Works

Works

Love and study the great art of music. It will reveal to you a whole world of high feelings, passions, thoughts.

Dmitri Shostakovich

The symbol SO (Sans. Op.) denotes works without an opus number that are included in the Volumes of the New Collected Works. Published in chronological order.

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Piano Pieces from 1918-1920
1918-1920

1
Scherzo
1919

2
8 Preludes
1919-1920

3
Theme with Variations
1921-1922

SO
L. van Beethoven. Sonata No. 8 for Piano (Second movement). Instrumentations
1921-1922

4
Two Fables by Ivan Krylov
1922

5
Three Fantastic Dances
1920-1922

6
Suite for Two Pianos
1922-1923

8
Trio No. 1
1923

SO
Gustav Mahler. Tenth Symphony (Fragment)
~1924

10
Symphony No. 1
1924-1925

11
Two Pieces for String Octet
1924-1925

12
Piano Sonata No. 1
1926

13
“Aphorisms”
1927

14
Symphony No. 2. “Dedication to Oсtober”
1927

15
“The Nose”. Opera
1927-1928

15a
Suite from the Opera “The Nose”
1928

16
“Tahiti Trot”
1927

17
Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti
1928

18
“New Babylon”
1928-1929

20
Symphony No. 3. “The First of May”
1929

21
Six Romances on Japanese Poems
1928-1932

22
“The Golden Age”
1929-1930

22a
Suite from the Ballet “The Golden Age”
1930-1934

23
Overture and Finale To Erwin Dressel’s Opera “Armer Columbus”
1929

SO
Moderato for Cello and Piano
~1930

26
“Alone”
1930-1931

27
“The Bolt”
1930-1931

27a
Suite from the Ballet “The Bolt”
1934*

29
“Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”. Opera
1930-1932

29a
Suite from the Opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”
1932

31
“Hypothetically Murdered”
1931

SO
Two pieces for String Quartet
1931

SO
Impromptu for Viola and Piano
1931

32
“Hamlet”. Music to the Play
1931-1932

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“Orango”. Unfinished Satirical Opera (Political Lampoon)
1932

34
Twenty-four Preludes for Piano
1932-1933

35
Piano Concerto No. 1
1933

SO
“The Great Lightning”
1933

SO
Madrigal (Impromptu) to Words by M. Pravdin
1933

36
“The Story of the Priest and His Helper Balda”
1933-1934

39
“The Limpid Stream”
1934-1935

39a
Suite from the Ballet “The Limpid Stream”
1945

40
Sonata for Cello and Piano
1934

SO
Three Fugues For Piano
1934

SO
Unfinished Symphony of 1934 (Fragment Adagio)
1934

SO
Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra
1934

43
Symphony No. 4
1935-1936

46
Four Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin
1936-1937

47
Symphony No. 5
1937

SO
Igor Stravinsky. Symphony of Psalms
~1937

49
String Quartet No. 1
1938

54
Symphony No. 6
1939

SO
Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra
1938

56
“The Story of the Silly Baby Mouse”
1939

SO
Seven Adaptations of Finnish Folk Songs (Suite on Finnish Themes)
1939

57
Piano Quintet
1940

SO
Johann Strauss. “The Pleasure Train”. Polka
1940

SO
Ceremonial March for Wind Orchestra
1941

60
Symphony No. 7
1941

SO
Milii Balakirev. Polka
1941

SO
Arrangements of Works by Different Composers. For Soloist, Violin and Cello
1941

61
Piano Sonata No. 2
1942

62
Six Romances to words by W. Raleigh, R. Burns and W. Shakespeare
1942

63
“Motherland”
1942

SO
“The Gamblers”
1942

65
Symphony No. 8
1943

SO
Anthem of the Soviet Union for Choir and Symphony Orchestra
1943

SO
Eight British and American Folk Songs for Voice and Orchestra
1943

67
Trio No. 2
1944

68
String Quartet No. 2
1944

SO
“Annie Laurie”
1944

69
“A Child’s Exercise Book”
1944-1945

SO
“Murzilka”
1944-1945

70
Symphony No. 9
1945

SO
Hymn of the RSFSR for Chorus and Orchestra
1945

SO
Symphonic Fragment of 1945
1945

SO
Unfinished Sonata for Violin and Piano
1945

73
String Quartet No. 3
1946

SO
German March for Wind Orchestra
1947

SO
Arthur Honegger. Third Symphony (“Liturgical“)
~1947

74
"Poem of the Motherland"
1947

77
Violin Concerto No. 1
1947-1948

79
“From Jewish Folk-Poetry”
1948

79a
“From Jewish Folk-Poetry”
1948

SO
Anthem of Moscow
1948

SO
“Anti-Formalist Rayok”
1948

81
“The Song of the Forests”
1949

83
String Quartet No. 4
1949

SO
Merry March For two pianos
1949

84
Two Romances on Verses by M. Lermontov
1950

SO
Tarantella For two pianos
1954

SO
Suite for Jazz (Variety Stage) Orchestra in Eight Movements
~1950

86
Four Songs on Verses by Yevgeni Dolmatovsky
1950-1951

87
24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano
1950-1951

87a
Prelude No. 15 in D flat major for two pianos
1950

88
Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets of the Late 19th and Early 20th Century
1951

SO
Ten Russian Folk Songs
1951

90
“The Sun shines over our Motherland”
1952

91
Four Monologues on Verses by Alexander Pushkin
1952

92
String Quartet No. 5
1952

93
Symphony No. 10
1953

94
Concertino for Two Pianos
1953

SO
Joan Smith. “Bird of Peace”
1953

SO
Greek Songs
~1953-1954

96
Festive Overture
1954

SO
The Romance “There Were Kisses...”
1954

97
“The Gadfly”. Music for the Film
1955

98
Five Romances on Verses by Y. Dolmatovsky
1954

100
“Spanish Songs”
1956

101
String Quartet No. 6
1956

102
Piano Concerto No. 2
1957

103
Symphony No. 11. “The Year 1905”
1957

104
Two Russian Folk Songs
1957

SO
Variations on Glinka’s Theme
1957

105
“Moscow, Cheryomushki”. Operetta
1957-1958

107
Cello Concerto № 1
1959

108
String Quartet No.7
1960

109
“Satires” (“Pictures of the Past”)
1960

110
String Quartet No. 8
1960

112
Symphony No. 12 “The Year 1917”
1960-1961

SO
“Novorossiysk Chimes”
1960

SO
Unfinished Quartet
1961

113
Symphony No. 13
1962

114
“Katerina Izmailova”. Opera
1963

114a
Five Interludes from the Opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”/”Katerina Izmailova”
1956

114b
Interlude from the Opera “Katerina Izmailova” (concert version)
~1965

115
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs
1963

116
“Hamlet”. Music to the Film
1963-1964

117
String Quartet No. 9
1964

118
String Quartet No. 10
1964

119
“The Execution of Stepan Razin”
1964

121
Five Romances on Texts from “Krokodil” Magazine
1965

122
String Quartet No. 11
1966

123
Preface to the Complete Collection of My Works and a Brief Reflection Apropos This Preface
1966

126
Cello Concerto No. 2
1966

127
Seven Poems by Alexander Blok
1967

128
Spring, spring... to Words by Alexander Pushkin
1967

129
Violin Concerto No. 2
1967

130
Funeral and Triumphal Prelude in Memory of the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad
1967

131
“October”
1967

132
“Sofya Perovskaya”
1967

133
String Quartet No.12
1968

134
Sonata for Violin and Piano
1968

135
Symphony No. 14
1969

136
“Loyalty”. Eight Ballads
1970

137
“King Lear”. Music to the Film
1970

138
String Quartet No.13
1970

139
March of the Soviet Militia
1970

140
Six Romances on Verses by W. Raleigh, R. Burns and W. Shakespeare (Opus 62) for Bass Soloist and Chamber Orchestra
1971

141
Symphony No. 15
1971

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“Intervision”
1971

SO
Gaetano Braga. “Serenata”
1972

142
String Quartet No.14
1973

143
Six Songs on Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva
1973

143a
Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva. For Contralto and Chamber Orchestra
1974

144
String Quartet No. 15
1974

145
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti for bass and piano
1974

145a
Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti for Bass and Symphony Orchestra
1974

146
Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin
1974

147
Sonata for Viola and Piano
1975

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