Compositions By Sergei Prokofiev
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This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev.


By genre


Operas

*''The Giant (opera), The Giant'' (1900) *''On Desert Islands'' (1900; unfinished) *''A Feast in Time of Plague'' (1903, rev. 1908–09; unfinished) *''Undina (opera), Undina'' (1904–07) *''Maddalena (opera), Maddalena'', Op. 13 (1911–13; unfinished) *''The Gambler (Prokofiev), Igrok'' ''(The Gambler)'', Op. 24 (1915–16, rev. 1927); after Fyodor Dostoevsky *''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33 (1919) *''The Fiery Angel (opera), The Fiery Angel'', Op. 37 (1919–27) *''Semyon Kotko'', Op. 81 (1939) *''Betrothal in a Monastery'', Op. 86 (1940–41) *''War and Peace (opera), War and Peace'', Op. 91 (1941–52); after Leo Tolstoy *''Khan Buzay (Prokofiev), Khan Buzay'' (1942; unfinished) *''The Story of a Real Man'', Op. 117 (1947–48) *''Distant Seas (Prokofiev), Distant Seas'' (1948; unfinished)


Ballets

* ''Ala i Lolli (Prokofiev), Ala i Lolli'', Op. 20 (1914–15), mostly incorporated into ''Scythian Suite'' (see below) * ''Chout / The Tale of the Buffoon'', Op. 21 (1915, rev. 1920) * ''Trapeze (Prokofiev), Trapeze'', Op. 39 (1924), mostly incorporated into Quintet (Prokofiev), Quintet, Op. 39 (1924) (see List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev#Chamber music, Chamber Music below) * ''Le pas d'acier (Prokofiev), Le pas d'acier / The Steel Step'', Op. 41 (1925–26) * ''The Prodigal Son (ballet), The Prodigal Son'', Op. 46 (1928–29) * ''On the Dnieper / Sur le Borysthène'', Op. 51 (1930–31) * ''Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Romeo and Juliet'', Op. 64 (1935–36), includes ''Montagues and Capulets'' * ''Cinderella (Prokofiev), Cinderella'', Op. 87 (1940–44) * ''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev), The Tale of the Stone Flower'', Op. 118 (1948–53)


Incidental music

*''Egpytian Nights suite (Prokofiev), Egyptian Nights suite'', Op. 61 (1934) *''Boris Godunov (Prokofiev), Boris Godunov'', Op. 70bis (1936) *''Eugene Onegin (Prokofiev), Eugene Onegin'', Op. 71 (1936) *''Hamlet (Prokofiev), Hamlet'', Op. 77 (1937–38)


Film music

*''Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev), Lieutenant Kijé'', Op. 60 (1934), also arranged as an orchestral suite (see below) *''The Queen of Spades (Prokofiev), The Queen of Spades'', Op. 70a (1936), after Pushkin *''Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev), Alexander Nevsky'', Op. 78 (1938), film directed by Sergei Eisenstein (also exists in the form of a cantata, see below) *''Lermontov (1941 film), Lermontov'' (1941) *''Kotovsky (1942 film), Kotovsky'' (1942) *''Tonya (1942 film), Tonya'' (1942) *''The Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes (1942 film), The Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes'' (1942) *''Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev), Ivan the Terrible'', Op. 116 (1942–45), film directed by Sergei Eisenstein (also exists in various concert forms arranged by various people)


Symphonies

*Symphonies – two juvenile: Symphony (1902) and Symphony (1908) *Symphony No. 1 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 1 in D ''Classical'', Op. 25 (1916–17) *Symphony No. 2 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 (1924–25) *Symphony No. 3 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 (1928) *Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 4 in C (original version), Op. 47 (1929–30) *Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 5 in B, Op. 100 (1944) *Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 6 in E minor, Op. 111 (1945–47) *Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 4 in C (revised version), Op. 112 (1947) *Symphony No. 7 (Prokofiev), Symphony No. 7 in C minor, Op. 131 (1951–52) *Symphony No. 2 in D minor (revised version), Op. 136 (1953; unrealized)


Orchestral suites

*''Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites extracted from Romeo and Juliet, Suites (3) from "Romeo and Juliet"'' **Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)#Suite No. 1 from Romeo and Juliet.2C Op. 64bis, Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis (1936) **Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)#Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet.2C Op. 64ter, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter (1936) **Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)#Suite No. 3 from Romeo and Juliet.2C Op. 101, Suite No. 3, Op. 101 (1946) *''Cinderella (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites extracted from Cinderella, Suites (3) from "Cinderella"'' **Cinderella (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites extracted from Cinderella, Suite No. 1, Op. 107 (1946) **Cinderella (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites extracted from Cinderella, Suite No. 2, Op. 108 (1946) **Cinderella (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites extracted from Cinderella, Suite No. 3, Op. 109 (1946) *''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower, Suites (4) from "The Tale of the Stone Flower"'' **''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower, Wedding Suite'', Op. 126 (1951) **''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower, Gypsy Fantasy'', Op. 127 (1951) **''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower, Urals Rhapsody'', Op. 128 (1951) **''The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev)#Orchestral suites from The Tale of the Stone Flower, The Mistress of Copper Mountain'' Op. 129 (1951; unfinished) *''Scythian Suite (Prokofiev), Scythian Suite'', Op. 20 (from "Scythian Suite (Prokofiev)#Background, Ala i Lolli") (1914–15) *''Chout, Suite from "Chout"'', Op. 21bis (1920) *''The Love for Three Oranges, Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges"'', Op. 33bis (1919, rev. 1924) *''The Fiery Angel (opera), Vocal Suite from "The Fiery Angel"'', Op. 37bis (1923; incomplete) *''Le pas d'acier (Prokofiev), Suite from "Le pas d'acier"'', Op. 41bis (1926) *''The Prodigal Son (ballet), Suite from "The Prodigal Son"'', Op. 46bis (1929) *''The Gambler (Prokofiev)#Suite: Four Portraits and a D.C4.97nouement from The Gambler.2C op. 49, Suite from "The Gambler"'' ("Four Portraits and Denouement"), Op. 49 (1931) *''On the Dnieper, Suite from "On the Dnieper"'', Op. 51bis (1933) *''Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev), Suite from "Lieutenant Kijé"'', Op. 60 (1934) *''Egyptian Nights (Prokofiev), Suite from "Egyptian Nights"'', Op. 61 (1938) *''Semyon Kotko, Suite from "Semyon Kotko"'', Op. 81bis (1941) *''Waltz Suite (Prokofiev), Waltz Suite'', Op. 110 (1946) (includes waltzes from "War and Peace," "Cinderella," and "Lermontov") *''Betrothal in a Monastery, Summer Night'', suite from "Betrothal in a Monastery", Op. 123 (1950)


Other orchestral works

*Sinfonietta (Prokofiev), Sinfonietta in A (original version), Op. 5 (1909) *''Dreams (Prokofiev), Dreams'', Op. 6 (1910) *''Autumnal (Prokofiev), Autumnal'', Op. 8 (1910) *''Andante from Piano Sonata No. 4 (orchestra), Andante from Piano Sonata No. 4'', arranged for orchestra, Op. 29bis (1934) *''Overture on Hebrew Themes'', Op. 34bis (based on chamber version) (1934) *''American Overture (Prokofiev), American Overture'', Op. 42 (1926), for 17 instruments *''American Overture (Prokofiev), American Overture'', Op. 42bis (1928), for full orchestra *''Divertissement (Prokofiev), Divertissement'', Op. 43 (1925–29) (also exists in a piano transcription, see transcriptions for piano below) *Sinfonietta (Prokofiev), Sinfonietta in A (revised version of Op. 5), Op. 48 (1929) *''Andante from String Quartet No. 1 (orchestra), Andante from String Quartet No. 1'', arranged for string orchestra, Op. 50bis (1930) *''Symphonic Song (Prokofiev), Symphonic Song'', Op. 57 (1933) *''Russian Overture'', Op. 72 (1936) (2 differently orchestrated versions) *''Symphonic March (Prokofiev), Symphonic March'', Op. 88 (1941) *''The Year 1941 (Prokofiev), The Year 1941'', Op. 90 (1941) *''Ode to the End of the War (Prokofiev), Ode to the End of the War'', Op. 105 (1945), for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, percussion, and double basses *''Thirty Years (Prokofiev), Thirty Years'', Op. 113 (1947), festive poem for orchestra *''Pushkin Waltzes (Prokofiev), Pushkin Waltzes'', Op. 120 (1949) *''The Meeting of the Volga and the Don (Prokofiev), The Meeting of the Volga and the Don'', Op. 130 (1951), festive poem for orchestra


Concertos

*Piano: **Piano Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 10 (1911–12) **Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (1912–13, lost, re-written in 1923) **Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26 (1917–21) **Piano Concerto No. 4 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 4 in B, Op. 53 (1931), for left hand (written for Paul Wittgenstein) **Piano Concerto No. 5 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 5 in G, Op. 55 (1932) **Piano Concerto No. 6 (Prokofiev), Piano Concerto No. 6, Op. 134 (1953–unfinished) *Violin: **Violin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev), Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19 (1916–17) **Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev), Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (1935) *Cello: **Cello Concerto (Prokofiev), Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 (1933–38) **Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev), Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125 (1950–52) **Cello Concertino (Prokofiev), Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 (1953–unfinished) (one version completed by Dimitri Kabalevsky, Kabalevsky, another by Vladimir Blok)


Vocal orchestral

*Two Poems for Female Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 7 (1909–10) *''The Ugly Duckling (Prokofiev), The Ugly Duckling'', Op. 18 (1914), for soprano and orchestra *''Seven, They Are Seven'', Op. 30 (1917–18, rev. 1933), cantata for tenor, chorus, and large orchestra *''Melodie'', Op. 35bis (1920), for female voice and orchestra *Vocal Suite from ''The Fiery Angel'', Op. 37bis (1923, incomplete) *''Peter and the Wolf'', Op. 67 (1936), a children's story for narrator and orchestra *Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution (Prokofiev), ''Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution'', Op. 74 (1936–37), cantata for 2 choruses, orchestra, military band, accordion band, and percussion band *''Songs of Our Days (Prokofiev), Songs of Our Days'', Op. 76 (1937), for chorus and orchestra *''Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev), Alexander Nevsky'', Op. 78 (1939), cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra *''Zdravitsa'', Op. 85 (1939), cantata for chorus and orchestra (also known as 'Hail to Stalin') *''Ballad of an Unknown Boy (Prokofiev), Ballad of an Unknown Boy'', Op. 93 (1942–43), for soloists, chorus, and orchestra *''Flourish, Mighty Land (Prokofiev), Flourish, Mighty Land'', Op. 114 (1947), cantata for chorus and orchestra *''Winter Bonfire (Prokofiev), Winter Bonfire'', Op. 122 (1949–50), for boy's choir and small orchestra *''On Guard for Peace'', Op. 124 (1950), cantata for chorus and orchestra


Choral

*Six Songs, Op. 66 (1935) *Seven Songs and a March, Op. 89 (1941–42) *National Anthem and All-Union Hymn, Op. 98 (1943 and 1946) *Soldiers' Marching Song, Op. 121 (1950)


Songs

*Two Poems, Op. 9 (1910–11) *''The Ugly Duckling (Prokofiev), The Ugly Duckling'', Op. 18 (1914) *Five Poems, Op. 23 (1915) *Five Poems after Akhmatova, Op. 27 (1916) *Five Songs Without Words, Op. 35 (1920) *Five Poems after Konstantin Bal'mont, Bal'mont, Op. 36 (1921) *Five Kazakh Songs (1927) *Two Songs from ''Lieutenant Kijé'', Op. 60bis (1934) *Three Children's Songs, Op. 68 (1936) *Three Romances after Pushkin, Op. 73 (1936) *Three Songs from ''Alexander Nevsky'', Op. 78bis (1939) *Seven Songs, Op. 79 (1939) *Twelve Russian Folksongs, Op. 104 (1944) *Two Duets, Op. 106 (1945) *''Broad and Deep the River Flows'' (1957)


Chamber music

*Humoresque scherzo, Op. 12bis (1915) (for four bassoons) *Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (1919) (for clarinet, string quartet and piano) *Quintet (Prokofiev), Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 (1924) (for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass) *String Quartet No. 1 (Prokofiev), String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50 (1930) *Sonata for Two Violins (Prokofiev), Sonata for Two Violins in C, Op. 56 (1932) *String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev), String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92 (1941)


Instrumental

*Violin **Five Melodies for Violin and Piano (Prokofiev), Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis (1925) **Violin Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev), Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 (1946) **Violin Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev), Violin Sonata No. 2 in D, Op. 94a (1943; based on Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94) **Sonata for Solo Violin (Prokofiev), Sonata for Solo Violin / Unison Violins in D, Op. 115 (1947) *Cello **Ballade for Cello and Piano (Prokofiev), Ballade for Cello and Piano, Op. 15 (1912) **Adagio for Cello and Piano (Prokofiev), Adagio for Cello and Piano, Op. 97bis (1944) **Cello Sonata (Prokofiev), Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119 (1949) **Sonata for Solo Cello (Prokofiev), Sonata for Solo Cello in C minor (completed posthumously by Vladimir Blok), Op. 134 (1952, completed 1972) *Flute **Flute Sonata (Prokofiev), Flute Sonata in D, Op. 94 (1943)


Piano sonatas

*Piano Sonatas – six juvenile: 1904, 1907 (revised for Op.1), 1907 (revised for Op.28), 1907–08, 1908 (revised for Op.29), 1908–09 *Piano Sonata No. 1 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 (1907–09) *Piano Sonata No. 2 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 (1912) *Piano Sonata No. 3 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (1907–17) *Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 (1908–17) *Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (original version), Op. 38 (1923) *Piano Sonata No. 6 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 (1939–40) *Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 7 in B major ''Stalingrad'', Op. 83 (1939–42) *Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 8 in B major, Op. 84 (1939–44) *Piano Sonata No. 9 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 (1947) *Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (revised version), Op. 135 (1952–53) *Piano Sonata No. 10 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 10 in E minor, Op. 137 (unfinished) (1952) *Piano Sonata No. 11 (Prokofiev), Piano Sonata No. 11, Op. 138 (unrealized)


Other piano works

*''Four Etudes for Piano, Op.1 (Prokofiev), Four Etudes for Piano'', Op. 2 (1909) *''Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 2(Prokofiev), Four Pieces for Piano'', Op. 3 (1911) *''Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 3(Prokofiev), Four Pieces for Piano'', Op. 4 (1910–12) *Toccata (Prokofiev), Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 (1912) *''Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 (Prokofiev), Ten Pieces for Piano'', Op. 12 (1906–13) *''Sarcasms (Prokofiev), Sarcasms'', five pieces for piano, Op. 17 (1912–14) *''Visions fugitives'', 20 pieces for piano, Op. 22 (1915–17) *''Tales of an Old Grandmother'', Op. 31 (1918) *''Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 32 (Prokofiev), Four Pieces for Piano'', Op. 32 (1918) *''Schubert Waltzes'' (1920) *''Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)#Others, Fantasia on Scheherazade'' (1926) *''Things in Themselves (Prokofiev), Things in Themselves'', 2 pieces for piano, Op. 45 (1928) *''Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 52'' (1928-31) *''Two Sonatinas for Piano, Op. 54 (Prokofiev), Two Sonatinas for Piano'', Op. 54 (1931–32) *''Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 (Prokofiev), Three Pieces for Piano'', Op. 59 (1933–34) *''Pensées (Prokofiev), Pensées'', 3 pieces for piano, Op. 62 (1933–34) *''Music for Children (Prokofiev), Music for Children'', 12 easy pieces, Op. 65 (1935) *''Dumka (Prokofiev), Dumka'' (after 1933)


Transcriptions for piano

*''The Love for Three Oranges#Arrangements of the music, March and Scherzo from "The Love for Three Oranges"'', Op. 33ter (1922) *''Divertissement (Prokofiev), Divertissement'', Op. 43bis (1938) *''Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 52 (Prokofiev), Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 52'' from a variety of sources (1930–31) *''Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev), Ten Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet"'', Op. 75 (1937) *''Gavotte from Hamlet (Prokofiev), Gavotte from "Hamlet"'', Op. 77bis (1938) *''Cinderella (Prokofiev), Three Pieces from "Cinderella"'', Op. 95 (1942) *''Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 96 (Prokofiev), Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 96'' from "War and Peace" and "Lermontov" (1941–42) *''Cinderella (Prokofiev), Ten Pieces from "Cinderella"'', Op. 97 (1943) *''Cinderella (Prokofiev), Six Pieces from "Cinderella"'', Op. 102 (1944)


Band music

*Four Marches, Op. 69 (1935–37) *March in A, Op. 89bis (1941) *March in B, Op. 99 (1943–44) (Orchestral version transcribed by D. Wilson Ochoa, 2007)


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References

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