List of compositions by Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin

This is a list of compositions by Alexander Scriabin.

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

20 Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor piano & orchestra 1896
W24 Symphonic Allegro in D minor orchestra 1896(–97?) unfinished;

possibly intended as a movement of a symphony;

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;

also arranged for piano solo by Nikolai Zhilyayev published 1928

24 Rêverie orchestra 1898 also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 1899
A20 Andante in A major string orchestra 1899 fragment;

reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 1st mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 18

26 Symphony No. 1 in E major orchestra, with chorus and soloists 1900 also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 1900
29 Symphony No. 2 in C minor orchestra 1902 also arranged for piano four-hands by Vasily Kalafati at the request of Scriabin, published 1903
43 Le divin poème (The Divine Poem), Symphony No. 3 in C minor orchestra 1903 also arranged for piano four-hands by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 1905
54 Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), (Symphony No. 4) orchestra 1907 also arranged for 2 pianos by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 1908
60 Prométhée, Le Poème du feu (Prometheus, The Poem of Fire), (Symphony No. 5) orchestra, with piano, organ, clavier à lumières, and chorus 1910 also arranged for 2 pianos by Leonid Sabaneyev at the request of Scriabin, published 1913

Piano works

Album Leaves

W17 Feuillet d'Album de Monighetti (Album Leaf for O. I. Monighetti) in A-flat major (Monighetti's Album Leaf) piano 1889 published 1947
45#1 Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf) in E-flat major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 piano 1904
W25 Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf) in F-sharp major piano 1905 published 1905
58 Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf) piano 1910

Dances

51#4 Danse languide (Languid Dance), No. 4 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 piano 1906
57#2 Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 piano 1908
73 2 Danses
  1. Guirlandes (Garlands)
  2. Flammes sombres (Dark flames)
 piano 1914

Etudes

A8 Étude in D-flat major piano 1887 fragment only
A9 Étude in F-sharp major piano 1887? fragment only
2#1 Étude in C-sharp minor, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 piano 1887
W22 Étude in D-sharp minor piano 1894 intended as No. 12 of 12 Études, Op. 8, but discarded;

published 1947

8 12 Études
  1. C-sharp major
  2. F-sharp minor
  3. B minor
  4. B major
  5. E major
  6. A major
  7. B-flat minor
  8. A-flat major
  9. G-sharp minor
  10. D-flat major
  11. B-flat minor
  12. D-sharp minor
 piano 1894
42 8 Études
  1. D-flat major
  2. F-sharp minor
  3. F-sharp major
  4. F-sharp major
  5. C-sharp minor
  6. D-flat major
  7. F minor
  8. E-flat major
 piano 1903
49#1 Étude in E-flat major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 piano 1905
56#4 Étude, No. 4 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 piano 1908
65 3 Études
  1. (Allegro fantastico)
  2. (Allegretto)
  3. (Molto vivace)
 piano 1911–12

Fantasies

W6 Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G-sharp minor piano 1886 published 1940
W18 Fantaisie in A minor 2 pianos 1892–93 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

19 Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G-sharp minor piano 1897
28 Fantaisie in B minor piano 1900

Fugues

W12 Fugue in F minor piano 1888
– Fugue in F minor 2 pianos 1888? arrangement of WoO 12
W13 Fugue in F minor piano 1888
– Fugue in F minor 2 pianos 1888? arrangement of WoO 13
W20 Fugue à 5 voix (Fugue in 5 parts) in E minor (Fuga a 5) piano 1892 published 1916

Impromptus

A13 Valse-impromptu in E-flat major piano 1887 fragment only
2#3 Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 piano 1889
7 2 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)
  1. G-sharp minor
  2. F-sharp major
 piano 1892
10 2 Impromptus
  1. F-sharp minor
  2. A major
 piano 1894
12 2 Impromptus
  1. F-sharp major
  2. B-flat minor
 piano 1895
14 2 Impromptus
  1. B major
  2. F-sharp minor
 piano 1895

Mazurkas

W14 Mazurka in B minor piano 1884
W11
W15
W16 		3 Mazurkas
  1. C major
  2. B minor
  3. F major
 piano 1886
1889
1889 		published 1893
2#3 Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 piano 1889
3 10 Mazurkas
  1. B minor
  2. F-sharp minor
  3. G minor
  4. E major
  5. D-sharp minor
  6. C-sharp minor
  7. E minor
  8. B-flat minor
  9. G-sharp minor
  10. E-flat minor
 piano 1889
7 2 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)
  1. G-sharp minor
  2. F-sharp major
 piano 1892
25 9 Mazurkas
  1. F minor
  2. C major
  3. E minor
  4. E major
  5. C-sharp minor
  6. F-sharp major
  7. F-sharp minor
  8. B major
  9. E-flat minor
 piano 1899
40 2 Mazurkas
  1. D-flat major
  2. F-sharp major
 piano 1903

Morceaux

2 3 Morceaux
  1. Étude in C-sharp minor
  2. Prélude in B major
  3. Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major
 piano 1887
1889
1889
9 Prélude et Nocturne
  1. Prélude in C-sharp minor
  2. Nocturne in D-flat major
 piano left-hand 1894
45 3 Morceaux
  1. Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf) in E-flat major
  2. Poème fantasque (Whimsical Poem) in C major
  3. Prélude in E-flat major
 piano 1904
49 3 Morceaux
  1. Étude in E-flat major
  2. Prélude in F major
  3. Rêverie in C major
 piano 1905
51 4 Morceaux
  1. Fragilité (Fragility)
  2. Prélude in A minor
  3. Poème ailé (Winged Poem)
  4. Danse languide (Languid Dance)
 piano 1906
52 3 Morceaux
  1. Poème in C major
  2. Enigme (Enigma)
  3. Poème languide (Languid Poem) in B major
 piano 1907
56 4 Pièces
  1. Prélude in E-flat major
  2. Ironies in C major
  3. Nuances
  4. Étude
 piano 1908
57 2 Morceaux
  1. Désir (Desire)
  2. Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress)
 piano 1908
59 2 Pièces
  1. Poème
  2. Prélude
 piano 1910

Nocturnes

W3 Nocturne in A-flat major piano 1884–86(–85?) published 1910
5 2 Nocturnes
  1. F-sharp minor
  2. A major
 piano 1890
9#2 Nocturne in D-flat major, No. 2 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9 piano left-hand 1894
61 Poème-Nocturne piano 1912

Poems

32 2 Poèmes
  1. F-sharp major
  2. D major
 piano 1903
34 Poème tragique (Tragic Poem) in B-flat major piano 1903
36 Poème satanique (Satanic Poem) in C major piano 1903
41 Poème in D-flat major piano 1903
44 2 Poèmes
  1. C major (Lento)
  2. C major (Moderato)
 piano 1904
45#2 Poème fantasque (Whimsical Poem) in C major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 piano 1904
51#3 Poème ailé (Winged Poem), No. 3 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 piano 1906
52#1 Poème in C major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 piano 1907
52#3 Poème languide (Languid Poem) in B major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 piano 1907
59#1 Poème, No. 1 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59 piano 1910
61 Poème-Nocturne piano 1912
63 2 Poèmes
  1. Masque (Mask)
  2. Étrangeté (Strangeness)
 piano 1912
69 2 Poèmes
  1. (Allegretto)
  2. (Allegretto)
 piano 1913
71 2 Poèmes
  1. Fantastique (Fantastic)
  2. En rêvant (Dreaming)
 piano 1914
72 Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poème piano 1914

Preludes

Prélude in D minor piano 1883 no details available
2#2 Prélude in B major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2 piano 1889
9#1 Prélude in C-sharp minor, No. 1 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9 piano left-hand 1894
11 24 Préludes
  1. C major
  2. A minor
  3. G major
  4. E minor
  5. D major
  6. B minor
  7. A major
  8. F-sharp minor
  9. E major
  10. C-sharp minor
  11. B major
  12. G-sharp minor
  13. G-flat major
  14. E-flat minor
  15. D-flat major
  16. B-flat minor
  17. A-flat major
  18. F minor
  19. E-flat major
  20. C minor
  21. B-flat major
  22. G minor
  23. F major
  24. D minor
 piano 1888–96 #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
  1. C major
  2. A minor
  3. G major
  4. E minor
  5. D major
  6. B minor
 piano 1895
15 5 Préludes
  1. A major
  2. F-sharp minor
  3. E major
  4. E major
  5. C-sharp minor
 piano 1896
16 5 Préludes
  1. B major
  2. G-sharp minor
  3. G-flat major
  4. E-flat minor
  5. F-sharp major
 piano 1895
17 7 Préludes
  1. D minor
  2. E-flat major
  3. D-flat major
  4. B-flat minor
  5. F minor
  6. B-flat major
  7. G minor
 piano 1896
22 4 Préludes
  1. G-sharp minor
  2. C-sharp minor
  3. B major
  4. B minor
 piano 1897
27 2 Préludes
  1. G minor (Patetico)
  2. B major (Andante)
 piano 1901
31 4 Préludes
  1. D-flat major/C major
  2. F-sharp minor
  3. E-flat minor
  4. C major
 piano 1903
33 4 Préludes
  1. E major
  2. F-sharp major
  3. C major
  4. A-flat major
 piano 1903
35 3 Préludes
  1. D-flat major
  2. B-flat major
  3. C major
 piano 1903
37 4 Préludes
  1. B-flat minor
  2. F-sharp major
  3. B major
  4. G minor
 piano 1903
39 4 Préludes
  1. F-sharp major
  2. D major
  3. G major
  4. A-flat major
 piano 1903
45#3 Prélude in E-flat major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 piano 1904
48 4 Préludes
  1. F-sharp major
  2. C major
  3. D-flat major
  4. C major
 piano 1905
49#2 Prélude in F major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 piano 1905
51#2 Prélude in A minor, No. 2 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 piano 1906
56#1 Prélude in E-flat major, No. 1 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 piano 1908
59#2 Prélude, No. 2 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59 piano 1910
67 2 Préludes
  1. (Andante)
  2. (Presto)
 piano 1913
74 5 Préludes
  1. (Douloureux, déchirant)
  2. (Très lent, contemplatif)
  3. (Allegro drammatico)
  4. (Lent, vague, indécis)
  5. (Fier, belliqueux)
 piano 1914

Scherzos

W4 Scherzo in E-flat major piano 1886
W5 Scherzo in A-flat major piano 1886
46 Scherzo piano 1905

Sonatas

W6 Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G-sharp minor piano 1886 dedicated to Natalya Sekerina;

published 1940

A11 Sonata in C-sharp minor piano 1887 fragment only
W19 Sonate in E-flat minor
  1. Allegro appassionato
  2. Andantino
  3. Presto
 piano 1887–89 published 1986 with 2nd mvt completed by someone else;
  1. revised as Op. 4
  2. unfinished
  3. first published separately in 1947 as "Presto"
6 Sonate No. 1 in F minor piano 1892
19 Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G-sharp minor piano 1897
23 Sonate No. 3 in F-sharp minor, (États d'âme (Moods)) piano 1898
30 Sonate No. 4 in F-sharp major piano 1903
53 Sonate No. 5 piano 1907
62 Sonate No. 6 piano 1911–12
64 Sonate No. 7, (Messe blanche (White Mass)) piano 1912
66 Sonate No. 8 piano 1912–13
68 Sonate No. 9, (Messe noire (Black Mass)) piano 1913
70 Sonate No. 10, (Insect Sonata) piano 1913

Waltzes

W8 Valse in D-flat major piano 1886 published 1929
W7 Valse in G-sharp minor piano 1886
1 Valse in F minor piano 1886
A13 Valse-impromptu in E-flat major piano 1887 fragment only
38 Valse in A-flat major piano 1903
47 Quasi-valse in F major piano 1905

Miscellaneous

W1 Canon in D minor piano 1883(–84?) published 1927
Rhapsodie hongroise (Hungarian Rhapsody) piano 1883–87 no details available
W9 Variations sur un thème de M'lle Egorov (Variations on a Theme by Mademoiselle Yegorova) in F minor (Egoroff Variations) piano 1887 published 1947
A14 Ballade in B-flat minor piano 1887(–88?) fragment only;

some themes used later in Prélude, Op. 11 No. 4

A16 Piano Piece in B-flat minor piano 1887 discovered to be complete
4 Allegro Appassionato in E-flat minor piano 1892 revised version of 1st mvt. of Sonate in E-flat minor, WoO 19
18 Allegro de concert (Concert Allegro) in B-flat minor piano 1896
– Allegro in D minor 2 pianos 1897? reduction of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 24;

published 1997

21 Polonaise in B-flat minor piano 1897
– Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor 2 pianos 1896–98? reduction of the orchestral part of Op. 20 for a 2nd piano
49#3 Rêverie in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49 piano 1905
51#1 Fragilité (Fragility), No. 1 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51 piano 1906
52#2 Enigme (Enigma), No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52 piano 1907
56#2 Ironies in C major, No. 2 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 piano 1908
56#3 Nuances, No. 3 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56 piano 1908
57#1 Désir (Desire), No. 1 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 piano 1908
57#2 Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 piano 1908
63#1 Masque (Mask), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63 piano 1912
63#2 Étrangeté (Strangeness), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63 piano 1912
'71#1 Fantastique (Fantastic), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71 piano 1914
'71#2 En rêvant (Dreaming), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71 piano 1914
72 Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poème piano 1914
73#1 Guirlandes (Garlands), No. 1 from 2 Danses, Op. 73 piano 1914
73#2 Flammes sombres (Dark Flames), No. 2 from 2 Danses, Op. 73 piano 1914

Other works

W10 Duett in D minor 2 voices & piano 1886
Fantasie in A minor instrumentation unknown 1887–88 same as WoO 18?
W21 Romance in A minor horn (or cello) & piano 1890 (1893–97?) published 1927
W2 Romance in F-sharp major voice & piano 1894 (1892–93?) dedicated to Natalya Sekerina;

published 1924

A? Keistut and Biruta opera c.1898 unfinished;

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;

published 1899

50 (opus number reserved or unused) 1905–06
55 (opus number reserved or unused) 1907–08
A? Mysterium stage 1903–15 multimedia interactive stage work;

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

– Nuances
  • Op. 52#3, 59#1, 58, 51, 57#1, 57#2, 65#1, 61, 74#5, 71#1, 59#2, 63#1, 63#2, 65#3
 ballet suite of 14 late Scriabin piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Nemtin 1975, premiered/recorded 1996 Vladimir Ashkenazy (cond), released CD 2000

References

Sources

  • Bowers, Faubion (1969,1996). Scriabin, a Biography. (2nd, revised ed.) New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-28897-0. (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.)