L'hiver a cessé
- Op. 62 Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A flat (1893-4)
- Op. 63 Nocturne No. 6 in D flat (1894)
- Op. 64
- Op. 65 No. 1 Ave verum corpus (1894)
- Op. 65 No. 2 Tantum ergo (1894)
- Op. 66 Barcarolle No. 5 in F sharp minor (1894)
- Op. 67 Ave Maria (1894-5)
- Op. 68 Allegro symphonique (1895), arr. for piano 4 hands from 1st movement of Symphonic Suite, Op. 20
- Op. 69 Romance in A for cello and piano (1894)
- Op. 70 Barcarolle No. 6 in E flat (1895)
- Op. 71
- Op. 72 Pleurs d’or
- Op. 73 Theme and Variations for piano (1895), orch. Inghelbrecht 1955
- Theme
- Variation I L'istesso tempo
- Variation II Piu mosso
- Variation III Un poco piu mosso
- Variation IV L'istesso tempo
- Variation V Un poco piu mosso
- Variation VI Molto adagio
- Variation VII Allegro moderato
- Variation VIII Andante molto moderato
- Variation IX Quasi adagio
- Variation X Allegro vivo
- Variation XI Andante molto, moderato espressivo
- Op. 74 Nocturne No. 7 in C sharp minor (1898)
- Op. 75 Andante for violin and piano (1897)
- Op. 76 Two Songs (1897)
- Le Parfum impérissable
- Arpège
- Op. 77 Papillon for cello and piano (1884), also for string quintet or violin and piano
- Op. 78 Sicilienne for cello and piano, (1898)
- Op. 79 Fantaisie for flute and piano, (1898), orch. Aubuert (1957)
- Op. 80 Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)
- Op. 81
- Op. 82 Prométhée (1900)
- Op. 83 Two Songs (1894)
- Prison
- Soir
- Op. 84 Huit pièces brèves (1869-1902)
- No. 1 Capriccio in E-flat major
- No. 2 Fantaisie in A-flat major
- No. 3 Fugue in A minor
- No. 4 Adagietto in E minor
- No. 5 Improvisation in C-sharp minor
- No. 6 Fugue in E minor
- No. 7 Allegresse in C major
- No. 8 Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (1898-1902)
- Op. 85 Trois Mélodies (1902)
- Dans la forêt de septembre
- La fleur qui va sur l'eau
- Accompagnement
- Op. 86 Impromptu No. 6 in D flat (rearr. for piano from original version for harp)
- Op. 87 Two Songs (1904)
- Le plus doux chemin
- Le ramier
- Op. 88 Le Voile du bonheur (1901), after Clemenceau
- Op. 89 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor (1890-4, rev. 1903-5)
- Op. 90 Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor (1905)
- Op. 91 Impromptu No. 4 in D flat (1905)
- Op. 92 Le don silencieux (1906)
- Op. 93 Ave Maria for two sopranos and organ (1906)
- Op. 94 Chanson (1906)
- Op. 95 La Chanson d'Ève (1906-10), song cycle after Lerberghe
- Paradis
- Prima verba
- Roses ardentes
- Comme Dieu rayonne
- L'aube blanche
- Eau vivante
- Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil?
- Dans un parfum de roses blanches
- Crépuscule
- O mort, poussière d'étoiles
- Op. 96 Barcarolle No. 8 in D flat (1906)
- Op. 97 Nocturne No. 9 in B minor (1908)
- Op. 98 Sérénade for cello and piano (1908)
- Op. 99 Nocturne No. 10 in E minor (1908)
- Op. 100
- Op. 101 Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor (1908-9)
- Op. 102 Impromptu No. 5 in F sharp minor (1909)
- Op. 103 Nine Préludes (1909-10)
- No. 1 in D-flat major
- No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- No. 3 in G minor
- No. 4 in F major
- No. 5 in D minor
- No. 6 in E-flat minor
- No. 7 in A major
- No. 8 in C minor
- No. 9 in E minor
- Op. 104 No. 1 Nocturne No. 11 in F sharp minor (1913)
- Op. 104 No. 2 Barcarolle No. 10 in A minor (1913)
- Op. 105 No. 1 Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor(1913-5)
- Op. 105 No. 2 Barcarolle No. 12 in E flat (1913-5)
- Op. 106 Le jardin clos (1914), song cycle after Lerberghe
- Exaucement
- Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux
- La messagère
- Je me poserai sur ton coeur
- Dans la nymphée
- Dans la pénombre
- Il m'est cher, Amour, le bandeau
- Inscription sur le sable
- Op. 107 Nocturne No. 12 in E minor (1915)
- Op. 108 Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1916-7)
- Op. 109 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1917)
- Op. 110 Une châtelaine en sa tour (1918) for harp, arr. Durand for piano
- Op. 111 Fantaisie in G for piano and orchestra
- Op. 112 Masques et Bergamasques
- Op. 113 Mirages (1919), song cycle after Brimont
- Cygne sur l'eau
- Reflets dans l'eau
- Jardin nocturne
- Danseuse
- Op. 114 C'est la Paix! (1919)
- Op. 115 Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor (1919-21)
- Op. 116 Barcarolle No. 13 in C (1921)
- Op. 117 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1921)
- Op. 118 L'horizon chimérique (1921), song cycle after Mirmont
- La mer est infinie
- Je me suis embarqué
- Diane, Séléné
- Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés
- Op. 119 Nocturne No. 13 in B minor (1921)
- Op. 120 Piano Trio in D minor (1922-3)
- Op. 121 String Quartet in E minor (1923-4)