List of compositions by Alexander Scriabin
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This is a list of compositions by Alexander Scriabin.
The list is categorized by Genre, with Piano works organized by style of piece. The list can be sorted by Opus number and WoO number (mostly early works published posthumously) and Anh number (mostly fragmentary works), by clicking on the "Opus" header of the table. Sorted in this Opus/WoO/Anh order, duplicate entries (those listed initially under more than one genre) are moved to the bottom of the list with the unused genre headers.
The majority of Scriabin's works have opus numbers. His work can be divided into three (somewhat arbitrary) periods, based on increasing atonality: early, 1883–1902 (Opp. 1–29); middle, 1903–1909 (Opp. 30–58); and late, 1910–1915 (Opp. 59–74). The development of Scriabin's style can be traced in his ten published sonatas for piano. The first four are in the Romantic style. Initially the music is reminiscent of Chopin, but Scriabin's unique voice, present from the beginning, becomes fully present even in these early pieces. With the fourth and fifth sonatas, Scriabin explored more complex, chromatic harmonies. Each of the following sonatas are often highly dissonant and have a new form of tonality that some describe as atonal and others describe as simply different from conventional tonality. Vers la flamme was intended to be the eleventh sonata, but he was forced to publish it early due to financial concerns. Most of Scriabin's sonatas consist of only a single movement; the first and third are the only ones with multiple movements typical of the sonata form.
List of compositions
Opus | Title | Scoring | Date | Notes |
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Orchestral works | ||||
Rondo | orchestra | 1883–87 | no details available | |
A18 | Scherzo in F major | string orchestra | 1888 (1889?) | fragment; reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 2nd mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 20 |
20 | Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor | piano & orchestra | 1896 | |
W24 | Symphonic Allegro in D minor | orchestra | 1896(–97?) | unfinished; possibly intended as a movement of a symphony; completed by Alexander Gauk 1949 as "Symphonic Poem in D minor", recorded by Boris Demchenko (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993; also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev as Poème (en forme d'une sonate) published 1926 as No. 2 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of Fantaisie, WoO 18; also arranged for piano solo by Nikolai Zhilyayev published 1928 |
24 | Rêverie | orchestra | 1898 | also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 1899 |
A20 | Andante in A major | string orchestra | 1899 | fragment; reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 1st mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 18 |
26 | Symphony No. 1 in E major | orchestra, with chorus and soloists | 1900 | also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 1900 |
29 | Symphony No. 2 in C minor | orchestra | 1902 | also arranged for piano four-hands by Vasily Kalafati at the request of Scriabin, published 1903 |
43 | Le divin poème (The Divine Poem), Symphony No. 3 in C minor | orchestra | 1903 | also arranged for piano four-hands by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 1905 |
54 | Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), (Symphony No. 4) | orchestra | 1907 | also arranged for 2-pianos by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 1908 |
60 | Prométhée, Le Poème du feu (Prometheus, The Poem of Fire), (Symphony No. 5) | orchestra, with piano, organ, clavier à lumières, and chorus | 1910 | also arranged for 2-pianos by Leonid Sabaneyev at the request of Scriabin, published 1913 |
Piano works | ||||
Album Leaves | ||||
W17 | Feuillet d'Album de Monighetti (Album Leaf for O. I. Monighetti) in A-flat major (Monighetti's Album Leaf) | piano | 1889 | published 1947 |
45#1 | Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf) in E-flat major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 | piano | 1904 | |
W25 | Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf) in F-sharp major | piano | 1905 | published 1905 |
58 | Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf) | piano | 1910 | |
Dances | ||||
51#4 | Danse languide (Languid Dance), No. 4 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 | piano | 1906 | |
57#2 | Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 | piano | 1908 | |
73 | 2 Danses
| piano | 1914 | |
Etudes | ||||
A8 | Étude in D-flat major | piano | 1887 | fragment only |
A9 | Étude in F-sharp major | piano | 1887? | fragment only |
2#1 | Étude in C-sharp minor, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 | piano | 1887 | |
W22 | Étude in D-sharp minor | piano | 1894 | intended as No. 12 of 12 Études, Op. 8, but discarded; published 1947 |
8 | 12 Études
| piano | 1894 | |
42 | 8 Études
| piano | 1903 | |
49#1 | Étude in E-flat major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 | piano | 1905 | |
56#4 | Étude, No. 4 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 | piano | 1908 | |
65 | 3 Études
| piano | 1911–12 | |
Fantasies | ||||
W6 | Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G-sharp minor | piano | 1886 | published 1940 |
W18 | Fantaisie in A minor | 2 pianos | 1892–93 | many catalogues and publications date this 1889, but the unpublished manuscript is dated Dec 1892 – Jan 1893; intended for piano & orchestra, the 2nd piano part is clearly an orchestral reduction, while the 1st piano is clearly the soloist; however, it is not clear if this is the original working version to be later orchestrated, or a reduction from a now-lost orchestral score; if the latter, the lost orchestral score might be the version composed in 1889; 2nd piano part orchestrated by G. Zinger, recorded by Igor Zhukov (p) Mikhail Yurovsky (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993; 2nd piano part orchestrated by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, recorded 1998 Rozhdestvensky (cond) Viktoria Postnikova (p), released Chandos 1999; rearranged by Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson that redistributes the 2 piano parts more equally between them, published 1940, various recordings; also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev published 1926 as No. 1 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 24 |
19 | Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G-sharp minor | piano | 1897 | |
28 | Fantaisie in B minor | piano | 1900 | |
Fugues | ||||
W12 | Fugue in F minor | piano | 1888 | |
– | Fugue in F minor | 2 pianos | 1888? | arrangement of WoO 12 |
W13 | Fugue in F minor | piano | 1888 | |
– | Fugue in F minor | 2 pianos | 1888? | arrangement of WoO 13 |
W20 | Fugue à 5 voix (Fugue in 5 parts) in E minor (Fuga a 5) | piano | 1892 | published 1916 |
Impromptus | ||||
A13 | Valse-impromptu in E-flat major | piano | 1887 | fragment only |
2#3 | Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 | piano | 1889 | |
7 | 2 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)
| piano | 1892 | |
10 | 2 Impromptus
| piano | 1894 | |
12 | 2 Impromptus
| piano | 1895 | |
14 | 2 Impromptus
| piano | 1895 | |
Mazurkas | ||||
W14 | Mazurka in B minor | piano | 1884 | |
W11 W15 W16 | 3 Mazurkas
| piano | 1886 1889 1889 | published 1893 |
2#3 | Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 | piano | 1889 | |
3 | 10 Mazurkas
| piano | 1889 | |
7 | 2 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)
| piano | 1892 | |
25 | 9 Mazurkas
| piano | 1899 | |
40 | 2 Mazurkas
| piano | 1903 | |
Morceaux | ||||
2 | 3 Morceaux
| piano | 1887 1889 1889 | |
9 | Prélude et Nocturne
| piano left-hand | 1894 | |
45 | 3 Morceaux
| piano | 1904 | |
49 | 3 Morceaux
| piano | 1905 | |
51 | 4 Morceaux
| piano | 1906 | |
52 | 3 Morceaux
| piano | 1907 | |
56 | 4 Pièces
| piano | 1908 | |
57 | 2 Morceaux
| piano | 1908 | |
59 | 2 Pièces
| piano | 1910 | |
Nocturnes | ||||
W3 | Nocturne in A-flat major | piano | 1884–86(–85?) | published 1910 |
5 | 2 Nocturnes
| piano | 1890 | |
9#2 | Nocturne in D-flat major, No. 2 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9 | piano left-hand | 1894 | |
61 | Poème-Nocturne | piano | 1912 | |
Poems | ||||
32 | 2 Poèmes
| piano | 1903 | |
34 | Poème tragique (Tragic Poem) in B-flat major | piano | 1903 | |
36 | Poème satanique (Satanic Poem) in C major | piano | 1903 | |
41 | Poème in D-flat major | piano | 1903 | |
44 | 2 Poèmes
| piano | 1904 | |
45#2 | Poème fantasque (Whimsical Poem) in C major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 | piano | 1904 | |
51#3 | Poème ailé (Winged Poem), No. 3 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 | piano | 1906 | |
52#1 | Poème in C major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 | piano | 1907 | |
52#3 | Poème languide (Languid Poem) in B major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 | piano | 1907 | |
59#1 | Poème, No. 1 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59 | piano | 1910 | |
61 | Poème-Nocturne | piano | 1912 | |
63 | 2 Poèmes
| piano | 1912 | |
69 | 2 Poèmes
| piano | 1913 | |
71 | 2 Poèmes
| piano | 1914 | |
72 | Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poème | piano | 1914 | |
Preludes | ||||
Prélude in D minor | piano | 1883 | no details available | |
2#2 | Prélude in B major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 | piano | 1889 | |
9#1 | Prélude in C-sharp minor, No. 1 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9 | piano left-hand | 1894 | |
11 | 24 Préludes
| piano | 1888–96 | #4 was originally an unfinished Ballade, Anh. 14, written in 1887. Its themes were reworked in 1888 and retitled Prélude, intended in a group of Morceaux. After #6 and the Prélude of Op. 2 were written in 1889, only the Op. 2 was grouped into a Morceaux collection, and #4 and #6 were put aside. After writing another Prélude #10 in 1893–94, Scriabin decided in 1895 to write a set of 24 in all the major and minor keys, and included the 3 previously-written in the new set. The remaining 21 were written 1895–96. |
13 | 6 Préludes
| piano | 1895 | |
15 | 5 Préludes
| piano | 1896 | |
16 | 5 Préludes
| piano | 1895 | |
17 | 7 Préludes
| piano | 1896 | |
22 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1897 | |
27 | 2 Préludes
| piano | 1901 | |
31 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1903 | |
33 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1903 | |
35 | 3 Préludes
| piano | 1903 | |
37 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1903 | |
39 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1903 | |
45#3 | Prélude in E-flat major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 | piano | 1904 | |
48 | 4 Préludes
| piano | 1905 | |
49#2 | Prélude in F major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 | piano | 1905 | |
51#2 | Prélude in A minor, No. 2 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 | piano | 1906 | |
56#1 | Prélude in E-flat major, No. 1 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 | piano | 1908 | |
59#2 | Prélude, No. 2 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59 | piano | 1910 | |
67 | 2 Préludes
| piano | 1913 | |
74 | 5 Préludes
| piano | 1914 | |
Scherzos | ||||
W4 | Scherzo in E-flat major | piano | 1886 | |
W5 | Scherzo in A-flat major | piano | 1886 | |
46 | Scherzo | piano | 1905 | |
Sonatas | ||||
W6 | Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G-sharp minor | piano | 1886 | dedicated to Natalya Sekerina; published 1940 |
A11 | Sonata in C-sharp minor | piano | 1887 | fragment only |
W19 | Sonate in E-flat minor
| piano | 1887–89 | published 1986 with 2nd mvt completed by someone else;
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6 | Sonate No. 1 in F minor | piano | 1892 | |
19 | Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G-sharp minor | piano | 1897 | |
23 | Sonate No. 3 in F-sharp minor, (États d'âme (Moods)) | piano | 1898 | |
30 | Sonate No. 4 in F-sharp major | piano | 1903 | |
53 | Sonate No. 5 | piano | 1907 | |
62 | Sonate No. 6 | piano | 1911–12 | |
64 | Sonate No. 7, (Messe blanche (White Mass)) | piano | 1912 | |
66 | Sonate No. 8 | piano | 1912–13 | |
68 | Sonate No. 9, (Messe noire (Black Mass)) | piano | 1913 | |
70 | Sonate No. 10, (Insect Sonata) | piano | 1913 | |
Waltzes | ||||
W8 | Valse in D-flat major | piano | 1886 | published 1929 |
W7 | Valse in G-sharp minor | piano | 1886 | |
1 | Valse in F minor | piano | 1886 | |
A13 | Valse-impromptu in E-flat major | piano | 1887 | fragment only |
38 | Valse in A-flat major | piano | 1903 | |
47 | Quasi-valse in F major | piano | 1905 | |
Miscellaneous | ||||
W1 | Canon in D minor | piano | 1883(–84?) | published 1927 |
Rhapsodie hongroise (Hungarian Rhapsody) | piano | 1883–87 | no details available | |
W9 | Variations sur un thème de M'lle Egorov (Variations on a Theme by Mademoiselle Yegorova) in F minor (Egoroff Variations) | piano | 1887 | published 1947 |
A14 | Ballade in B-flat minor | piano | 1887(–88?) | fragment only; some themes used later in Prélude, Op. 11 No. 4 |
A16 | Piano Piece in B-flat minor | piano | 1887 | discovered to be complete |
4 | Allegro Appassionato in E-flat minor | piano | 1892 | revised version of 1st mvt. of Sonate in E-flat minor, WoO 19 |
18 | Allegro de concert (Concert Allegro) in B-flat minor | piano | 1896 | |
– | Allegro in D minor | 2 pianos | 1897? | reduction of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 24; published 1997 |
21 | Polonaise in B-flat minor | piano | 1897 | |
– | Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor | 2 pianos | 1896–98? | reduction of the orchestral part of Op. 20 for a 2nd piano |
49#3 | Rêverie in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 | piano | 1905 | |
51#1 | Fragilité (Fragility), No. 1 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 | piano | 1906 | |
52#2 | Enigme (Enigma), No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 | piano | 1907 | |
56#2 | Ironies in C major, No. 2 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 | piano | 1908 | |
56#3 | Nuances, No. 3 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 | piano | 1908 | |
57#1 | Désir (Desire), No. 1 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 | piano | 1908 | |
57#2 | Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 | piano | 1908 | |
63#1 | Masque (Mask), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63 | piano | 1912 | |
63#2 | Étrangeté (Strangeness), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63 | piano | 1912 | |
'71#1 | Fantastique (Fantastic), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71 | piano | 1914 | |
'71#2 | En rêvant (Dreaming), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71 | piano | 1914 | |
72 | Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poème | piano | 1914 | |
73#1 | Guirlandes (Garlands), No. 1 from 2 Danses, Op. 73 | piano | 1914 | |
73#2 | Flammes sombres (Dark Flames), No. 2 from 2 Danses, Op. 73 | piano | 1914 | |
Other works | ||||
W10 | Duett in D minor | 2 voices & piano | 1886 | |
Fantasie in A minor | instrumentation unknown | 1887–88 | same as WoO 18? | |
W21 | Romance in A minor | horn (or cello) & piano | 1890 (1893–97?) | published 1927 |
W2 | Romance in F-sharp major | voice & piano | 1894 (1892–93?) | dedicated to Natalya Sekerina; published 1924 |
A? | Keistut and Biruta | opera | c.1898 | unfinished; completed from sketches by Alexander Nemtin c.1971 as an Oratorio for soprano, baritone, and orchestra, premiered c.1971, recorded c.1971 privately by Nemtin unreleased |
W23 | "Variations on a Russian Theme" (theme & 11 variations) in G major | string quartet | 1899 (1898?) | collaborative composition by Artsybushev, Scriabin, Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lyadov, Vītols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, and Sokolov; Scriabin wrote Variation No. 2; published 1899 |
50 | (opus number reserved or unused) | 1905–06 | ||
55 | (opus number reserved or unused) | 1907–08 | ||
A? | Mysterium | stage | 1903–15 | multimedia interactive stage work; unfinished, fragments of "Prefatory Act" in manuscript; "Prefatory Action" completed from sketches by Alexander Nemtin as "Preparation for the Final Mystery" in 3 parts: Part 1 "Universe" 1970–72 Part 2 "Mankind" 1976–80 Part 3 "Transfiguration" 1996; Part 1 recorded 1973 Kiril Kondrashin (cond), released LP 1973, All 3 parts premiered/recorded 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond), released CD 2000 |
– | Nuances
| ballet | suite of 14 late Scriabin piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Nemtin 1975, premiered/recorded 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond), released CD 2000 |
References
Sources
- Bowers, Faubion (1969,1996). Scriabin, a Biography. (2nd, revised ed.) New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-28897-0. (Includes a catalogue of compositions.)
- Mitchell, Edward (1927). Scriabin. "The great Russian tone poet". A complete catalogue of his piano compositions with thematic illustrations. Introduction and notes. 36pp. London: Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (Lists piano compositions with opus numbers.)
External links
- An extensive collection of free scores of compositions by Alexander Scriabin in downloadable PDF format is available from the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP):
- Alphabetical list of compositions with links to download pages
- List by opus number with links to download pages
- Fairly complete list of works from the Scriabin Society
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- Rêverie
- Symphony No. 1 in E major
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor (The Divine Poem)
- The Poem of Ecstasy
- Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
- Mysterium
- Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor
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