List of compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff
List of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff at his estate Ivanovka , proofing his Piano Concerto No. 3 (1910)
This is a complete list of compositions by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943).
Rachmaninoff's compositions cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Novgorod , Russia in 1873, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev , Alexander Siloti , Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky , and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano concerto (Op. 1) and the Prelude in C♯ minor (Op. 3, No. 2). Although spread over three different opuses, he did go on to complete an important set of 24 preludes in all the major and minor keys . His Symphony No. 1 (Op. 13) was one of his first compositions as a "Free Artist" after graduation, and subsequently his first critical failure. The derision he received sent him into depression . After undergoing autosuggestive therapy , he regained his confidence and composed his second piano concerto (Op. 18), which is widely considered as one of the best piano concertos. In 1909, he made his first concert tour of the United States , and composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 (Op. 30), notable for its structural ingenuity and technical difficulty. After this, due to emigration from Russia in 1917 and his busy concert career, his output as a composer greatly decreased, and during this period, he completed only six compositions. His last major work, Symphonic Dances (Op. 45), was completed in the USA in 1940.
Opus
Title
Instrumentation
Date completed
Excerpt
Orchestra
Scherzo in D minor
Orchestra
1887
Manfred
1891, lost
Suite in D minor
1891
Youth Symphony , unfinished
1891
Prince Rostislav
1891
7
The Rock
1893
Two Don Juan Episodes
1894, lost
12
Caprice bohémien
1894
13
Symphony No. 1
1895
27
Symphony No. 2
1908
29
Isle of the Dead
1908
44
Symphony No. 3
1936
45
Symphonic Dances
1940
Chamber
Romance in A minor
Violin & Piano
1885
String Quartet No. 1
Two Violins , Viola , & Cello
1890?
Lied in F minor
Cello & Piano
1890
Mélodie on a Theme of Rachmaninoff
Violin or Cello & Piano
1890?
Trio élégiaque No. 1
Violin , Cello , & Piano
1892
2
Two Pieces (Prelude, Danse orientale )
Cello & Piano
1892
6
Morceaux de salon (Romance, Danse hongroise )
Violin & Piano
1893
9
Trio élégiaque No. 2
Piano , Violin & Cello
1893, revised 1906 (Boosey & Hawkes ed.), 1913 (modern Russian ed.)
String Quartet No. 2
Two Violins , Viola , & Cello
1896?
19
Cello Sonata
Cello & Piano
1901
Cello Sonata (Op. 19). Listen, excerpt ⓘ
Piano & Orchestra
Concerto in C minor, projected
Piano & Orchestra
1889
1
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor
1891, revised 1917
18
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
1901
30
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
1909
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Op. 30) is notable for its massive ossia . Listen, excerpt ⓘ
40
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor
1926, revised 1941
43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
1934
Solo Piano
Étude in F♯ major [lost ]
Piano
1886?
Song Without Words in D minor
1887?
Lento in D minor
1887?
Four Pieces
Romance / Andante , in F♯ minor
Prélude / Allegro , in E♭ minor
Mélodie / Andante , in E major
Gavotte / Allegro , in D major
1887
Three Nocturnes
1. Andante cantabile – Allegro vivace , in F♯ minor (1887)
2. Andante maestoso – Allegro assai , in F major (1887)
3. Andante – Allegro moderato , in C minor (1888)
1887/88
Piece (Canon) in E minor
1891
Fugue in D minor
1891
Prelude in F major
1891
3
Morceaux de fantaisie
No. 1, Élégie in E♭ minor
No. 2, Prélude in C♯ minor
No. 3, Mélodie in E major (revised in 1940)
No. 4, Polichinelle
No. 5, Serenade (revised in 1940)
1892
Prelude in C♯ minor (Op. 3, No. 2) is famous for its theme and coda.
10
Morceaux de salon
No. 1, Nocturne in A minor
No. 2, Valse in A major
No. 3, Barcarolle in G minor
No. 4, Mélodie in E minor
No. 5, Humoresque in G major (revised in 1940)
No. 6, Romance in F minor
No. 7, Mazurka in D♭ major
1894
Four Improvisations (with Arensky , Glazunov , Taneyev )
1896
16
Six moments musicaux
No. 1 Andantino in B♭ minor
No. 2 Allegretto in E♭ minor
No. 3 Andante cantabile in B minor
No. 4 Presto in E minor
No. 5 Adagio sostenuto in D♭ major
No. 6 Maestoso in C major
1896
Six moments musicaux (Op. 16), range in style from the slow Andantino (pictured) to the torrential Presto . Listen, excerpt ⓘ
Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor
1899
Fughetta in F major
1899
22
Variations on a Theme of Chopin
1903
23
Ten Preludes
No. 1, in F♯ minor
No. 2, in B♭ major
No. 3, in D minor
No. 4, in D major
No. 5, in G minor
No. 6, in E♭ major
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in A♭ major
No. 9, in E♭ minor
No. 10, in G♭ major
1903
Prelude in G minor (Op. 23, No. 5) embodies his Russian spirit.
28
Piano Sonata No. 1
1908
32
Thirteen Preludes
No. 1, in C major
No. 2, in B♭ minor
No. 3, in E major
No. 4, in E minor
No. 5, in G major
No. 6, in F minor
No. 7, in F major
No. 8, in A minor
No. 9, in A major
No. 10, in B minor
No. 11, in B major
No. 12, in G♯ minor
No. 13, in D♭ major
1910
No. 8 A minor ⓘ No. 9 A major ⓘ No. 10 in B minor ⓘ
33
Études-Tableaux
No. 1, in F minor
No. 2, in C major
No. 3, in C minor
No. 4, in D minor
No. 5, in E♭ minor
No. 6, in E♭ major
No. 7, in G minor
No. 8, in C♯ minor
1911
Étude Tableaux No. 7 in G minor begins with soft arpeggios played at the pianissimo volume.
36
Piano Sonata No. 2
1913, revised 1931
39
Études-Tableaux
No. 1, in C minor
No. 2, in A minor
No. 3, in F♯ minor
No. 4, in B minor
No. 5, in E♭ minor
No. 6, in A minor
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in D minor
No. 9, in D major
1916
The rhythmic Étude Tableaux No. 9 in D major opens in a giant chordal flourish.
Four Pieces
Prelude in D minor
Piano Piece in A-Flat Major
Oriental Sketch
Fragments
1917
42
Variations on a Theme of Corelli
1931
Other Piano
Two Pieces (Valse, Romance)
Piano - Six Hands
1891
Russian Rhapsody
Two Pianos
1891
5
Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos)
Two Pianos
1893
Romance in G major
Piano Duet
1894?
11
Six Morceaux
No. 1, Barcarolle
No. 2, Scherzo
No. 3, Thème Russe
No. 4, Valse
No. 5, Romance
No. 6, Slava
Piano Duet
1894
17
Suite No. 2
Two Pianos
1901
The first movement of Suite No. 2 (Op. 17) is full of idiosyncratically large and thick chords.
Polka Italienne
Piano Duet
1906?
Transcriptions
Transcription of Tchaikovsky : Manfred Symphony
Piano Duet
1886, lost
Transcription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
Piano Duet
1891
Transcription of Glazunov : Symphony No. 6
Piano Duet
1896
Paraphrase of Bizet : Minuet from L'Arlésienne
Piano
1900, revised 1922
Transcription of Franz Behr : Lachtäubchen , Op. 303 (published as Polka de W.R. )
Piano
1911
Transcription of John Stafford Smith : The Star-Spangled Banner
Piano
1918
Cadenza for Liszt : Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Piano
1919
Paraphrase of Kreisler : Liebesleid
Piano
1921
Paraphrase of Mussorgsky : Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Piano
1923
Paraphrase of Schubert : Wohin? (D795/2)
Piano
1925
Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesfreud
Piano
1925
Paraphrase of Mussorgsky : Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi
Piano & Violin
1926
Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov : Flight of the Bumblebee
Piano
1929
Paraphrase of Mendelssohn : Scherzo from the Incidental music to Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Piano
1933
Paraphrase of Bach : movements from Partita No. 3 in E major for unaccompanied violin (BWV 1006)
Piano
1933 or 1934
Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky: Lullaby (Cradle Song Op.16, No.1)
Piano
1941
Operas
Esmeralda , projected
1888
Aleko (Russian : Алеко )
1892
24
The Miserly Knight (Russian : Скупой рыцарь )
1904
25
Francesca da Rimini (Russian : Франческа да Римини )
1905
Salammbô , projected
1906
Monna Vanna , unfinished
1908
Choral works
Deus Meus
Six-Part Mixed Chorus
1890?
O Mother of God Perpetually Praying : a Choral Concerto in G minor
Mixed Chorus
1893
Chorus of Spirits
Mixed Chorus
1894?
Song of the Nightingale
Four-Part Mixed Chorus & Piano
1894?
15
Six Choruses for Women's or Children's Voices
Be Praised
Night
The Pine
The Waves Slumbered
Slavery
The Angel
Women's or Children's Chorus
1895
Panteley the Healer
Mixed Chorus
1899
20
Spring , cantata
Baritone Solo, Chorus, & Orchestra
1902
31
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
chorus
1910
35
The Bells
Voice Soloists, Chorus, & Orchestra
1913
37
All-Night Vigil
Chorus
1915
41
Three Russian Songs
Chorus & Orchestra
1927
Solo Voice & Piano
"Again you are Bestirred, my Heart"
1890 or 1893
"At the Gates of the Holy Cloister"
1890
Two monologues from Boris Godunov , opera by Mussorgsky
1891?
"C'était en avril"
1891
"Dusk was Falling"
1891
4
Six Songs
"Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!"
"Morning"
"In the Silence of the Secret Night"
"Sing not, O Lovely One"
"The Harvest of Sorrow"
"It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend"
1890–1893
The lyrics of "The Harvest of Sorrow" (Op. 4, No. 5) are based on a text by Aleksei Tolstoy that laments a failed harvest. Listen, excerpt ⓘ
"Song of the Disenchanted,"
1893?
"Do you Remember the Evening?"
1893?
"The Flower Died"
1893
8
Six Songs
"Water Lily"
"My Child, Your Beauty is That of a Flower"
"Thoughts, Reflections"
"I Fell in Love, To My Sorrow"
"A Dream"
"Prayer"
1893
14
Twelve Songs
"I Await You"
"Small Island"
"How Fleeting is Delight in Love"
"I was with Her"
"Summer Nights"
"You are so Beloved by All"
"Do Not Believe me, Friend"
"Oh, do not Grieve"
"She is as Beautiful as Midday"
"In my Soul"
"Spring Torrents"
"It is Time!"
1896
"Were you Hiccupping?"
1899
"Night"
1900
21
Twelve Songs
"Fate"
"By a Fresh Grave"
"Twilight"
"They Replied"
"Lilacs"
"Fragment from 'de Musset'"
"How Peaceful"
"On the Death of a Linnet"
"Melody"
"Before the Icon"
"I am not a Prophet"
"How Pained I am"
1902
26
Fifteen Songs
"There are Many Sounds"
"All was Taken from Me"
"We shall Rest"
"Two Farewells"
"Let us Leave, my Sweet"
"Christ is Risen"
"To the Children"
"Beg for Mercy"
"I am Again Alone"
"At my Window"
"The Fountain"
"Night is Sorrowful"
"Yesterday we Met"
"The Ring"
"All Passes"
1906
"Letter to Stanislavsky"
1908
34
Fourteen Songs
"The Muse"
"In the Soul of Each of Us"
"The Storm"
"The Migrant Wind"
"Arion"
"The Raising of Lazarus"
"It Cannot Be"
"Music"
"You Knew Him"
"I Remember that Day"
"The Herald"
"What Happiness"
"Dissonance"
"Vocalise" (listed separately below)
1912
Vocalise (Op. 34, No. 14) is sung without words and has been arranged for many different instrument combinations.
"Vocalise"
1915[ 1]
"From the Gospel of St. John"
1915
"Prayer"
1916
"All Things Wish to Sing"
1916
38
Six Songs
"At Night in my Garden"
"To Her"
"Daisies"
"The Pied Piper"
"Sleep"
"A-oo!"
1916
Chronological sequence
Composed
Opus
Title
Instrumentation
1885
Romance in A minor
violin and piano
1886
Transcription of Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
piano duet
1886
Étude in F♯ major
piano
1887
Lento in D minor
piano
1887
Four Pieces: Romance, Prelude, Mélodie, Gavotte
piano
1887
Scherzo in D minor
orchestra
1888
Three Nocturnes: Andante cantabile, Andante maestoso-Allegro assai, Andante
piano
1888
Esmeralda
opera
1889
Concerto in C minor
piano and orchestra
1890
String Quartet No. 1: Romance (Andante Espressivo), Scherzo (Allegro)
two violins, viola, and cello
1890
Lied
cello and piano
1890
Melodie on a Theme of Rachmaninoff
violin/cello and piano
1890–1
1
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor , revised 1917
piano concerto
1890–1
Transcription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
piano duet
1890–1
Two Pieces (Valse, Romance)
piano six hands
1890
"At the Gates of the Holy Cloister"
solo voice and piano
1890
"Nothing Shall I Say You"
solo voice and piano
1890
Deus Meus
six-part mixed chorus
1890–1
Manfred, symphonic poem
orchestra
1891
Fugue in D minor
piano
1891
Suite in D minor
orchestra, piano solo
1891
Youth Symphony
orchestra
1891
Prince Rostislav, symphonic poem
orchestra
1891
Two monologues from Boris Godunov , opera by Mussorgsky
solo voice and piano
1891
"C'était en avril"
solo voice and piano
1891
"Dusk was Falling"
solo voice and piano
1891
Prelude in F major
piano
1891
Symphonic Movement in D minor
orchestra
1891
Russian Rhapsody
two pianos
1891–2
2
Two Pieces (Prelude, Danse Orientale)
cello and piano
1892
Trio élégiaque in G minor
violin, cello, and piano
1892
Aleko
opera
1892
3
Cinq Morceaux de Fantaisie
piano
No. 1, Élégie in E♭ minor
No. 2, Prélude in C♯ minor
No. 3, Mélodie in E major (revised in 1940)
No. 4, Polichinelle
No. 5, Serenade (revised in 1940)
1893
"Again you are Bestirred, my Heart"
solo voice and piano
1893
"Song of the Disenchanted,"
solo voice and piano
1893
"Do you Remember the Evening?"
solo voice and piano
1893
"The Flower Died"
solo voice and piano
1893
O Mother of God Perpetually Praying
mixed chorus
1893
4
Six Songs
solo voice and piano
"Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!"
"Morning"
"In the Silence of the Secret Night"
"Sing not, O Lovely One"
"The Harvest of Sorrow"
"It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend"
1893
5
Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux)
two pianos
1893
6
Deux Morceaux de Salon (Romance, Danse hongroise)
violin and piano
1893
7
The Rock, symphonic poem
orchestra
1893
8
Six Songs
"Water Lily"
"My Child, Your Beauty is That of a Flower"
"Thoughts, Reflections"
"I Fell in Love, To My Sorrow"
"A Dream"
"Prayer"
1893
9
Trio élégiaque No. 2, revised 1906
piano, violin, and cello
1893–4
10
Sept Morceaux de Salon
piano
No. 1, Nocturne in A minor
No. 2, Valse in A major
No. 3, Barcarolle in G minor
No. 4, Mélodie in E minor
No. 5, Humoresque in G major (revised in 1940)
No. 6, Romance in F minor
No. 7, Mazurka in D♭ major
1894
Chorus of Spirits
mixed chorus
1894
Song of the Nightingale
four-part mixed chorus and piano
1894
Romance in G major
piano duet
1894
11
Six Morceaux
piano duet
No. 1, Barcarolle
No. 2, Scherzo
No. 3, Thème Russe
No. 4, Valse
No. 5, Romance
No. 6, Slava
1894
Two Don Juan Episodes (projected)[ 2]
orchestra
1894
12
Capriccio Bohémien
orchestra
1895
13
Symphony No. 1
orchestra
1894–6
14
Twelve Songs
"I Await You"
"Small Island"
"How Fleeting is Delight in Love"
"I was with Her"
"Summer Nights"
"You are so Beloved by All"
"Do Not Believe me, Friend"
"Oh, do not Grieve"
"She is as Beautiful as Midday"
"In my Soul"
"Spring Torrents"
"It is Time!"
1895–6
15
Six Choruses for Women's or Children's Voices
Women's or Children's chorus
Be Praised
Night
The Pine
The Waves Slumbered
Slavery
The Angel
1896
String Quartet No. 2: Allegro Moderato, Andante molto sostenuto
two violins, viola, and cello
1896
Four Improvisations (with Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev)
piano
1896
16
Six Moments Musicaux
piano
No. 1 Andantino in B♭ minor
No. 2 Allegretto in E♭ minor
No. 3 Andante cantabile in B minor
No. 4 Presto in E minor
No. 5 Adagio sostenuto in D♭ major
No. 6 Maestoso in C major
1896
Transcription of Glazunov: Symphony No. 6
piano duet
1899
Morceau de Fantaisie in G minor
piano
1899
Fughetta in F major
piano
1899
Panteley the Healer
mixed chorus
1899
"Were you Hiccupping?"
solo voice and piano
1900
"Night"
solo voice and piano
1900
Paraphrase of Bizet: Minuet from L'Arlésienne, revised 1922
piano
1900–1
17
Suite No. 2
two pianos
1900–1
18
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
piano concerto
1901
19
Cello Sonata in G minor
cello and piano
1902
20
Spring Cantata
baritone solo, chorus, and orchestra
1900–2
21
Twelve Songs
"Fate"
"By a Fresh Grave"
"Twilight"
"They Replied"
"Lilacs"
"Fragment from 'de Musset'"
"How Peaceful"
"On the Death of a Linnet"
"Melody"
"Before the Icon"
"I am not a Prophet"
"How Pained I am"
1903
22
Variations on a Theme of Chopin
piano
1901–3
23
Ten Preludes
piano
No. 1, in F♯ minor
No. 2, in B♭ major
No. 3, in D minor
No. 4, in D major
No. 5, in G minor
No. 6, in E♭ major
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in A♭ major
No. 9, in E♭ minor
No. 10, in G♭ major
1903–5
24
The Miserly Knight
opera
1904–5
25
Francesca da Rimini
opera
1906
Salammbô (projected)
opera
1906
Polka Italienne
piano duet
1906
26
Fifteen Songs
"There are Many Sounds"
"All was Taken from Me"
"We shall Rest"
"Two Farewells"
"Let us Leave, my Sweet"
"Christ is Risen"
"To the Children"
"Beg for Mercy"
"I am Again Alone"
"At my Window"
"The Fountain"
"Night is Sorrowful"
"Yesterday we Met"
"The Ring"
"All Passes"
1906–7
27
Symphony No. 2
orchestra
1906–8
Monna Vanna (unfinished)
opera
1908
28
Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
piano
1908
"Letter to Stanislavsky"
1909
29
The Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem
orchestra
1909
30
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
piano concerto
1910
31
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
unaccompanied mixed chorus
1910
32
Thirteen Preludes
piano
No. 1, in C major
No. 2, in B♭ minor
No. 3, in E major
No. 4, in E minor
No. 5, in G major
No. 6, in F minor
No. 7, in F major
No. 8, in A minor
No. 9, in A major
No. 10, in B minor
No. 11, in B major
No. 12, in G♯ minor
No. 13, in D♭ major
1911
Transcription of Franz Behr : Lachtäubchen , Op. 303 (published as Polka de W.R. )
piano
1911
33
Études-Tableaux
No. 1, in F minor
No. 2, in C major
No. 3, in C minor
No. 4, in D minor
No. 5, in E♭ minor
No. 6, in E♭ major
No. 7, in G minor
No. 8, in C♯ minor
1910–2
34
Fourteen Songs
"The Muse"
"In the Soul of Each of Us"
"The Storm"
"The Migrant Wind"
"Arion"
"The Raising of Lazarus"
"It Cannot Be"
"Music"
"You Knew Him"
"I Remember that Day"
"The Herald"
"What Happiness"
"Dissonance"
1913
35
The Bells
voice soloists, chorus, and orchestra
1913
36
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, revised 1931
piano
1915
"Vocalise" (included in op. 34 as no. 14)
solo voice and piano
1915
"From the Gospel of St. John"
solo voice and piano
1915
37
All-Night Vigil
unaccompanied mixed chorus
1916
"Prayer"
solo voice and piano
1916
"All Things Wish to Sing"
solo voice and piano
1916
38
Six Songs
"At Night in my Garden"
"To Her"
"Daisies"
"The Pied Piper"
"Sleep"
"A-oo!"
1916
39
Études-Tableaux
piano
No. 1, in C minor
No. 2, in A minor
No. 3, in F♯ minor
No. 4, in B minor
No. 5, in E♭ minor
No. 6, in A minor
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in D minor
No. 9, in D major
1917
Four Pieces (Prelude in D minor, Piano Piece in A-Flat Major, Oriental Sketch, Fragments)
piano
1918
Paraphrase of John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
piano
1919
Cadenza for Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
piano
1921
Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesleid
piano
1923
Paraphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi
piano
1925
Paraphrase of Schubert: Wohin? (D795/2)
piano
1925
Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesfreud
piano
1926
Paraphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi
piano and violin
1926
40
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor , revised 1941
piano concerto
1927
41
Three Russian Songs
chorus and orchestra
1929
Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
piano
1931
42
Variations on a Theme of Corelli
piano
1933
Paraphrase of Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
piano
1934
Paraphrase of Bach: movements from Partita No. 3 in E major (BWV 1006)
piano
1934
43
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
piano and orchestra
1936
44
Symphony No. 3
orchestra
1940
45
Symphonic Dances
orchestra
1941
Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky: Lullaby
piano
Sources
Notes
References
Bertensson, Sergei; Jay Leyda (2001). Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music . Bloomington , Indiana : Indiana University . ISBN 0-253-21421-1 .
Harrison, Max (2006). Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings . London : Continuum . ISBN 0-8264-9312-2 .
Norris, Geoffrey (1993). The Master Musicians: Rachmaninoff . New York City : Schirmer Books . ISBN 0-02-870685-4 .
Randel, Don M. (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Cambridge , Massachusetts : Harvard University Press (Belknap). ISBN 0-674-00978-9 .
Seroff, Victor Ilyitch (1950). Rachmaninoff . New York City , New York : Simon & Schuster . OCLC 253711744 .
External links
Opera Concerto Orchestral
Vocal Chamber Solo piano
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