Prokofjev, Sergei

PROKOFIEV, SERGEI – (1891-1953):

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CATALOGUE OF WORKS:

 

Juvenalia:

Tarantella in D minor, for piano

Symphony in G major, for orchestra, 1. Presto

Melody in E flat major, for piano

Presto, for piano

Allegro in F major, for piano

Vivo in G minor, for piano

Lento in D minor, for piano

Allegretto in A minor, for piano

Allegretto in C minor, for piano

Allegro in A flat major, for piano

Minuet in F minor, for piano

Scherzo in C major, for piano

Allegro in D minor, for piano

Waltz in G minor, for piano

Tempo di marcia, for piano

Prestissimo in C major, for piano

Study-Scherzo in C major, for piano

Fugue in D major, for piano

Scherzo in D major, for piano

 

Opuses:

op. 1 – Piano Sonata No: 1, in F minor – (1907 rev. 1909)

op. 2 – Four Études for piano, 1. D-minor, 2. E minor, 3. C minor, 4. C minor – (1909)

op. 3 – Four Pieces for piano, 1. Story, 2. Badinage, 3. March, 4. Phantom – (1907-8 rev. 1911)

op. 4 – Four Pieces for piano: 1. Reminiscence, 2. Èlan, 3. Despair, 4. Suggestion Diabolique – (1908 rev. 1910-12)

op. 5 – Sinfonietta in A major for orchestra – (1909 rev. 1914-15) – Later revised as op. 48

op. 6 – Dreams, symphonic poem for orchestra – (19010)

op..7 – Two poem for women’s voices and orchestra, words by K. Balmout, 1. The White Swan, 2. The Wave – (1909-10)

op. 8 – Autumnal, sketch for orchestra – (1910 rev. 1915, 1934)

op. 9 – Two poem for voice and piano, words by A. Apukhtin and K. Balmout – (1911)

op. 10 – Concerto No: 1, in D flat major for piano and orchestra – (1911-12)

op. 11 – Toccata in D minor for piano – (1912)

op. 12 – Ten Episodes for piano – (1906-13)

op. 12b – Humoresque Scherzo for four bassoons – (1915) – (Transcription of op. 12, No: 9)

op. 13 – Maddalena, opera in one act, libretto by M. Lieven – (1911-13) – (orchestrated by E. Downes, 1979)

op. 14 – Piano Sonata No: 2, in D minor – (1912)

op. 15 – Ballade for cello and piano – (1912)

op. 16 – Concerto No: 2, in G minor for piano and orchestra – (1912-13 rev. 1923)

op. 17 – Five Sarcasms for piano – (1912-14)

op. 18 – The Ugly Duckling for voice and and piano – (1914) – (Based on Andersen’s fairy tale.)

op. 18 – The Ugly Duckling for voice and and piano – (1914) – (Based on Andersen’s fairy tale. Also exists in a version for voice and orchestra)

op. 19 – Concerto No: 1, in D major for violin and orchestra – (1916-17)

op. 20 – Scythian Suite, (from Ala and Lolli) – (1915)

op. 21 – The Buffoon, (Chout),ballet in six scenes, scenario by S. Prokofiev after A. Afanasyev – (1915 rev. 1920)

op. 21b – The Buffoon, (Chout), symphonic suite from the ballet – (1920)

op. 22 – Visions Fugitives, 20 pieces for piano – (1915)

op. 23 – Five poems for voice and piano, words by V. Goryansky, Z. Gippius, B. Verin, K. Balmout, N. Agnivtsev – (1915)

op. 24 – The Gambler, opera in four acts, libretto by S. Prokofiev after story by Dostoyevsky – (1915-17 rev. 1927-8)

op. 24 – The Gambler, opera in four acts, libretto by S. Prokofiev after story by Dostoyevsky – (1915-17 rev. 1927-8) – (Filmed version, 1966)

op. 25 – Symphony No: 1, in D major, ’Classical’ – (1916-17)

op. 25 – Gavotte from Symphony No 1, in D major, ’Classical’, for piano (1916-17)

op. 26 – Concerto No: 3, in C major for piano and orchestra – (1917-21)

op. 27 – Five poems, words by Anna Akhmatova – (1916)

op. 28 – Piano Sonata No: 3, in A minor – (1907 rev. 1917)

op. 29 – Piano Sonata No: 4, in C minor – (1908 rev. 1917)

op. 29b – Andante for orchestra – (1934) – (Transcription from op. 29)

op. 30 – Seven, they are seven, cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra, woirds by K. Balmout – (1917-18 rev. 1933)

op. 31 – Old Grandmother’s Tales, four pieces for piano – (1918)

op. 32 – Four Pieces for piano, 1. Dance, 2. Minuet, 3. Gavotte, 4. Waltz – (1918)

op. 33 – The Love of Three Oranges, opera in four acts with prologue, libretto by S. Prokofiev after the play by Carlo Gozzi – (1919)

op. 33b – The Love of Three Oranges, symphonic suite from the opera – (1924)

op. 33ter – March and Scherzo from The Love of Three Oranges, transcription for piano – (1922)

op. 34 – Overture on Hebrew Themes in C minor for clarinet, piano and string quartet – (1919)

op. 34b – Overture on Hebrew Themes for symphony orchestra – (1934) – (New version of op. 34)

op. 35 – Five songs without words for voice and piano – (1920)

op. 35 – Five songs without words for voice and piano – (1920) – (No: 2 also exists in a version for voice and orchestra)

op. 35b – Five melodies for violin and piano – (1925) – (Arrangement of op. 35)

op. 36 – Five poems for voice and piano, words by K. Balmont – (1920), 1. Incantation of Fire and Water2. Birdsong3. The Butterfly4. Remember Me5. The Pylons

op. 37 – The Fiery Angel, opera in five acts, libretto by S. Prokofjev after the story by V. Bryusov – (1919-23 rev. 1926-7)

op. 38 – Piano Sonata No: 5, in C major – (1923) – (Later revised as op. 135)

op. 39 – Quintet in G minor, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass – (1924)

op. 39 – Quintet in G minor, for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass – (1924) – (Incorporates music from the unpublished ballet Trapeze)

op. 40 – Symphony No: 2, in D minor – (1924-5)

op. 41 – Le Pas d’Acier, (Steel Step), ballet in two scenes, scenario by G. Yakulov ans S. Prokofiev – (1925-6)

op. 41b – Le Pas d’Acier, symphonic suite from the ballet – (1926)

op. 42 – ’American’ Overture in B flat major, for 17 performers – (1926)

op. 42b – ’American’ Overture in B flat major, for full orchestra – (1928) – (New version of op. 42)

op. 43 – Divertissement for orchestra – (1925-9)

op. 43b – Divertissement for piano – (1938) – Transcribed from op. 43

op. 44 – Symphony No: 3, in C minor – (1928)

op. 45 – Things in themselves, (Choses en soi), two pieces for piano – (1928)

op. 46 – The Prodigal Son, ballet in three scenes, scenario by B. Kochno – (1928-9)

op. 46b – The Prodigal Son, symphonic suite from the ballet – (1929), 1. Adagio2. Allegro fastoso3. Presto4. Andante assai5. Andante pomposo

op. 47 – Symphony No: 4, in C major – (1929-30) – (Later revised as op. 112)

op. 48 – Sinfonietta in A major for orchestra – (1929) – (Revision of op. 5)

op. 49 – Four Portraits, symphonic suite from the opera The Gambler – (1931)

op. 50 – String Quartet No: 1, in B minor – (1930)

op. 50b – Andante from Quartet in B minor, arranged for string orchestra – (1930)

op. 51 – Sur le Borysthène, (On the Dnieper), ballet in two scenes, scenario by S. Lifar and S. Prokofiev – (1930-1)

op. 51b – Sur le Borysthène, symphomnic suite from the ballet – (1933)

op. 52 – Six transcriptions for piano – (1930-1) – (Transcribed from op. 46, 35, 50, and 48)

op. 53 – Concerto No: 4, in B flat major for piano (left hand) and orchestra – (1931)

op. 54 – Two Sonatinas for piano, 1. E minor, 2. G major – (1931-2), Sonatine No: 1, E minor, for pianoSonatine No: 2, G major, for piano

op. 55 – Piano Concerto No: 5, in G major for piano and orchestra – (1931-2)

op. 56 – Sonata for two violins, in C major – (1932)

op. 57 – Symphonic Song for orchestra – (1933)

op. 58 – Concerto for cello and orchestra in E minor – (1933-8) – (Later revised as op. 125)

op. 59 – Three Pieces for piano – (1933-4)

op. 60 – The Film Lieutenant Kijé, (1934)

op. 60 – Lieutenant Kijé, suite based on the film score – (1934)

op. 60b – Two songs from Lieutenant Kijé, 1. The Little Grey Dove is Cooing, 2. Troika – (1934)

op. 61 – Egyptian Nights, symphonic suite from the incidental music to the play – (1934)

op. 62 – Pensées, three pieces for piano – (1933-4)

op. 63 – Concerto No: 2, in G minor for violin and orchestra – (1935)

op. 64 – Romeo and Juliet, ballet in four acts, scenario by S. Radlov, A. Piotrovsky, L. Lavrovsky and S. Prokofiev – (1935-6)

op. 64b – Romeo and Juliet, first symphonic suite from the ballet – (1936)

op. 64ter – Romeo and Juliet, second symphonic suite from the ballet – (1936)

op. 65 – Music for Children, 12 easy pieces for piano – (1935)

op. 65b – A Summer’s Day, symphonic suite for small orchestra – (1935 arr. 1941) – (Transcribed from op. 65, nos. 1, 9, 6, 5, 10, 11 and 12)

op. 66 – Six mass songs for voice and piano, 1. Partisan Zheleznyak, 2. Anyutka, 3. The Fatherland is Growing, 4. Through Snow and Fog, 5. Beyond the Hill, 6. Song of Voroshilov – (1935)

op. 67 – Peter and the Wolf, symphonic tale for narrator and orchestra, text by S. Prokofiev – (1936)

op. 67 – Peter and the Wolf, symphonic tale for narrator and orchestra, text by S. Prokofiev – (1936) – music only

op. 68 – Three children’s songs for voice and piano, 1. Chatterbox, 2. Sweet Song, 3. The Little Pigs – (1936)

op. 69 – Four marches for military band – (1935-7)

op. 70 – The Queen of Spades, music for the unrealised film – (1936) – (arr. Jurowski)

op. 70b – Boris Godunov, music for Meyerhold’s (unrealised) production of Pushkin’s drama – (1936)

op. 70b/0p. 71 – Pushkiniana Suite, arr. by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky – (1962)

op. 71 – Eugene Onegin, music for Tairov’s (unrealised) production for the play after Pushkin – (1936) – (orch. Dattel & Zinger)

op. 72 – Russian Overture for symphony orchestra – (1936, rev. for reduced orchestra 1937)

op. 73 – Three romances for voice and piano, words by Pushkin, 1. Pine Trees, 2. Roseate Dawn, 3. Into Your Chamber – (1936)

op. 74 – Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution for symphony orchestra, military band, accordions, percussions and two choirs, text from writings and speeches of Marx, Lenin and Stalin – (1936-7)

op. 75 – Romeo and Juliet, ten pieces for piano – (1937)

op. 76 – Songs of Our Days, suite for soloists, chorus and orchestra – (1937)

op. 77 – Hamlet, music for the play – (1937-8)

op. 77b – Gavotte, from the music for Hamlet, for piano – (1938)

op. 78 – The Film Alexander Newsky, (1938)

op. 78 – Music for the Film Alexander Newsky, (1938)

op. 78 – Alexander Newsky, cantata based on the film score for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, text by V. Lugovskoy and S. Prokofiev – (1939)

op. 78b – Three songs from Alexander Nevsky, words by V. Lubovskoy, 1. Arise, people of Russia, 2. Mark ye bright falcons, 3. And it happened on the banks of the Neva – (1939)

op. 79 – Seven mass songs for voice and piano – (1939), 1. Song about the Fatherland, 2. Stakhanovka, 3. On the Polar Seas, 4. Send-Off, 5. Bravely Forward, 6. Through the Village Came a Cossack, 7. Hey, to the Road

op. 80 – Sonata No: 1, in F minor, for violin and piano – (1938-46)

op. 81 – Semyön Kotko, opera in five acts, libretto by V. Katayev and S. Prokofiev after story ny V. Katayev – (1939)

op. 81b – Semyon Kotko, symphonic suite from the opera – (1941)

op. 82 – Piano Sonata No: 6, in A major – (1939-40)

op. 83 – Piano Sonata No: 7, in B flat major – (1939-42)

op. 84 – Piano Sonata No: 8, in B flat major – (1939-1944)

op. 85 – Zdavitsa, (Hail to Stalin), cantata for chorus and orchestra on folk texts – (1939)

op. 86 – The Duenna, (Betrothal in a Monastery), opera in four acts, libretto by S. Prokofiev, verses by Mira Mendelson, after the play by Sheridan – (1940-1)

op. 87 – Cinderella, ballet in three acts, scenario by N.D. Volkov – (1940-4)

op. 88 – Symphonic march in B flat major for orchestra – (1941)

op. 89 – Seven mass songs for voice and piano – (1941-2), 1. – 2. Song of the Brave, 3. The Tankman’s vow, 4. Son of Kabarda, 5. The Soldier’s Sweetheart, 6. Fritz, 7. –

op. 89b – March in A flat major for military band – (1941) – (Based on op. 89, no: 2) – (vrsion for piano)

op. 90 – The Year 1941, symphonic suite for orchestra – (1941)

op. 91 – War and Peace, opera in five acts with a choral epigraph, libretto by S. Prokofjev and M. Mendelson after Tolstoy – (1941-3 rev. 1946-52)

op. 92 – String Quartet No: 2, in F major, (on Kabardinian themes) – (1941)

op. 93 – Ballad of an Unknown Boy, cantata for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra, words by P. Antokolsky – (1942-3)

op. 94 – Sonata for flute and piano in D major – (1943)

op. 94b – Sonata No: 2, in D major for violin and piano – (1943 arr. 1944) – (Transcription of op. 94)

op. 95 – Three pieces for piano from Cinderella – (1942)

op. 96 – Three pieces for piano – (1941-2) – (Transcription from War and Peace and the film Lermontov)

op. 97 – Ten pieces for piano from Cinderella – (1943)

op. 97b – Adagio from Cinderella for cello and piano – (1944)

op. 98 – National Anthem of the Soviet Union and National Anthem of the R.S.F.S.R. – (1943, 1946) – (Unpublished sketches)

op. 98/ op. 99 – 2 Marches for band – 1. National Anthem of the Soviet Union and National Anthem of the R.S.F.S.R. – (1943, 1946) 2. March for band in B flat major (1943-4)

op. 99 – March for band in B flat major – (1943-4)

op. 100 – Symphony No: 5, in B flat major – (1944)

op. 101 – Romeo and Juliet, third suite for orchestra – (1946)

op. 102 – Six pieces for piano from Cinderella – (1944)

op. 103 – Piano Sonata No: 9, in C major – (1947)

op. 104 – Twelve Russian folk songs for voice and piano – (1944)

op. 105 – Ode to the end of the War for eight harps, four pianos, wind, percussion and double basses – (1945)

op. 106 – Two duets, arrangements of Russian folk songs for tenor and bass with piano – (1945), 1. Everybody Gets Married, 2. The Glorious Moscow Road

op. 107 – Cinderella, first suite for orchestra – (1946), 1. Introduction, 2. Pas de Chat, 3. Quarrel, 4. Fairy Godmother and Fairy Winter, 5. Mazurka, 6. Cinderella Goes to the Ball, 7. Cinderella’s Waltz, 8. Midnight

op. 108 – Cinderella, second suite for orchestra – (1946), 1. Cinderella’s Dreams, 2. Dancing Lesson and Gavotte, 3. Spring Fairy and Summer Fairy, 4. Bourree5. Cinderella at the Palace – 6. Grand Waltz, 7. Galop

op. 109 – Cinderella, third suite for orchestra – (1946), 1. Court dance (Pavane), 2. The Prince and Cinderella, 3. Entertainment of the guests, 4. Temptation, 5. Orientalia, 6. The Prince finds Cinderella, 7. Slow Waltz, 8. Amoroso

op. 110 – Waltzes suite for orchestra, (from War and Peace, Cinderella and Lermontov) – (1946)

op. 111 – Symphony No: 6, in E flat minor – (1945-7)

op. 112 – Symphony No: 4, in C major – (1947) – (Revised version of op. 47)

op. 113 – Festive Poem, (Thirty Years), for orchestra – (1947)

op. 114 – Flourish Mighty Land, cantata for chorus and orchestra, text by E. Dolmatovsky – (1947) – (Written for the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution)

op. 115 – Sonata for Solo Violin(s) in D major – (1947)

op. 116 – The Film Ivan the Terrible, Part I, (1944)

op. 116 – The Film Ivan the Terrible, Part II, (1945)

op. 116 – Ivan the Terrible, music for the films – Part I (1942-4), Part II (1945)(Arranged as oratorio by A. Stasevich in 1961)

op. 117 – The Story of a Real Man, opera in four acts, libretto by M. Mendelson and S. Prokofiev after the novel by Boris Polevoy – (1947-8)

op. 118 – The Stone Flower, ballet in four acts, scenario by L. Lavrovsky and M. Mendelson after the story by P. Bazhov – (1948-53)

op. 119 – Sonata for cello and piano in C major – (1949)

op. 120 – Two Pushkin Waltzes for orchestra – (1949)

op. 121 – Soldiers’ Marching Song, words by V. Lugovskoy – (1950)

op. 122 – Winter Bonfire, suite for narrators, boys’ chorus and orchestra, text by S. Marshak – (1949-50)

op. 123 – Summer Night, suite for orchestra from the opera The Duenna – (1950)

op. 124 – On Guard for Peace, oratorio for narrators, mezzo-soprano, mixed chorus, boys’ chorus and orchestra, text by S. Marshak – (1950)

op. 125 – Sinfonia Concertante, (Symphony-Concerto) in E minor for cello and orchestra – (1950-1 rev. 1952) – (in original form as ’Second Cello Concerto’ – Revision of op. 58)

op. 126 – Wedding Suite for orchestra, from The Stone Flower – (1951)

op. 127 – Gypsy Fantasy for orchestra, from The Stone Flower – (1951)

op. 128 – Ural Rhapsody for orchestra, from The Stone Flower – (1951)

op. 129 – The Mistress of Copper Mountain, suite for orchestra from The Stone Flower – (Unrealised)

op. 130 – The Volga meets the Don, festive poem for orchestra – (1951)

op. 131 – Symphony No: 7, in C sharp minor – (1951-2)

op. 132 – Concertino for cello and orchestra in G minor – (1952) – (Unfinished work, completed by Rostropovich and Kabalevsky)

op. 133 – Concerto for two pianos and string orchestra – (Unfinished)

op. 134 – Sonata for unaccompanied cello in C sharp minor – (Unfinished)

op. 135 – Piano Sonata No: 5, in C major – (1952-3) – (Revision of op. 53)

op. 136 – Symphony No: 2, in D minor, (Projected revision of op. 40) – (Unrealised)

op. 137 – Piano Sonata No: 10, in C minor – (1953) – The sketch for this sonata was Prokofiev’s last work)

op. 138 – Piano Sonata No: 11 – (Unralised)

 

OTHER WORKS:

Arrangements:

’O, no John!’, (English folksong), arr. for voice and orchestra – (1944)

Ogan prelude and fugue in D minor by Buxtehude. arr. for piano – (1920)

Waltzes by Schubert, transcribed as a suite for piano, two hands – (1920)

Waltzes by Schubert, transcribed as a suite for two pianos, four hands – (1923) – (Revision of the earlier suite)

 

Piano Works:

Fantasia on Theme from Sheherazade, for piano, after Rimski-Korsakov – (1923)

Dumka, for piano, (1930s)

 

Songs:

To My Homeland, for male voice and piano

 

Incidental Music:

The Film Kotovsky – (1942)

Kotovsky, music for the film – (1942)

The Film Lermontov – (1943)

Lermontov, music for the film – (1941)

The Film Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes – (1943)

Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes, music for the film – (1942)

The Film Tonya – (1942)

Tonya, music for the film – (1942)

 

Operas:

Khan Buzay, opera – (1942) – Incomplete

Distant Seas, opera – (1948) – Incomplete