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Vocal works

 

• The Gipsies, sans op. (1919-20)
  An opera after a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin.
  
  
• 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.
  Reduction for voices and piano by the composer;
  Suite, op.15a (1928)
  
  
• 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 Big Lightning or The Great Lightning, sans op. (1932)
  Opera (incomplete) with libretto by Nikolai Aseyev
  
  
• The Gamblers, sans op. (1941-42)
  Opera based on the comedy play The Gamblers by Nikolai Gogol.
  
  
• Katerina Izmailova, op.114 (1955-63)
  Revised version of the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, op.29.
  Five Entr'actes from "Katerina Izmailova", op. 114a
  
  

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

• 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
  Reduction for voice and piano by the composer
  
  
• Symphony No.2 in B major, op.14 (1927)
  "To October - a Symphonic Dedication"
  for full orchestra and chorus; text: Aleksandr Bezymensky.
  
  
• Symphony No.3 in E flat major, "The First of May", op.20 (1929)
  for symphony orchestra with chorus; text (Russian) by Semyon Kirsanov
  
  
• Six Romances on Japanese Poems, op.21 (1928-32)
  for tenor and orchestra
  1. Love
  2. Before Suicide
  3. Immodest Glance
  4. For the First and Last Time
  5. Hopeless Love
  6. Death
  Reduction for voices and piano by the composer, op.21a
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.62a (1943)
  Orchestration of op.62 for full symphony orchestra
  Texts: Sir Walter Raleigh (No.1), Robert Burns (No. 2, 3, 4), William Shakespeare (No.5), and folk poetry (No.6).
  1. To a Son
  2. In the Fields
  3. Macpherson before his Execution
  4. Jenny
  5. Sonnet No. 66
  6. The King's Campaign
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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 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 Sun Shines over our Motherland, op.90 (1952)
  Patriotic cantata for boys' choir, mixed chorus, and orchestra to a text by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky.
  
  
• Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, "Babi Yar", op.113 (1962)
  
  > Texts 'Babi Jar' <
  Symphony for bass soloist, bass choir, and full orchestra, to settings of Yevgeni Yevtushenko's poems.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.140 (1971)
  Orchestral version of op.62 for bass soloist and small orchestra
  
  
• Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op.143a (1974)
  Orchestrated version of op.143 for small orchestra
  
  
• Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, op.145a (1974)
  Orchestrated version of op.145 for symphony orchestra
  
  

• Two Fables by Krylov, op.4 (1922)
  Two songs to texts by Ivan Krylov, in a reduction for voice and piano by the composer.
  1. The Dragonfly and the Ant
  2. The Ass and the Nightingale
  
  
• The Nose, op.15 (1927-28)
  Reduction of the opera 'The Nose' for voices and piano by the composer.
  
  
• The Bedbug, op.19 (1929)
  Reduction of the music to the comedy 'The Bedbug' for voices and piano by the composer.
  
  
• Symphony No.3 in E flat major, "The First of May", op.20 (1929)
  Reduction for voices and piano by the composer.
  
  
• Six Romances on Japanese Poems, op.21a (1928-32)
  for voices and piano.
  1. Love
  2. Before Suicide
  3. Immodest Glance
  4. For the First and Last Time
  5. Hopeless Love
  6. Death
  (Reduction of op.21 for tenor and orchestra)
  
  
• 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
  Three Romances on Poems by Pushkin, op.46a (1937): partial orchestration of op.46 for bass and chamber orchestra.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• The Fearless Regiments Are on the Move, sans op. (1941)
  Marching song for bass soloists and chorus with lyric by L. Rakhmilevich.
  
  
• 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).
  1. To a Son
  2. In the Fields
  3. Macpherson before his Execution
  4. Jenny
  5. Sonnet No. 66
  6. The King's Campaign
  Six Romances on Verses by British Poets, op.62a (1943): Orchestration of op.62 for full symphony orchestra
  [ see also op.140 ]
  
  
• Two Songs
  Reductions of two songs from 'Victorious Spring', op.72, for voice and piano by the composer.
  1. Song of the Lantern
  2. Lullaby
  
• From Jewish Folk Poetry, op.79 (1948)
  Song cycle for soprano, contralto, and tenor with piano accompaniment.
  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
  From Jewish Folk Poetry, op.79a: Orchestration of op.79
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Greek Songs, sans op. (1952-53)
  Four songs for middle voice and piano
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Spanish Songs, op.100 (1956)
  A cycle of six traditional folksongs for mezzo-soprano and piano
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Preface to the Complete Collection of my Works and a Brief Reflection upon this Preface, op.123 (1966)
  for bass voice and piano
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• Rayok, sans op. (1948/57/65/68)
  
  
• Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op.143 (1973)
  for contralto and piano
  Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op.143a (1974): Orchestrated version of op.143 for small orchestra
  
  
• Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, op.145 (1974)
  Song cycle for bass voice and piano.
  Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, op.145a (1974): Orchestrated version of op.145 for symphony orchestra
  
  
• 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
  
  

• The Homeland Hears, op.86 No.1
  Arrangement of op.86 No.1 for chorus and piano by the composer.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Cultivation, op.104 (1957)
  Two traditional Russian folksongs arranged for chorus a cappella.
  
  
• 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