Dmitri Shostakovich
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Complete works

by opus number

The Gipsies, sans op. (1919-20)
An opera after a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin.

Minuet, Prelude, and Intermezzo , sans op. (1919-20)

Scherzo in F sharp minor , op.1 (1919)

Eight Preludes , op.2 (1919-20)

Five Preludes , sans op. (1919-21)

I Waited for Thee in the Grotto (Rimsky-Korsakov) , sans op. (1921)
for full orchestra with harp.
Transcription of a song of Rimsky-Korsakov's opus 40 cycle.

Theme and Variations in B flat major , op.3 (1921-22)
for full orchestra
Arrangement:
Theme and Variations in B flat major, Op.3a: a reduction for piano by the composer

Two Fables by Krylov , op.4 (1922)
Two songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, to texts by Ivan Krylov.
1. The Dragonfly and the Ant
2. The Ass and the Nightingale
Arrangement:
Reduction for voice and piano by the composer

Three Fantastic Dances , op.5 (1920)

Suite for Two pianos, op.6 (1922)

Scherzo in E flat major, op. 7 (1923-24)
for full orchestra with piano
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano by the composer

Trio No.1 in C minor, op. 8 (1923)

Three Pieces for cello and piano, op.9 (1923-24)
1. Fantasia in F sharp minor
2. Prelude in A minor
3. Scherzo in C major

Symphony No.1 in F minor, op.10 (1923-25)

Two pieces for string octet, op.11 (1924-25)
1. Prelude in D minor
2. Scherzo in G minor

Piano Sonata No.1, op.12 (1926)

Aphorisms, op. 13 (1927)

Symphony No.2 in B major, op.14 (1927)
"To October - a Symphonic Dedication"
for full orchestra and chorus; text: Aleksandr Bezymensky.

The Nose, op.15 (1927-28)
Opera in three acts. Libretto by Yevgeni Zamyatin, Georgi Ionin, Aleksandr Preis, and the composer, based on the short story Nose by Nikolai Gogol.
Arrangements:
Reduction for voices and piano by the composer;
Suite, op.15a (1928)

Tahiti Trot, op.16 (1927)
Transcription of Vincent Youman's song "Tea for Two"

Two Pieces by Scarlatti, op.17 (1928)

New Babylon, op.18 (1928-29)
Music for the silent film New Babylon, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.

The Bedbug, op.19 (1929)
Music to the comedy The Bedbug by Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Arrangements:
Reduction for voices and piano by the composer.

Symphony No.3 in E flat major, "The First of May", op.20 (1929)
for symphony orchestra with chorus; text (Russian) by Semyon Kirsanov
Arrangement:
Reduction for voices and piano by the composer.

Six Romances on Japanese Poems, op.21 (1928-32)
for tenor and orchestra
Arrangement:
Reduction for voices and piano by the composer, op.21a
1. Love
2. Before Suicide
3. Immodest Glance
4. For the First and Last Time
5. Hopeless Love
6. Death

The Golden Age, op.22 (1929-30)
Ballet in 3 acts with libretto by Aleksandr Ivanovsky
Arrangement:
Suite, op.22a

Two Pieces (Overture and Finale), op.23 (1929)
for the opera Der arme Columbus by Erwin Dressel

The Shot, op.24 (1929)
Music to a verse play comedy The Shot by Aleksandr Bezymensky.

Virgin Land, op.25 (1930)
Music to a stage play drama Soil by Arkadi Korbenko and Nikolai Lvov.

Alone, op.26 (1930-31)
Music for the film Alone, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.

The Bolt, op.27 (1930-31)
Ballet in 3 acts, with libretto by Vladimir Smirnov
Arrangement:
Suite, op.27a (1931)

Rule, Britannia!, op.28 (1931)
Music to the stage play Rule, Britannia! by Adrian Piotrovsky.

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, op.29 (1930-32)
Opera in 4 acts, with libretto by the composer and Aleksandr Preis, based on the novel-sketch 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District' by Nikolai Leskov

The Golden Mountains, op.30 (1931)
Music for the film The Golden Mountains, directed by Sergei Yutkevich.
Arrangement:
Suite, op.30a

Conditionally Killed or Hypothetically Murdered, op.31 (1931)
Music for a three-act stage revue Conditionally Killed by Vsevolod Voevodin and Yevgeni Ryss.
Arrangement: Reduction for piano by the composer
Suite, op.31a

Two Pieces for String Quartet, sans op. (1931)
1. Elegy - Adagio (Katerina's Aria from Act 1, Scene 3 of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, op.29
2. Polka - Allegretto (The Golden Age, op.22a

Overture for the Green Guild, sans op. (1932)
Orchestration of the overture to Ivan Dezerzhinsky's play The Green Guild.

The Big Lightning or The Great Lightning, sans op. (1932)
Operetta (incomplete) with libretto by Nikolai Aseyev

Symphony of Psalms (Stravinsky), sans op. (1930s)
A four-hand piano transcription of Igor Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms'.

Moderato for Cello and Piano, sans op. (1930s)

Hamlet, op.32 (1931-32)
Music to a stage production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
Arrangement:
Suite, op.32a (1932)

Counterplan, op.33 (1932)
Music for the film Counterplan, directed by Fridrikh Ermler and Sergei Yutkevich.

Twenty-four Preludes, op.34 (1932-33)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op.35 (1933)
for piano, trumpet and strings

The Tale of a Priest and His Servant Balda, op.36 (1933-34)
Music for a cartoon after the fairy story by Aleksandr Pushkin. The film, directed by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky, was not completed.

The Human Comedy, op.37 (1933-34)
Music to a play by Pavel Sukhotin, adapted from Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac.

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1, sans op. (1934)
1. Waltz
2. Polka
3. Foxtrot (Blues)

Love and Hate, op.38 (1934)
Music for the film Love and Hate, directed by Albert Gendelshtein.

The Limpid Stream, op.39 (1934-35)
Ballet in 3 acts, with libretto by Fyodor Lopukhov and Adrian Piotrovsky
Arrangement:
Suite, op.39a (1945)

Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40 (1934)

The Youth of Maxim, op.41(I) (1934-35)
Music for the first film in the 'Maxim Trilogy', The Youth of Maxim, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.

The Girl Friends, op.41(II) (1934-35)
Music for the film the Girl Friends, directed by Leo Arnshtam.

Five Fragments, op.42 (1935)
for small orchestra

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, op. 43 (1935-36)
Arrangement:
Reduction for two pianos by the composer (1936)

Salute to Spain, op.44 (1936)
Music to the play Salute to Spain by Aleksandr Afinogenov.

The Return of Maxim, op.45 (1936-370
Music for the second film in the 'Maxim Trilogy', The Return of Maxim, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.

Four Romances on Poems by Pushkin, op.46 (1936-37)
for bass and piano; text by Aleksandr Pushkin.
1. Renaissance
2. A jealous maiden, sobbing bitterly
3. Presentiment
4. Stanzas
Arrangement:
Three Romances on Poems by Pushkin, op.46a (1937)
partial orchestration of op.46 for bass and chamber orchestra.
1. Renaissance
2. A jealous maiden, sobbing bitterly
3. Presentiment

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op.47 (1937)
Arrangement:
Reduction of the Scherzo for piano by the composer.

Volochayevka Days, op.48 (1936-37)
Music for the film Volochayevka Days, directed by Georgi and Sergei Vasiliev.

The Internationale, sans op. (1937)

String Quartet No. 1 in C major, op.49 (1938)

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, or
Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, sans op. (1938)
1. March
2. Lyric Waltz
3. Dance I
4. Dance II
5. Waltz I
6. Waltz II
7. Small Polka
8. Finale

Original Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, sans op. (1938)
1. Scherzo
2. Lullaby
3. Serenade

The Vyborg Side, op.50 (1938)
Music for the final film in the 'Maxim Trilogy', The Vyborg Side, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
Arrangement:
Suite from music for the 'Maxim Trilogy', op.50a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1961.

The Friends, op.51 (1938)
Music for the film The Friends, directed by Leo Arnshtam.

The Great Citizen (Series 1), op.52 (1937)
Music for part one of the film The Great Citizen, directed by Fridrikh Ermler.

The Man with a Gun, op.53 (1938)
Music for the film The Man with a Gun, directed by Sergei Yutkevich.

Vienna Blood (Johann Strauss), sans op. (1938)
New orchestration of the Johann Strauss II / Adolf Müller operetta Wiener Blut

Excursion Train Polka (Johann Strauss), sans op. (1940)
Reorchestration of the schnell-polka Vergnügungszug

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op.54 (1939)

The Great Citizen (Series 2), op.55 (1938-39)
Music for part two of the film The Great Citizen, directed by Fridrikh Ermler.

The Silly Little Mouse, op.56 (1939)
Music for a cartoon film, based on the children's fairy story The Tale of the Stupid Mouse by Samuil Marshak, directed by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky.

Piano Quintet in G minor, op.57 (1940)

Boris Godunov (Musorgsky), op.58 (1939-40)
Reorchestration of Modest Musorgsky's opera Boris Godunov.
Opera in 4 acts with Prologue and ten scenes. Libretto by Musorgsky.

King Lear, op.58a (1940)
Music to Grigori Kozintsev's stage production of William Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear.

The adventures of Korzinkina, op.59 (1940)
Music for the film The adventures of Korzinkina, directed by Klementi Mints.

Three Pieces for Solo Violin, sans op. (1940)
1. Prelude
2. Gavotte
3. Waltz

Oath to the People's Commissar, sans op. (1941)
A part song for bass soloist, five-part choir, and piano with text by Vissarion Sayanov

Twenty-seven Romances and Songs, sans op. (1941)

The Fearless Regiments Are on the Move, sans op. (1941)
Marching song for bass soloists and chorus with lyric by L. Rakhmilevich.

Polka for Harp Duet in F sharp minor (Balakirev), sans op. (1941)
Transcription of a piece by Mili Balakirev for two harps.

Symphony No. 7 in C major, ("Dedicated to the city of Leningrad"), op.60 (1941)
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano by the composer

The Gamblers, sans op. (1941-42)
Opera based on the comedy play The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol.

Rothschild's Violin (Fleishman), sans op. (1941-44)
Completion of the one-act opera Rothschild's Violin by Venjamin Fleishman. Libretto by Fleishman based on the story by Anton Chekhov.

Solemn March, sans op. (1941)

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, op.61 (1943)

Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.62 (1942)
Six songs for low male voice and piano.
Texts: Sir Walter Raleigh (No.1), Robert Burns (No. 2, 3, 4), William Shakespeare (No.5), and folk poetry (No.6).
Arrangements:
Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.62a (1943)
Orchestration of op.62 for full symphony orchestra
[ see also op.140 ]
1. To a Son
2. In the Fields
3. Macpherson before his Execution
4. Jenny
5. Sonnet No. 66
6. The King's Campaign

Native Leningrad, op.63 (1942)
Music for the concert play Native Country for tenor and bass soloists, choir, and orchestra.
Eight British and American Folksongs, sans op. (1943)
for low voice and small orchestra

Zoya, op.64 (1943-44)
Music for the film Zoya, directed by B. Chirskov and Leo Arnshtam.
Arrangement:
Suite, op.64a

National Anthem Contest Entries:
  1. Patriotic Song or Glory to our Soviet Motherland, sans op. (1943)
    Anthem for mixed chorus and piano, with lyric by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky, submitted as an entry for the new Soviet National Anthem contest.
  2. Song of the Red Army, sans op. (1943)
    Anthem written in collabaration with Aram Khachaturyan, submitted as a new Soviet National Anthem.
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op.65 (1943)

Russian River, op.66 (1944)
Music for the stage spectacle Russian River, for choir and orchestra. Scenario by Iosif Dobrovolsky, M. Volpin and Nikolai Erdman.

Trio No. 2 in E minor, op.67 (1944)

String Quartet No. 2 in A major, op.68 (1944)

A Child's Exercise Book or Children's Notebook, op.69 (1944-45)
A suite of seven simple pieces for piano.

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, op.70 (1945)

Simple Folk, op.71 (1945)
Music for the film Simple Folk, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.

Victorious Spring, op.72 (1945)
Music for the concert spectacle Vicorious Spring, for soprano and tenor soloists, choir and orchestra.
1. Song of the Lantern
2. Lullaby
3. Song of Victory
The first two songs are settings of lyrics by Mikhail Svetlov, and the third by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky.
Arrangement: Two Songs
Reductions of No.1 and No.2 for voice and piano by the composer.

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, op.73 (1946)

Poem of the Motherland, op.74 (1947)
for voice soloists, choir, and orchestra, on texts by Leonid Radin, Vasili Lebedev-Kumach, Pyotr Parfenov and Boris Kornilov.

The Young Guard, op.75 (1947-48)
Music for the film, after Aleksandr Fadeyev's novel The Young Guard, directed by Sergei Gerasimov.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The Young Guard', op.75a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1951.

Pirogov, op.76 (1947)
Music for the film Pirogov, directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'Pirogov', op.76a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1951.

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op.77 (1947-48)

Michurin, op.78 (1948)
Music for the film Michurin, directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'Michurin', op.78a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1964.

From Jewish Folk Poetry, op.79 (1948)
Song cycle for soprano, contralto, and tenor with piano accompaniment.
Arrangement:
From Jewish Folk Poetry, op.79a
Orchestration of op.79
1. Lament for a dead infant
2. The solicitous mother and aunt
3. Lullaby ('Little son, my fairest')
4. Before a long separation
5. Warning
6. The abandoned father
7. Song of want
8. Winter
9. The good life
10. Song of the young girl
11. Happiness

The Meeting on the Elbe, op.80 (1948)
Music for the film The Meeting on the Elbe, directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The Meeting on the Elbe', op.80a.

Merry March, sans op. (1949)
for two pianos four hands

Tarantella and Prelude, sans op. (1950/54)
for two pianos four hands

The Song of the Forests, op.81 (1949)
Oratorio for tenor and bass soloists, boys' choir, chorus and large orchestra to the text by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky

The Fall of Berlin, op.82 (1949)
Music for the film The Fall of Berlin, directed by Mikhail Chiaureli.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The Fall of Berlin', op.82a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1949.

Ballet Suite No. 1, sans op. (1949)
1. Lyric Waltz
2. Dance
3. Romance
4. Polka
5. Waltz-scherzo
6. Galop

String Quartet No. 4 in D major, op.83 (1949)

Two Romances on Verses by Lermontov, op.84 (1950)
Two songs on verses by Mikhail Lermontov, for male voice and piano.
1. Ballad ("A beautiful maiden sits by the sea") - Moderato
2. Morning in the Caucasus - Moderato con moto

Belinsky, op.85 (1950)
Music for the film Belinsky, directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'Belinsky', op.85a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1960.

Ballet Suite No. 2, sans op. (1951)
1. Waltz
2. Adagio
3. Polka
4. Sentimental Romance
5. Spring Waltz
6. Finale (Galop)

Four Songs to Words by Dolmatovsky, op.86 (1951)
Four songs for voice and piano, to lyrics by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky
1. The Homeland Hears
2. Rescue me
3. He loves me, he loves me not
4. Sleep, my darling boy

The Homeland Hears, op.86 No.1
Arrangement of op.86 No.1 for chorus and piano by the composer.

Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, op.87 (1950-51)

Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets, op.88 (1951)
for mixed chorus a cappella on texts by Leonid Radin, Yevgeni Tarasov, Aleksei Gmyrev, Arkadi Kots, and Vladimir Tan-Bogoras.

Ten Russian Folksongs, sans op. (1951)
for voice soloists, chorus, and piano.

The Unforgettable Year 1919, op.89 (1951)
Music for the film The Unforgettable Year 1919, directed by Mikhail Chiaureli.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The Unforgettable Year 1919', op.89a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1954.

The Sun Shines over our Motherland, op.90 (1952)
Patriotic cantata for boys' choir, mixed chorus, and orchestra to a text by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky.

Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin, op.91 (1952)
Four song settings of Aleksandr Pushkin's verses for bass voice and piano.
1. Fragment (In a Jewish hut)
2. What does my name mean to you?
3. In the depths of the Siberian mines
4. Farewell

Ballet Suite No. 3, sans op. (1952)
1. Waltz
2. Gavotte
3. Dance
4. Elegy
5. Waltz
6. Galop

String Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, op.92 (1952)

Greek Songs, sans op. (1952-53)
Four songs for middle voice and piano

Piano Pieces for Children:
  1. Dances of the Dolls, sans op. (1952)
    A suite of seven piano solos for children arranged from orchestral material of earlier ballet and stage works.
  2. Murzilka, sans op.
    A brief undated piece for piano
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op.93 (1953)
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano four hands by the composer.

Concertino for 2 Pianos, op.94 (1953)

Ballet Suite No. 4, sans op. (1953)
1. Prelude
2. Waltz
3. Scherzo

Song of the Great Rivers, op.95 (1954)
or Unity
Music for the documentary film Song of the Great Rivers, directed by Joris Ivens.

Festive Overture, op.96 (1954)

The Gadfly, op.97 (1955)
Music for the film, based on the novel The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich, directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The Gadfly', op.97a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1955.

Tarantella for two pianos
arrangement of op.97a No.3 for two pianos by the composer

Five Romances on Verses of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky, op.98 (1954)
A cycle of five romantic songs for bass voice and piano.
1. The Day of our First Meeting
2. The Day of Declaration of Love
3. The Day of Tiffs
4. The Day of Happiness
5. The Day of Reminiscences

The First Echelon, op.99 (1955-56)
Music for the film The First Echelon, directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'The First Echelon', op.99a

Spanish Songs, op.100 (1956)
A cycle of six traditional folksongs for mezzo-soprano and piano

String Quartet No. 6 in G major, op.101 (1956)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, op.102 (1957)

Variations on a Theme by Glinka, sans op. (1957)

Symphony No. 11 in G minor, "The Year 1905" , op.103 (1957)
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano four hands by the composer.

Cultivation, op.104 (1957)
Two traditional Russian folksongs arranged for chorus a cappella.

Moscow, Cheryomushki, op.105 (1958)
Musical Comedy in 3 acts, to libretto by Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinsky.

Khovanshchina (Musorgsky), op.106 (1958-59)
Reorchestration of Modest Musorgsky's five-act opera Khovanshchina for a film version.

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, op.107 (1959)

String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, op.108 (1960)

Satires, op.109 (1960)
Subtitle: "Pictures of the Past"
Song cycle of five romances for soprano and piano, on verses by Sasha Chorny.
1. To a critic
2. Spring awakening
3. Descendants
4. Misunderstanding
5. Kreutzer Sonata

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, op.110 (1960)
Arrangement:
Chamber Symphony, op.110a,
for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai (1960).

Novorossiisk Chimes, sans op. (1960)
Subtitle: "The Flame of Eternal Glory"

Five Days, Five Nights, op.111 (1960)
Music for the film Five Days, Five Nights, directed by Leo Arnshtam.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'Five Days, Five Nights', op.111a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1961.

Symphony No. 12 in D minor, "The Year 1917" , op.112 (1960-61)
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano four hands by the composer.

Songs and Dances of Death (Musorgsky), sans op. (1962)
Orchestration of Modest Musorgsky's song cycle.
1. Lullaby
2. Serenade
3. Trepak
4. The Warrior Captain

Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar" , op.113 (1962)
Symphony for bass soloist, bass choir, and full orchestra, to settings of Yevgeni Yevtushenko's poems.
Arrangement:
Reduction for piano four hands by the composer.

Katerina Izmailova, op.114 (1955-63)
Revised version of the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, op.29.
Arrangement:
Five Entr'actes from "Katerina Izmailova", op. 114a

Overture on Russian and Khirghiz Folksongs, op.115 (1963)

Hamlet, op.116 (1963-64)
Music for the film of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'Hamlet', op.116a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1964.

String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, op.117 (1964)

String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, op.118 (1964)

Arrangement:
Symphony for Strings, op.118a,
for string orchestra by Rudolf Barshai

The Execution of Stepan Razin, op.119 (1964)

Cantata for bass soloist, mixed chorus and orchestra, to the text of a poem by Yevgeni Yevtushenko.

A Year as Long as a Lifetime, op.120 (1965)
Music for the filmA Year as Long as a Lifetime, directed by Grigori Roshal.
Arrangement:
Suite from 'A Year as Long as a Lifetime', op.120a, assembled by Lev Atovmyan in 1969.

Five Romances on Texts from "Krokodil", op.121 (1965)
Song cycle for bass voice and piano to poems by readers of the satirical magazine Krokokil.
1. The evidence of one's own manuscript
2. A desire too difficult to gratify
3. Discretion
4. Irinka and the Shepherd
5. Excessive delight

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, op.122 (1966)

Preface to the Complete Collection of my Works and a Brief Reflection upon this Preface, op.123 (1966)
for bass voice and piano

Two Choruses by Davidenko, op.124 (1963)
for chorus and orchestra, on texts by Aleksandr Davidenko.

Cello Concerto in A minor (Schumann), op.125 (1963)
Reorchestration of Robert Schumann's Concerto for cello and orchestra, opus 129

Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, op.126 (1966)

Seven Romances on Poems of Aleksandr Blok, op.127 (1967)
Suite for soprano voice, violin, cello, and piano.
Settings of poems by Aleksandr Blok.
1. Song of Ophelia
2. Gamayun, the bird of prophecy
3. We were together (That troubled night)
4. The city sleeps (Deep in sleep)
5. The storm
6. Secret signs
7. Music

Spring, Spring, op.128 (1967)
Song for bass voice and piano, to words by Aleksandr Pushkin.

Violin Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, op.129 (1967)

Funeral-Triumphal Prelude, op.130 (1967)
or "Poem of Mourning and Triumph" or "Prelude - Stalingrad"

October, op.131 (1967)
Symphonic poem for orchestra

Sofya Perovskaya, op.132 (1967)
Music for the film Sofya Perovskaya, directed by Leo Arnshtam.

String Quartet No. 12 in D flat major, op.133 (1968)

Violin Sonata, op.134 (1968)

Cello Concerto No. 1 (Tishchenko), sans op. (1969)
New orchestration of Boris Tishchenko's Cello Concerto No. 1, opus 23.

Symphony No. 14, op.135 (1969)
Symphonic song cycle for soprano and bass soloists, string orchestra, and percussion, to texts in Russian translations of Federico García Lorca, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Rainer Maria Rilke, and the original Russian of William Küchelbecker.

A Toast to our Motherland, sans op. (1944)
A song with lyric by Iosif Utkin for tenor, mixed chorus, and piano.

The Black Sea, sans op. (1944)
A song with lyric by S. Alymov and N. Verkhovsky for solo bass, male choir, and piano.

Our Song, sans op. (1950)
A song for solo bass, mixed chorus, and piano, with words by Konstantin Simonov.

Song of Fighters for Peace, sans op. (1950?)
for solo tenor, chorus and piano, with words by K. Simonov.

There Were Kisses, sans op. (undated)
A romantic song for bass voice and piano on text of Yevgeni Dolmatovsky.

October Dawn, sans op. (1957)
A song with lyric by Vladimir Kharitonov for soloists and choir.

Two Songs, sans op. (1957)
Two songs for chorus and piano to words by V. Sidorov.
1. We Cherish the October Dawns on Our Hearts
2. We Sing Glory to Our Country

La Serenata (Braga), sans op. (1972)
Transcription of a song by Gaetano Braga for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano.

Rayok, sans op. (1948/57/65/68)

Loyalty, op.136 (1970)
Eight ballads for male chorus a cappella, on texts by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky.
1. In some immemorial year
2. People believing in a flame
3. A great name
4. Revolution banner
5. A difficult search for beauty
6. I want to learn all about him
7. So this is where the people were!
8. On meetings of the young generation

My Native Country, sans op. (1937-45/70)
A patriotic oratorio for narrator, soloists, chorus, and full orchestra.

King Lear, op.137 (1970)
Music for the film of William Shakespeare's play King Lear, directed by Grigori Kozintsev.

String Quartet No. 13 in B flat minor, op.138 (1970)

Soviet Militia, op.139 (1970)

Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.140 (1971)
Orchestral version of op.62 for bass soloist and small orchestra

Symphony No. 15 in A major, op.141 (1971)
Arrangements:
Reduction for two pianos by the composer;
Symphony No. 15 - Chamber version, op.141a (1972)
arranged by Viktor Derevianko and Mark Pekarsky
for violin, cello, piano/celesta, and percussion

String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, op.142 (1973)

Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op.143 (1973)
for contralto and piano
Arrangement:
Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op.143a (1974)
Orchestrated version of op.143 for small orchestra

String Quartet No. 15 in E flat minor, op.144 (1974)

Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, op.145 (1974)
Song cycle for bass voice and piano.
Arrangement:
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, op.145a (1974)
Orchestrated version of op.145 for symphony orchestra

Song of the Flea (Beethoven), sans op. (1975)
Orchestration of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Song of Mephistopheles in Auerbach's cellar", for voice and piano

Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin, op.146 (1975)
Four songs for bass and piano to texts of Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
1. The Love of Captain Lebyadkin
2. The Cockroach
3. The Ball for the Benefit of Governesses
4. A Shining Personality

Viola Sonata, op.147 (1975)
Arrangements:
Viola part arranged for cello by both Daniil Shafran and Iosif Feigelson;
Viola Sonata, op.147a: orchestrated for viola soloist, strings and celesta by Vladimir Mendelssohn

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