II. Danseurs Gnidiens cherchant la Perle clémentine for chamber orchestra (1998)
III. Les Fouilles de Jéruzona for orchestra (1995)
IV. Icare au Jardin du Verseau for piano and chamber orchestra (1999)
La Guirlande de Pierre for soprano, baritone and piano (1997)
At Moonlight, Dowland's Shadow passes along Ginkaku-Ji for shakuhachi, shamisen, and koto (1989)
Ballade berlinoise for piano solo (1977)
Canines for voice and piano (1980)
Caractères for piano (1961)
Chroniques berlinoises for piano and string quartet with baritone ad lib. (1975)
Chroniques canines for two pianos with soprano ad lib (1984)
Chroniques illustrées for large orchestra with baritone ad lib. (1976)
Couleurs croisées for large orchestra (1967)
Crosses of Crossed Colors for vocal soloist, two to five pianos, six tape-recorder operators, two turntablists, and two radio operators (1970)
Déclarations d'Orage for reciter, soprano, baritone, three improvising instruments (alto saxophone, tuba, synthesizer), large orchestra and tape (1988–89)
Dichterliebesreigentraum for soprano, baritone, two solo pianos, choir and orchestra (1992–93)
Les Éphémérides d'Icare 2 for a soloist, three-part concertino, and four instrumental quartets (1970)
Die Erprobung des Petrus Hebraïcus chamber opera in three acts, libretto by Léo Wintgens after Michel Butor (1974). Several "satellite" works are related to this opera:
Flexions IV for viola solo (1980)
Humeurs du Futur quotidien for two reciters and chamber orchestra (1978)
Les Icare africains for solo voices, ad lib. choir, and orchestra (2002)
Leçons d'Enfer music theatre for 2 actors, 3 singers, 7 instruments, tape, and live electronics; texts by Arthur Rimbaud and Michel Butor (1990–91)
Madrigal I for clarinet (1958)
Madrigal II for 4 early instruments (flute, violin, viola da gamba, harpsichord) (1961)
Madrigal III for clarinet, violin, cello, 2 percussionists, and piano (1962)
Mnémosyne monody solo voice or instrument, or unison choir (1968)
Mnémosyne II for variable media (1969)
Mobile for two pianos (1957–58)
Navigations for harp (2000)
Ode for string quartet (1960–61)
La Paganania for solo violin (1982)
La Paganania seconda for solo cello (1982)
Paraboles-Mix electronic music (1972)
Pédigrée for female voice and seven instruments (1980)
Phonèmes pour Cathy for mezzo-soprano solo (1966)
Prospection for three pianos tuned in sixths of a tone (1952–53)
Quintette à la memoire d'Anton Webern for clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (1955)
Rimes pour différentes sources sonores for orchestra and tape (1958)
Scambi electronic music (1957)
Séismogrammes electronic music (1954)
Seize Paysages planétaires ethno-electroacoustical music (2000)
Sept Versets des Psaumes de la Pénitence for four vocal soloists or mixed choir (1950)
Symphonies à 15 Solistes (1954–55)
Tales and Songs from the Bible of Hell four singers with real-time electronic transformation and pre-recorded 4 track tape (1979)
Trois Visages à Liège electronic music (1961)
Votre Faust (1961–68), opera for five actors, four singers, thirteen instruments, and electronic music, libretto by Michel Butor. Plus related "satellite" works:
Miroir de Votre Faust (Caractères II) for solo piano and (optional) soprano (1964-65),
Jeu de Miroirs de Votre Faust for piano, soprano and tape (1964–65)
Echos de Votre Faust for mezzo-soprano, flute, cello, and piano (1961–69),
Les Ruines de Jéruzona for mixed choir and "rhythm section" (1978),
La Passion selon Guignol for amplified vocal quartet and orchestra (1981),
Parade de Votre Faust for orchestra (1974)
Aiguillages au carrefour des immortels for 16 or 17 instruments (2002)
Il sogno di Leporello: Parade 2 (de Votre Faust) for orchestra (2005)
Vue sur les Jardins interdits for saxophone quartet (1973)
^ Jacques Calonne, "Aspects d'un resume (Apropos d' Orbes pour orchestre)", Revue d'Esthetique 21 (1968), nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 59-103.
^ Gilles Tremblay, "Note pour Cantique de durées", Revue d'esthetique 21 (1968), nos. 2–4 ("Musiques nouvelles"): 51–58.
^ Horace Reisberg, "The Vertical Dimension in Twentieth Century Music", Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music, edited by Gary Wittlich, 362–72, citation on 370–71 (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1975). ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
^ Dimitri Kennaway, notes for recording, Naxos 8.557850, "his [Frankel's] first published experimentation with serial technique.
^ Dimitri Kenneway, notes for recording, Naxos 8.557850, "credited with being the first British feature film score to employ the method [twelve-tone serialism] almost entirely."
^ Joseph N. Straus, Stravinsky's Late Music, Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 4. ISBN 0-521-80220-2 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-60288-2.