Grigory Frid - Selected Works

Selected Works

Stage

• The Diary of Anne Frank (Дневник Анны Франк), Monologue-Opera in 2 acts for soprano and chamber orchestra, Op. 60 (1969); version II (1999) for soprano and chamber ensemble; libretto by the composer
• Van Gogh's Letters (Письма Ван-Гога), Monologue-Opera in 2 acts for baritone and chamber ensemble, Op. 69 (1975); libretto by the composer based on letters from Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo

Orchestral

• Overture No. 1 (1936)
• Symphony No. 1 (1939)
• Piece (Пьеса) (1939)
• Northern Lights (Северное сияние), Suite (1946)
• 3 Marches (Три марша) (1947)
• Nature's Calendar (Календарь природы) after Mikhail Prishvin (1947); also a version for violin and piano
• Overture No. 2 (1950)
• All Year Round (Круглый год) after Samuil Marshak (1951); also for piano
• Sinfonietta (Симфониетта) (1951)
• Merry Suite (Веселая сюита) (1954)
• Symphony No. 2 "Lyric" (Лирическая) (1955)
• Rhapsody on Slovak and Moravian Themes (Рапсодия на словацкие и моравские темы) (1956)
• Festive Overture (Праздничная увертюра) (1957)
• On the Shores of Cheptsa (На берегах Чепцы), Poem in Memory of Vladimir Korolenko (1959)
• Заре навстречу (1960)
• Overture No. 3 (1961)
• 2 Inventions (Две инвенции) for string orchestra, Op. 46a (1962); original for piano
• Symphony No. 3 for string orchestra and timpani, Op. 50 (1964)
• Overture, Op. 56 (1967)

Concertante

• Fantasia Concertante (Концертная фантазия) for violin and orchestra (1955)
• Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 52 (1967)
• Concerto for trombone and orchestra (1968)
• Concerto for viola, piano and string orchestra, Op. 73 (1981)
• Romance (Романс) for cello, piano and chamber ensemble (1981); also for solo cello, 4 cellos and piano; music from the film Lenin in Paris

Chamber music

• Prelude and Fugue (Прелюдия и фуга) for string quartet (1940)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1936)
• Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1946)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1947)
• Nature's Calendar (Календарь природы), Cycle of 10 pieces after Mikhail Prishvin for violin and piano (1947, 1948) (1947); original for orchestra
• Sonatina for oboe and piano (1949)
• String Quartet No. 3 (1949)
• Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano (1951)
• Aria (Ария) for cello and piano (1952)
• Sonatina for flute and piano (1952)
• Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano (1957)
• String Quartet No. 4 (1958)
• Aria and Intermezzo (Ария и интермеццо) for cello and piano (1962)
• Concert Fantasy on Themes of Three Folk Songs of Western Ukraine (Концертная фантазия на темы трех песен народов Западной Украины) for trumpet and piano (1963)
• 8 Pieces (Восемь пьес) for cello and piano (1963)
• Romance (Романс) for flute and piano (1963)
• Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1964)
• Sonata No. 1 for clarinet and piano (1966)
• Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1968)
• Divertimento (Дивертисмент) for violin and piano (1969)
• Sonata for oboe and piano (1971)
• Sonata No. 2 for clarinet and piano (1971)
• Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 62 No. 1 (1971)
• 6 Pieces (Шесть пьес) for string quartet, Op. 64 (1972)
• Sonata for 3 clarinets (1974)
• String Quartet No. 5 (1977)
• Piano Quintet, Op. 72 (1981)
• Romance (Романс) for solo cello, 4 cellos and piano (1981); also for cello, piano and chamber ensemble; music from the film Lenin in Paris
• Fantasia (Фантазия) for cello and piano (1982)
• Sonata No. 3 for clarinet and piano (1982)
• Phèdre (Федра; Phaedra) for viola solo, 2 violins, cello and piano, Op. 78 (1985)
• Sonata No. 2 for viola and piano (1985); second version of Phèdre

Piano

• Toccata (Токката) (1935)
• Variations (Вариации) (1937)
• All Year Round (Круглый год), 12 Pieces after Samuil Marshak (1951); also for orchestra
• Children's Album (Детский альбом) (1961)
• Inventions (Инвенции), Op. 46 (1962); also for orchestra
• Hungarian Album (Венгерский альбом), 14 Pieces (1966)
• Sonatina (1971)
• Sonata No. 1 (1973)
• Sonata No. 2 (1974)
• Sonata for 2 pianos (1985)
• A Day in the Country
• Youthful Adventures
• Russian Tales

Vocal

• 6 Songs for voice and piano (1949); words by Alexander Pushkin
• 7 Songs on Words of Armenian Poets (Семь романсов на cлова армянских поэтов) (1949)
• 5 Sonnets by William Shakespeare (Пять сонетов У. Шекспира) for voice and piano (1959)
• 4 Songs for voice and piano (1961); words by Samuil Marshak
• Prison Diary (Тюремный дневник), Song Cycle for voice and piano (1962); words by Ho Chi Minh
• Before the Storm (Перед бурей), Song Cycle for voice and piano (1958)
• Poetry (Поэзия), Cycle for 2 voices, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion (1973); words by Federico García Lorca
• 5 Songs for voice and piano (1985); words from Winter (Зима) by Luís de Camões

Choral

• Rainbow (Радуга), Cycle for chorus and chamber orchestra (1963); words by Samuil Zalmanovich Galkin

Film scores

• Smoke in the Forest (Дым в лесу) (1955); directed by Yevgeny Karelov and Yuri Chylyukin
• Circus Festival, documentary film (1958)
• Timur and His Command, also Timur and His Team (Тимур и его команда) (1976); directed by Alexander Blank and Sergei Linkov
• Marshal revolyutsii (Маршал революции) (1978); directed by Sergei Linkov
• Krik gagary (Крик гагары) (1980); directed by Sergei Linkov
• Lenin in Paris (1981); directed by Sergei Yutkevich
• Bereg yevo zhizni (Берег его жизни) (1984); directed by Yury Solomin
• The Best Years (Лучшие годы) (1994); directed by Sergei Linkov