List of compositions by Witold Lutosławski

This is a list of compositions by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. A complete list of Lutosławski's compositions in chronological order can be found at The Polish Music Center.

Orchestral

 * Symphonies:
 * Symphony No. 1 (1941–47)
 * Symphony No. 2 (1965–67)
 * Symphony No. 3 (1981–83)
 * Symphony No. 4 (1988–92)
 * Symphonic Variations (1936–8)
 * Overture for Strings (1949)
 * Little Suite, for chamber orchestra (1950), for symphony orchestra (1951)
 * Concerto for Orchestra (1950–54)
 * Musique funèbre (Muzyka żałobna), for string orchestra (1954–58)
 * Three Postludes for Orchestra (1958–63)
 * Jeux vénitiens (Venetian Games) for chamber orchestra (1960–61)
 * Livre pour orchestre (1968)
 * Preludes and a Fugue, for 13 solo strings (1970–72)
 * Mi-parti (1975–76)
 * Novelette (1978–79)
 * Chain I, for chamber ensemble (1983)
 * Fanfare for Louisville, for woodwinds, brass, and percussion (1985)
 * Chain III, for orchestra (1986)
 * Prelude for G.M.S.D., for orchestra (1989)
 * Interlude for Orchestra (1989, to link Partita and Chain 2)

Concertante

 * Piano
 * Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for piano and orchestra (1978, see below)
 * Piano Concerto (1987–88)
 * Violin
 * Chain II, dialogue for violin and orchestra (1984–85)
 * Partita, for violin and orchestra (1988, see below)
 * Violin Concerto (1994) (fragments only)
 * Cello
 * Cello Concerto (1969–70)
 * Grave, metamorphoses for cello and string orchestra (1981, see below)
 * Clarinet
 * Dance Preludes, for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1955, see below)
 * Other
 * Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1979–80)

Vocal

 * Lacrimosa, for soprano, optional SATB chorus, and orchestra (1937, surviving fragment of a Requiem)
 * Pieśni walki podziemnej (Songs of the Underground) for voice and piano (1942–44)
 * Twenty Polish Christmas Carols (Dwadzieścia kolęd), for voice and piano (1946, orchestrated 1984–89)
 * Silesian Triptych (Tryptyk Śląski), for soprano and orchestra (1951)
 * Children's Songs, for voice and piano (1953, orchestrated 1954)
 * Five Songs, for soprano and piano (1957, orchestrated 1958)
 * Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux, for chorus and orchestra (1961–63)
 * Paroles tissées (Woven Words), for tenor and chamber orchestra (1965)
 * Les Espaces du sommeil (Spaces of Sleep), for baritone and orchestra (1975)
 * Chantefleurs et Chantefables, for soprano and orchestra (1989–90)

Chamber/instrumental

 * Piano Sonata (1934)
 * Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for two pianos (1941, see above)
 * Melodie Ludowe (Folk Melodies), 12 easy pieces for piano (1945)
 * Recitative e Arioso, for violin and piano (1951)
 * Dance Preludes (Lutoslawski), for clarinet and piano (1954)
 * Dance Preludes, for nine instruments (1959, see above)
 * Bukoliki (Bucolics) for viola and cello (1952, arranged 1962)
 * String Quartet (1964)
 * Epitaph in memoriam Alan Richardson for oboe and piano (1979)
 * Grave, metamorphoses for cello and piano (1981, see above)
 * Mini Overture, for brass quintet (1982)
 * Tune for Martin Nordwall, for trumpet (1984)
 * Partita, for violin and piano (1984, see above)
 * Slides, for chamber ensemble (1988)
 * Subito, for violin and piano (1991)

Film music

 * Odrą do Bałtyku (Along the Oder to the Baltic), documentary film (1945)
 * Suita Warszawska (Warsaw Suite), 35mm documentary film (1946)

Chronological

 * Prelude for piano (1922)
 * Small pieces for piano (1923–1926)
 * Lullaby in E major for piano (1926)
 * Three Preludes for piano (1927)
 * Two Sonatas for violin and piano (1927, 1928)
 * Poeme for piano (1928)
 * Variations for piano (1929)
 * Dance of the Chimera for piano (1930)
 * Scherzo for orchestra (1930)
 * Hymn of the Pupils of the Stefan Batory State Gymnasium in Warsaw for mixed chorus a capella (1930–1931)
 * Version for male chorus
 * Haroun al. Rashid for orchestra (1931)
 * Two songs (Water-Nymph and Linden Lullaby) for voice and piano (1934)
 * Piano Sonata (1934) 25’
 * Music for three educational films Fire, Beware!, Short-circuit (1935–1937)
 * Double Fugue for orchestra (1936)
 * Prelude and aria for piano (1936)
 * Requiem aeternam and Lacrimosa for choir and orchestra (1937) 3’
 * Symphonic Variations for orchestra (1936–1938) 9’
 * Two studies for piano (1940–1941) 5’
 * Variations on a theme by Paganini for two pianos (1941) 6’
 * Version for piano and orchestra (1979)
 * Songs of the Underground Struggle for voice and piano (1942–1944) 15’
 * Fifty Contrapuntal Studies for Woodwind, etc. (1943–1944)
 * Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon (1944–1945) 16’
 * Folk Melodies for piano (1945) 10’
 * Five Folk Melodies – transcribed for string orchestra (1952)
 * Four Silesian Melodies – transcribed for four violins (1954)
 * Three Carols for male and female solo voices, unison mixed chorus, and chamber ensemble (1945) 11’
 * Along the Oder to the Baltic (1945) 39’Music for a documentary film
 * Warsaw Suite (1946) 35’Music for a documentary film
 * Twenty Carols for voice and piano (1946)
 * Transcribed for soprano voice, female chorus and orchestra (1984–1989) 45–50’
 * Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (1941–1947) 25’
 * Six Children's Songs for voice and piano (1947) 8’
 * Transcribed for children's choir and orchestra (1952)
 * Transcribed for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1953)
 * Two Children's Songs for voice and piano (1948) 4’ written to the words by Julian Tuwim
 * Transcribed for voice and chamber orchestra (1952)
 * The Snowslide for voice and piano (1949) 5’
 * Overture for Strings (1949) 5’
 * Little Suite for chamber orchestra (1950) 11’
 * Version for symphonic orchestra (1951)
 * Service to Poland – a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
 * Version for male chorus and piano (1951)
 * I Would Marry – a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
 * Version for mixed chorus a capella (1951)
 * The Road of Victory a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
 * Strawchain and Other Songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, and bassoon (1950–1951) 10’
 * Silesian Triptych for soprano and orchestra (1951) 10’
 * Recitativo e arioso for violin and piano (1951) 3’
 * Spring, children's songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1951) 8’
 * Autumn, children's songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1951) 7’
 * Ten Polish Folksongs on Soldiers’ Themes for male chorus a capella (1951)
 * We Are Going Forward a mass song for voice and piano (1951)
 * Version for mixed chorus a capella (1951)
 * Nowa Huta – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
 * The Most Beautiful Dream a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
 * Version for mixed chorus and male chorus a capella (1952)
 * Cockle Shell and A Silver Windowpane (1952)
 * Version for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1953)
 * Bucolics for piano (1952) 5’
 * Version for viola and cello (1962)
 * Comrade – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
 * Version for mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
 * Spring week – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
 * Version for mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
 * Song about a Sloe-Tree a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
 * Three Fragments for flute and harp (1953) 3’40’’
 * Three soldier songs for voice and piano (1953)
 * Ten Polish Dances for chamber orchestra (1953)
 * Miniature for Two Pianos (1953) 2’
 * Three Pieces for the Young for piano (1953) 4’
 * A Little Sparrow and A Little Feather, children's songs for voice and piano (1953)
 * Version for voice and chamber orchestra (1953)
 * Garlands and Goodbye to Holiday, children's songs for voice and piano (1953)
 * Dandelions for orchestra
 * Sleep, Sleep, a children's song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
 * Winter Waltz for dance orchestra (1954)
 * Night is falling, a children's song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
 * Vegetables for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
 * Difficult Sums, a children's song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
 * Concerto for Orchestra (1950–1954) 30’
 * Four Orchestral Signals (1954)
 * Dance Preludes for clarinet in B-flat and piano (1954) 7’
 * Transcribed for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1955)
 * Transcribed for nine instruments (1959)
 * An Overheard Tune for four part piano (1957) 5’
 * Five Songs to Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna's poems for soprano and piano (1957) 10’
 * Transcribed for soprano and instrumental ensemble (1958)
 * Musique funèbre (Muzyka żałobna) (1954–1958) 15’
 * Night Owl and A twiglet, a children's songs for voice and piano (1956–58)
 * Song on April Fools’Day, a children's song for voice and piano (1958)
 * Cuckoo, Cuckoo!, a children's song for voice and piano (1958)
 * The Tale of the Little Spark and Other Songs for Children for voice and piano (1958)
 * On Wronia Street in Warsaw, a children's song for voice and piano (1958)
 * Six Christmas Carols for 3 recorders (1959)
 * Three children's songs for voice and piano written to lyrics by Benedykt Hertz (1959)
 * Three Postludes for orchestra (1958–1963) 17’
 * Jeux vénitiens (Venetian Games) for chamber orchestra (1960–1961) 13’
 * Trois poemes d’Henri Michaux/ Three Poems of Henri Michaux for mixed chorus and orchestra of winds and percussion (1961–1963) 20’
 * String Quartet (1964) 24’
 * Paroles tissées  (Woven Words) for tenor and chamber orchestra (1965) 15’
 * Symphony No. 2 (1965–1967) 30’
 * Invention for piano (1968) 1’
 * Livre pour orchestre (1968) 20’
 * Cello Concerto (1969–1970) archi 24’
 * Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings (1970–1972) 34’
 * Les espaces du sommeil (Spaces of Sleep) for baritone and orchestra (1975) 15’
 * Sacher Variation for cello solo (1975) 5’
 * Mi-parti for orchestra (1975–1976) 15’
 * Novelette for orchestra (1978–1979) 18’
 * Epitaph for oboe and piano (1979) 5’
 * Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra (1979–1980) 20’
 * Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and piano (1981) 7’
 * Transcribed for cello and 13 string instruments (1982)
 * Not for You for soprano and piano (1981) 1’50’’
 * Mini Overture for brass quintet (1982) 3’ (1211)
 * Lord Tennyson Song for male chorus (1982)
 * Symphony No. 3 (1981–1983) 28’
 * Chain 1 for chamber ensemble (1983) 10’
 * The Holly and the Ivy for voice and piano (1984) 2’
 * Tune for Martin Nordwall for trumpet(1984) 1’
 * Partita for violin and piano (1984) 15’
 * Version for violin and orchestra (1988)
 * Chain 2. Dialogue for violin and orchestra (1984–1985) 18’
 * Chain 3 for orchestra (1985) 10’
 * Fanfare for Louisville for wind instruments and percussion (1986) 2’
 * Fanfare for CUBE for brass quintet (1987) 30’’
 * Piano Concerto (1987–1988) 25’
 * Slides for 11 soloists (1988) 4’
 * Prelude for G.S.M.D. (1989) 4’
 * Fanfare for University of Lancaster (1989) 1’
 * Interlude for orchestra (1989) 5’
 * Lullaby ”for Anne-Sophie” for violin and piano (1989)
 * Tarantella for baritone and piano (1990) 3’
 * Chantefleurs et Chantefables for soprano and orchestra (1989–1990) 20’
 * Symphony No. 4 (1988–1992) 22’
 * Subito for violin and piano (1992) 4’
 * Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic for brass instruments and percussion (1993) 1’
 * Violin Concerto (fragments only)