List of compositions by Alfred Schnittke

This is a list of compositions by composer Alfred Schnittke.

Orchestral

Symphonies

  • Symphony No. 0 (1956–57)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1969–74)
  • Symphony No. 2 "St. Florian" (1979)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1981)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1983)
  • Symphony No. 5 [Concerto Grosso No. 4] (1988)
  • Symphony No. 6 (1992)
  • Symphony No. 7 (1993)
  • Symphony No. 8 (1994)
  • Symphony No. 9 (1996–97; reconstructed by Alexander Raskatov)

Other orchestral

  • Pianissimo (1968)
  • In Memoriam... (1977–78) (orchestral version of the Piano Quintet)
  • Passacaglia (1979–80)
  • Gogol Suite (Suite from The Census List) (1980)
  • Ritual (1984–85)
  • (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

  • Poème for piano and orchestra (1953)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra (1960)
  • Music for piano and chamber orchestra (1964)
  • Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1979)
  • Concerto for piano four hands and chamber orchestra (1988) "to Viktoria Postnikova and Irina Schnittke"

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

  • Concerto for viola and orchestra (1985)
  • Monologue for viola and strings (1989)
  • Concerto for viola and small orchestra (1997)

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

  • Life with an Idiot, opera in 2 acts, libretto by Viktor Yerofeyev (1992)
  • Historia von D. Johann Fausten, opera in 3 acts and an epilogue, libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke (1991–1994)
  • Gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue, libretto by Richard Bletschacher (1993)

Ballets

Soundtracks

  • Adventures of a Dentist, film directed by Elem Klimov (1965, material reused in Suite in the Old Style and Symphony No. 1)
  • The Stars of the Day, film directed by Igor Talankin (1966)
  • Commissar, film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov (1967, released 1988), based on one of Vasily Grossman's first short stories, "In the Town of Berdichev"
  • The Glass Harmonica, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky (1968, much material reused in second violin sonata)
  • The Waltz, TV film directed by Viktor Titow (1969)
  • The Seagull, film directed by Youli Karassik (1970)
  • Belorussian Station, film directed by Andrei Smirnov (1970)
  • Sport, Sport, Sport, film directed by Elem Klimov (1971)
  • You and Me, film directed by Larisa Shepitko (1971)
  • Butterfly, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky (1973)
  • My Past and Thoughts, TV Movie (1973)
  • Agony, two-part film directed by Elem Klimov (1974, main theme reused in the finale of the Second Cello Concerto)
  • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, live action film directed by Aleksandr Zguridi and Nana Kldiashvili (1975)
  • Clowns and Children (Clowns und Kinder), short film directed by Alexander Mitta (1976)
  • How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1976)
  • The Ascent, film directed by Larisa Shepitko (1977)
  • Story of an Unknown Actor, film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi (1977)
  • Father Sergius (1978)
  • Little Tragedies, three-part TV film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer (1979)
  • Air Crew, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1979)
  • The Story of Voyages, also known as The Fairytale of the Wanderings, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1982)
  • Dead Souls, five-part TV miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer (1984)
  • The Last Days of St. Petersburg (1992, new score for 1927 film, co-written with the composer's son Andrey)
  • The Master and Margarita, film directed by Yuri Kara (1994)

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]
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