Vasily Kalinnikov - Works

Works

Opera

• In 1812 (В 1812 году) (1899–1900); incomplete

Orchestral

• Fugue in D minor (1889)
• Nymphs (Нимфы), Symphonic Picture after Ivan Turgenev (1889)
• Serenade (Серенада) in G minor for string orchestra (1891)
• Suite (Сюита) in B Minor (1891–1892)
• Bylina (Былина: Эпическая поэма), Epic Poem (Overture) (c. 1892)
• Overture in D minor (1894)
• Symphony No. 1 in G minor (1894–1895)
• Symphony No. 2 in A major (1895–1897)
• Intermezzo No. 1 (Интермеццо № 1) in F♯ minor (1896)
• Intermezzo No. 2 (Интермеццо № 2) in G major (1897)
• The Cedar and the Palm (Кедр и пальма; Le Cèdre et le palmier), Symphonic Picture after Heinrich Heine (1897–1898)
• Tsar Boris (Царь Борис), Incidental Music to the tragedy by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1898)

Piano

• Moderato in E♭ minor
• Polonaise on a Theme from Symphony No. 1 (Полонез на темы Симфонии № 1) in B♭ major for piano 4-hands
• Scherzo in F major (1888–1889)
• Chanson triste (Грустная песенка) in G minor (1892–1893)
• Nocturne (Ноктюрн) in F♯ minor (1892–1893)
• Élégie (Элегия) in B♭ minor (1894)
• Minuet (Менуэт) in E major (1894)
• Russian Intermezzo (Русское интермеццо) in F minor (1894)
• Waltz (Вальс) in A major (1894)

Vocal

• Come to Me (Приди ко мне) for soprano, alto, baritone and piano; words by Aleksey Koltsov
• I Am Yours, My Darling (Я ли тебя, моя радость) for voice and piano; words by Heinrich Heine
• I Would Like to Make My Songs into Wonderful Flowers (Я желал бы своей песней) for voice and piano; words by Heinrich Heine
• On the Old Burial Mound (На старом кургане) for voice and piano (1887); words by Ivan Savvich Nikitin
• On Your Lovely Little Shoulder Dear (На чудное плечико милой; An Liebchens schneeweisse Schulter) for voice and piano (1887); words by Heinrich Heine in translation by Vasily Pavlovich Fyodorov (1883–1942)
• When Life Is Weighed Down with Suffering (Когда жизнь гнетут страданья и муки) for voice and piano (1887); words by Polivanov
• 16 Musical Letters (16 Музыкальных писем) for voice and piano (1892–1899)
• Bright Stars (Звёзды ясные) for voice and piano (1894); words by Konstantin Fofanov
• The Gentle Stars Shone Down on Us (Нам звёзды кроткие мерцали) for voice and piano (1894); words by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
• There Was an Old King (Был старый король) for voice and piano (1894); words by Heinrich Heine in translation by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
• A Present for 1 January 1900 for voice and piano (1899)
• Bells (Колокола) for voice and piano (1900); words by K. R.
• Prayer (Молитва: "О Боже мой") for voice and piano (1900); words by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
• Do Not Ask Why I Smile in Thought (Не спрашивай, зачем...) for voice and piano (1901); words by Alexander Pushkin

Choral

• The Triumph of Lilliput for chorus and piano
• Cherubic Hymn No. 1 (Херувимская песнь № 1) for chorus (1885)
• Cherubic Hymn No. 2 (Херувимская песнь № 2) for chorus (1886)
• The Mountain Tops (Горные вершины) for chorus (1887)
• Christe Eleison for chorus (1889)
• Lord, Our Lord for chorus (1889)
• Ioann Damaskin (Иоанн Дамаскин), Cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1890); words by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
• A Beautiful Girl Sits by the Sea (Баллада: Над морем красавица дева сидит), Ballade for female chorus and orchestra (1894); words by Mikhail Lermontov