List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev
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This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev
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Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
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Operas
- The GiantThe Giant (opera)The Giant is an opera in three acts by Sergei Prokofiev. The 12 page work was written for performance by the nine-year-old composer's family.-Origins:...
(1900) - Desert Islands
- The Feast in Time of the Plague
- Undina
- MaddalenaMaddalena (opera)Maddalena is an opera in one act by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, who also wrote the libretto based on a play by Magda Gustavovna Lieven-Orlov under the pen-name Baron Lieven.-Origins:...
, Op. 13 (1911–13) - IgrokThe Gambler (Prokofiev)The Gambler is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky....
(The Gambler), Op. 24 (1915–16, rev. 1927); after Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor DostoevskyFyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.... - The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (1919)
- The Fiery Angel, Op. 37 (1919–27)
- Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 (1939)
- Betrothal in a Monastery, Op. 86 (1940–41)
- War and PeaceWar and Peace (Prokofiev)War and Peace is an opera in two parts , sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy...
, Op. 91 (1941–52); after Leo TolstoyLeo TolstoyLev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist... - Khan Buzay (1942; unfinished)
- The Story of a Real ManThe Story of a Real ManThe Story of a Real Man is an opera in four acts by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, his opus 117. It was written from 1947 to 1948, and was his last opera....
, Op. 117 (1947–48) - Distant Seas (1948; unfinished)
Ballets
- Ala i Lolli, Op. 20 (1914-5), mostly incorporated into Scythian Suite (see below)
- ChoutChoutChout, Op. 21 , is the usual English-language title of a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, written in two versions between 1915 and 1921. It is sometimes known as "The Tale of the Buffoon", or simply "The Buffoon"...
/ The Tale of the Buffoon, Op. 21 (1915, rev. 1920) - Trapeze, Op. 39 (1924), mostly incorporated into Quintet (see below)
- Le pas d'acierLe Pas d'acier (Prokofiev)Le pas d'acier is a ballet in two scenes, and also suite of music based on the ballet score , by Sergei Prokofiev.-History:...
/ The Steel Step, Op. 41 (1925-6) - The Prodigal Son, Op. 46 (1928-9)
- On the Dnieper / Sur le Borysthene, Op. 51 (1930-1)
- Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
, Op. 64 (1935–36) - CinderellaCinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 87 (1940–44) - The Tale of the Stone FlowerThe Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The...
, Op. 118 (1948–53)
Incidental music
- Egyptian Nights (1934)
- Boris Godunov, Op. 70bis (1936)
- Eugene Onegin, Op. 71 (1936)
- Hamlet, Op. 77 (1937-8)
Film music
- Lieutenant KijéLieutenant Kijé (film)Lieutenant Kijé is a 1934 Soviet comedy film directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov. The film was released in the USA as The Czar Wants to Sleep.Sergei Prokofiev composed the score.-Cast:...
(1934), also arranged as an orchestral suite (see below) - Queen of Spades / Pique dame, Op. 70 (1936), after Pushkin
- Alexander NevskyAlexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)Alexander Nevsky is the score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky, composed by Sergei Prokofiev. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra...
(1938), film directed by Sergei EisensteinSergei EisensteinSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"...
(also exists in the form of a cantata, see below) - Lermontov (1941)
- Kotovsky (1942)
- The Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes (1942)
- Tonya (1942)
- Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible (Prokofiev)Ivan the Terrible is music by Sergei Prokofiev originally composed for the Sergei Eisenstein film about the sixteenth-century ruler. Prokofiev composed music to Part 1 in 1942-44, and to Part 2 in 1945; the score is cataloged as Op. 116...
, Op. 116 (1942-5), film directed by Sergei EisensteinSergei EisensteinSergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"...
Symphonies
- Symphony No. 1 in DSymphony No. 1 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev began work on his Symphony No. 1 in D major in 1916, but wrote most of it in 1917, finishing work on September 10. It is written in loose imitation of the style of Haydn , and is widely known as the Classical Symphony, a name given to it by the composer...
Classical, Op. 25 (1916–17) - Symphony No. 2 in D minorSymphony No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor in Paris in 1924-5, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized this symphony as a work of "iron and steel".- Structure :...
, Op. 40 (1924-5) - Symphony No. 3 in C minorSymphony No. 3 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 3 in C minor in 1928.-Background:The music derives from Prokofiev's opera The Fiery Angel. This opera had been accepted for performance in the 1927-28 season at the Berlin State Opera by Bruno Walter, but this production never materialised; in fact, the...
, Op. 44 (1928) - Symphony No. 4 in CSymphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112 is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947...
(original version), Op. 47 (1929–30) - Symphony No. 5 in B-flatSymphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major in Soviet Russia in one month in the summer of 1944.-Background:Fourteen years had passed since Prokofiev's last symphony....
, Op. 100 (1944) - Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minorSymphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor in 1947.-Background:The symphony, written as an elegy of the tragedies of World War II, has often been regarded as the darker twin to the victorious Symphony No...
, Op. 111 (1945-7) - Symphony No. 4 in CSymphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112 is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947...
(revised version), Op. 112 (1947) - Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minorSymphony No. 7 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op.131, was completed in 1952, the year before his death. It is his last symphony.-Background:...
, Op. 131 (1951–52) - Symphony No. 2 in D minorSymphony No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor in Paris in 1924-5, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized this symphony as a work of "iron and steel".- Structure :...
(revised version), Op. 136 (unrealized) - Two juvenile symphonies (1902 & 1908)
Orchestral suites
- Suites from Romeo and Juliet
- Suite No. 1Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
, Op. 64bis - Suite No. 2Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
, Op. 64ter - Suite No. 3Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
, Op. 101
- Suite No. 1
- Suites from Cinderella
- Suite No. 1Cinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 107 - Suite No. 2Cinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 108 - Suite No. 3Cinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 109
- Suite No. 1
- Suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower
- Wedding Suite, Op. 126
- Gypsy Fantasy, Op. 127
- Urals Rhapsody, Op. 128
- The Mistress of Copper Mountain, Op. 129 (unrealized)
- Scythian SuiteScythian Suite (Prokofiev)The Scythian Suite is an orchestral suite by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1915.-Background:Prokofiev originally wrote the music for the ballet Ala i Lolli, which is about the Scythians. The score was written to the words of Russian poet Sergey Gorodetsky...
, Op. 20 (from Ala i Lolli') - Suite from ChoutChoutChout, Op. 21 , is the usual English-language title of a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev, written in two versions between 1915 and 1921. It is sometimes known as "The Tale of the Buffoon", or simply "The Buffoon"...
, Op. 21bis - Suite from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33bis
- Vocal Suite from The Fiery Angel, Op. 37bis
- Suite from Le pas d'acierLe Pas d'acier (Prokofiev)Le pas d'acier is a ballet in two scenes, and also suite of music based on the ballet score , by Sergei Prokofiev.-History:...
, Op. 41bis - Suite from The Prodigal Son, Op. 46bis
- Four Portraits and DenouementThe Gambler (Prokofiev)The Gambler is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky....
, suite from The Gambler, Op. 49 - Suite from On the Dnieper, Op. 51bis
- Suite from Lieutenant KijéLieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:...
, Op. 60 - Suite from Egyptian Nights, Op. 61
- Suite from Semyon Kotko, Op. 81bis
- Waltz SuiteWaltz Suite (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev composed his Waltz Suite in 1946-7. The waltzes are extracted from 3 of his works: the opera War and Peace, the ballet Cinderella, and music to the film Lermontov.-Movements:The suite is composed of 6 waltzes:...
, Op. 110 (1946) (includes waltzes from War and Peace, Cinderella, and Lermontov) - Summer Night, suite from Betrothal in a Monastery, Op. 123
Other orchestral works
- Sinfonietta in ASinfonietta (Prokofiev)Sinfonietta in A major is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev.-Background:Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5, in 1909 and dedicated it to Nikolai Tcherepnin, his conducting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory....
(original version), Op. 5 (1909) - Dreams, Op. 6 (1910)
- Autumnal, Op. 8 (1910)
- Andante from Piano Sonata No. 4, arranged for orchestra, Op. 29bis
- Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34bis (based on chamber version)
- American Overture, Op. 42 (1926), for 17 instruments
- American Overture, Op. 42bis (1928), for full orchestra
- Divertimento, Op. 43 (1925–29)
- Sinfonietta in ASinfonietta (Prokofiev)Sinfonietta in A major is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev.-Background:Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5, in 1909 and dedicated it to Nikolai Tcherepnin, his conducting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory....
(revised version of Op. 5), Op. 48 (1929) - Andante from String Quartet No. 1, arranged for string orchestra, Op. 50bis
- Symphonic SongSymphonic Song (Prokofiev)-Analysis:Symphonic Song is a work demonstrating Prokofiev's transition from Parisian modernism to Soviet lyricism. Prokofiev had described of it as "a serious piece of work, and I took great care in choosing the thematic material...
, Op. 57 (1933) - Russian Overture, Op. 72 (1936)
- Symphonic March, Op. 88 (1941)
- The Year 1941The Year 1941 (Prokofiev)-Background:Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite .-Movements:The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes.#In the Struggle#In the...
, Op. 90 (1941) - Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 (1945), for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, percussion, and double basses
- Thirty Years, Op. 113 (1947), festive poem for orchestra
- Pushkin WaltzesPushkin Waltzes (Prokofiev)-Background:The waltzes were written to a commission from the Moscow Radio Committee, for 1949 was the 150th anniversary of Pushkin's birth.-Movements:The two waltzes are titled:#Allegro espressivo...
, Op. 120 (1949) - The Meeting of the Volga and the Don, Op. 130 (1951), festive poem for orchestra
Concertos
- Piano:
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flatPiano Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev set about composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 in 1911 and finished it in 1912. A one-movement concerto, it is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around a quarter of an hour.- Structure :...
, Op. 10 (1911–12) - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minorPiano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 in 1912 and completed it in 1913. Performing as solo pianist, he premiered the work on August 23 the same year at Pavlovsk. Most of the audience reacted intensely...
, Op. 16 (1912–13, lost, re-written in 1923) - Piano Concerto No. 3 in CPiano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 is the best-known concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. It was completed in 1921 using sketches first started in 1913.-Composition and performances:...
, Op. 26 (1917–21) - Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flatPiano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major for the left hand, Op. 53, was commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein and completed in 1931....
, Op. 53 (1931), for left hand (written for Paul WittgensteinPaul WittgensteinPaul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born concert pianist, who became known for his ability to play with just his left hand, after he lost his right arm during the First World War. He devised novel techniques, including pedal and hand-movement combinations, that allowed him to play chords previously...
) - Piano Concerto No. 5 in GPiano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev)The last complete piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, dates from 1932.-Background:Prokofiev's last piano concerto dates from 1932, a year after he finished the fourth piano concerto, whose solo part is for left hand only...
, Op. 55 (1932) - Piano Concerto No. 6Piano Concerto No. 6 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev did not manage to compose more than a few bars of his Piano Concerto No. 6 before his death in 1953 so it is impossible to reconstruct the underlying musical ideas and complete it....
, Op. 134 (1953-unfinished)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat
- Violin:
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in DViolin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev began his Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, opus 19, as a concertino in 1915 but soon abandoned it to work on his opera The Gambler. He returned to the concerto in the summer of 1917. It premiered on October 18, 1923 at the Paris Opera with Marcel Darrieux playing the violin part...
, Op. 19 (1916–17) - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minorViolin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)The Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, written in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, is a work in three movements:#Allegro moderato#Andante assai#Allegro, ben marcato...
, Op. 63 (1935)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
- Cello:
- Cello Concerto in E minorCello Concerto (Prokofiev)Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 is a concerto written by Sergey Prokofiev between 1933 and 1938. Its duration is approximately 35 minutes. It consists of three movements:#Andante - Poco meno mosso - Adagio#Allegro giusto...
, Op. 58 (1933–38) - Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minorSymphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra. Prokofiev dedicated it to Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it on February 18, 1952 with Sviatoslav Richter conducting . After this first performance Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E...
, Op. 125 (1950–52) - Cello Concertino in G minorCello Concertino (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Cello Concertino Op. 132 was left incomplete at the composer's death in 1953. It was completed by Mstislav Rostropovich and Dmitri Kabalevsky.-History:...
, Op. 132 (1952) (one version completed by Kabalevsky, another by Vladimir BlokVladimir BlokVladimir Mikhailovich Blok was a Russian musicologist, composer and orchestrator of the works of Prokofiev, of Udmurt ethnicity.-Completions:* completion of the Prokofiev Andante for solo cello....
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- Cello Concerto in E minor
Vocal orchestral
- Two Poems for Female Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 7 (1909–10)
- The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18 (1914), for soprano and orchestra
- Seven, They are Seven, Op. 30 (1917-8, rev. 1933), cantata for tenor, chorus, and large orchestra
- Melodie, Op. 35bis (1920), for female voice and orchestra
- Vocal Suite from The Fiery Angel, Op. 37bis (1923-incomplete)
- Peter and the WolfPeter and the WolfPeter and the Wolf , Op. 67, is a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 in the USSR. It is a children's story , spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra....
, Op. 67 (1936), a children's story for narrator and orchestra - Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October RevolutionCantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution (Prokofiev)The Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution is a cantata by Sergei Prokofiev.-Introduction:Obscure as this cantata may be, it should never be dismissed as insignificant. Disturbing, it certainly is: its text alone, drawn from the writings of Marx, Lenin and Stalin, is, to say the...
, Op. 74 (1936-7), cantata for 2 choruses, orchestra, military band, accordion band, and percussion band - Songs of Our DaysSongs of Our Days (Prokofiev)Songs of Our Days, Op. 76 , is a rarely performed cantata for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1937, during the height of Stalin's regime...
, Op. 76 (1937), for chorus and orchestra - Alexander NevskyAlexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)Alexander Nevsky is the score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky, composed by Sergei Prokofiev. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra...
, Op. 78 (1939), cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra - ZdravitsaZdravitsa (Prokofiev)Zdravitsa , Op. 85, is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1939.-Background:Ever since Prokofiev returned to the Soviet Union, he was viewed as a suspect in the eyes of the Stalinist regime and was under scrutiny. Numerous Soviet artists had already been arrested or even executed for creating...
, Op. 85 (1939), cantata for chorus and orchestra - Ballad of an Unknown Boy, Op. 93 (1942-3), for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
- Flourish, Mighty LandFlourish, Mighty Land (Prokofiev)Flourish, Mighty Land, Op. 114, is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1947, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution, along with his Thirty Years.-Background:In contrast to the monumental Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, this cantata, in one...
, Op. 114 (1947), cantata for chorus and orchestra - Winter Bonfire, Op. 122 (1949–50), for boy's choir and small orchestra
- On Guard for Peace, Op. 124 (1950), cantata for chorus and orchestra
Choral
- Six Songs, Op. 66 (1935)
- Seven Songs and a March, Op. 89 (1941-2)
- National Anthem and All-Union Hymn, Op. 98 (1943 and 1946)
- Soldiers' Marching Song, Op. 121 (1950)
Songs
- Two Poems, Op. 9 (1910-1)
- The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18 (1914)
- Five Poems, Op. 23 (1915)
- Five Poems after Akhmatova, Op. 27 (1916)
- Five Songs Without Words, Op. 35 (1920)
- Five Poems after Bal'mont, Op. 36 (1921)
- Five Kazakh Songs (1927)
- Two Songs from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60bis (1934)
- Three Children's Songs, Op. 68 (1936)
- Three Romances after Pushkin, Op. 73 (1936)
- Three Songs from Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78bis (1939)
- Seven Songs, Op. 79 (1939)
- Twelve Russian Folksongs, Op. 104 (1944)
- Two Duets, Op. 106 (1945)
- Broad and Deep the River Flows
Chamber
- String Quartet No. 1 in B minorString Quartet No. 1 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev wrote his String Quartet No. 1 in B minor between 1930 and 1931 as a commission from the Library of Congress.-Analysis:...
, Op. 50 (1930) - String Quartet No. 2 in F (on Karbardinian Themes)String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev)-Background:Prokofiev, along with other Soviet artists, was evacuated from the major cities when the Nazis broke their non-aggression pact and invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. On August 8, 1941, Prokofiev traveled to Nalchik with other artists, among them his friend, musician Myaskovsky, actors,...
, Op. 92 (1941) - Humoresque scherzo, Op. 12bis, for four bassoons
- Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (for clarinet, string quartet and piano)
- Quintet in G minorQuintet (Prokofiev)-Background:In 1923, when Prokofiev was staying in Paris, a travelling troupe commissioned a ballet from him. However, the ensemble that provided music accompaniment to the troupe only contained five members. This provided Prokofiev an opportunity to write more chamber music. His most recent...
, Op. 39 (for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass) - Sonata for Two Violins in C, Op. 56
Instrumental
- Violin
- Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis (1925)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minorViolin Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op 80, written between 1938 and 1946 , is one of the darkest and most brooding of the composer's works.The work is about 30 minutes long and is in four movements:...
, Op. 80 (1946) - Violin Sonata No. 2 in DViolin Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94 bis, was based on the composer's own Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94, written in 1942 but arranged for violin in 1943 when Prokofiev was living in Perm in the Ural Mountains, a remote shelter for Soviet artists during the Secord World War...
, Op. 94a (1943; based on Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94) - Sonata for Solo Violin / Unison Violins in D, Op. 115
- Cello
- Ballade for Cello and Piano, Op. 15
- Adagio for Cello and Piano, Op. 97bis
- Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119
- Sonata for Solo Cello in C# minor, Op. 133
- Flute
- Flute Sonata in DFlute Sonata (Prokofiev)The Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94, was written in 1942-3 by Sergei Prokofiev. It was later transcribed for violin, by the composer with the help of violinist David Oistrakh, as Op. 94a. There are four movements:*I. Moderato*II. Scherzo: Presto*III. Andante...
, Op. 94 (1943)
- Flute Sonata in D
Piano sonatas
- Piano Sonata No. 1Piano Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev)The Piano Sonata Op. 1 in F minor is a sonata composed by Serge Prokofiev in 1908. It is a sonata of only one movement, divided in several sub-movements.-Analysis:#Allegro #Meno mosso #Piu mosso...
in F minor, Op. 1 (1907–09) - Piano Sonata No. 2Piano Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14, was composed in 1912 and premiered on February 5, 1914 in Moscow with the composer performing. Prokofiev dedicated the sonata to his friend and fellow student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Maximilian Schmidthof, who committed suicide...
in D minor, Op. 14 (1912) - Piano Sonata No. 3Piano Sonata No. 3 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28, was composed in 1917, using sketches dating from 1907. The piece was premiered later that year by the composer.-Historical background:...
in A minor, Op. 28 (1907–17) - Piano Sonata No. 4Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29, was composed in 1917. It was first performed by the composer on April 17, 1918, in Petrograd.The work was dedicated to Prokoviev's good friend Maximilian Schmidthof, whose suicide in 1913 shocked and saddened the composer.-Style:In his notes...
in C minor, Op. 29 (1917) - Piano Sonata No. 5Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev)The Piano Sonata no. 5 in C major is a composition for piano solo by Serge Prokofiev. It was composed during 1923 in Ettal, by the Bavarian Alps, and dedicated to Pierre Souvtchinski, musicologist friend of the composer. It was revised in 1952-53.-Movements:...
in C major (original version), Op. 38 (1923) - Piano Sonata No. 6Piano Sonata No. 6 (Prokofiev)Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82, by Sergei Prokofiev, is the first of his three War Sonatas. It was composed between 1939–1940 and premiered April 8, 1940 in Moscow.-Movements:The sonata consists of four movements:#Allegro moderato...
in A major, Op. 82 (1939–40) - Piano Sonata No. 7Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 , the second of his three so-called War Sonatas, was composed between 1939-1942 and premiered January 18, 1943 in Moscow by Sviatoslav Richter....
in B flat major Stalingrad, Op. 83 (1939–42) - Piano Sonata No. 8Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84, the third of his three War Sonatas, was composed between 1939-1944 and premiered 30 December 1944 in Moscow by Emil Gilels....
in B flat major, Op. 84 (1939–44) - Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 (1947)
- Piano Sonata No. 5Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev)The Piano Sonata no. 5 in C major is a composition for piano solo by Serge Prokofiev. It was composed during 1923 in Ettal, by the Bavarian Alps, and dedicated to Pierre Souvtchinski, musicologist friend of the composer. It was revised in 1952-53.-Movements:...
in C major (revised version), Op. 135 (1952-3) - Piano Sonata No. 10 in E minor, Op. 137 (unfinished) (1952)
- Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 138 (unrealized)
- Six juvenile piano sonatas (1904, 1907, 1907, 1907-8, 1908, 1908-9)
Other piano works
- Four Etudes, Op. 2 (1909)
- Four Pieces, Op. 3 (1911)
- Four Pieces, Op. 4 (1910–12)
- Toccata in D minorToccata (Prokofiev)The Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 is a piece for solo piano, written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916 in Petrograd. It is a further development of the toccata form, which has been used by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann...
, Op. 11 (1912) - Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 (1906–13)
- Sarcasms - Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 17 (1912–14)
- Visions fugitivesVisions FugitivesVisions fugitives are a series of short piano pieces written by Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev between 1915 and 1917. They were premiered by Prokofiev on April 15, 1918 in Petrograd, Soviet Union...
- Twenty Pieces for Piano, Op. 22 (1915–17) - Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 (1918)
- Four Pieces, Op. 32 (1918)
- Things in Themselves - Two Pieces for Piano, Op. 45 (1928)
- Two Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 54 (1931–32)
- Three Pieces, Op. 59
- Pensées - Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 62 (1933–34)
- Music for Children, Twelve Easy Pieces, Op. 65 (1935)
- Dumka (after 1933)
Transcriptions for piano
- March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33ter
- Divertissement, Op. 43bis
- Six Pieces, Op. 52, from a variety of sources (1930–31)
- Ten Pieces from Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
, Op. 75 - Gavotte from Hamlet, Op. 77bis
- Three Pieces from CinderellaCinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 95 - Three Pieces, Op. 96 (from War and Peace and Lermontov)
- Ten Pieces from CinderellaCinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 97 - Six Pieces from CinderellaCinderella (Prokofiev)Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he...
, Op. 102
Band music
- Four Marches, Op. 69 (1935-7)
- March in A-flat, Op. 89bis (1941)
- March in B-flat, Op. 99 (1943-4)
By opus number
Opus number | Work | Year |
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1 | Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev) The Piano Sonata Op. 1 in F minor is a sonata composed by Serge Prokofiev in 1908. It is a sonata of only one movement, divided in several sub-movements.-Analysis:#Allegro #Meno mosso #Piu mosso... |
1909 |
2 | Four Etudes for Piano | 1909 |
3 | Four Pieces for Piano | 1911 |
4 | Four Pieces for Piano | 1910-12 |
5 | Sinfonietta in A major Sinfonietta (Prokofiev) Sinfonietta in A major is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev.-Background:Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5, in 1909 and dedicated it to Nikolai Tcherepnin, his conducting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.... (original version) |
1909, rev. 1914-15 |
6 | Dreams, for orchestra | 1910 |
7 | Two Poems, for female choir and orchestra | 1909-10 |
8 | Autumnal, for orchestra | 1910, rev. 1915, 1934 |
9 | Two Poems, for voice and piano | 1910-11 |
10 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major Piano Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev set about composing his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 in 1911 and finished it in 1912. A one-movement concerto, it is the shortest of his five complete piano concertos, lasting only around a quarter of an hour.- Structure :... |
1911-12 |
11 | Toccata in D minor Toccata (Prokofiev) The Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 is a piece for solo piano, written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1912 and debuted by the composer on December 10, 1916 in Petrograd. It is a further development of the toccata form, which has been used by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Robert Schumann... , for piano |
1912 |
12 | Ten Pieces for Piano | 1906-13 |
12bis | Humoresque scherzo, for four bassoons | 1915 |
13 | Maddalena, opera | 1911-13 |
14 | Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Piano Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14, was composed in 1912 and premiered on February 5, 1914 in Moscow with the composer performing. Prokofiev dedicated the sonata to his friend and fellow student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Maximilian Schmidthof, who committed suicide... |
1912 |
15 | Ballade in C minor, for cello and piano | 1912 |
16 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 in 1912 and completed it in 1913. Performing as solo pianist, he premiered the work on August 23 the same year at Pavlovsk. Most of the audience reacted intensely... |
1912-13, rev. 1923 |
17 | Sarcasms, five pieces for piano | 1912-14 |
18 | The Ugly Duckling, for soprano and piano/orchestra | 1914 |
19 | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Violin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev began his Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, opus 19, as a concertino in 1915 but soon abandoned it to work on his opera The Gambler. He returned to the concerto in the summer of 1917. It premiered on October 18, 1923 at the Paris Opera with Marcel Darrieux playing the violin part... |
1916-17 |
- | Ala i Lolli, ballet (withdrawn) | 1914-15 |
20 | Scythian Suite Scythian Suite (Prokofiev) The Scythian Suite is an orchestral suite by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1915.-Background:Prokofiev originally wrote the music for the ballet Ala i Lolli, which is about the Scythians. The score was written to the words of Russian poet Sergey Gorodetsky... , orchestral suite from Ala i Lolli |
1914-15 |
21 | Chout, ballet in 6 scenes | 1915, rev. 1920 |
21bis | Suite from Chout, orchestral suite | 1920 |
22 | Visions fugitives Visions Fugitives Visions fugitives are a series of short piano pieces written by Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev between 1915 and 1917. They were premiered by Prokofiev on April 15, 1918 in Petrograd, Soviet Union... , twenty pieces for piano |
1915-17 |
23 | Five Poems, for voice and piano | 1915 |
24 | The Gambler The Gambler (Prokofiev) The Gambler is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.... (after Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.... ), opera in 4 acts |
1915-17, rev. 1927-28 |
25 | Symphony No. 1 in D major Symphony No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev began work on his Symphony No. 1 in D major in 1916, but wrote most of it in 1917, finishing work on September 10. It is written in loose imitation of the style of Haydn , and is widely known as the Classical Symphony, a name given to it by the composer... Classical |
1916-17 |
26 | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 is the best-known concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. It was completed in 1921 using sketches first started in 1913.-Composition and performances:... |
1917-21 |
27 | Five Poems after Akhmatova, for voice and piano | 1916 |
28 | Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Piano Sonata No. 3 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28, was composed in 1917, using sketches dating from 1907. The piece was premiered later that year by the composer.-Historical background:... |
1917 |
29 | Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29, was composed in 1917. It was first performed by the composer on April 17, 1918, in Petrograd.The work was dedicated to Prokoviev's good friend Maximilian Schmidthof, whose suicide in 1913 shocked and saddened the composer.-Style:In his notes... |
1917 |
29bis | Andante from Piano Sonata No. 4 Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29, was composed in 1917. It was first performed by the composer on April 17, 1918, in Petrograd.The work was dedicated to Prokoviev's good friend Maximilian Schmidthof, whose suicide in 1913 shocked and saddened the composer.-Style:In his notes... , for orchestra |
1934 |
30 | Seven, They are Seven, cantata | 1917-18, rev. 1933 |
31 | Tales of an Old Grandmother, four pieces for piano | 1918 |
32 | Four Pieces for Piano | 1918 |
33 | The Love for Three Oranges The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev) The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges , is a 1919 satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev... , opera in 4 acts |
1919 |
33bis | Suite from The Love for Three Oranges The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev) The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges , is a 1919 satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev... , orchestral suite |
1919, rev. 1924 |
33ter | March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges The Love for Three Oranges (Prokofiev) The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges , is a 1919 satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev... , for piano |
1922 |
34 | Overture on Hebrew Themes, for clarinet, string quartet, and piano | 1919 |
34bis | Overture on Hebrew Themes, for orchestra | 1934 |
35 | Five Songs without Words, for female voice and piano | 1920 |
35bis | Five Melodies, for violin and piano | 1925 |
36 | Five Poems after Bal'mont, for voice and piano | 1921 |
37 | The Fiery Angel, opera | 1919-23, rev. 1926-27 |
37bis | Vocal Suite from The Fiery Angel, orchestral suite with voice | 1923-incomplete |
38 | Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev) The Piano Sonata no. 5 in C major is a composition for piano solo by Serge Prokofiev. It was composed during 1923 in Ettal, by the Bavarian Alps, and dedicated to Pierre Souvtchinski, musicologist friend of the composer. It was revised in 1952-53.-Movements:... (original version) |
1923 |
- | Trapeze, ballet | 1924 |
39 | Quintet in G minor Quintet (Prokofiev) -Background:In 1923, when Prokofiev was staying in Paris, a travelling troupe commissioned a ballet from him. However, the ensemble that provided music accompaniment to the troupe only contained five members. This provided Prokofiev an opportunity to write more chamber music. His most recent... (based on Trapeze), for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass |
1924 |
40 | Symphony No. 2 in D minor Symphony No. 2 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor in Paris in 1924-5, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized this symphony as a work of "iron and steel".- Structure :... Iron and Steel |
1924-25 |
41 | Le pas d'acier Le Pas d'acier (Prokofiev) Le pas d'acier is a ballet in two scenes, and also suite of music based on the ballet score , by Sergei Prokofiev.-History:... (The Steel Step), ballet |
1925-26 |
41bis | Suite from Le pas d'acier Le Pas d'acier (Prokofiev) Le pas d'acier is a ballet in two scenes, and also suite of music based on the ballet score , by Sergei Prokofiev.-History:... , orchestral suite |
1926 |
42 | American Overture, for 17 instrumentalists | 1926 |
42bis | American Overture, for orchestra | 1928 |
43 | Divertissement, for orchestra | 1925-29 |
43bis | Divertissement, for piano | 1938 |
44 | Symphony No. 3 in C minor Symphony No. 3 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 3 in C minor in 1928.-Background:The music derives from Prokofiev's opera The Fiery Angel. This opera had been accepted for performance in the 1927-28 season at the Berlin State Opera by Bruno Walter, but this production never materialised; in fact, the... |
1928 |
45 | Things in Themselves (after Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher from Königsberg , researching, lecturing and writing on philosophy and anthropology at the end of the 18th Century Enlightenment.... ), two pieces for piano |
1928 |
46 | The Prodigal Son, ballet in 3 scenes | 1928-29 |
46bis | Suite from The Prodigal Son, orchestral suite | 1929 |
47 | Symphony No. 4 in C major Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev) Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112 is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947... (original version) |
1929-30 |
48 | Sinfonietta in A major Sinfonietta (Prokofiev) Sinfonietta in A major is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev.-Background:Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5, in 1909 and dedicated it to Nikolai Tcherepnin, his conducting professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.... (revised version) |
1929 |
49 | Four Portraits and Denouement from The Gambler The Gambler (Prokofiev) The Gambler is an opera in four acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.... , orchestral suite |
1931 |
50 | String Quartet No. 1 in B minor String Quartet No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his String Quartet No. 1 in B minor between 1930 and 1931 as a commission from the Library of Congress.-Analysis:... |
1930 |
50bis | Andante from String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his String Quartet No. 1 in B minor between 1930 and 1931 as a commission from the Library of Congress.-Analysis:... , for string orchestra |
?1930 |
51 | On the Dnieper On the Dnieper (Prokofiev) On the Dnieper, Op. 51, also known by its French language title Sur le Borysthène , is the fourth ballet written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1930.-Background:... , ballet in 2 scenes |
1930-31 |
51bis | Suite from On the Dnieper On the Dnieper (Prokofiev) On the Dnieper, Op. 51, also known by its French language title Sur le Borysthène , is the fourth ballet written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1930.-Background:... , orchestral suite |
1933 |
52 | Six Transcriptions for Piano | 1930-31 |
53 | Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major Piano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major for the left hand, Op. 53, was commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein and completed in 1931.... , for left hand |
1931 |
54 | Piano Sonatinas (No. 1 in E minor; No. 2 in G major) | 1931-32 |
55 | Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev) The last complete piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, dates from 1932.-Background:Prokofiev's last piano concerto dates from 1932, a year after he finished the fourth piano concerto, whose solo part is for left hand only... |
1931-32 |
56 | Sonata for Two Violins in C major | 1932 |
57 | Symphonic Song Symphonic Song (Prokofiev) -Analysis:Symphonic Song is a work demonstrating Prokofiev's transition from Parisian modernism to Soviet lyricism. Prokofiev had described of it as "a serious piece of work, and I took great care in choosing the thematic material... , for orchestra |
1933 |
58 | Cello Concerto in E minor Cello Concerto (Prokofiev) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 is a concerto written by Sergey Prokofiev between 1933 and 1938. Its duration is approximately 35 minutes. It consists of three movements:#Andante - Poco meno mosso - Adagio#Allegro giusto... |
1933-38 |
59 | Three Pieces for Piano | 1933-34 |
- | Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:... , film score |
1933 |
60 | Suite from Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:... , orchestral suite |
1934 |
60bis | Two Songs from Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:... , for voice and piano |
1934 |
- | Egyptian Nights, incidental music | 1934 |
61 | Suite from Egyptian Nights, orchestral suite | 1934 |
62 | Pensées (Thoughts), three pieces for piano | 1933-34 |
63 | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev) The Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, written in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, is a work in three movements:#Allegro moderato#Andante assai#Allegro, ben marcato... |
1935 |
64 | Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... , ballet in 4 acts |
1935-36 |
64bis | Suite from Romeo and Juliet No. 1 Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... |
1936 |
64ter | Suite from Romeo and Juliet No. 2 Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... |
1936 |
65 | Music for Children, twelve easy pieces for piano | 1935 |
65bis | Summer Day, orchestral suite based on seven pieces from Music for Children | 1941 |
66 | Six Songs, for choir and piano | 1935 |
67 | Peter and the Wolf, for narrator and orchestra | 1936 |
68 | Three Children's Songs, for voice and piano | 1936 |
69 | Four Marches, for band | 1935-37 |
70 | The Queen of Spades, film score | 1936 |
70bis | Boris Godunov, incidental music | 1936 |
71 | Eugene Onegin, incidental music | 1936 |
72 | Russian Overture, for orchestra | 1936, rev. 1937 |
73 | Three Romances after Pushkin, for voice and piano | 1936 |
74 | Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution | 1936-37 |
75 | Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... , for piano |
1937 |
76 | Songs of Our Days Songs of Our Days (Prokofiev) Songs of Our Days, Op. 76 , is a rarely performed cantata for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, chorus and orchestra composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1937, during the height of Stalin's regime... , for choir and piano/orchestra |
1937 |
77 | Hamlet, incidental music | 1937-38 |
77bis | Gavotte from Hamlet, for piano | 1938 |
- | Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev) Alexander Nevsky is the score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky, composed by Sergei Prokofiev. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra... , film score (director: Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"... ) |
1938 |
78 | Alexander Nevsky Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev) Alexander Nevsky is the score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky, composed by Sergei Prokofiev. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra... , cantata |
1939 |
79 | Seven Songs, for choir and piano | 1939 |
80 | Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Violin Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op 80, written between 1938 and 1946 , is one of the darkest and most brooding of the composer's works.The work is about 30 minutes long and is in four movements:... |
1938-46 |
81 | Semyon Kotko Semyon Kotko (Prokofiev) Semyon Kotko , Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev's 1937 novel I Am the Son of Working People .-Composition history:... , opera |
1939 |
81bis | Suite from Semyon Kotko Semyon Kotko (Prokofiev) Semyon Kotko , Op. 81, is an opera in five acts by Sergei Prokofiev to a libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Valentin Katayev based on Katayev's 1937 novel I Am the Son of Working People .-Composition history:... , orchestral suite |
1941 |
82 | Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major Piano Sonata No. 6 (Prokofiev) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82, by Sergei Prokofiev, is the first of his three War Sonatas. It was composed between 1939–1940 and premiered April 8, 1940 in Moscow.-Movements:The sonata consists of four movements:#Allegro moderato... |
1939-40 |
83 | Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 , the second of his three so-called War Sonatas, was composed between 1939-1942 and premiered January 18, 1943 in Moscow by Sviatoslav Richter.... Stalingrad |
1939-42 |
84 | Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84, the third of his three War Sonatas, was composed between 1939-1944 and premiered 30 December 1944 in Moscow by Emil Gilels.... |
1939-44 |
85 | Zdravitsa Zdravitsa (Prokofiev) Zdravitsa , Op. 85, is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1939.-Background:Ever since Prokofiev returned to the Soviet Union, he was viewed as a suspect in the eyes of the Stalinist regime and was under scrutiny. Numerous Soviet artists had already been arrested or even executed for creating... (Hail to Stalin), cantata |
1939 |
86 | Betrothal in a Monastery Betrothal in a Monastery (Prokofiev) Betrothal in a Monastery is an opera by Sergei Prokofiev, his sixth with an opus number. The libretto, in Russian, was by the composer and Mira Mendelson , after Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ballad opera libretto for Thomas Linley the younger's The Duenna.Prokofiev began the work in 1940, and it was... , opera in 4 acts |
1940-41 |
87 | Cinderella Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... , ballet in 3 acts |
1940-44 |
88 | Symphonic March, for orchestra | 1941 |
89 | Seven Songs and a March, for choir and piano | 1941-42 |
89bis | March in A-flat major, for band | ?1941 |
90 | The Year 1941 The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) -Background:Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite .-Movements:The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes.#In the Struggle#In the... , orchestral suite |
1941 |
91 | War and Peace War and Peace (Prokofiev) War and Peace is an opera in two parts , sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy... (after Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist... ), opera in 13 scenes |
1941-43, rev. 1946-52 |
92 | String Quartet No. 2 in F major String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev) -Background:Prokofiev, along with other Soviet artists, was evacuated from the major cities when the Nazis broke their non-aggression pact and invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. On August 8, 1941, Prokofiev traveled to Nalchik with other artists, among them his friend, musician Myaskovsky, actors,... |
1941 |
93 | Ballad of an Unknown Boy, for soprano, tenor, choir, and orchestra | 1942-43 |
94 | Flute Sonata in D major Flute Sonata (Prokofiev) The Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94, was written in 1942-3 by Sergei Prokofiev. It was later transcribed for violin, by the composer with the help of violinist David Oistrakh, as Op. 94a. There are four movements:*I. Moderato*II. Scherzo: Presto*III. Andante... |
1943 |
94bis | Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major Violin Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94 bis, was based on the composer's own Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94, written in 1942 but arranged for violin in 1943 when Prokofiev was living in Perm in the Ural Mountains, a remote shelter for Soviet artists during the Secord World War... (based on Flute Sonata) |
1944 |
95 | Three Pieces from Cinderella Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... , for piano |
1942 |
96 | Three Transcriptions for Piano (from War and Peace War and Peace (Prokofiev) War and Peace is an opera in two parts , sometimes arranged as five acts, by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson, based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy... and Lermontov) |
1941-42 |
97 | Ten Pieces from Cinderella Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... , for piano |
1943 |
98 | National Anthem and All-Union Hymn | 1943 and 1946 |
99 | March in B-flat major, for band | 1943-44 |
100 | Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major in Soviet Russia in one month in the summer of 1944.-Background:Fourteen years had passed since Prokofiev's last symphony.... |
1944 |
101 | Suite from Romeo and Juliet No. 3 Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets... |
1946 |
102 | Six Pieces from Cinderella Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... , for piano |
1944 |
103 | Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major | 1947 |
104 | Twelve Russian Folk Songs, for voice and piano | 1944 |
105 | Ode to the End of the War, for winds, percussion, 8 harps, 4 pianos, and double basses | 1945 |
106 | Two Duets, for tenor, bass, and piano | 1945 |
107 | Suite from Cinderella No. 1 Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... |
1946 |
108 | Suite from Cinderella No. 2 Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... |
1946 |
109 | Suite from Cinderella No. 3 Cinderella (Prokofiev) Cinderella is a ballet, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he... |
1946 |
110 | Waltz Suite Waltz Suite (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev composed his Waltz Suite in 1946-7. The waltzes are extracted from 3 of his works: the opera War and Peace, the ballet Cinderella, and music to the film Lermontov.-Movements:The suite is composed of 6 waltzes:... , six waltzes for orchestra |
1946 |
111 | Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor in 1947.-Background:The symphony, written as an elegy of the tragedies of World War II, has often been regarded as the darker twin to the victorious Symphony No... |
1945-47 |
112 | Symphony No. 4 in C major Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev) Symphony No. 4, Op. 47/112 is actually two works by Sergei Prokofiev. The first, Op. 47, was written in 1929 and premiered in 1930. The second, Op. 112, is a large-scale revision from 1947... (revised version) |
1947 |
113 | Thirty Years, festive poem for orchestra | 1947 |
114 | Flourish, Mighty Land Flourish, Mighty Land (Prokofiev) Flourish, Mighty Land, Op. 114, is a cantata written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1947, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution, along with his Thirty Years.-Background:In contrast to the monumental Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, this cantata, in one... , cantata |
1947 |
115 | Sonata for Unison Violins (or Solo Violin) in D major | 1947 |
116 | Ivan the Terrible Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev) Ivan the Terrible is music by Sergei Prokofiev originally composed for the Sergei Eisenstein film about the sixteenth-century ruler. Prokofiev composed music to Part 1 in 1942-44, and to Part 2 in 1945; the score is cataloged as Op. 116... , film score (director: Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein , né Eizenshtein, was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage"... ) |
1942-45 |
117 | The Story of a Real Man, opera in 4 acts | 1947-48 |
118 | The Tale of the Stone Flower The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The... , ballet in 4 acts |
1948-53 |
119 | Cello Sonata in C major | 1949 |
120 | Pushkin Waltzes Pushkin Waltzes (Prokofiev) -Background:The waltzes were written to a commission from the Moscow Radio Committee, for 1949 was the 150th anniversary of Pushkin's birth.-Movements:The two waltzes are titled:#Allegro espressivo... , two waltzes for orchestra |
1949 |
121 | Soldiers' Marching Song | 1950 |
122 | Winter Bonfire, children's suite for boys' choir and orchestra | 1949-50 |
123 | Summer Night Betrothal in a Monastery (Prokofiev) Betrothal in a Monastery is an opera by Sergei Prokofiev, his sixth with an opus number. The libretto, in Russian, was by the composer and Mira Mendelson , after Richard Brinsley Sheridan's ballad opera libretto for Thomas Linley the younger's The Duenna.Prokofiev began the work in 1940, and it was... , orchestral suite from Betrothal in a Monastery |
1950 |
124 | On Guard for Peace, oratorio | 1950 |
125 | Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra. Prokofiev dedicated it to Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it on February 18, 1952 with Sviatoslav Richter conducting . After this first performance Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E... |
1950-51, rev. 1952 |
126 | Wedding Suite The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The... , orchestral suite from The Tale of the Stone Flower |
1951 |
127 | Gypsy Fantasy The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The... , orchestral suite from The Tale of the Stone Flower |
1951 |
128 | Ural Rhapsody The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The... , orchestral suite from The Tale of the Stone Flower |
1951 |
129 | The Mistress of the Copper Mountain The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) The Tale of the Stone Flower is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale of the same name by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.-Numbers:Prologue:The... , orchestral suite from The Tale of the Stone Flower |
unrealized |
130 | The Meeting of the Volga and the Don, festive poem for orchestra | 1951 |
131 | Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op.131, was completed in 1952, the year before his death. It is his last symphony.-Background:... |
1951-52 |
132 | Cello Concertino in G minor Cello Concertino (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev's Cello Concertino Op. 132 was left incomplete at the composer's death in 1953. It was completed by Mstislav Rostropovich and Dmitri Kabalevsky.-History:... |
1952-incomplete |
133 (or 134) | Sonata for Solo Cello in C-sharp minor | ?1952-incomplete |
134 (or 133) | Piano Concerto No. 6 Piano Concerto No. 6 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev did not manage to compose more than a few bars of his Piano Concerto No. 6 before his death in 1953 so it is impossible to reconstruct the underlying musical ideas and complete it.... , for two pianos and string orchestra |
1952-incomplete |
135 | Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev) The Piano Sonata no. 5 in C major is a composition for piano solo by Serge Prokofiev. It was composed during 1923 in Ettal, by the Bavarian Alps, and dedicated to Pierre Souvtchinski, musicologist friend of the composer. It was revised in 1952-53.-Movements:... (revised version) |
1952-53 |
136 | Symphony No. 2 in D minor Symphony No. 2 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor in Paris in 1924-5, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized this symphony as a work of "iron and steel".- Structure :... Iron and Steel (revised version) |
unrealized |
137 | Piano Sonata No. 10 in E minor | ?1953-incomplete |
138 | Piano Sonata No. 11 | unrealized |