List of compositions by Alfred Schnittke
This is a list of compositions by composer Alfred Schnittke.
Orchestral
Symphonies
- Symphony No. 0
- Symphony No. 1
- Symphony No. 2 "St. Florian"
- Symphony No. 3
- Symphony No. 4
- Symphony No. 5 |Symphony No. 5
- Symphony No. 6
- Symphony No. 7
- Symphony No. 8
- Symphony No. 9
Other orchestral
- Pianissimo
- In Memoriam …
- Gogol Suite
- Passacaglia
- Ritual
- ein Sommernachtstraum
- Symphonic Prelude
- For Liverpool
Concertos and concertante pieces
Violin and orchestra
- Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 for violin and chamber orchestra
- Concerto No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra
- Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra
Piano and orchestra
- Poème for piano and orchestra
- Concerto for piano and orchestra
- Music for piano and chamber orchestra
- Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra
- Concerto for piano four hands and chamber orchestra "to Viktoria Postnikova and Irina Schnittke"
Cello and orchestra
- Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra
- Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra "to M.Rostropovich"
Viola and orchestra
- Concerto for viola and orchestra
- Monologue for viola and strings
- Concerto for viola and small orchestra
Other instruments and orchestra
- Accordion Concerto, lost work
- Double Concerto for oboe, harp, and string orchestra "to Heinz Holliger, Ursula Holliger and the Zagreb Soloists"
- Concerto Grosso No. 1 for two violins, prepared piano, harpsichord and 21 strings
- Moz-Art à la Haydn for two violins and string orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No. 1 for flute, oboe, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and triple symphony orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No. 3 for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings
- Symphony No. 5 |Concerto Grosso No. 4 for violin, oboe, harpsichord and orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No. 5 for violin, piano and orchestra
- Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin and string orchestra
- Triple Concerto for violin, viola, cello and string orchestra "Concerto for Three"
- Five Fragments to Pictures of Hieronymus Bosch for tenor, violin, trombone, harpsichord, timpani and string orchestra "to Vladimir Spivakov"
Choral music
- Nagasaki, oratorio Songs of War and Peace, cantata Voices of Nature
- Requiem Minnesang for 52 voices Seid nüchtern und wachet... (Faust Cantata)
- Three Sacred Hymns
- Concerto for mixed chorus
- ''Psalms of Repentance''
Chamber music
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
- Dialogue for cello and 7 instruments
- String Quartet No. 1
- Serenade for violin, clarinet, double-bass, piano and percussion
- Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano "Quasi una sonata"
- Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for string quartet
- Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano or harpsichord
- Gratulationsrondo for violin and piano
- Hymn I for cello, harp and timpani
- Hymn II for cello and double-bass
- Hymn III for cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani
- Hymn IV for cello, bassoon, double-bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells
- Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich for 2 violins
- Cantus Perpetuus for keyboard instrument and percussion
- Piano Quintet
- Stille Nacht, arr. for violin and piano
- Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano
- Stille Musik for violin and cello
- Hommage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich for piano six hands
- Three Madrigals for soprano, violin, viola, double bass, vibraphone, and harpsichord
- String Quartet No. 2
- Septet for flute, two clarinets, violin, viola, cello and harpsichord or organ
- Course of life for four metronomes, piano and three percussionists "to and John Cage"
- String Quartet No. 3
- Sound and Echo for trombone and organ
- String Trio – shares a theme with the Cello Concerto No. 1 from 1986
- Quartet for piano and strings
- String Quartet No. 4
- Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan for solo violin or cello
- Musica nostalgica for cello and piano
- Peer Gynt: Epiloque for cello, piano and tape
- Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano
- Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano
- Variations for string quartet
Solo instrumental
- Fuga for solo violin
- Six Preludes for piano
- Variations for piano
- Prelude and Fugue for piano
- Improvisation and Fugue for piano
- Variations on one chord for piano
- Potok, electronic composition
- Eight Pieces for piano Dedicated to his son Andrei
- Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
- Two Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 for solo violin, 10 violins and timpani
- Two Short Pieces for organ
- Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C, K. 467
- A Paganini for solo violin
- Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503
- Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B major, K. 191
- Piano Sonata No. 1
- Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello
- Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, first version for violin solo
- Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, second version for cello solo
- Three Fragments for harpsichord
- Five Aphorisms for piano
- Piano Sonata No. 2
- Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in B major, K. 39
- For the 90th Birthday of Alfred Schlee for viola solo
- Piano Sonata No. 3
- Improvisation for solo cello
- Sonatina for piano four hands
Operas
- Life with an Idiot, opera in 2 acts, libretto by Viktor Yerofeyev
- Historia von D. Johann Fausten, opera in 3 acts and an epilogue, libretto by Jörg Morgener and Alfred Schnittke
- Gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue, libretto by Richard Bletschacher
Ballets
- Labyrinths, ballet in five episodes, libretto by Vladimir Vasilyev.
- Der Gelbe Klang, ballet suite, libretto by Wassily Kandinsky.
- Sketches, ballet in one act. “Choreographic fantasia” by Andrey Petrov after the themes by Nikolai Gogol.
- Peer Gynt, ballet in three acts by John Neumeier based on Henrik Ibsen’s drama
Soundtracks
- Adventures of a Dentist, film directed by Elem Klimov
- The Stars of the Day, film directed by Igor Talankin
- Commissar, film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov, based on one of Vasily Grossman's first short stories, "In the Town of Berdichev"
- The Glass Harmonica, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky
- The Waltz, TV film directed by Viktor Titow
- The Seagull, film directed by Yuli Karasik
- Belorussian Station, film directed by Andrei Smirnov
- Sport, Sport, Sport, film directed by Elem Klimov
- You and Me, film directed by Larisa Shepitko
- Butterfly, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky
- My Past and Thoughts, TV Movie
- Agony, two-part film directed by Elem Klimov
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, live action film directed by Aleksandr Zguridi and Nana Kldiashvili
- Clowns and Children , short film directed by Alexander Mitta
- How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor, film directed by Alexander Mitta
- The Ascent, film directed by Larisa Shepitko
- Story of an Unknown Actor, film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi
- Father Sergius
- Little Tragedies, three-part TV film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer
- Air Crew, film directed by Alexander Mitta
- The Story of Voyages, also known as The Fairytale of the Wanderings, film directed by Alexander Mitta
- Dead Souls, five-part TV miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer
- The Last Days of St. Petersburg
- The Master and Margarita, film directed by Yuri Kara