List of compositions by Alfred Schnittke

This is a list of compositions by composer Alfred Schnittke.

Symphonies

 * Symphony No. 0 (1956–57)
 * Symphony No. 1 (1969–74)
 * Symphony No. 2 "St. Florian" (1979)
 * Symphony No. 3 (1981)
 * Symphony No. 4 (1983)
 * Symphony No. 5 [Concerto Grosso No. 4] (1988)
 * Symphony No. 6 (1992)
 * Symphony No. 7 (1993)
 * Symphony No. 8 (1994)
 * Symphony No. 9 (1996–97; reconstructed by Alexander Raskatov)

Other orchestral

 * Pianissimo (1968)
 * In Memoriam … (1978; orchestration of the Piano Quintet)
 * Gogol Suite (arr. 1980 by Rozhdestvensky from Music for The Census List, 1978)
 * Passacaglia (1980)
 * Ritual (1985)
 * (K)ein Sommernachtstraum (1985)
 * Symphonic Prelude (1994)
 * For Liverpool (1994)

Violin and orchestra

 * Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1957, revised 1963)
 * Concerto No. 2 for violin and chamber orchestra (1966)
 * Concerto No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra (1978)
 * Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1984)

Piano and orchestra

 * Poème for piano and orchestra (1953)
 * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1960)
 * Music for piano and chamber orchestra (1964)
 * Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (1979)
 * Concerto for piano four hands and chamber orchestra (1988) "to Viktoria Postnikova and Irina Schnittke"

Cello and orchestra

 * Concerto No. 1 for cello and orchestra (1985/1986)
 * Concerto No. 2 for cello and orchestra (1990) "to M.Rostropovich"

Viola and orchestra

 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1985)
 * Monologue for viola and strings (1989)
 * Concerto for viola and small orchestra (1997)

Other instruments and orchestra

 * Accordion Concerto (1949), lost work
 * Double Concerto for oboe, harp, and string orchestra (Lento) "to Heinz Holliger, Ursula Holliger and the Zagreb Soloists" (1971)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 1 for two violins, prepared piano, harpsichord and 21 strings (1977)
 * Moz-Art à la Haydn for two violins and string orchestra (1977)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 1 for flute, oboe, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1988 version)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and triple symphony orchestra (1981–1982)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 3 for two violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings (1985)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 4 [Symphony No. 5] for violin, oboe, harpsichord and orchestra (1988)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 5 for violin, [offstage] piano and orchestra (1990–1991)
 * Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin and string orchestra (1993)
 * Triple Concerto for violin, viola, cello and string orchestra "Concerto for Three" (1994)
 * Five Fragments to Pictures of Hieronymus Bosch for tenor, violin, trombone, harpsichord, timpani and string orchestra (On texts by Aeschylus) "to Vladimir Spivakov" (1994)

Choral music

 * Nagasaki, oratorio (1958)
 * Songs of War and Peace, cantata (Кантата «Песни войны и мира»)
 * Voices of Nature (1972)
 * Requiem (1974–75)
 * Minnesang for 52 voices (1981)
 * Seid nüchtern und wachet... (Faust Cantata) (1983)
 * Three Sacred Hymns (1983–84)
 * Concerto for mixed chorus (1984–85)
 * Psalms of Repentance (1988)

Chamber music

 * Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1963; orchestrated, 1968)
 * Dialogue for cello and 7 instruments (1965)
 * String Quartet No. 1 (1966)
 * Serenade for violin, clarinet, double-bass, piano and percussion (1968)
 * Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano "Quasi una sonata" (1968; orchestrated, 1987)
 * Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for string quartet (1971)
 * Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano or harpsichord (1972)
 * Gratulationsrondo for violin and piano (1973)
 * Hymn I for cello, harp and timpani (1974)
 * Hymn II for cello and double-bass (1974)
 * Hymn III for cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani (1974)
 * Hymn IV for cello, bassoon, double-bass, harpsichord, harp, timpani and bells (1974–1979)
 * Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich for 2 violins (1975)
 * Cantus Perpetuus for keyboard instrument and percussion (1975)
 * Piano Quintet (1972–76)
 * Stille Nacht, arr. for violin and piano (1978)
 * Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano (1978)
 * Stille Musik for violin and cello (1979)
 * Hommage to Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich for piano six hands (1979) [Based on "Chinese March" from The Nightingale, Humoresque Scherzo and Polka from The Golden Age.]
 * Three Madrigals for soprano, violin, viola, double bass, vibraphone, and harpsichord
 * String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
 * Septet for flute, two clarinets, violin, viola, cello and harpsichord or organ (1981–1982)
 * Course of life (Lebenslauf) for four metronomes, piano and three percussionists (1982) "to and John Cage"


 * String Quartet No. 3 (1983)
 * Sound and Echo (Schall und Hall) for trombone and organ (1983)
 * String Trio (1985, also arranged as Piano Trio, 1992) – shares a theme with the Cello Concerto No. 1 from 1986
 * Quartet for piano and strings (1988)
 * String Quartet No. 4 (1989)
 * Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan for solo violin or cello (1990)
 * Musica nostalgica for cello and piano (1992)
 * Peer Gynt: Epiloque for cello, piano and tape (1993)
 * Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano (1994)
 * Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1994)
 * Variations for string quartet (1997)

Solo instrumental

 * Fuga for solo violin (1953)
 * Six Preludes for piano (1953–1954)
 * Variations for piano (1954–1955)
 * Improvisation and Fugue for piano (1965)
 * Variations on one chord for piano (1965)
 * Potok (Stream), electronic composition (1969)
 * Eight Pieces for piano (1971) Dedicated to his son Andrei
 * Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (first movement) (1975)
 * Two Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 for solo violin, 10 violins and timpani (1975–1977)
 * Two Short Pieces for organ (1980)
 * Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C, K. 467 (first and second movements) (1980)
 * A Paganini for solo violin (1982)
 * Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major, K. 503 (first movement) (1983)
 * Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B♭ major, K. 191 (1983)
 * Piano Sonata No. 1 (1987–88)
 * Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello (1988)
 * Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, first version for violin solo (1990)
 * Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan, second version for cello solo (1990)
 * Three Fragments for harpsichord (1990)
 * Five Aphorisms for piano (1990)
 * Piano Sonata No. 2 (1990)
 * Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in B♭ major, K. 39 (first and third movements) (1990)
 * For the 90th Birthday of Alfred Schlee for viola solo (1991)
 * Piano Sonata No. 3 (1992)
 * Improvisation for solo cello (1993)
 * Sonatina for piano four hands (1995)

Operas

 * Life with an Idiot, opera in 2 acts, libretto by Viktor Yerofeyev (1992)
 * Historia von D. Johann Fausten, opera in 3 acts and an epilogue, libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke (1991–1994)
 * Gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue, libretto by Richard Bletschacher (1993)

Ballets

 * Labyrinths, ballet in five episodes, libretto by Vladimir Vasilyev. (1971)
 * Der Gelbe Klang (The Yellow Sound), ballet suite, libretto by Wassily Kandinsky. (1973)
 * Sketches, ballet in one act. “Choreographic fantasia” by Andrey Petrov after the themes by Nikolai Gogol. (1985)
 * Peer Gynt, ballet in three acts by John Neumeier based on Henrik Ibsen’s drama (1988)

Soundtracks

 * Adventures of a Dentist, film directed by Elem Klimov (1965, material reused in Suite in the Old Style and Symphony No. 1)
 * The Stars of the Day, film directed by Igor Talankin (1966)
 * Commissar, film directed by Aleksandr Askoldov (1967, released 1988), based on one of Vasily Grossman's first short stories, "In the Town of Berdichev"
 * The Glass Harmonica, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky (1968, much material reused in second violin sonata)
 * The Waltz, TV film directed by Viktor Titow (1969)
 * The Seagull, film directed by Youli Karassik (1970)
 * Belorussian Station, film directed by Andrei Smirnov (1970)
 * Sport, Sport, Sport, film directed by Elem Klimov (1971)
 * You and Me, film directed by Larisa Shepitko (1971)
 * Butterfly, animated film directed by Andrei Khrzhanovsky (1973)
 * My Past and Thoughts, TV Movie (1973)
 * Agony, two-part film directed by Elem Klimov (1974, main theme reused in the finale of the Second Cello Concerto)
 * Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, live action film directed by Aleksandr Zguridi and Nana Kldiashvili (1975)
 * Clowns and Children (Clowns und Kinder), short film directed by Alexander Mitta (1976)
 * How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1976)
 * The Ascent, film directed by Larisa Shepitko (1977)
 * Story of an Unknown Actor, film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi (1977)
 * Father Sergius (1978)
 * Little Tragedies, three-part TV film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer (1979)
 * Air Crew, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1979)
 * The Story of Voyages, also known as The Fairytale of the Wanderings, film directed by Alexander Mitta (1982)
 * Dead Souls, five-part TV miniseries directed by Mikhail Schweitzer (1984)
 * The Last Days of St. Petersburg (1992, new score for 1927 film, co-written with the composer's son Andrey)
 * The Master and Margarita, film directed by Yuri Kara (1994)