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This list contains all works published in Nikolay Medtner: Sobranie sochinenii (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Muzikal’noe Izdatel’stvo, 1959-1963) plus the Op.19 and Op.19a songs, the Sonatina of 1898, and lists all the rest not mentioned before found on Russiches Musikarchiv. For further details see www.medtner.org.uk
Works with opus number
- Op.1, 8 Stimmungsbilder for piano, c.1896-7
- Op.1bis, The Angel for voice and piano, 1905, reworking for voice and piano of Op.1 No.1
- Op.2, 3 Fantasy-Improvisations for piano, 1896-1900
- Op.3, 3 Romances for voice and piano, 1903
- Op.4, 4 Morceaux, 1897-1902
- Op.5, Piano Sonata in F minor, 1895-1903
- Op.6, 9 Songs after Goethe for voice and piano, 1904-5
- Op.7, 3 Arabesques for piano, 1901?-4
- Op.8, 2 Tales, 1904-5
- Op.9, 3 Tales, 1904-5
- Op.10, 3 Dithyrambs, 1898-1906
- Op.11, Sonaten-Triade, 1904-7
- Op.12, 3 Poems after Heine for voice and piano, 1907
- Op.13, 2 Poems after Pushkin and Bely for voice and piano, 1907
- Op.14, 2 Tales for piano, 1906-7
- Op.15, 12 Songs after Goethe for voice and piano, 1907 b
- Op.16, 3 Nocturnes for violin and piano, 1907
- Op.17, 3 Novellettes for piano, 1908
- Op.18, 6 Poems after Goethe for voice and piano, 1908-9
- Op.19, 3 Poems after Nietzsche for voice and piano, 1909
- Op.19a, 2 Poems after Nietzsche for voice and piano, 1909
- Op.20, 2 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
- 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
- Op.42, 3 Skazki (3 fairy tales) 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
- Op.48, 2 Skazki (2 fairy tales) 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 Skazki (6 fairy tales) 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
- 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
See eg. Nicolas Medtner, his life and music (p.9) (early Medtner manuscripts in the Glinka Museum)
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
- Tale in D minor (Skazka/tale for piano), 1915
- Ekspromt for piano, 1898
- Piano Quintet in C major, first movement 1904-5, remainder composed periodically 1905-1948
- Humoresque in F-sharp minor for piano, 1896
- Postyudiya in B minor for piano
- Marsch for piano
- 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.1 for 2 pianos
- Klavierkonzert No.2 for 2 pianos
- Klavierkonzert No.3 for 2 pianos
Sketched, 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? (lost; 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; arrangement of, Op.14 no.1?)
- 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♭ major for violin and piano
- 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)
- Variations on "Greensleeves" for string quartet, 1897-98? (unfinished)
- Piano quartet in D minor, 1902 (fragment)
- Piano Trio in F major/D minor, 1902 (only one line remains)
- Restless love - song after Goethe for voice and piano?, 1896? (sketch)
- The autumn - song after Nietzsche for voice and piano?, 1897 (only a few lines remain)
- My peace is gone "Elegy" - song after Goethe, 1903 (sketch)
- Early Piano Works - (Tempo di Minuetto in D minor, Nocturne in G minor, G minor Lette novel, Romance erothique, Idyll in F minor, Marche), 1891-95 (sketch)
- Song without words in C minor for piano, 1896 (only four bars remain)
- Variations in F♯ minor for piano, 1896-97 (only the theme and three variations remain)
- Fantasia quasi una sonata in F♯ minor for piano, 1897 (unfinished; only 106 bars completed)
- Tempo di pollacca in F major for piano, 1898 (unfinished; only 9 bars completed)
- Piano piece in F♯ minor, 1898 (unfinished; only 28 bars completed)
- Sonata in C minor for piano, 1901 (unfinished; only about 200 bars completed)
- Sonata in B minor minor for piano, 1901 (short draft)
- Sonata in E minor minor for piano, 1901 (short draft)
- Tempo di marcia in C minor for piano, 1901 (unanimous sketch)
- Étude à la Paganini in G minor for piano, 1901
- Etude in F♯ minor for piano, 1901
- Marcia ostervenioso for piano, 1901 (six-bar sketch)
- Vivace in A minor, 1902 (incomplete)
- Mischief for piano, 1905 (only 11 bars completed)
- Allegrissimo for piano, 1906-07
- Canon à la Reger for piano, 1907 (only six bars remain)
- Sonata in B♭ minor for piano?, 1909 (brief sketch)
- Pantheistic cantata - musical joke for piano and barking dogs, about 1912
- Allegro in A minor for piano, about 1916 (fragment)
- Etude in B minor for piano (fragment)
- Sonata theme in F minor for piano? (only 28 bars completed)
- Vision in E major for piano (only 27 bars completed)
- Misterioso e con evolutio emozionalemente in F♯ major for piano (only 10 bars completed)
- Carol for piano (only 20 bars completed)
- Fantaisie in C minor for piano (only 37 bars completed)