List of compositions by Anton Rubinstein

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Selected list of the compositions of Anton Rubinstein.

Contents

[edit] Symphonies

  • Symphony no.1, op. 40, in F major.[1]
  • Symphony no.2, opus 42, in C major Ocean. (1851, revised 1863, 1880)[2]
  • Symphony no.3, opus 56, in A. (1854-5)
  • Symphony no.4, opus 95, in D minor Dramatic. (1874)
  • Symphony no.5, opus 107, in G minor. (1880)[3]
  • Symphony no.6, opus 111, in A minor. (1886)

[edit] Other orchestral works

  • Triumphal Overture, Op. 43.
  • Ouverture de Concert (in B-flat) pour Orchestre, Op. 60.
  • Faust, Op. 68. Tone poem, 1864.
  • Ivan the Terrible, Op. 79. (1869)[4]
  • Don Quixote, Op. 87. (1870)[5]
  • Eroica, Op. 110. (1884)
  • Suite in E-flat, Op. 119. (1894)
  • Ouverture Solennelle pour Grand Orchestre. Op. 120. (1894)

[edit] Concertos

  • Piano Concertos
    • Fantasy for piano with or without orchestra opus 84 in C major. (For solo piano in 1869, arranged as a piano and orchestra work in 1880)[6]
    • Caprice russe for piano and orchestra opus 102 in C minor.
    • Concertstuck opus 113 in A-flat major.[6]
    • Piano Concerto no.1, opus 25 in E minor.
    • Piano Concerto no.2, opus 35 in F major.
    • Piano Concerto no.3, opus 45 in G major.
    • Piano Concerto no.4, opus 70 in D minor.
    • Piano Concerto no.5, opus 94 in E-flat major (dedicated to Charles-Valentin Alkan).
  • Violin Concerto opus 46, in G major.
  • Violoncello Concerto opus 65, in A minor. (1864)
  • Violoncello Concerto opus 96, in D minor. (1874)

[edit] Chamber works

[edit] Solo Piano

  • Sonata for Piano no.1, opus 12 in E minor.
  • Sonata for Piano no.2, opus 20 in C minor.
  • Sonata for Piano no.3, opus 41 in F major.
  • Sonata for Piano no.4, opus 100 in A minor.
  • Ondine (étude), op. 1.
  • Melody in F, op. 3 no. 1. (one of two Melodies for the Piano, op. 3.)
  • Tarantelle for Piano, op. 6[7]
  • Caprice for Piano, op. 7[7]
  • Kamenniy-Ostrov, (set of piano sketches), op. 10.
  • Le Bal. Fantasy for piano in 10 parts. op. 14. Published in 1855.[8]
  • Three Caprices, op. 21
  • Six Études, op. 23
  • Six Préludes, op. 24
  • Acrostychon pour le piano, op. 37.
  • Six soirées á Saint-Petersburg, op. 44.
  • 6 fugues (en style libre) introduites de préludes pour piano ... op. 53.
  • Cinq morceaux, op. 69.
  • Album de Peterhof, op. 75.[9]
  • Fantasy in E minor, opus 77 (a massive one-movement free-form sonata about forty minutes in length)[10]
  • Seven National Dances, opus 82[11]
  • Ballade, op. 93.
  • Six morceaux, op. 104
  • Second Acrostychon pour le piano, op. 114.
  • Six Barcarolles
  • Étude sur des notes fausses (Étude on false notes), C major, no opus number, (1868)


[edit] Ensemble music with piano

  • Octet opus 9 for piano, strings and winds (from a first attempt at a piano concerto and entitled Concerto di camera).
  • Piano Trio opus 15 number 1 in F.
  • Piano Trio opus 15 number 2 in G minor.
  • Piano Trio opus 52 in B-flat major.
  • Piano Trio opus 85 in A major.
  • Piano Trio opus 108 in C minor.
  • Quartet for Piano and Strings opus 66 in C major.
  • Quintet for Piano and Strings opus 99 in G minor.
  • Quintet for Piano and Winds opus 55 in F major.
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano no.1, opus 18 in D major. (1852)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano no.2, opus 39 in G major. (1857)
  • Sonata for Piano Four-Hands opus 89 in D major [12].
  • Sonata for Viola and Piano opus 49 in F minor.
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano no.1, opus 13 in G major.[13]
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano no.2, opus 19 in A minor.[14]
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano no.3, opus 98 in B minor.
  • Three Character Pieces for Piano Four-Hands, op. 9 [15]
  • Six character pictures (Character-Bilder) for Piano Four-Hands opus 50.[15]

[edit] Other Chamber Music

  • Quintet for Strings opus 59 in F major (arranged also as Piano Quartet).
  • Sextet for Strings opus 97 in D major.
  • Three quartets, opus 17 (in G major, C minor and F major).
  • Three quartets, opus 47 (in E minor, B flat major, and D minor).
  • Two quartets, opus 90. (in G minor and E minor). (about 1860.)
  • Two quartets, opus 106 (in A flat major and F minor).

[edit] Operas

  • Dmitri Donskoi. 1849/50.
  • The Siberian Hunters (Sibirskiye okhotniki). 1852. (premiered 1854 under Franz Liszt's baton[16])
  • Fomka the Fool[17]
  • Die Kinder der Heide (Children of the Steppes), premiered 1861 in Vienna. [18][17])
  • Feramors. 1862.
  • The Demon. 1871.
  • Die Maccabäer. 1872-4.[17]
  • Néron. 1875-6.
  • The Merchant Kalashnikov. 1877-9.[17]
  • Der Thurm zu Babel, op. 80. 1870. (Sacred Opera in one act. Listed as an oratorio by Klassika.)
  • Sulamith. 1882/3. (Possibly an oratorio.)
  • Unter Räubern, 1883.
  • Der Papagei. (The Parakeet.) 1884.
  • Gorjuša (The Sorrowful One) 1888[17]

[edit] Ballet

  • Die Rebe (La vigne, The Grapevine). 1881, staged 1893 by Emil Graeb for the Court Opera Ballet in Berlin.

[edit] Oratorio

  • Paradise Lost, op. 54. (Libretto written by 1855? [19])review (published by Leipzig : Bartholf Senff, around 1860. Text freely after John Milton.)
  • Moses, op. 112.
  • Christus, op. 117.

[edit] Lieder

  • Numerous sets including
    • Neun Lieder von Kolzoff, aus dem Russischen von A. von Viedert ... für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. Op. 27. (about 1855.)
    • 6 Lieder from Heine for voice and piano, op. 32
    • 6 Lieder for voice and piano op. 33
    • 12 Lieder for voice and piano op. 36
    • 6 Lieder for voice and piano: op. 72
    • 6 Lieder for voice and piano op. 76
    • 10 Lieder op. 83 ; from the French, Italian and English

[edit] Other vocal works

  • Scena ed Aria "E dunque ver? - Ist es denn wahr?" for Soprano with the accompaniment of Orchestra or Piano, op. 58
  • Die Nixe : for women's chorus and alto solo, with accompaniment of a piano or orchestra - op. 63
  • Two songs for chorus and orchestra (Hecuba and Haga in der Wüste) op. 92


[edit] Books by Anton Rubinstein

  • Die Musik und Ihre Meister. Leipzig: Senff, 1891.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Robinson, Bradford (2004). Online Publication of Preface to Score of Rubinstein Symphony No. 1. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Carol (December 11, 1994). Rubinstein, Symphony No. 2. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  3. ^ Robinson, Bradford (2005). Online Publication of Preface to Score of Rubinstein 5th Symphony. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  4. ^ Ivan the Terrible, op. 79 (1869) (February 8, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  5. ^ Robinson, Bradford (2004). Online Publication of Preface to Score of Don Quixote. Musikproduktion Juergen Hoeflich. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  6. ^ a b Notes to Recording of Fantasy and Concertstuck. Naxos Records (1990). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  7. ^ a b (German) Joint Catalog of the GBV Library Network. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  8. ^ (German) Anna Amalia Library Weimar OPAC. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  9. ^ Page from Which a 1900 (?) Score of the Album de Peterhof May be Downloaded. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  10. ^ Page from Which an 1860 Score of the Fantasy opus 77 Can Be Downloaded (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  11. ^ Page from Which an 1870 Score of the Seven National Dances Can Be Downloaded (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  12. ^ Webpage from which 1870 Score of Four-Hands Piano Sonata May Be Downloaded (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  13. ^ Webpage from which 1856 Score and Part of 1st Violin Part May Be Downloaded (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  14. ^ Webpage from which 1880 Score of 2nd Violin Sonata May Be Downloaded (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  15. ^ a b (Dutch) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  16. ^ Walker, Alan (1989, revised 1993). Franz Liszt: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 245, 258. ISBN 0-8014-9721-3. 
  17. ^ a b c d e (German) Operone Rubinstein Page. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
  18. ^ Garden, Edward, review author (November 1998). "Review of Anton Rubinstein and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Selected Operas. Proceedings of the International Musicological Convention in Vorzel (Ukraine), May 4th-6th, 1994 by Yelena S. Zinkevich". Music & Letters 79 (4): 622–4. ISSN 0027-4224. 
  19. ^ (German) Austrian National Library. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.