List of works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

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KSS Title Year(s) Lyricist Work type Notes
01 The Poplars 1915 Iovan Ducic, trans. Paul Selver Voice and piano “Op.2, no.1”
02 Chrysilla 1915 Henri de Régnier Voice and piano “Op.1, no.1”
03 Roses du soir 1915 Pierre Louys Voice and piano “Op.1, no.2”
04 L’heure exquise 1916 Paul Verlaine Voice and piano “Op.2, no.2”
05 Vocalise pour soprano fioriturata 1916 Voice and piano “Op.2, no.3”
06 Piano Concerto No. 1 1915–16 Piano-orchestral “Op.3”
07 Apparition 1916 Stephané Mallarmé Voice and piano “Op.4, no.3”
08 Hymne à Aphrodite 1916 Laurent Tailhade Voice and piano “Op.4, no.2”
09 Piano Sonata (unnumbered) 1917 Piano “Op.7”
10 L’étang 1917 Maurice Rollinat Voice and piano “Op.9”. Published in 2006.
11 I was not sorrowful 1917 Ernest Dowson Voice and piano
11.1 a Le mauvais jardinier 1917 after Iwan Gwilkin Voice and piano Incomplete
12 Quasi Habanera 1917 Piano “Op.8”
13 Désir éperdu 1917 Piano Published in 2005.
14 Piano Concerto No.2 1917 Piano-orchestral “Op.10” surviving ms. 2pf red.
15 Chaleur — Poème 1917 Orchestral
16 Piano Concerto No.3 1918 Piano-orchestral
17 2 Piano Pieces 1918 Piano Published (with KSS23) 1921
18 Piano Concerto No. 4 1918 Piano-orchestral
19 Fantaisie espagnole 1919 Piano Published 1922
20 Piano Sonata No.1 1919 Piano Published 1921
21 Trois poèmes pour chant et piano 1918–19 Baudelaire, Verlaine Voice and piano Published 1921
22 Music to The Rider by Night 1919 Robert Nichols Vocal-orchestral Incomplete
23 Toccata 1920 Piano Published (with KSS17) 1921
24 Arabesque 1920 Shamsu’d-Din Ibrahim Mirza Voice and piano
25 Prelude, Interlude, and Fugue 1920, 1922 Piano Published 1924
26 Piano Quintet No.1 1919–20 Chamber Published 1923
27 Piano Concerto No.5 1920 Piano-orchestral Published (as Concerto 2), 1923
28 Piano Sonata No.2 1920 Piano Published 1923
29 Piano Sonata No.3 1922 Piano Published 1925
30 Symphony for piano, large orchestra, chorus and organ 1921–22 Orchestral
31 3 Pastiches for Piano 1922 Piano
32 Piano Concerto No.6 1922 Piano-orchestral
33 Rapsodie espagnole 1923 Piano First of two "transcriptions de concert" for piano of Ravel's Rapsodie (the other dates from 1945). Published in 2005.
34 Opusculum 1923 Orchestral Published 2014
35 Le Jardin Parfumé 1923 Piano Published 1927
36 Cinque Sonetti di Michelagniolo Buonarroti 1923 Michelangelo Vocal-orchestral Published 2005
37 Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine 1924? Verlaine Voice and piano Published 1924
38 Piano Concerto No.7 Sīmurgh-‘Anqā 1924 Piano-orchestral Published 2020
39 Organ Symphony No.1 1924 Organ Published 1925
40 Valse-Fantaisie (Hommage à Johann Strauss) 1925 Piano Published 1927
41 Variazioni e fuga triplice sopra Dies iræ per pianoforte 1923–26 Piano
41a Fragment (Prelude and Fugue) 1926 Piano
42 Trois Poêmes du Gulistān de Sa‘dī 1926, revised 1930 Voice and piano
43 Fragment 1926, 1928, 1937 Piano
44 L’irrémédiable 1927 Baudelaire Voice and piano
45 Piano Concerto No. 8 1927–28 Piano-orchestral
46 Toccata No. 1 1928 Piano
47 Nocturne: Djâmi 1928 Piano
48 Piano Sonata No. 4 1928–29 Piano
48a Passacaglia 1929 Piano Unfinished (a completion exists)
49 Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F. 1929 Piano
50 Opus Clavicembalisticum 1929–30 Piano Published 1931
51 Symphony II for piano, large orchestra, organ, chorus and solo voices 1930–31 Piano
52 Vocalise Movement 1927, 1931 Voice and piano
53 Organ Symphony No. 2 1929–32 Organ
54 Piano Quintet No. 2 1932–33 Chamber
55 Fantasia Ispanica 1933 Piano
56 Pasticcio Capriccioso (Valse in D flat major, op.64/1 [Chopin]) 1933 Piano
57 Toccata No. 2 1933–34 Piano
58 Piano Sonata No. 5 Opus Archimagicum 1934–35 Piano
59 Symphonic Variations 1935–37 Piano
60 Piano Symphony No. 1 Tāntrik 1938–39 Piano
61 Chromatic Fantasia (J.S.Bach) (transcription with another Bach fugue) 1940 Piano
62 Quaere Reliqua Hujus Materiei Inter Secretiora 1940 Piano
63 Gulistān 1940 Piano
64 St Bertrand de Comminges 1941 Piano
65 Trois Chants 1941 Verlaine, Baudelaire Voice and piano
66 100 Transcendental Studies 1940–44 Piano
67 Rapsodie Espagnole 1945 Piano
68 Prelude in E 1945 Piano
69 Concerto per suonare da me solo 1946 Piano
70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss 1947 Piano
71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ 1948–49 Piano
72 Symphony Jāmī 1942–51 Orchestral
73 Organ Symphony No. 3 1949–53 Organ
74 Un nido di scatole 1954 Piano
75 Piano Symphony No. 2 1952–54 Piano
76 Toccata No. 3 1955? Piano
77 Passeggiata Veneziana 1955–56 Piano
78 Symphonic variations for piano and orchestra 1938–56 Piano-orchestral
79 Rosario d’Arabeschi 1956 Piano
80 Opus clavisymphonicum 1957–59 Piano-orchestral
81 Piano Symphony No. 3 1959–60 Piano
82 Suggested Bell-Chorale for St Luke’s Carillon 1961 Bells
83 Fantasiettina sul nome illustre dell’egregio poeta Christopher Grieve ossia Hugh M’Diarmid 1961 Piano
84 Messa Alta Sinfonica 1955–61 Orchestral
85 Piano Symphony No. 4 1962–64 Piano
86 20 Frammenti Aforistichi 1962–63 Piano
87 Toccata quarta 1964–67 Piano
88 Frammento cantato 1967 Voice and piano
89 Concertino non grosso for 4 violins, viola, cello and piano 1968 Chamber
90 104 Frammenti Aforistichi (Sutras) 1962–72? Piano
91 Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi 1973 Voice and organ
92 Piano Symphony No. 5 Symphonia Brevis 1973 Piano
93 Variazione Maliziosa e Perversa sopra La Morte d’Åse da Grieg 1974 Piano
94 Opusculum clavisymphonicum 1973–75 Piano-orchestral
95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Magna 1975–76 Piano
96 4 Frammenti Aforistichi 1977 Piano
97 Symphonic nocturne 1977–78 Piano
98 Il grido del gallino d’oro 1978–79 Piano
99 Il tessuto d’arabeschi for flute and string quartet 1979 Chamber
A100 Villa Tasca 1979–80 Piano
A101 Opus secretum 1980–81 Piano
A102 Passeggiata variata 1981 Piano
A103 Fantasiettina atematica for oboe, flute and clarinet 1981 Chamber
A104 2 sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis 1972? Piano
A105 Passeggiata arlecchinesca 1981–82 Piano