Composer

Dmitri Shostakovich

1906–1975 · Russian

55 catalogued orchestral works — all with instrumentation confirmed against a source.

YearWorkInstrumentationDur.
1919Scherzo in F-sharp minor, op. 13[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str5'
1923Scherzo in E-flat major, op. 73[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — pf — str4'
1924Two Pieces for String Octet: Prelude and Scherzo, op. 11str octet (or str orch)12'
1925Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 103[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — pf — str32'
1927Symphony No. 2 in B major, op. 14 “To October” · chorus3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str20'
1927Tahiti Trot, op. 16 (Tea for Two)2[1.2/pic] 2 1 1 — 4 2 1 0 — tmp+perc — hp — cel — str4'
1927The Nose, op. 15 (complete opera) · opera · chorus1[fl/pic/afl] 1[ob/eh] 1[cl/Ebcl/bcl] 1[bn/cbn] — 1 1[tpt/crt] 1[btbn] 0 — perc — 2hp — pf — str[12–16.12–16.8–12.8–12.8–12]103'
1928The Nose: Suite, op. 15a1[fl/pic] 1[ob/eh] 1[cl/Ebcl/bcl] 1[bn/cbn] — 1 1[tpt/crt] 1[btbn] 0 — perc — 2hp — pf — str(small)
1928Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, op. 17 (transcribed for wind orchestra)3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 2 2 1 0 — tmp7'
1929Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, op. 20 “The First of May” · chorus3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str30'
1930The Age of Gold, Suite, op. 22a3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — str17'
1931The Bolt: Suite (Ballet Suite No. 5), op. 27a3[1.2/pic.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3[1.2.3/Ebcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 6 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str27'
1932Hamlet: Suite from the incidental music, op. 32a2[1.2/pic] 1 1 1 — 2 2 1 1 — tmp+perc — str23'
1932Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, op. 29 (complete opera) · opera · chorus3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 4[1.2.Ebcl.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel, org(ad lib) — str190'
1932Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Suite (symphonic fragments), op. 29a3[1.2.3/pic/afl] 3[1.2.3/eh] 4[1.2.3/Ebcl.4/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — str42'
1933Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op. 35 (for piano, trumpet & strings)solo tpt — str22'
1934Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 13sax[ssax/asax.asax.tsax] — 0 2 1 0 — perc — pf — vn, cb7'
1935Five Fragments, op. 422[1.pic] 2[ob.eh] 3[1.2/Ebcl.3/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn] — 2 1 1 1 — perc — hp — str11'
1936Symphony No. 4 in C minor, op. 434[1.2.3.pic] 4[1.2.3.eh] 5[1.2.3.Ebcl.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 8 4 3 2 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel — str63'
1937Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 473[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.Ebcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — 2hp, pf/cel — str47'
1938Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (original 1938 suite)5sax[2a.2t.bar] — 0 4 2 1 — perc(2) — pf — str[6.0.0.0.2]8'
1939Suite on Finnish Themes1 1 1 0 — 0 1 0 0 — perc — pf — str12'
1939Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 543[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel — str32'
1941Symphony No. 7 in C major, op. 60 “Leningrad”3[2=afl.3=pic] 2+Eh 3[3=Ebcl]+bcl 2+cbn — 8 6 6 1 — tmp+5 — 2hp, pf — str75'
1943Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 654[1.2.3.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.Ebcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str63'
1945Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, op. 703[1.2.pic] 2 2 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+4 — str27'
1946Chamber Symphony, op. 73a (String Quartet No. 3, arr. Barshai)1 2[1.2/eh] 1 1 — 0 0 0 0 — hp — str33'
1948From Jewish Folk Poetry, op. 79a (voices and orchestra)2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 0 0 0 — tmp+perc — 2hp — str[16–20.14–18.12–16.12–16.10–14]25'
1948Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 773[3=pic] 3[3=eh] 3[3=bcl] 3[3=cbn] — 4 0 0 1 — tmp+3 — 2hp, cel — str36'
1949Ballet Suite No. 12[1.2/pic] 1 2 1 — 3 2 2 1 — tmp+perc — cel, pf — str14'
1949Chamber Symphony, op. 83a (String Quartet No. 4, arr. Barshai)1 2[ob.eh] 1[cl/bcl] 1 — 2 1 0 0 — perc(1) — str28'
1949The Song of the Forests, op. 81 (oratorio) · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel — str36'
1951Ballet Suite No. 22[1.2/pic] 1 2 1 — 3 2 2 1 — tmp+perc — cel/pf — str18'
1952Ballet Suite No. 32[1.2/pic] 1 2 1 — 3 2 2 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel, pf — str16'
1953Ballet Suite No. 43[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3[1.2.3/Ebcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel — str16'
1953Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op. 933[1.2.3/pic2.pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 3[1.2/Ebcl.3] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+4 — str52'
1954Festive Overture, op. 963[1.2.pic] 3 3 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+3 — str (opt. brass banda)6'
1955The Gadfly, Suite, op. 97a3[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp cel — str45'
1956Suite for Variety Orchestra2[1.2/pic] 1 6[1.2.2asax.2tsax/ssax] 1 — 3 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel, 2pf — str20'
1957Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, op. 1022 2 2 2 — 4 0 0 0 — tmp+perc — str20'
1957Symphony No. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel — str60'
1959Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, op. 1072[1.2/pic] 2 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 1 0 0 0 — tmp — cel — str28'
1960Chamber Symphony in C minor, op. 110a (String Quartet No. 8, arr. Barshai)str22'
1961Symphony No. 12 in D minor, op. 112 “The Year 1917”3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str40'
1962Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 113 “Babi Yar” · chorus3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — cel/pf — str60'
1963Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, op. 1153[1.2.pic] 2 2 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — str[at least 16.14.12.12.10]11'
1964Hamlet: Film Suite, op. 116a3[1.2.3/pic] 2 2 2 — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — pf, hpd — str42'
1964The Execution of Stepan Razin, op. 119 · chorus3[1.2.3/pic] 3[1.2.3/eh] 4[1.2.3.4/Ebcl/bcl] 3[1.2.3/cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — 2hp — pf, cel — str[20.18.16.14.12]28'
1966Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, op. 1262[1.2/pic] 2 2 2 — 2 0 0 0 — tmp+perc — hp — str37'
1967October, Symphonic Poem, op. 1313[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.eh] 3[1.2.bcl] 3[1.2.cbn] — 4 3 3 1 — tmp+perc — str13'
1967Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, op. 1292 2 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 2 0 0 0 — tmp+perc — str30'
1969Symphony No. 14, op. 135— strings + percussion only —50'
1971Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 1413[1.2.pic] 2 3[1.2.bcl] 2 — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — cel — str45'
1973Six Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, op. 143a (contralto and chamber orchestra)2 0 0 2 — 2 0 0 0 — tmp+perc — cel — str[6.4.4.3.2]20'
1974Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, op. 145a2[1.2/pic] 2 2 2[1.2/cbn] — 4 2 3 1 — tmp+perc — hp — cel, pf — str42'

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