List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the Manfred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini, the Capriccio Italien, and the Serenade for Strings.

Works by opus number

Works with opus numbers are listed in this section, together with their dates of composition. For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here. For more detail on dates of composition, see here.
Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously.

Works by genre

Ballets

Swan Lake, Op. 20 The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 The Nutcracker, Op. 71

Operas

The Voyevoda, Op. 3/TH 1 Undina, TH 2 The Oprichnik, TH 3 1870–1872Vakula the Smith, Op. 14/TH 4, 1874Eugene Onegin, Op. 24/TH 5, 1877–1878The Maid of Orleans, TH 6, 1878–1879Mazepa (or Mazeppa), TH 7, 1881–1883Cherevichki, TH 8 1885The Enchantress, TH 9, 1885–1887The Queen of Spades, Op. 68/TH 10, 1890Iolanta, Op. 69/TH 11, 1891

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Concertos and concertante pieces

Other orchestral works

Program music and commissioned pieces

The Storm, Op. posth. 76 Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15 Fatum, Op. posth. 77 Romeo and Juliet The Tempest, Op. 18 Marche Slave, Op. 31 Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 1812 Overture, Op. 49 Festival Coronation March Hamlet, Op. 67a The Voyevoda, Op. posth. 78

Orchestral suites and Serenade

[Incidental music]

Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky, incidental music to Alexander Ostrovsky's play Dmitri the PretenderThe Snow Maiden, Op. 12, incidental music for Ostrovsky's play of the same name. Ostrovsky adapted and dramatized a popular Russian fairy tale, and the score that Tchaikovsky wrote for it was always one of his own favorite works. It contains much vocal music, but it is not a cantata or an opera.Montenegrins Receiving News of Russia's Declaration of War on Turkey, music for a tableau.The Voyevoda, incidental music for the Domovoy scene from Ostrovsky's A Dream on the VolgaHamlet, Op. 67b, incidental music for Shakespeare's play. The score uses music borrowed from Tchaikovsky's overture of the same name, as well as from his Symphony No. 3, and from The Snow Maiden, in addition to original music that he wrote specifically for a stage production of Hamlet. The two vocal selections are a song that Ophelia sings in the throes of her madness and a song for the First Gravedigger to sing as he goes about his work.

Piano

  • Two Pieces, Op. 1
  • *Scherzo à la russe
  • *Impromptu
  • Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2, 3 pieces
  • Valse-caprice in D major, Op. 4
  • Romance in F minor, Op. 5
  • Valse-scherzo in A, Op. 7
  • Capriccio in G, Op. 8
  • 3 Morceaux, Op. 9
  • *1. Rêverie
  • *2. Polka de salon
  • *3. Mazurka de salon
  • 2 Morceaux, Op. 10
  • *1. Nocturne
  • *2. Humoresque
  • 6 Pieces, Op. 19
  • *1. Rêverie du soir
  • *2. Scherzo humoristique
  • *3. Feuillet d'album
  • *4. Nocturne
  • *5. Capriccioso
  • *6. Thème original et variations
  • 6 Morceaux, Op. 21 The Seasons (Les saisons), Op. 37a, 12 pieces
  • Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 37
  • Album pour enfants, Op. 39, 24 pieces for piano
  • 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, Op. 40
  • Six Morceaux, Op. 51 Dumka, Russian rustic scene in C minor for piano, Op. 59
  • 18 Morceaux for piano, Op. 72. Some of these pieces were used in a cello concerto arrangement by Gaspar Cassadó.
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. posth. 80
  • The Volunteer Fleet March in C major, TH 140; ČW 149 - was written in 1878 to help raise money for victims of the war between Russia and Turkey.

Chamber music

Choral music

A considerable quantity of choral music, including:Cantata on the Occasion of the Celebration of the 50th Jubilee of the Singer Osip Afanasievich Petrov, tenor, chorus and orchestra, words by Nikolay Nekrasov

Arrangements of the works of others

ComposerWork and forcesArranged forDate
BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest", first movementOrchestra 1863
BeethovenViolin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer", first movementOrchestra1863–64
BortnianskyComplete Church Music, choirChoir, editedJuly – November 1881
Cimarosa"Le faccio un inchino", trio from Il matrimonio segreto 3 voices and orchestra1870
DargomyzhskyLittle Russian Kazachok, orchestraPiano1868
Dargomyzhsky"The golden cloud has slept", 3 voices and piano3 voices and orchestra1870
DubuqueMaria Dagmar Polka, pianoOrchestra1869
Glinka"Slavsya" from A Life for the Tsar, arr, coupletsMixed chorus and orchestraFebruary 1883
Joseph GunglLe Retour, waltz, pianoOrchestra1863–64
Haydn"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", 4 voicesOrchestraby 24 February 1874
Kral"Ceremonial March", pianoOrchestraMay 1867
Herman LarocheKarmosina, Fantasy Overture, pianoOrchestraAugust – September 1888
Liszt"Es war ein Konig in Thule", voice and pianoVoice and orchestra3 November 1874
Alexei Lvov"God Save the Tsar!", chorus and pianoMixed chorus and orchestraFebruary 1883
Sophie MenterUngarische Zigeunerweisen, piano Piano and orchestra1892
Mozart4 worksarr. orchestra as Mozartiana June – August 1887
MozartFantasia in C minor, K. 475, pianoVocal quartet 15 March 1893
Anton RubinsteinIvan the Terrible, Op. 79, orchestraPiano duet18 October – 11 November 1869
Anton RubinsteinDon Quixote, Op. 87, orchestraPiano duet1870
SchumannSymphonic Studies, Op. 13, Adagio and Allegro brillanteOrchestra1864
Schumann"Ballade vom Haidenknaben", Op. 122, No. 1, declamation and pianoDeclamation and orchestra11 March 1874
Stradella"O del mio dolce", song with pianoVoice and orchestra10 November 1870
TarnovskySong "I remember all", arr. Dubuque for pianoPiano duet1868
WeberPiano Sonata in A, J. 199, Scherzo MenuettoOrchestra1863
WeberPiano sonata in C, J. 138 – Perpetuum mobilePiano left hand1871