Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - Partial List of Performed and Recorded Works

Partial List of Performed and Recorded Works

Many of Sorabji's major works have been recorded only in part or not at all. His often extremely difficult pieces have been tackled by various musicians, the most prominent being Donna Amato, Kevin Bowyer, Elizabeth Farnum, Carlo Grante, Michael Habermann, Marc-André Hamelin, Reinier van Houdt, Tellef Johnson, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Soheil Nasseri, John Ogdon, Jonathan Powell, Yonty Solomon, Ronald Stevenson, Fredrik Ullén and Daan Vandewalle.

There is information on performances up to its date of publication in the book Sorabji: A Critical Celebration, in the chapter Un tessuto d'esecuzioni. Information on premieres, again up to that date and so far as known can also be found in the entries on individual works in the "Detailed Catalog" section of the chapter called "Could you just send me a list of his works?". The most comprehensive up to date list of performances and broadcasts be can found here, while a complete discography can be found here.

  • Orchestral works
    • Chaleur—Poème – premiered in 1999 in Frankfurt.
  • Works for piano with orchestra
    • Piano Concerto No. 5 – premiered in Utrecht in March 2003 with Donna Amato as the soloist and Ed Spanjaard as the conductor.
  • Works for chamber ensemble
    • Piano Quintet No. 1 – premiered by Christopher Berg (piano), Marshall Coid and Lilit Gampel (violins), David Cerutti (viola) and Christine Gummere (cello) in 1998 in New York.
    • Il tessuto d'arabeschi – premiered in 1982 in Philadelphia.
    • Fantasiettina atematica – premiered in 1995 in London.
  • Works for organ solo
    • Organ Symphony No. 1 – second movement performed in 1928 by Edward Emlyn Davies. Entire work premiered by Kevin Bowyer (movements 1 & 3) and Thomas Trotter (movement 2) in 1987. Recorded by Kevin Bowyer on Continuum Records (1001/2, released in 1988).
    • Organ Symphony No. 2 – premiered by Kevin Bowyer in Glasgow, 6 June 2010.
  • Works for piano solo
    • Sonatas
      • No. 1 – premiered by Sorabji in 1920, recorded by Marc-André Hamelin for the label Altarus in 1990.
      • No. 2 – premiered by Sorabji in 1922, recorded by director Tellef Johnson for the label Altarus in 1999.
      • No. 3 – premiered by Yonty Solomon in 1977.
      • No. 4 – premiered by Sorabji in 1930, recorded by Jonathan Powell for Altarus in 2004.
    • Symphonies
      • No. 4 – premiered by Reinier van Houdt at Utrecht in March 2003 and performed several times, in Canada in 2003.
      • No. 5 (Symphonia brevis) – premiered in New York City, 2004 by Donna Amato, who recorded the work for Altarus in 2011.
    • Toccatas
      • No. 1 – premiered in 2001 and recorded for Altarus in 2003 by Jonathan Powell.
      • No. 2 – premiered by Sorabji in 1936.
    • Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis
      • Premiered by Jonathan Powell in 2010.
    • "Gulistān"—Nocturne for Piano
      • Premiered in 1977 by Yonty Solomon and recorded by Michael Habermann for Elan Recordings (1995) and Charles Hopkins and Jonathan Powell for Altarus (1995; 2005).
    • Concerto da suonare da me solo e senza orchestra, per divertirmi
      • Premiered in 1978 by Yonty Solomon and recorded in 2007 by Jonathan Powell for Altarus.
    • Opus clavicembalisticum
      • Premiered by Sorabji in 1930. Given its second complete performance in 1982 by Geoffrey Douglas Madge, who performed it six times. Two of his performances have made it to recording media; his first, from Utrecht, was recorded for Keytone Records and has long since been deleted. A subsequent performance in Chicago has been released by BIS Records. Altarus Records has released a recording of the work by John Ogdon. The piece has also been performed four times by Jonathan Powell, twice by John Ogdon and twice by Daan Vandewalle.
    • Études transcendantes (100)
      • Individual ones of these have found their way into concerts. The first 62 have been recorded by Fredrik Ullén for BIS Records.
  • Songs
    • Sorabji's songs for soprano have been recorded by Elizabeth Farnum (soprano) and Margaret Kampmeier (piano) for Centaur.

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