List of works by Nikolay Medtner

This list contains all works published in Nikolai Karlovich Medtner: Sobranie sochinenii (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Muzikal’noe Izdatel’stvo, 1959-1963) plus the Op. 19 and Op.19a songs and the Sonatina of 1898. For further details see www.medtner.org.uk

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Works with opus number

• Op. 1, 8 Stimmungsbilder for piano, c1895-1902
• Op. 1bis, Angel (The Angel) for voice and piano, 1901-8
• Op. 2, 3 Improvisations for piano, 1896-1900
• Op. 3, 3 Romansa for voice and piano, 1903
• Op. 4, 4 Morceaux for piano, 1897-1902
• Op. 5, Piano Sonata in F minor, 1895-1903
• Op. 6, 9 Goethe-Lieder for voice and piano, c1901-5
• Op. 7, 3 Arabesken for piano, 1901-4
• Op. 8, 2 Märchen for piano, 1904-5
• Op. 9, 3 Märchen for piano, 1904-5
• Op. 10, 3 Dithyramben for piano, 1898-1906
• Op. 11, Sonaten-Triade for piano, 1904-7
• Op. 12, 3 Stikhotvoreniya Geyne (Three poems by Heine) for voice and piano, 1907
• Op. 13, Two songs for voice and piano, 1901-1907
• Op. 14, 2 Märchen for piano, 1905-7
• Op. 15, 12 Pesen Gyote (12 Goethe songs) for voice and piano, 1905-7
• Op. 16, 3 Noktyurna (3 Nocturnes) for violin and piano, 1904-8
• Op. 17, 3 Novelli for piano, 1908-9
• Op. 18, 6 Stikhotvoreniya Gyote (6 poems by Goethe) for voice and piano, 1905-9
• Op. 19, 3 Stikhotvereniya Nittsche (3 poems by Nietzsche) for voice and piano, 1905-9
• Op. 19a, 2 Stikhotvereniya Nittsche (2 poems by Nietzsche) for voice and piano, 1910-11
• Op. 20, 2 Skazki (2 fairy tales) for piano, 1909
• Op. 21, Sonata No.1 in B minor for violin and piano, 1904-1910
• Op. 22, Piano Sonata in G minor, 1901-1910
• Op. 23, 4 Lirichiskikh Fragmenta (4 lyric fragments) for piano, 1896-1911
• Op. 24, 8 Stikhotvoreniy (8 poems) for voice and piano, 1911
• Op. 25, 2 Piano Sonatas, 1910-11
  • No.1: Sonata-skazka in C minor
  • No.2: Piano Sonata in E minor ('Night Wind')
• Op. 26, 4 Skazki (4 fairy tales) for piano, 1910-12
• Op. 27, Sonata-Ballada for piano, 1912-1914
• Op. 28, 7 Stikhotvoreniy (7 poems) for voice and piano, 1913
• Op. 29, 7 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina (7 poems by Pushkin), for voice and piano, 1913
• Op. 30, Piano Sonata in A minor, 1914
• Op. 31, 3 P'yesi (3 pieces) for piano, 1914
• Op. 32, 6 Stikhotvoreniy Pushkina (6 poems by Pushkin) for voice and piano, 1915
• Op. 33, Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, 1914-1918
• Op. 34, 4 Skazki (4 fairy tales) for piano, 1916-17
• Op. 35, 4 Skazki (4 fairy tales) for piano, 1916-17
• Op. 36, 6 Stikhotvoreniy A. Pushkina (6 poems by A. Pushkin) for voice and piano, 1915
• Op. 37, 5 Stikhotvoreniy Tyutcheva i Feta (5 poems by Tiutchev and Foeth) for voice and piano, 1918-20
• Op. 38, Vergessene Weisen I (Forgotten melodies, book I) for piano, 1919-1922
• Op. 39, Vergessene Weisen II (Forgotten melodies, book II) for piano, 1919-1920
• Op. 40, Vergessene Weisen III (Forgotten melodies, book III) for piano, 1919-1920
• Op. 41, 2 works for vocalise and piano
  • No.1: Sonata-Vocalise, 1922
  • No.2: Suite-Vocalise, 1927
• Op. 42, 3 Märchen for piano, 1921-4
• Op. 43, 2 Canzonen mit Tänzen for violin and piano, 1922-4
• Op. 44, Sonata No.2 in G major for violin and piano, 1922-5
• Op. 45, 4 Pesni (4 songs) for voice and piano, 1922-4
• Op. 46, 7 Lieder for voice and piano, 1922-4
• Op. 47, 2te Improvisation for piano, 1925-6
• Op. 48, 2 Märchen for piano, 1925
• Op. 49, 3 Hymnen an die Arbeit for piano, 1926-8
• Op. 50, Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, 1920-27
• Op. 51, 6 Märchen for piano, 1928
• Op. 52, 7 Pesen na stikhotvoreniya A. Pushkina (7 songs after peoms by A. Pushkin) for voice and piano, 1928-9
• Op. 53, 2 Piano Sonatas, 1929-1931
  • No.1: Sonata romantica
  • No.2: Sonata minacciosa
• Op. 54, Romantische Skizzen für die Jugend for piano, 1931-2
• Op. 55, Tema con variazioni for piano, 1932-3
• Op. 56, Sonata-Idylle for piano, 1935-7
• Op. 57, Sonata No.3 in E minor for violin and piano, 1935-8
• Op. 58, 2 Works for 2 pianos, 1940-1945
• Op. 59, 2 Elegien for piano, 1940-1944
• Op. 59bis, Polden (Midday) for voice and piano, 1936
• Op. 60, Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, 1940-1943
• Op. 61, 7 hinterlassene Lieder for voice and piano, 1927-1951

Works lacking opus numbers

Original works:

• Sonatina in G minor for piano, 1898
• Facon de parter for piano
• 2 Cadenzas for Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 4, 1910
• Moderato (con molto tenerezza) for piano
• Etude in C minor for piano, 1912
• P'yesa for piano, 1897
• Präludium for piano, 1896-97
• Marsch in C major for two pianos, 1897
• Skazka (Fairy tale) for piano, 1915
• Ekspromt for piano, 1898
• Piano Quintet in C major, 1904-48
• Humoresque in F-sharp minor for piano, 1896
• Postyudiya in B minor for piano
• Marsch for piano
• Mittag - Tjutschew for voice and piano, 1946
• Suite-Vocalise for voice and piano, 1926
• Etüde in E minor for piano, 1912?
• Album leaf for piano, 1900
• Postyudiya in C minor for piano
• Musikalischer Moment for piano, 1896
• Sonate in B minor for piano
• Impromptu alla Mazurka for piano, 1897
• Easy piano piece no.1 for piano, 1931?
• Adagio funèbre for piano, 1894-95
• Pastorale in C major for piano, 1896
• Listok iz alboma for piano, 1900

Transcriptions:

• Klavierkonzert No.3 for 2 pianos
• Klavierkonzert No.2 for 2 pianos
• Klavierkonzert No.3 for 2 pianos

Unfinished, lost, and projected works

• Cäsarenzug - Sinfonisches Bild for orchestra?, 1900-06? (unfinished)
• Konzertstück in D major for piano and orchestra, 1900 (unfinished)
• Konzertstück/Fantasie in F minor for piano and orchestra, before 1900 (unfinished)
• Klavierkonzert in G major, 1900 (fragment)
• Piano Sonata in F minor op.5 (transcription for orchestra), before 1902 (only some sketches remain)
• Vor Gericht op.15 No.6 (transcription for voice and orchestra), 1907 (fragment)
• Symphony for orchestra?, 1907 (lost)
• The forgotten melodies op.40 No.2 and No.6 (transcription for orchestra), 1917 (unfinished)
• Nixen-Lied in D major for violin and piano, 1896-97 (only 29 bars remain)
• Klagelied in F-sharp minor for violin and piano (mentioned in Medtner's sketchbook of 1905)
• Violin sonata for violin and piano or solo violin? (only known in Medtner's sketchbook of 1905)
• Violin Sonata in G Major for violin and piano or solo violin?, 1905? (only 104 bars completed, the rest of the sonata movement in sketches; maybe the same violin sonata as the one above?)
• Songs of ophelia for violin and piano, 1905 (fragment)
• Violin sonata in F major for violin and piano or solo violin?, 1906-07 (only some sketches remain; maybe the same violin sonata mentioned in Medtner's sketchbook of 1905)
• Allegretto grazioso in A-flat major for violin and piano (only the template of the work remains)
• Violin Sonata in E major for violin and piano or solo violin? (only a small amount of sketches remain; possibly early sketches of sonata op.22; maybe the same violin sonata mentioned in Medtner's sketchbook of 1905)
• Prelude in D minor for violin and piano (possibly sketches to the interlude of the sonata op.22)
• String Quartet "Overture in Sonatina-form", 1896-1906 (only 68 bars remain)