-        EARLY NOTEBOOKS – About 100 short compositions  -

1966 

0 LITTLE TRIPTYCH for piano 8' 
0a LET'S PLAY IN FOUR HANDS for piano in 4 hands (Rev. 1998) 1' 

1967

1 PIANO SONATA No.1 (Rev.1977) 8' 
2       THE HANDFUL OF SAND (Isikava Takuboku) for voice &12 players (Rev. 1983) 10' 
2a     THE HANDFUL OF SAND (Isikava Takuboku) for voice & piano (Rev. 1983) 10' 
 

3 MONOLOGUEfor solo clarinet 4' 
4       FIVE LITTLE PIECES for piano 7' 
4a     TWO CHORUSES  (Alexander Blok) for mixed chorus 6'
 

4b     ABOUT MR TRULLALINSKI  (Julian Tuvim) for voice & piano 5' 
4c     STROPHES ON A LATE SUMMER  (Julian Tuvim) for voice & piano 5'
4d     TWO SONATINAS for solo violin 14' 
5       VIOLIN SONATA No.1 in four movements (Rev.1971) 20' 

6 TWO FUGUES for solo violin 7' 
7       STRING TRIO 9'
7a     THE OMINOUS STINK (Sergei Yesenin). Cantata for bass, mixed chorus &orchestra 13' 
 

7b TWO MAGIC SQUARES for piano (Rev. 2003) 6' 
8 PIANO CONCERTO No.1
 

9       6 POEMS BY ALEXANDER BLOK for voice & orchestra 20' (See TEXTS)
9a 6 POEMS BY ALEXANDER BLOK for voice & piano 20' (See TEXTS)
9b     CRADLE SONG for oboe & piano (Rev. 1993) 5'
9c     TOCCATA for piano 7'
10     ETERNAL REFUGE (Mikhail Bulgakov) for voice, organ, strings & percussion (Rev. 1981) 10'  (See TEXT)
10a ETERNAL REFUGE (Mikhail Bulgakov) for voice & piano trio (Version 1996, rev. 2002) 10'  (See TEXT)
10b  TWELVE CHORALES (Bible) for mixed chorus (1st Version 1968, see also Op. 67) 15'
 

11 STRING QUARTET No.1 (Rev. 1994) 20' 
12 AMONG THE STARS (Six Haiku by Kobajashi Issa) for voice, flute & piano 12' (Version 2002) 
12a  AMONG THE STARS (Six Haiku by Kabajasi Issa) for voice & accordion (Version 1999) 12' 
 

13    CANTATA in memoriam Pablo Neruda (Pablo Neruda) for soloists & chamber orchestra 25' 
13a  THREE VOCAL MINIATURES (O.Mandelstam, M.Fukagava, O.Khayam) for voice & piano 5'
14    CLARINET CONCERTO (Rev. 1977) 12' 
14a  TRIO SACRUM (Musical Joke No.1) for 3 percussion players 
 

14b THE MELANCHOLIC MINUTE for clarinet & piano 1' 
14c  PREPARATIONS, pantomime (by Dmitri Shostakovich) transcription for clarinet & piano 2' 
14d  CANON-HUMORESQUE for 3 saxophones (Rev. 1985) 1'
15 PASTORALE for orchestra 12' 
16    SONATA for flute & harp 7'
17    MIRAGES for saxophone quartet 10'
18    LYRICAL COMPOSITION for flute, oboe, violin, cello & harpsichord 8'
 

19 SOLO FOR HARP 6'
19a  TWO POEMS BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN for voice & piano 4' (See TEXT 1, TEXT 2)

20 THE SORROW OF PAST DAYS (Alexander Pushkin) for voice, flute, percussion, vln & cello 18' (See TEXTS)
 

21    TRIPLE CONCERTO for alto saxophone, piano, double bass, strings & percussion 18' 
22 BASSOON SONATA for bassoon & piano 10' 
22a  THREE DANCES for xylophone 6' 
23    PIANO TRIO No.1 18' 
 

24 PIANO CONCERTO No.2 for piano & string orchestra 15' 
24a FANFARES for orchestra (Orchestra version of piano piece Op.125 9a) 10'
24b  TWO PIECES for harp 1.Guitar, 2.The Sleeping Mirror  (See also Op.125 Nos.18a & 15a) 7' 
24d  A BRIEF HISTORY OF MUSIC for piano (Version 1997, Also Op.125 No.20a) 3' 
25    SONATA for cello & piano 11' 
 

26 VIOLIN SONATA No.2 11' 
27    FIVE POEMS BY ARSENI TARKOVSKI for voice & piano 12' 
27a  NINE CHILDREN PIECES for horn & piano 10' 
27b  TWO PIECES for cello & piano 4' 
27c  HERMITAGE: The Art of Ancient Greece – Music for TV film (with Elena Firsova) 10' 
27d  HERMITAGE: The Art of Ancient Rome – Music for TV film (with Elena Firsova) 10' 
27e  HERMITAGE: The Art of the Middle Ages – Music for TV film (with Elena Firsova) 10' 
27f   LYRICAL EPIGRAMS for children chorus 6' 
27g  CRYSTAL CABINET for violin & celesta or piano (See also Op.125 No.13a) 1' 
27h  SARABAND for violin & harpsichord or piano (See also Op.125 No.2a)  2'
28 THE SEASONS (William Blake) for voice, flute, viola & harp 22'   (See TEXTS)
 

28a  SUITE IN BAROQUE STYLE for piano or harpsichord (See also Op.125 Nos. 5a & 2a) 7' 
29 PIANO SONATA No.2 11' 
30 SYMPHONY No.1 – The Seasons for orchestra 26' 
31    SONGS OF DESTINY (Friedrich Hölderlin) for voice & organ 10’ 
31a  CHILDREN CONCERTO for cello & piano 10' 
31b HE – Music for short feature film 10' -
31c  FOOTBALL (by Dmitri Shostakovich) transcription for piano 5' -
 

32 FEARFUL SYMMETRY (Six Poems by William Blake) for voice & organ (Rev. 2003) 12'__ (See TEXTS)
32a FEARFUL SYMMETRY (Six Poems by William Blake) for voice & piano (Rev. 2003) 12'__ (See TEXTS)
33    DIRGE CANONS (In memoriam Igor Stravinsky) for 13 players 12' 
34    SERENADE for oboe, alto saxophone & cello 11' 
34a  THREE EQUALE for brass quartet (trumpet, horn, trombone & tuba) 6' 
34b THREE PIECES for piano in 4 hands 3' 
 

35    BALLADE for alto saxophone & piano 8' 
36 SYMPHONY No.2 Destiny (Friedrich Hölderlin) for 4 soloists, mixed chorus & orchestra 26' 
36a ADAGIOSISSIMO (by J.S.Bach) transcription for piano or harpsichord 2' 
36b  ADAGIOSISSIMO  (by J.S.Bach) for violin, viola & harp (version 1997) 2' 
37 THE FAREWELL SONG for viola & harp 9' 
37a  CAPRICCIO ON DEPARTURE... (By J.S.Bach) transcription for 14 players 15' 
38    FANTASIA for saxophone quartet 8' 
38a FOREST PICTURES for harp (rev. 2002) 5' 
39    THE NIGHT RHYMES (Alexander Pushkin) cantata for voice & orchestra 14' (See TEXTS)
39a THE NIGHT RHYMES (Alexander Pushkin) for voice & piano 14' (See TEXTS)
 

40 TWO RICERCARES for string orchestra 8' 
40a  COCK & BULL STORIES (Lear) for voice & piano 3' 
40b  FINAL CHORUS from Khovanshchina (by Mussorgski/Stravinsky) orchestration 12' 
40c  CHRONICLE OF MOON NIGHTS – Music for a science film 10'
40d  NAUTICAL EXCURSIONS (Kruzhkov) for voice & piano 3'
41a TIRIEL-PROLOGUE for orchestra 9' 
41b  TIRIEL – A poem for baritone saxophone & piano 9' 
 

41c  TIRIEL – A poem for cello & piano (Rev. 1993) 9'
41d TIRIEL– A poem for piano 9' 
41e  MYSTERY OF ATMOSPHERIC WHIRLWINDS – Music for a science film 10' -
41f  ATLANTS OF MICRO-WORLD – Music for a science film 10' -
41g  DANCE OF THE NIGHTINGALE (from the opera Tiriel, Op.41) for solo piccolo flute 2' 
41h ECHO OF THE ANTHEM for piano 2'
 

41 TIRIEL – An opera (William Blake) 2 hours 
42 STRING QUARTET No.2 12' 
43    PARTITA for solo violin 12' 
43a  12 MELANCHOLIC WALTZES for piano 15' 
43b 12 MELANCHOLIC WALTZES for saxophone & piano 10'
43c  MUSIC GREETING to H. S. for solo trumpet 3' 
44    EPITAPH for piano & organ 7' 
45a THEL-PROLOGUE for 16 players (& mixed chorus ad libitum) 7' 1986 
45 THEL (The Lamentation of Thel) – Chamber opera (William Blake) 52' 
46 THE MAGIC BOAT (Fiodor Tjutchev) for voice & piano 12' 
46a  ATOMSHCHIKI (Atomic Scientists) – Music for a science film 40' -
46b  SONGS OF LEARNED CAT (Alexander Pushkin) for voice & piano (See also Op.84) 8' 
46c WONDERFUL STORIES (Nursery Rhymes, R) for voice & piano (See also Op.63 & 63a) 13' 
 

47 MOZART-VARIATIONS for orchestra (also a ballet score) 14'
47a  STAIRS for soprano & piano (Anna Akhmatova) 4' 
47b  TWO INTERMEZZI for piano 6' 
48    THE VISIONS OF COLERIDGE (S.T.Coleridge) for voice & 10 players 17' 
48a TWO MOODS for guitar (Rev. 2002) 7'
 

49    SONGS OF LOVE & MADNESS (William Blake) for voice, clarinet, celesta, harp & string trio 20' 
50    THE SEVEN ANGELS OF WILLIAM BLAKE for piano 23' 
51    THE MOONLIGHT STORY (Blake's Picture I) for piccolo, bcl, vln, vla, cello & double bass 14' 
52    THE INITIAL TIMES (Boris Pasternak) for voice & piano 10' 
 

53    OCTETS (Eight-Line Poems) (Osip Mandelstam) for voice, flute, horn, harp & string trio 18' (See TEXTS)
53a  NIKOLAI BUKHARIN – Music for a doc. film 30'
 

54    VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1 for violin & 13 string instruments 20' 
55    FROM EVENING TO MORNING (William Blake) for mixed chorus 12' 
56    THE EVENING SONG for alto (or tenor) saxophone & piano 8' 
57 TRINITY MUSIC for clarinet, violin & piano 8' 
57a  TWO PIECES (by Alexander Scriabin) – Instrumentation for ensemble of 15 players 5'
58    JACOB'S LADDER (Blake's Picture II) for 16 players 14'
58a  MONOGRAM for solo cello 3' 
 

59    A SONG OF LIBERTY (William Blake) oratorio for 4 soloists, mixed chorus & orchestra 42' 
60 SHORT POEMS (Kathleen Raine) for soprano & piano 7' __
60a  SHORT POEMS (Kathleen Raine) for soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, cello & double bass 7' 
61    THREE BLAKE SONGS for soprano, 2 clarinets, viola, cello & double bass 14' 
62 FOUR STUDIES after "The Book of Job" ("Jobs Studies") for solo clarinet/narrator 13' 
63 WONDERFUL STORIES (Nursery Rhymes, E, Rev. 2002) for voice & piano 14' __
63a WONDERFUL STORIES (Nursery Rhymes, E) for voice, 2 clarinets, viola, vlc & d.b. 13'__
63b WONDERFUL STORIES for woodwind quintet and piano (Version 2002) 14'__
64 THE ANGELS OF ALBION for piano 18'
65 ABEL (Blake's Picture III) for clarinet, violin, cello & piano 14' 
 

66    THE RIVER OF LIFE (Blake's Picture IV) for 16 players 13' 
67 SIX CHORUSES (Angelic Salutation, Bible, John Milton) for mixed chorus a cappella 12' __
67a  PRAYER for trumpet & organ 3' 
67b  PRAYER (Bible) for voice & piano or organ (Version 1997) 3'
68 THRENODY for trumpet & organ 9' 
69    PIANO TRIO No.2 15' 
70    DIPTYCH for organ (Rev. 2002) 12' 
70a  TO OLLY – Happy Birthday Song to Olly Knussen for voice & piano 2' 
71 ORCADES for solo flute 6' 
72    PIANO QUINTET for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass 20' 
73    PIANO SONATA No.3 15' 
74    CELLO CONCERTO 28' 
 

75 STRING QUARTET No.3 20'
76 ARIEL SONGS (William Shakespeare) for voice, 2 recorders, cello & harpsichord 15'__
76a SARABAND (by J.S.Bach) (for solo piano or) for 2 celli (Version 1998) 1'
77 MAGIC MUSIC BOX – Children Album for piano (50 pieces) 55'
78 STRING QUARTET No.4 16'
 

79 THE GUARDIANS OF SPACE for orchestra 30' 
80    DIES IRAE for solo recorder (or flute) 5' 
81 STRING QUARTET No.5 18' 
 

82 SYMPHONY No.3 "Voyages" (Also a ballet score) 33' 
83    THE LAMB (Blake) for counter tenor & 6 viols 6' 
84 SONGS OF LEARNED CAT (Alexander Pushkin) for mixed chorus 5' __
85    VIDERUM OMNES FINES TERRAE for soprano & ensemble 10' £10
85a BUMPTY-GRUMPTY (Musical Joke No.2)  for string quartet 1' 
85b  BUMPTY-GRUMPTY (Musical Joke No.2) for four celli (Version 1997) 1' 
86    THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES for piano 20' 
87    BOOK (Musical Joke No.3, Ruth Fainlight) for soprano, tenor, piano & mime actor 2' 
88    LAMENTO for flute & harpsichord 12' 
89    VIOLIN CONCERTO No.2 "Spheres" for violin & string orchestra 24' 
90    THE BRIDE IN HER GRAVE – Opera (Ruth Fainlight) 60' (vocal score) 
 

91    IL RITORNO (VIOLIN CONCERTO No.3) for violin & orchestra 12' 
92    IT IS ENOUGH... for tape 6' 
93    SPELL OF CREATION (Raine) for tape 6' 
94    WEDDING COCK-TAIL (Musical Joke No.4 for Alison & Gerard McBurney) for tape 9 -
95 DUMKA for violin & piano 4' 
96 SPECTRUM OF SPRING for fl, piano, violin, viola & cello 10' 
 

97 ELEGY in Memory of Edison Denisov a) for solo cello, b) for 16 players 13' 
98     MISS GITTIPIN'S TALK (William Blake) for solo soprano 4' 
99     SET ME AS A SEAL (Solomon) for chamber chorus, 2 trumpets & 3 trombones 10' 
100 THE BIRD OF TIME for orchestra 10'
101   SONG OF SONGS (Solomon) cantata for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus & orchestra 25' 
102   PAUL (Musical Joke No.5) for 15 players 7' 
103 ALBUM LEAVES (5 pieces) for piano 10' 
104   BETWEEN SCYLLA & CHARIBDIS for string orchestra 20' 
 

105    MASS for mixed chorus 30' 
105a  ORGAN MASS 30' 
105b  MASS for four male voices 30' 
106 STRING QUARTET No.6 12'
107    PROMENADE (Musical Joke No.6, to Mikhail Burshtin) for piano in 4 hands 3' 
108    FAMILY PORTRAIT for solo cello 9' 
109    ES IST...  (Violin Sonata No.3) for violin & piano 15' 
110 TWO FRAGMENTS for solo double bass (Rev.2002) 7' 
111 OPUS 111 for clarinet, cello & piano in 2 movements 10' 
112 POSTLUDE in memory of Alfred Schnittke for solo violin 9' 
112a  POSTLUDE in memory of Alfred Schnittke for solo cello (Version 2000) 9' 
113    TWILIGHT (James Joyce) for soprano & 6 players (Recomposed 2000) 22' 
 

114    GERMAN PAINTING for piano in 4 hands 5' 
114a  GULAG – Music for a documentary TV film 50' 
115    MELTING TIME for piano 6' 
116    LOVE  for organ (from Sketches to Othello-Music) 5' 
117    THREE QUARKS FOR MUSTER MARK for solo percussion player (to Mark Pekarsky) 12' 
117a  SONATA (by Edison Denisov) transcription for saxophone alto & 11 players 12' 
117b  QUARTET No.8 (by D.Shostakovich Op.110) transcription for wind octet & double bass 22' 
118a DSCH – Antiphon for 2 violins 5' 
118a DSCH – Antiphon for 2 celli 5'
119    AM BACH for basset horn, cello & accordion 11' 
120    STREAM for violin & string orchestra 7' 
121    PORTRAIT for wind octet & double bass (to Dmitri Shostakovich) 10' 
121a INABOWL for small orchestra 1' 
122 SHADOWS IN LIGHT for viola & harp 6'
122a  SHADOWS IN LIGHT for flute, oboe, harp, violin, viola & cello 6' 
 

123 GRATIAS for 4 celli (to Alfred Schnittke) 4' 
124 STRING OF DESTINY (Piano Sonata No.4) for piano 8' 
125 WELL-TEMPERED PIANO (24 Preludes & Fugues) for piano 90' 
125a  ALONE-SUITE (by Dmitri Shostakovich, Op.26) transcription for wind orchestra 26' 
 

126    A CRADLE SONG (Blake) for soprano & piano 7' 
127    CONCERTO-PICCOLO (to Mstislav Rostropovich) for Cello & Orchestra 12' 
128 HEALING SONG (Baratynski) for mixed chorus 6' 
128a  ACROSTIC for piano 2' 
128b  BAGATELLE for solo cello 2' 
129    SUNLIGHT SONATA (Sonata No.5) for piano 11' 
129a CANON IN MEMORY OF STRAVINSKY for String Quartet & Bell 3' 
130    SAGA for solo cello (to Sofia Gubaidulina) 7' 
131    CHACONNE for violin, viola & harp 14' 
132 THE INOCENCE OF EXPERIENCE  (Blake) for tape 27' 8-10 (See TEXTS)
 

133    THE LAST WORD 1 for 2 violas and wind quintet 5' 
133a  THE LAST WORD 1 for violin, viola and harp (or for 2 violas and harp) 5' 
134    WITHOUT FEAR AND REPROACH for piano (to Yuri Kholopov) 4' 
135 METAPLASM I for piano (to Sharon Anderson) 5' 
135a METAPLASM I for orchestra 8' 
136    MELANCHOLY II for piano 4' 
137 METAPLASM II for piano (to Dennis Letbetter) 7' 
138    The STONY PATH  for voice, piano & cello (Mikhail Lermontov) 14'
 

139 TRIPLE CONCERTO No2 for violin, harp & double bass with orchestra 25'
 

139a  QUARTET No7 (by D. Shostakovich Op108) transcription for wind octet & double bass 22'
139b  VIOLA SONATA (by D. Shostakovich Op147) transcription for viola, wind octet & db 34' 
139c  ROMANCE (by D. Shostakovich, from "Gadfly") transcription for viola, wind octet & db  3’ 
139d  ROMANCE (by D. Shostakovich, from "Gadfly") transcription for viola and piano 3’ 
140 DREAM JOURNEY (17 Haiku by Matsuo Basho) for voice, flute and piano 40' __ 
140a OLD POND (6 Haiku by Matsuo Bashô) for voice, flute, and piano 15' __ 
140b EAST OR WEST (4 Haiku by Matsuo Bashô) for voice, and piano trio 10' __
140c DEPARTURE (5 Haiku by Matsuo Bashô) for voice and piano 12' __ 
140d FLUTE OF SUMADERA (2 Haiku by Matsuo Bashô for voice and flute Op140d 6' __ 
141    CAKE-MUSIC for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (to the Seattle Chamber Players) 2' 
141a  BIRTHDAY-WALTZ for piano (to Alissa Firsova) 1' 
 

142 TRI-O-TRI (Piano Trio No3, for the Florestan Trio) 
143 CIPHERS for piano Op143 2005 11' 
143a TARY, BARY, RASTABARY for voice (ad libitum) oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano 1'
143b-1 Beethoven: CAVATINA  transcription for piano 6' 
143b-2 Beethoven: LENTO ASSAI transcription for piano 5' 
144   VIOLIN SONATA No4  14' 
145   WEDDING for piano in 4 (for Simon Mulligan) hands 8’ 
145a ORCHESTRAL STUDIES (Orchestration of piano pieces of Schoenberg, Messiaen, Beethoven etc.) 2005- 
146 STRING QUARTET No7 (in memory of Shostakovich) Op146 2005 15’ 
147   RED BELLS for piano and ensemble of 7 players (in memory of Shostakovich)  8’
148 DANSE MACABRE for solo violin (in memory of Shostakovich)  3’ 
 

149  REQUIEM for 4 soloists, chorus and orchestra, 2006, 50'
150   AMORE SOLA , for solo violin, 2006, 8'
 

151    PROVERBS OF HELL   (Blake) for voice and piano 2006-07 10' (See TEXTS)
151a  DUMKA  (by Peter Tchaikovsky), transcription for piano and orchestra 2007 8'
152    INFERNO  (String Quartet No. 8) 2007 15'
152a   St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots. by Liszt transcription for Chamber Orchestra 2007 9'
152b   La Lugubre Gondola No. 2. by Liszt transcription for Chamber Orchestra, 2007 8' 
153a   MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS   (Gornye vershiny  , From Goethe – Lermontov) for voice and piano 2007 2'
 

153     Song cycle for voice and cello (The Angel, Loneliness, Mountain Heights etc. – Lermontov)  2007-8 ?'