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Catalogue of works, approved by G. Ustvolskaya
- Concerto for piano, string orchestra and timpani (1946)
Dedicated to Alexei Lyubimov
Duration: 20'
First performance: 1967, Moscow
Pavel Serebryakov (piano)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in four parts (1947)
Duration: 10'
First performance: 20 February 1974, Leningrad
Oleg Malov
- "The Dream of Stepan Razin" ("Son Stepana Razina") (1949) *
Byline for bass singer and large orchestra on folk poetry
Duration: 20'
First performance: 8 October 1949
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Evgeni Mravinski (conductor)
- Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1949)
Duration: 16'
First performance: 11 January 1968, Leningrad
Vladimir Krasavin (clarinet) Viktor Liberman (violin) Maria Karandashova (piano)
- Octet for two oboes, four violins, timpani and piano (1949—1950)
Duration: 18'
First performance: 17 November 1970, Leningrad
N. Pevzner, A. Kosoyan (oboes) A. Arkanov, J. Savikovski, S. Sakurin, N. Karandashova (violins) A. Antoshkin (timpani) Maria Karandashova (piano)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in two parts (1951)
Dedicated to Anatoly Vedernikov
Duration: 12'
First performance: 26 January 1967, Moscow
Anatoly Vedernikov
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in one part (1952)
Duration: 17'
First performance: 16 February 1972, Leningrad
Oleg Malov
- Sonata for violin and piano (1952)
Duration: 20'
First performance: 5 March 1961, Leningrad
Mikhail Vaiman (violin) Maria Karandashova (piano)
- Twelve Preludes for piano (1953)
Duration: 18'
First performance: 20 March 1968, Leningrad
Anatoly Ugorsky
- Symphony No. 1 (1955)
for symphony orchestra and 2 boys' voices in three movements
Text by Gianni Rodari (in Russian)
Duration: 30'
First performance: Spring 1966, Leningrad
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Arvid Jansons (conductor)
- Suite for orchestra (1955) *
Duration: 21'
First performance: 1957, Leningrad
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Arvid Jansons (conductor)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in four parts (1957)
Duration: 12'
First performance: 4 April 1973, Leningrad
Oleg Malov
- Symphonic Poem No. 1 (1958) *
Duration: 25'
First performance: 1958, Leningrad
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Arvid Jansons (conductor)
- Symphonic Poem No. 2 (1959) *
Duration: 12'
- Grand Duet for piano and cello (1959)
Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich
Duration: 26'
First performance: 14 December 1977, Leningrad
Oleg Stolpner (violoncello) Oleg Malov (piano)
- Duet for piano and violin (1964)
Duration: 25'
First performance: 23 May 1968, Leningrad
Philipp Hirschhorn (violin) Maria Karandashova (piano)
- Composition No. 1 "Dona Nobis Pacem" (19701971)
for piccolo, tuba and piano
Duration: 17'
First performance: 19 February 1975, Leningrad
L. Suchov (piccolo) L. Klevzov (tuba) Maria Karandashova (piano)
- Composition No. 2 "Dies Irae" (19721973)
for eight double basses, piano and wooden cube
Dedicated to Reinbert de Leeuw
Duration: 18'
First performance: 14 December 1977, Leningrad
- Composition No. 3 "Benedictus, Qui Venit" (19741975)
for four flutes, four bassoons and piano
Duration: 7'
First performance: 14 December 1977, Leningrad
- Symphony No. 2 "True and Eternal Bliss" (1979)
for voice and small orchestra
Text by Hermannus Contractus (from "Monuments of Mediaeval Latin Literature from the tenth to twelfth centuries", Nauka, Moscow 1972 in Russian)
Duration: 20'
First performance: 8 October 1980, Leningrad
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra V. Altschuler (conductor)
- Symphony No. 3 "Jesus Messiah, Save Us" (1983)
for voice and small orchestra
Text by Hermannus Contractus (from "Monuments of Mediaeval Latin Literature from the tenth to twelfth centuries", Nauka, Moscow 1972 in Russian)
Duration: 16'
First performance: 1 October 1987, Leningrad
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra V. Altschuler (conductor) Oleg Popkov (reciter)
- Symphony No. 4 "Prayer" (19851987)
for trumpet, tam-tam, piano and contralto
Text by Hermannus Contractus (from "Monuments of Mediaeval Latin Literature from the tenth to twelfth centuries", Nauka, Moscow 1972 in Russian)
Duration: 10'
First performance: 24 June 1988, Heidelberg
Dale Marrs (trumpet) Thomas Keemss (tam-tam) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Roswitha Sperber (contralto)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 in ten movements (1986)
Duration: 16'
First performance: Leningrad
Oleg Malov
- Piano Sonata No. 6 in one part (1988)
Duration: 7'
First performance: Autumn 1988, Leningrad
Oleg Malov
- Symphony No. 5 "Amen" (198990)
for reciter, violin, oboe, trumpet, tuba and wooden cube
Text: Lord's Prayer
Duration: 13'
First performance: 19 January 1991, New York
'Ensemble Continuum' directed by Joel Sachs
The works noted with an asterisk (*), Bylina, Suite for orchestra (original title "Sport suite") and two Poems (original titles "Lights in the steppe" and "The hero's exploit"), were permitted entry into the author's catalogue only after several years' hesitation. Galina Ustvolskaya's attitude towards these works speaks to the great demands she made of herself. Their style shows too that she had it within her to write another, more accessible, style of music with greater potential to bring her mass popularity. She chose the other way, consciously and uncompromisingly.
Other works: Young Pioneers' Suite (1950), Children's Suite (1952), Man From A High Hill, choral song for soloist, chorus and orchestra (1952), Song of Praise for 4-х trumpets, percussion, piano and boys choir (1961); Quartet, Sinfonietta, Sonata for cello (all three were destroyed by the composer in the middle of 1960s), film scores.
The works of Galina Ustvolskaya are published by Musikverlag Hans Sikorski.
The manuscripts are stored in the Paul Sacher Stiftung archive.
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