List of works by Mily Balakirev

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Works are listed chronologically within each category.

Orchestral Works

Symphony or Orchestra

• Ouverture on a Spanish March Theme, Op.6 (1857, rev. 1886)
• Ouverture on 3 Russian Themes No.1 (1857-58. rev. 1882)
• Ouverture on 3 Russian Themes No.2 (1863-64)
• Symphony No.1 in C Major (1864-66, c.1890-97)
• Ouverture on Czech Themes (1866-67)
• Tamara, Symphonic Poem (1867-82)
• Symphony No.2 in D minor (1900-08)
• Chopin Suite (1909)

Concertos

• Grande Fantasie on Russian Folksongs in Db Major, Op.4 (1852)
• Piano Concerto No.1 in F# minor, Op.1 (1855-56)

Chamber Music

• Octet, Op.3 (1855-56)
• Romance for Cello & Piano (1856)

Piano Works

Piano 2-Hands

• Reminiscences from Glinka's Opera A Life for the Tsar (1854-55, Rev. 1899)
• Fandango-Etude (1856), rev. 1902 as Spanish Serenade
• Scherzo No.1 in B minor (1856)
• Polka in F# minor (1859)
• Impromptu in F minor (1850-60)
• Mazurka No.1 in Ab Major (1861)
• Mazurka No.2 in C# minor (1861)
• The Lark, Romance by Glinka (1864)
• Islamey, Oriental Fantasy (1869)
• In the Garden (Etude-Idyll) in Db Major (1884)
• Mazurka No.3 in B minor (1886)
• Mazurka No.4 in Gb Major (1886)
• Nocturne No.1 in Bb minor (1898)
• The Wilderness-Romance (1898)
• Dumka in Eb minor (1900)
• Mazurka No.5 in D Major (1900)
• Scherzo No.2 in Bb minor (1900)
• Waltz No.1 Valse di Bravura in G Major(1900)
• Waltz No.2 Valse mélancolique in F minor (1900)
• Piano Sonata No.2 (1900-05)
• Gondolier's Song in A minor (1901)
• Nocturne No.2 in B minor (1901)
• Scherzo No.3 in F# Major (1901)
• Waltz No.3 Valse-Impromptu in D Major (1901)
• Tarantella in B Major (1901)
• Berceuse in Db Major (1902)
• Capriccio in D Major (1902)
• Fantastic Piece in Db Major (1902)
• Mazurka No.6 in Ab Major (1902)
• Nocturne No.3 in D minor (1902)
• Spanish Melody (1902)
• Spanish Serenade (1902)
• Toccata in C# minor (1902)
• Tyrolean Dance in F# Major (1902)
• Waltz No.4 in Bb Major, Concert Waltz (1902)
• Fisherman's Song in B minor (1903)
• Humoresque in D Major (1903)
• Rêverie in F Major (1903)
• Waltz No.5 in Db Major (1903)
• Waltz No.6 in F# minor (1903-04)
• La Fileuse (The Spinner) in Bb minor (1906)
• Mazurka No.7 in Eb minor (1906)
• Novellette in A Major (1906)
• Waltz No.7 in G# minor (1906)
• Impromptu on Chopins Preludes Eb minor & B Major (1907)
• Esquisses, "Sonatina" in G Major (1909)

Piano 4-Hands

• On the Volga (1863)
• 30 Russian Folk Songs (1898)
• Suite - First Sketches (1850-60)

Vocal Works

Choir and Orchestra

• Lullaby, No.4 of 20 Lieder von 1858-64 (1898)
• Georgian Song, No.19 of 20 Lieder von 1858-64 (1860-70)
• The Dream, No.20 of 20 Lieder von 1858-64 (1906)
• Prologue, No.1 of 10 Lieder von 1903/04 (1906)
• Cantata on the Inauguration of the Glinka Memorial in St.Petersburg (1904)

Lieder

• 3 Forgotten Songs (1855)
• 20 Lieder - after different poets (1858-64)
• 10 Lieder - after different poets (1895-96)
• 40 Popular Russian Songs
• 8 Lieder - after different poets (1903-04)
• Dawn - after Khomyakov (1909)
• The Rock - nach Lermontow (1909)

Other Vocal Works

• 6 Antiphone (1880-1890)
• Christ is risen (1887, 1906)
• Hymn in Honor of the Grand Duke Georgi Vsevolodovich (1889)
• The Golden Time has Flown Away (1891)
• Hymn in Honor of the Polotsky Girls' College (1898)
• Beneath the Shadow of Thy Overflowing Mercy (1899)
• The Prayer of the Russians - Hymn for female Choir after Pushkin (1899)
• Praise to Almighty God (1902)
• We are singing a Hymn, our School, Hymn for female and children's choir after Lebedinski (1902)
• Farewell Forever, Our Unforgettable Heaven (1908)

Incidental Music

• Music to W. Shakespeare's tragedy "King Lear" (1858-61, 1902-05)

Transcriptions & Orchestrations

Own Works

• 2 Legends for mixed Choir a cappella after No.6 and No.8 of the 30 Russian Folk Songs (1902)

1. Nikita Romanowitsch
2. The King's Sons from Krakow

• Oh my Heart - for mixed Choir a cappella after No.27 of the 30 Russian Folk Songs (1902)
• Grande Fantasie, Op.4 for 2 Pianos
• Piano Concerto No.1, Op.1 for 2 Pianos
• Ouverture on 3 Russian Themes for Piano 4-Hands
• Symphony No.1 for 2 Pianos
• Symphony No.2 for 2 Pianos

Works of other Composers

Beethoven

• Cavatine from String Quartet Op.130, for Piano Solo (1859)
• Allegretto from String Quartet Op.59 No.2, for Piano Solo (1862)
• String Quartet Op.95, for 2 Pianos (1862)

Berlioz

• Introduction to The Flight into Egypt, for Piano Solo (1864)
• Harold in Italy, for 2 Pianos (1876)

Chopin

• Mazurka No.7 for String Orchestra (1881)
• Mazurka Op.6 No.4 & Op.11 No.4, for Choir a capella (1887)
• Romance, 2nd Mvt from Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11, for Piano Solo (1905)
• Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11, Reorchestration (1910)

Dargomyshsky

• Paladin, for Voice & Orchestra (1870-72)
• 2 Excerpts from opera "Rogdana", for Voice & Piano (1908)

Glinka

• Oh, my beautiful Maiden, Bolero (1840), for Voice & Orchestra
• Nächtliche Heerschau, for Voice & Orchestra (1860)
• Kamarinskaja, for Piano 4-Hands (1863)
• Souvenirs of a Summer Night in Madrid, for Piano 4-Hands (1864)
• Jota aragonesa, for Piano 2-Hands (1864)
• Jota aragonesa, for Piano 4-Hands (1864)
• Prince Holmski, for Piano 4-Hands (1864)
• Oriental Dances from Ruslan and Ludmilla, for Orchestra (1868)
• String Quartet in F Major, for Piano 4-Hands (1877)
• Venetian Night, for Choir a cappela (1887)
• Tschernomor's March from Ruslan and Ludmilla, for Piano Solo (1890)
• Kamarinskaja, for Piano Solo (1902)
• Do Not Speak, for Piano Solo (1903)

Lvov

• Ouverture to Undina for Orchestra (1900)
• Ouverture to Undina for Piano Solo (1900)

Paganini

• Violin Caprice Op.1 No.3 for Piano Solo (1872)

Sapolski

• Rêverie, for Piano Solo (1900)

A.Taneyev

• 2 Waltz-Capriccios (1900)

Fragments & Unfinished Works

• Septet (1852)
• String Quartet Op.2, Russian Original Quartet (1854-55)
• Piano Sonata No.1 in Bb minor, Op.5 (1856-57)
• Polonaise-Fantasie, for Orchestra (1857)
• The Yellow Leaf trembles - for Choir à 3 Voices after Lermontow (1860-70), for Voice & Piano (1903-04)
• Piano Concerto No.2 in Eb Major (1861-62, 1906-1909 - Finished by Lyapunov)
• The Firebird, Opera (1864)
• Suite in B minor (1901-08 - Finished by Lyapunov)