Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet , the 1812 Overture , and the ballets Swan Lake , The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker . These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the Manfred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini , the Capriccio Italien , and the Serenade for Strings.
Works with opus numbers are listed in this section, together with their dates of composition. For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here. [1] For more detail on dates of composition, see here. [2]
Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously.
A considerable quantity of choral music (about 25 items), including:
Composer | Work and forces | Arranged for | Date |
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Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest", first movement | Orchestra (4 versions) | 1863 |
Beethoven | Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer", first movement | Orchestra | 1863–64 |
Bortniansky | Complete Church Music, choir | Choir, edited | July – November 1881 |
Cimarosa | "Le faccio un inchino", trio from Il matrimonio segreto (available for 3 voices and piano) | 3 voices and orchestra | 1870 |
Dargomyzhsky | Little Russian Kazachok, orchestra | Piano | 1868 |
Dargomyzhsky | "The golden cloud has slept", 3 voices and piano | 3 voices and orchestra | 1870 |
Dubuque | Maria Dagmar Polka, piano | Orchestra | 1869 |
Glinka | "Slavsya" from A Life for the Tsar , arr, couplets | Mixed chorus and orchestra | February 1883 |
Joseph Gungl | Le Retour, waltz, piano | Orchestra | 1863–64 |
Haydn | "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser", 4 voices | Orchestra | by 24 February 1874 |
Kral | "Ceremonial March", piano | Orchestra | May 1867 |
Herman Laroche | Karmosina, Fantasy Overture, piano | Orchestra | August – September 1888 |
Liszt | "Es war ein Konig in Thule", voice and piano | Voice and orchestra | 3 November 1874 |
Alexei Lvov | "God Save the Tsar!" (the then national anthem), chorus and piano | Mixed chorus and orchestra | February 1883 |
Sophie Menter | Ungarische Zigeunerweisen , piano (short score) | Piano and orchestra | 1892 |
Mozart | 4 works | arr. orchestra as Mozartiana (Suite No. 4) | June – August 1887 |
Mozart | Fantasia in C minor, K. 475, piano | Vocal quartet (Night) | 15 March 1893 |
Anton Rubinstein | Ivan the Terrible, Op. 79, orchestra | Piano duet | 18 October – 11 November 1869 |
Anton Rubinstein | Don Quixote, Op. 87, orchestra | Piano duet | 1870 |
Schumann | Symphonic Studies , Op. 13 (piano), Adagio and Allegro brillante | Orchestra | 1864 |
Schumann | "Ballade vom Haidenknaben", Op. 122, No. 1, declamation and piano | Declamation and orchestra | 11 March 1874 |
Stradella [a 4] | "O del mio dolce", song with piano | Voice and orchestra | 10 November 1870 |
Tarnovsky | Song "I remember all", arr. Dubuque for piano | Piano duet | 1868 |
Weber | Piano Sonata in A♭, J. 199, Scherzo Menuetto | Orchestra | 1863 |
Weber | Piano sonata in C, J. 138 – Perpetuum mobile | Piano left hand | 1871 |
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