List of compositions by Alfred Schnittke

This is a list of compositions by composer Alfred Schnittke.

Orchestral

Symphonies

Other orchestral

  • Pianissimo (1968)
  • In Memoriam … (1978; orchestration of the Piano Quintet)
  • Gogol Suite (arr. 1980 by Rozhdestvensky from Music for The Census List, 1978)
  • Passacaglia (1980)
  • Ritual (1985)
  • (K)ein Sommernachtstraum (1985)
  • Symphonic Prelude (1994)
  • For Liverpool (1994)

Concertos and concertante pieces

Violin and orchestra

  • Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1957, revised 1963)
  • Concerto No. 2 for violin and chamber orchestra (1966)
  • Concerto No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra (1978)
  • Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1984)

Piano and orchestra

Cello and orchestra

  • Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra (1985/1986)
  • Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1990) "to M.Rostropovich"

Viola and orchestra

Other instruments and orchestra

  • Accordion Concerto (1949), lost work
  • Double Concerto for oboe, harp, and string orchestra (Lento) "to Heinz Holliger, Ursula Holliger and the Zagreb Soloists" (1971)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 1 for two violins, prepared piano, harpsichord and 21 strings (1977)
  • Moz-Art à la Haydn for two violins and string orchestra (1977)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 1 for flute, oboe, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1988 version)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and triple symphony orchestra (1981–1982)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 3 for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 4 [Symphony No. 5] for violin, oboe, harpsichord and orchestra (1988)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 5 for violin, [offstage] piano and orchestra (1990–1991)
  • Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin and string orchestra (1993)
  • Triple Concerto for violin, viola, cello and string orchestra "Concerto for Three" (1994)
  • Five Fragments to Pictures of Hieronymus Bosch for tenor, violin, trombone, harpsichord, timpani and string orchestra (On texts by Aeschylus) "to Vladimir Spivakov" (1994)

Choral music

  • Nagasaki, oratorio (1958)
  • Songs of War and Peace, cantata (Russian: Кантата «Песни войны и мира», romanized: Kantata “Pesni voyny i mira”)
  • Voices of Nature (1972)
  • Requiem (1974–75)
  • Minnesang for 52 voices (1981)
  • Seid nüchtern und wachet... (Faust Cantata) (1983)
  • Three Sacred Hymns (1983–84)
  • Concerto for mixed chorus (1984–85)
  • Psalms of Repentance (1988)[1]

Chamber music

  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1963; orchestrated, 1968)[note 1]
  • Dialogue for cello and 7 instruments (1965)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1966)
  • Serenade for violin, clarinet, double-bass, piano and percussion (1968)
  • Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano "Quasi una sonata" (1968; orchestrated, 1987)
  • Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for string quartet (1971)
  • Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano or harpsichord (1972)
  • Gratulationsrondo for violin and piano (1973)
  • Hymn I for cello, harp and timpani (1974)
  • Hymn II for cello and double-bass (1974)
  • Hymn III for cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani (1974)
  • Hymn IV for cello, bassoon, double-bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells (1974–1979)
  • Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich for 2 violins (1975)
  • Cantus Perpetuus for keyboard instrument and percussion (1975)
  • Piano Quintet (1972–76)
  • Stille Nacht, arr. for violin and piano (1978)
  • Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano (1978)
  • Stille Musik for violin and cello (1979)
  • Hommage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich for piano six hands (1979) [Based on "Chinese March" from The Nightingale, Humoresque Scherzo and Polka from The Golden Age.]
  • Three Madrigals for soprano, violin, viola, double bass, vibraphone, and harpsichord
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
  • Septet for flute, two clarinets, violin, viola, cello and harpsichord or organ (1981–1982)
  • Course of life (Lebenslauf) for four metronomes, piano and three percussionists (1982) "to Wilfried Brennecke [de] and John Cage"
String Quartet No. 3
Performed by the Canto String Quartet (Eduardo Canto Arce and Guillem Cabre Salagre – violins, Marton Vineter – viola, Teodora Nedyalkova – cello) at Lutherse Kerk, Groningen, Netherlands, December 16, 2013
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  • String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
  • Sound and Echo (Schall und Hall) for trombone and organ (1983)
  • String Trio (1985, also arranged as Piano Trio, 1992) – shares a theme with the Cello Concerto No. 1 from 1986
  • Quartet for piano and strings (1988)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
  • Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan for solo violin or cello (1990)
  • Musica nostalgica for cello and piano (1992)
  • Peer Gynt: Epiloque for cello, piano and tape (1993)
  • Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano (1994)
  • Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1994)
  • Variations for string quartet (1997)

Solo instrumental

  • Fuga for solo violin (1953)
  • Six Preludes for piano (1953–1954)
  • Variations for piano (1954–1955)
  • Improvisation and Fugue for piano (1965)
  • Variations on one chord for piano (1965)
  • Potok (Stream), electronic composition (1969)
  • Eight Pieces for piano (1971) Dedicated to his son Andrei
  • Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (first movement) (1975)
  • Two Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 for solo violin, 10 violins and timpani (1975–1977)
  • Two Short Pieces for organ (1980)
  • Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C, K. 467 (first and second movements) (1980)
  • A Paganini for solo violin (1982)
  • Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 (first movement) (1983)
  • Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B♭ major, K. 191 (1983)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1987–88)
  • Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello (1988)
  • Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, first version for violin solo (1990)
  • Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, second version for cello solo (1990)
  • Three Fragments for harpsichord (1990)
  • Five Aphorisms for piano (1990)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1990)
  • Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in B♭ major, K. 39 (first and third movements) (1990)
  • For the 90th Birthday of Alfred Schlee for viola solo (1991)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1992)
  • Improvisation for solo cello (1993)
  • Sonatina for piano four hands (1995)

Operas

Ballets

Soundtracks

References

  1. ^ Стихи покаянные (Stikhi pokayanniye), as translated for instance by ECM Records [1] / or by Naxos Records [2]
  2. ^ Unspoken Dialogues, Royal Opera House Collections Online

Notes

  1. ^ In 2004 Stephen Baynes choreographed a ballet Unspoken Dialogues on this music (premiered at The Australian Ballet).[2]