List of works by George Enescu

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Contents


Works with Opus Number

  1. Le Désert
  2. Le Galop
  3. Soupir
  1. No.1 in A major (1901)
  2. No.2 in D major (1902)
  • Op.12 - 2 Intermèdes for strings
  1. Intermède No.1 (1902)
  2. Intermède No.2 (1903)
  1. Estrenne a Anne
  2. Languir me fais
  3. Aux damoyselles paresseusses
  4. Estrenne de la Rose
  5. Present de le couleur blanche
  6. Changeons propos
  7. Du conflict en douleur
  1. Pluie
  2. Le Silence Musicien
  3. L'Ombre est Bleue
  1. String Quartet No.1 in E major (1916-20)
  2. String Quartet No.2 in G major (1950-52)
  • Op.23 - Oedipe, tragédie lyrique in 4 acts, libretto by Edmond Fleg (1910-1931)
  • Op.24 - 3 Piano Sonatas
  1. Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor (1924)
  2. Piano Sonata No.2 in E minor (1926-1931) (possibly lost)
  3. Piano Sonata No.3 in D major (1934)
  • Op.25 - Violin Sonata No.3 in A minor, Dans le caractère populaire roumain (1926)
  • Op.26 - 2 Cello Sonatas
  1. Cello Sonata No.1 in F minor (1898) (pub. 1988?, Editura Muzeului George Enescu, Bucharest)
  2. Cello Sonata No.2 in C major (1935)

Works Without Opus Number

Orchestral

Symphonies

  • Study Symphony No.1 in D minor (1895)
  • Study Symphony No.2 in F major (1895) (possibly lost?)
  • Study Symphony No.3 in F major (1896) (possibly lost?)
  • Study Symphony No.4 in E major (1898)
  • Symphony No.4 in E minor (unfinished, 1934, completed by Pascal Bentoiu)
  • Symphony No.5 in D major, with tenor and female choir (unfinished, 1941, completed by Pascal Bentoiu)

Concerti

  • Ballade, for violin and orchestra (1895) (possibly published in reduction in 2005)
  • Fantaisie, for piano and orchestra (1896)
  • Caprice Roumain, for violin and orchestra (unfinished, 1928, completed by Cornel Taranu)

Misc

  • 3 Overtures for orchestra (1891-1894)
  • Sonata for Orchestra (1894)
  • Tragic Overture (1895)
  • Andantino from an orchestral suite (1896)
  • Triumphal Overture (1896)
  • 4 Divertissements for orchestra (1896)
  • Pastorale-Fantaisie for orchestra (1899)
  • Isis, symphonic poem (unfinished 1923, completed by Pascal Bentoiu)
  • Suite Châtelaine, for orchestra (unfinished 1911, completed by Remus Georgescu)

Chamber

Trios/Quartets/Quintets

  • Quartet for 4 violins (1894)
  • Piano Trio in G minor (1896)
  • Piano Quintet (1896)
  • Trio for 2 violins and cello (c.1899)
  • Aubade, Trio for violin, viola and cello (1899)
  • Piano Trio in A minor (1916)
  • Piano Trio (unfinished 1942, completed by Pascal Bentoiu) (?)

Misc

  • Opera, for violin and piano (1886)
  • Suite of variations for two violins (1894)
  • Tarantelle for violin and piano (1895)
  • Violin Sonata (1895)
  • Nocturne and Saltarello, for cello (1897)
  • Prélude, for 2 pianos, violin and cello (1898)
  • Sérénade en Sourdine, for violin and cello (c.1899)
  • Andante réligioso, for 2 cellos and organ (1900)
  • Pastorale, Menuet triste et Nocturne, for violin and piano, four hands (1900)
  • Wind Septet, for flute, oboe, french horn, clarinet, basoon, horn and piano (1900)
  • Impromptu concertant in G major for violin and piano (1903)
  • Cantabile et presto for flute & piano (pub.1904)
  • Allegro de concert, for chromatic harp (1904)
  • Concertstück for viola and piano (1906)
  • Légende for trumpet and piano (1906)
  • Au Soir, poem for four trumpets (1906)
  • Aria and Scherzino, for violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (1909)
  • Hora Unirei, for violin and piano (1917)

Piano

  • Waltz (1887)
  • Pièce d'Église (1889)
  • Rondo and Variations (1893)
  • Ballade (1894)
  • Introduction, Adagio and Allegro (1894)
  • Piano Sonata (1894)
  • Polka (1894-1895)
  • Sonatina, for 4 hands (1894-1895)
  • Romance, for 4 hands (1894-1895)
  • La Fileuse (1897)
  • Regrets (1898)
  • Impromptu (1898)
  • Suite for piano, 4 hands (1898)
  • Modérément (1898)
  • Allemande (c.1899)
  • 4-part fugue on an original subject (1895-1896)
  • Prelude (1896)
  • Scherzo (1896)
  • Impromptu (1900)
  • Prélude et Fugue (1903)
  • Nocturne (1907)
  • Pièce pour piano sur le nom de Fauré (pub.1922?)

Vocal/Choral

Cantatas

  • Vision de Saül (1895)
  • L'Aurore (1898)
  • Cantate pour la Pose de la Prèmiere Pierre du Pont à Transbordeur de Bordeux, for military band, two harps, string orchestra, solo cello, choir, baritone solo, and cannons, verses by Albert Bureau (1908)

Lieder

  • Pensée Perdue, on verses by Sully Prudhomme (1898)
  • Wüstenbild, on verses by A. Roderich
  • Chant Indou, on verses by Mlle Géraldine Rolland (c.1898)
  • Dédicace (1899)
  • De ziua ta (1900)
  • Si j'étais Dieu, on verses by Sully Prudhomme (1897-1898)
  • Quarantine, on verses by Enescu (1899)
  • Prinz Waldvogelsgesang, for voice, cello and piano (1901)
  • Ein Sonnenblick (1901)
  • De la Flûte au Cor, on verses by Fernand Gregh (1902)
  • Silence, on verses by Albert Samain (1905)
  • Doina, for baritone, viola and cello, on folk verses from a collection by Vasile Alecsandri (1905)
  • Morgengebet (1908)
  • Eu mă duc, Codrul Rămîne (c.1917)
  • On the verses of Carmen Sylva:
    • Sphinx (1898)
    • Der Bläser (1898)
    • Zaghaft (1898)
    • Armes Mägdlein (1898)
    • Junge Schmerzen, for mezzo-soprano, bass and piano (1898)
    • Der Schmetterlingskuss (1898)
    • Reue (1898)
    • Schlaflos (1898)
    • Maurerlied (1899)
    • Königshusarenlied (1899)
    • Souhait (1899)
    • Mittagsläuten (1900)
    • Regen (1903)
    • Die Kirschen, for soprano, baritone, cello and piano (1904)
    • Entsagen (1907)

Misc

  • Waldegesang, for mixed choir a cappella (1898) (published by Salabert, 1965/68 among "14 Lieder nach Gedichte von Carmen Sylva" (most of the rest of which are for solo voice and piano) - see WorldCat)
  • Die Nächtliche Hershau, for baritone, choir and orchestra, on verses by Joseph Christian Zedlitz (1900)
  • Plugar, for mixed 4-part choir a cappella, on verses by Radulescu-Niger (1900)
  • Oda, for choir and piano or organ, on verses by I. Soricu (1904)
  • Hymn Jubiliar, for choir, military band and harp (1906)
  • Strigoii, for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra, on verses by Eminescu (unfinished,1916; completed by Cornel Taranu)

Unfinished Works

  • Piano Quartet (fragment;1893)
  • String Quartet, in C major (fragment; 1894)
  • String Quartet, in D minor (fragment; 1894)
  • Ahasvérus, cantata (prologue only; 1895)
  • Violin Concerto, in A minor (two movements; 1896)
  • String Quartet (1896)
  • 2 Romanian Suites for orchestra (1896-1897)
  • String Quartet (first movement; 1897)
  • Bacarolle, for piano (1897)
  • Octet for string, in D major (fragment; 1898)
  • Moderato for violin and piano, in F minor (fragment; c.1898)
  • Piano Concerto, in D minor (draft of first movement; c.1898)
  • Piano Concerto, in E minor (draft of first movement; c.1898)
  • Suite Orientale, for orchestra (fragment; 1900)
  • String Quartet, in C major (one movement only; 1906)
  • Violin Sonata, in A minor (fragment 'Torso'; 1911)
  • Piano Sonata (first movement; (1912)
  • Symphony, in F minor, for baritone, choir and orchestra, on the words of Psalm 86 (fragments; c.1917)
  • Symphonie Concertante, in C major, for violin and orchestra (draft; 1932)
  • Linişte, for choir of three equal voices a cappella, on verses by A.T.Stamatiad (brief extracts; 1946)
  • Allegro for chamber orchestra (draft)
  • Nocturne, Ville d'Avrayen for piano quartet (draft)
  • Voix de la Nature, symphonic suite (one movement, 'Nuages d'automne sur les forêts')