List of compositions by George Enescu


A number of compositions were created by the Romanian composer George Enescu.

With opus number, by genre

Orchestral

Symphonies

Concerti

  • Opus 8: Symphonie concertante in B minor, for cello and orchestra

Suites

Miscellaneous

Chamber

Quartets/Quintets

Sonatas

Violin

Miscellaneous

Piano

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Opera

Songs

  • Opus 4: Trois Mélodies sur poèmes de Jules Lemaitre et Sully Prudhomme, for bass and piano
  • * Le Désert
  • * Le Galop
  • * Soupir
  • Opus 15: Sept Chansons de Clement Marot, for tenor and piano
  • * Estrenne à Anne
  • * Languir me fais
  • * Aux Damoyselles paresseusses
  • * Estrenne de la rose
  • * Présent de le couleur blanche
  • * Changeons propos
  • * Du Conflict en douleur
  • Opus 19: Trois Mélodies sur poèmes de Fernand Gregh
  • * Pluie
  • * Le Silence musicien
  • * ''L'Ombre est bleue''

Works without opus number, by genre

Orchestral

Symphonies

Concerti

Ballade, for violin and orchestra, Op. 4a Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra
  • Caprice Roumain, for violin and orchestra

Miscellaneous

  • Three Overtures for orchestra Sonata for Orchestra Tragic Overture Andantino from an orchestral suite Triumphal Overture
  • Four Divertissements for orchestra Pastorale-Fantaisie for orchestra Isis, symphonic poem Suite châtelaine, for orchestra

Chamber

Trios/Quartets/Quintets

  • Quartet for four violins
  • Piano Quintet
  • Piano Trio in G minor
  • Trio for two violins and cello Aubade, Trio for violin, viola and cello Sérénade lointaine, for violin, cello and piano
  • Piano Trio in A minor
  • Piano Trio

Miscellaneous

Opera, for violin and piano
  • Suite of variations for two violins Tarantelle for violin and piano
  • Violin Sonata Nocturne and Saltarello, for cello
  • Prélude, for two pianos, violin and cello Sérénade en sourdine, for violin and cello Andante religioso, for two cellos and organ Pastorale, menuet triste et nocturne, for violin and piano, four hands
  • Wind Septet, for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano Impromptu concertant in G-flat major, for violin and piano Cantabile et presto, for flute and piano Allegro de concert, for chromatic harp Concertstück, for viola and piano Légende, for trumpet and piano Au soir, poem for four trumpets Morceau de déchiffrer, for horn and piano Aria and Scherzino, for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano Hora Unirei, for violin and piano

Piano

  • Waltz Pièce d'église Rondo and Variations Ballade Introduction, Adagio and Allegro
  • Piano Sonata
  • Polka
  • Sonatina, for four hands Romance, for four hands
  • Four-part fugue on an original subject
  • Prélude et Scherzo in F minor
  • Barcarolle, in B La Fileuse, in D Regrets, in G Impromptu, in A
  • Suite for piano, four hands Modérément Allemande Impromptu, in C Prélude et fugue Nocturne Sonatensatz, in F minor
  • ''Pièce sur le nom de Fauré''

Vocal/Choral

Cantatas

Vision de Saül L'Aurore Cantate pour la pose de la prèmiere pierre du pont à transbordeur de Bordeaux, for military band, two harps, string orchestra, solo cello, choir, baritone solo, and cannons, verses by Albert Bureau

Lieder

Pensée perdue, on verses by Sully Prudhomme Wüstenbild, on verses by A. RoderichChant indou, on verses by Mlle Géraldine Rolland Dédicace De ziua ta Si j'étais Dieu, on verses by Sully Prudhomme Quarantine, on verses by Enescu Prinz Waldvogelsgesang for voice, cello and piano Ein Sonnenblick De la flûte au cor, on verses by Fernand Gregh Silence, on verses by Albert Samain Doina, for baritone, viola and cello, on folk verses from a collection by Vasile Alecsandri Morgengebet Eu mă duc, Codrul Rămîne
  • On the verses of Carmen Sylva:
  • * Sphinx
  • * Der Bläser
  • * Zaghaft
  • * Armes Mägdlein
  • * Junge Schmerzen, for mezzo-soprano, bass and piano
  • * Der Schmetterlingskuss
  • * Reue
  • * Schlaflos
  • * Maurerlied
  • * Königshusarenlied
  • * Souhait
  • * Mittagsläuten
  • * Regen
  • * Die Kirschen for soprano, baritone, cello and piano
  • * ''Entsagen''

Miscellaneous

Waldesgesang, for mixed choir a cappella Die nächtliche Heerschau, for baritone, choir and orchestra, on verses by Joseph Christian Zedlitz Plugar, for mixed four-part choir a cappella, on verses by Radulescu-Niger Oda, for choir and piano or organ, on verses by I. Soricu Hymn jubiliar, for choir, military band and harp Strigoii, for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, on verses by Eminescu

Unfinished works, chronologically

  • Piano Quartet
  • String Quartet, in C major
  • String Quartet, in D minor Ahasvérus, cantata
  • Violin Concerto, in A minor
  • String Quartet
  • Two Romanian Suites for orchestra
  • String Quartet
  • Barcarolle, for piano
  • Octet for strings, in D major
  • Moderato for violin and piano, in F minor
  • Piano Concerto, in D minor
  • Piano Concerto, in E minor Suite Orientale, for orchestra
  • String Quartet, in C major
  • Violin Sonata, in A minor
  • Piano Sonata in F minor
  • Symphony, in F minor, for baritone, choir and orchestra, on the words of Psalm 86 Symphonie concertante, in C major, for violin and orchestra Voix de la nature, symphonic suite Linişte, for choir of three equal voices a cappella, on verses by Al. T. Stamatiad
  • Allegro for chamber orchestra Nocturne 'Ville d'Avrayen' for piano quartet
In addition to all of the unfinished works above, drafts of five other string quartets, eight other cantatas and Act I of a 'drame lyrique', Le lotus bleu, were found, all of which were dated before 1900.