The list is categorized by Genre, with Piano works organized by style of piece. The list can be sorted by Opus number and WoO number (mostly early works published posthumously) and Anh number (mostly fragmentary works), by clicking on the "Opus" header of the table. Sorted in this Opus/WoO/Anh order, duplicate entries (those listed initially under more than one genre) are moved to the bottom of the list with the unused genre headers.
The majority of Scriabin's works have opus numbers. His work can be divided into three (somewhat arbitrary) periods, based on increasing atonality: early, 1883–1902 (Opp. 1–29); middle, 1903–1909 (Opp. 30–58); and late, 1910–1915 (Opp. 59–74). The development of Scriabin's style can be traced in his ten published sonatas for piano. The first four are in the Romantic style. Initially the music is reminiscent of Chopin, but Scriabin's unique voice, present from the beginning, becomes fully present even in these early pieces. With the fourth and fifth sonatas, Scriabin explored more complex, chromatic harmonies. Each of the following sonatas are often highly dissonant and have a new form of tonality that some describe as atonal and others describe as simply different from conventional tonality. Vers la flamme was intended to be the eleventh sonata, but he was forced to publish it early due to financial concerns. Most of Scriabin's sonatas consist of only a single movement; the first and third are the only ones with multiple movements typical of the sonata form.
List of compositions
Opus
Title
Scoring
Date
Notes
Orchestral works
Rondo
orchestra
1883–87
no details available
A18
Scherzo in F major
string orchestra
1888 (1889?)
fragment;
reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 2nd mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 20
completed by Alexander Gauk 1949 as "Symphonic Poem in D minor", recorded by Boris Demchenko (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993;
also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev as Poème (en forme d'une sonate) published 1926 as No. 2 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of Fantaisie, WoO 18;
many catalogues and publications date this 1889, but the unpublished manuscript is dated Dec 1892 – Jan 1893;
intended for piano & orchestra, the 2nd piano part is clearly an orchestral reduction, while the 1st piano is clearly the soloist; however, it is not clear if this is the original working version to be later orchestrated, or a reduction from a now-lost orchestral score; if the latter, the lost orchestral score might be the version composed in 1889;
2nd piano part orchestrated by G. Zinger, recorded by Igor Zhukov (p) Mikhail Yurovsky (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993;
2nd piano part orchestrated by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, recorded 1998 Rozhdestvensky (cond) Viktoria Postnikova (p), released Chandos 1999;
rearranged by Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson that redistributes the 2 piano parts more equally between them, published 1940, various recordings;
also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev published 1926 as No. 1 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 24
#4 was originally an unfinished Ballade, Anh. 14, written in 1887. Its themes were reworked in 1888 and retitled Prélude, intended in a group of Morceaux. After #6 and the Prélude of Op. 2 were written in 1889, only the Op. 2 was grouped into a Morceaux collection, and #4 and #6 were put aside. After writing another Prélude #10 in 1893–94, Scriabin decided in 1895 to write a set of 24 in all the major and minor keys, and included the 3 previously-written in the new set. The remaining 21 were written 1895–96.
13
6 Préludes
C major
A minor
G major
E minor
D major
B minor
piano
1895
15
5 Préludes
A major
F-sharp minor
E major
E major
C-sharp minor
piano
1896
16
5 Préludes
B major
G-sharp minor
G-flat major
E-flat minor
F-sharp major
piano
1895
17
7 Préludes
D minor
E-flat major
D-flat major
B-flat minor
F minor
B-flat major
G minor
piano
1896
22
4 Préludes
G-sharp minor
C-sharp minor
B major
B minor
piano
1897
27
2 Préludes
G minor (Patetico)
B major (Andante)
piano
1901
31
4 Préludes
D-flat major/C major
F-sharp minor
E-flat minor
C major
piano
1903
33
4 Préludes
E major
F-sharp major
C major
A-flat major
piano
1903
35
3 Préludes
D-flat major
B-flat major
C major
piano
1903
37
4 Préludes
B-flat minor
F-sharp major
B major
G minor
piano
1903
39
4 Préludes
F-sharp major
D major
G major
A-flat major
piano
1903
45#3
Prélude in E-flat major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45
completed from sketches by Alexander Nemtin c.1971 as an Oratorio for soprano, baritone, and orchestra, premiered c.1971, recorded c.1971 privately by Nemtin unreleased
W23
"Variations on a Russian Theme" (theme & 11 variations) in G major
string quartet
1899 (1898?)
collaborative composition by Artsybushev, Scriabin, Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Lyadov, Vītols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, and Sokolov; Scriabin wrote Variation No. 2;
unfinished, fragments of "Prefatory Act" in manuscript;
"Prefatory Action" completed from sketches by Alexander Nemtin as "Preparation for the Final Mystery" in 3 parts: Part 1 "Universe" 1970–72 Part 2 "Mankind" 1976–80 Part 3 "Transfiguration" 1996; Part 1 recorded 1973 Kiril Kondrashin (cond), released LP 1973, All 3 parts premiered/recorded 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond), released CD 2000
suite of 14 late Scriabin piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Nemtin 1975, premiered/recorded 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond), released CD 2000
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References
Sources
Bowers, Faubion (1969,1996). Scriabin, a Biography. (2nd, revised ed.) New York: Dover Publications. ISBN978-0-486-28897-0. (Includes a catalogue of compositions.)
Mitchell, Edward (1927). Scriabin. "The great Russian tone poet". A complete catalogue of his piano compositions with thematic illustrations. Introduction and notes. 36pp. London: Hawkes & Son, Ltd. (Lists piano compositions with opus numbers.)
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