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Works

"Little Triptych" for piano (1965-1966)
1. Prelude; 2. Melancholy; 3. Skomorochs
Duration: 8'. First performance: 5 May 1966 in Musical College, Frunze by Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

"Let's Play in Four Hands" for piano in 4 hands (1966)
Revised in 1998. Duration: 1'

Opus 1: Piano Sonata No. 1 (1967)
Revised in 1977. Duration: 8'. First performance: 5 June 1967 in the Music College of Frunze by Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

Opus 2: The Handful of Sand after Takuboku for voice and 12 players (1967)
Revised in 1983. Duration: 10'

Opus 2A: The Handful of Sand for voice and piano (1967)
Five tankas by Isikava Takuboku, translated by Vera Markova. Revised in 1983. Duration: 10'. First performance: 6 January 1971 in the Maly Hall of Moscow Conservatoire by Lidia Davydova and Leonid Bobyliov

Opus 3: Monologue for solo clarinet (1968)
Duration: 4'. First performance: May 1969 in the Moscow Conservatoire by Alexander Ivanov (clarinet)

Opus 4: Five Little Pieces for piano (1968)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 13 March 1971 in the Theatrical Institute of Moscow by Natalia Pankova (piano)

Opus 4A: Two Choruses after Blok for mixed chorus (1968)
Duration: 6'

Opus 4B: About Mr. Trullalinski after Tuvim for voice and piano (1969)
Text by Julian Tuvim, translated by Boris Zakhoder. Duration: 5'. First performance: January 1969 in a School in Frunze by Nikolay Senkin-Sadovski (tenor) and Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

Opus 4C: Strophes On A Late Summer for voice and piano (1969)
Three poems by Julian Tuvim, translated by Muza Pavlova. Duration: 5'

Opus 5: Violin Sonata No. 1 in four movements (1969)
Revised in 1971. Duration: 20'. First performance: 20 April 1970 in the Maly Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire by Yaroslava Rivniak (violin) and Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

Opus 6: Two Fugues for solo violin (1970)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 20 June 1970 in the Moscow Conservatoire by Yaroslava Rivniak (violin)
CD Metier MSV CD92028 (2000): Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin)
CD Meladina Record MRCD20

Opus 7: String Trio (1970)
Duration: 9'. First performance: 28 February 1971 in the Theatrical Institute of Moscow by Zakhar Bron , Igor Sulyga and Sergey Lapkin

Opus 7A: The Ominous Stink after Yesenin, cantata for bass, mixed chorus and orchestra (1970)
Duration: 13'

Opus 7B: Two Magic Squares for piano (1971)
Duration: 5'

Opus 8: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1971)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 21 June 1972 at the Metrostroi Club in Moscow by Natalia Pankova (piano), Moscow State Orchestra, Veronika Dudarova (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD28

Opus 9: Six Poems by Alexander Blok for voice and orchestra (1972)
Duration: 20'

Opus 9A: Six Poems Alexander Blok for voice and piano (1972)
Duration: 20'

Opus 9B: Cradle Song for oboe and piano (1972)
Revised in 1993. Duration: 5'. First performance: 12 October 1993 in the Assembly House of Norwich by Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake

Opus 9C: Toccata for piano (1972)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 21 June 1972 in the Metrostroi Club in Moscow by Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

Opus 10: Eternal Refuge after Bulgakov for voice, organ, strings and percussion (1972)
Revised in 1981. Duration: 10'. First performance: 31 January 1982 in the Philharmonic Hall of Tula by Irina Muratova (soprano), Yuri Nikolajevski (conductor)

Opus 10A: Eternal Refuge after Bulgakov for voice and piano trio (1996)
Duration: 10'

Opus 10B: Twelve Chorales after the Bible for mixed chorus (1968)
Revised in 1992 (See opus 67). Duration: 15'

Opus 11: String Quartet No. 1 (1973)
Revised in 1994. Duration: 20'. First performance: 18 March 1975 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the BSO String Quartet

Opus 12: Six Haiku by Kabajasi Issa for voice, flute and piano (1973)
Translation by Vera Markova. Duration: 12'. First performance: 15 July 1992 in the Rosen Concert Hall of the Appalachian State University in Boone NC by Katherina Ciesinski (soprano), Linda Chesis (flute), Brian Zeger (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD22a

Opus 12A: Six Haiku by Kabajasi Issa for voice and bayan (1999)
Translation by Vera Markova. Duration: 12'

Opus 13: Cantata in memoriam Pablo Neruda after Neruda for soloists and chamber orchestra (1974)
Duration: 25'

Opus 13A: Three Vocal Miniatures for voice and piano (1974)
Text by Osip Mandelstam, Munetosi Fukagava and Omar Khayam. Duration: 5'

Opus 14: Clarinet Concerto (1974)
Revised in 1977. Duration: 12'

Opus 14A: Trio Sacrum (Musical Joke No. 1) for three percussion players (1974)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 1 April 1987 in the Gnesiny Concert Hall of Moscow by Oleg Yanchenko, Lev Mikhailov and Mark Pekarski

Opus 14B: "The Melancholic Minute" for clarinet and piano (1975)
Duration: 1'

Opus 14C: "Preparations", pantomime by Shostakovich, transcription for clarinet and piano (1975)
Duration: 2'

Opus 14D: Canon-Humoresque for three saxophones (1975)
Revised in 1985. Duration: 1'

Opus 15: Pastorale for orchestra (1975)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 14 February 1977 in the Conservatoire Hall of Leningrad by the Leningrad Conservatoire Orchestra, Yuri Serebriakov (conductor)
LP Opus Stereo 9110 1448 (1983)

Opus 16: Sonata for flute and harp (1975)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 6 October 1975 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Alexander Poplavski, and Vera Savina
CD Olympia OCD 282 (1991)
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 17: Mirages for saxophone quartet (1975)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 6 May 1976 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the Moscow Saxophone Quartet.
LP Melodiya C10-15159-60 (1981)

Opus 18: Lyrical Composition for flute, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord (1975)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 11 May 1977 in the House of Scientists of Moscow by the Baroque Ensemble

Opus 19: Solo for harp (1976)
Duration: 6'. First performance: August 1976 in Rolduk, Limburg, Netherlands by Tatiana Vymiatnina (harp)
LP Melodiya C10-18255-6 (1983)
CD Mobile Fidelity MFCD 906 (1987)
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 19A: Two Poems by Alexander Pushkin for voice and piano (1976)
Duration: 4'

Opus 20: "The Sorrow of Past Days" after Pushkin for voice, flute, percussion, violin and cello (1976)
Duration: 18'. First performance: 30 November 1977 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lidia Davydova (soprano), Alexander Kobylianski (violin), Mikhail Gotgelf (cello), Vladimir Grishin (percussion), Vasili Zhelvakov (conductor)

Opus 21: Triple Concerto for alto saxophone, piano, double bass, strings and percussion (1977)
Duration: 18'. First performance: : 26 December 1977 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lev Mikhailov (saxophone), Alexander Bakhchiev (piano), Ivan Kotov (double bass), Lev Markiz (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD28

Opus 22: Sonata for bassoon and piano (1977)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 30 January 1978 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Valery Popov and Peter Meshchaninov

Opus 22A: Three Dances for xylophone (1977)
Duration: 6'. First performance: 5 June 1993 in the Lindsay Studio Theatre in Keele by Andrew Chapman (xylophone)

Opus 23: Piano Trio No. 1 (1977)
Duration: 18'. First performance: 3 November 1978 in the Gnessiny Concert Hall of Moscow by Yevgenia Alikhanova, Vladimir Tonkha, Tigran Alikhanov
CD Meladina Record MRCD17
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Patricia Kopatchinskaya (violin), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ivan Sokolov (piano)

Opus 24: Piano Concerto No. 2 for piano and string orchestra (1978)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 25 December 1978 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Vasili Lobanov (piano), Orchestra of Radio and TV USSR, Vladimir Kozhukhar (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD28

Opus 24A: Fanfares for orchestra (1978)
Orchestral version of piano piece opus 125 No. 9A. Duration: 10'

Opus 24B: Two Pieces for harp (1978)
1. Guitar, 2. The Sleeping Mirror. See opus 125 Nos. 18A & 15A. Duration: 7'. First performance: 27 November 1997 in the Mirror Hall of the Institute of Art in Moscow by Tatiana Vymiatnina (harp)

Opus 24D: A Brief History of Music for piano (1997)
See opus 125 No. 20A. Duration: 3'. First performance: 25 March 1998 in Sandringham School, St Albans by Dmitri Smirnov (piano)

Opus 25: Sonata for cello and piano (1978)
Duration: 11'. First performance: 24 February 1979 in the Gnesiny Hall in Moscow by Vladimir Tonkha and Tigran Alikhanov.
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ivan Sokolov (piano)

Opus 26: Violin Sonata No. 2 (1979)
Duration: 11'. First performance: 26 December 1979 in Gnesiny in Moscow by Evgenia Alikhanova and Tigran Alikhanov

Opus 27: Four Poems by Arseni Tarkovski for voice and piano (1979)
Duration: 12'

Opus 27A: Nine Children Pieces for horn and piano (1979)
Duration: 10'

Opus 27B: Two Pieces for cello and piano (1979)
Duration: 4'

Opus 27C: "Hermitage: The Art of Ancient Greece", music for TV film (with E. Firsova) (1979)
Duration: 10'

Opus 27D: "Hermitage: The Art of Ancient Rome", music for TV film (with E. Firsova) (1979)
Duration: 10'

Opus 27E: "Hermitage: The Art of the Middle Ages", music for TV film (with E. Firsova) (1979)
Duration: 10'

Opus 27F: "Lyrical Epigrams" for children chorus (1979)
Duration: 6'

Opus 27G: "Crystal Cabinet" for violin and celesta or piano (1979)
See opus 125 No. 13A. Duration: 1'

Opus 27H: Saraband for violin and harpsichord or piano (1979)
See opus 125 No. 2A. Duration: 2'

Opus 28: "The Seasons" after Blake for voice, flute, viola and harp (1979)
Duration: 22'. First performance: 10 March 1980 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lidia Davydova (soprano), Irina Lozben (flute), Mikhail Bezruky (viola), Olga Ortenberg (harp), Sergei Skripka (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD27

Opus 28A: SUite in Baroque Style for piano or harpsichord (1980)
See opus 125 Nos. 5A & 2A. Duration: 7'

Opus 29: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1980)
Duration:11'. First performance: 8 December 1980 in the Union of Composers in Moscow by Vasili Lobanov (piano)

Opus 30: Symphony No. 1 "The Seasons" for orchestra (1980)
Duration: 26'. First performance: 8 October 1981 in the Philharmonic Hall of Riga by the Latvian State Symphony Orchestra, Vasili Sinaiski (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD06 (Knussen)
CD Meladina Record MRCD27 (Sinaiski)

Opus 31: "Song of Destiny for voice and organ (1980)
Four poems by Friedrich Holderlin, translated by Dmitri Smirnov. Duration: 10'. First performance: 21 November 1981 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lidia Davydova and Ekaterina Prochakova

Opus 31A: Children's Concerto for cello and piano (1980)
Duration: 10'

Opus 31B: "He", music for short feature film (1980)
Duration: 10'

Opus 31C: "Football", transcription of the piece by Dmitri Shostakovich for piano (1980)
Duration: 5'

Opus 32: "Six Poems" by William Blake for voice and organ (1981)
Translation by Dmitri Smirnov. Duration: 12'. First performance: 10 March 1986 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lidia Davydova and Ekaterina Prochakova

Opus 33: "Dirge Canons" in memoriam of Stravinsky for 13 players (1981)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 14 December 1981 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the Ensemble of Soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

Opus 34: Serenade for oboe, alto saxophone and cello (1981)
Duration: 11'. First performance: 25 May 1981 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Anatoli Lubimov, Lev Mikhailov and Vladimir Tonkha

Opus 34A: "Three Equale" for brass quartet (trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba) (1981)
Duration: 6'

Opus 34B: Three Pieces for piano in 4 hands (1981)
Duration: 3'

Opus 35: Ballade for alto saxophone and piano (1982)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 14 April 1982 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Lev Mikhailov (saxophone) and Mikhail Muntian (piano)
LP Melodiya C1020849 004 (1984)
CD OP3501: Filip Davidse (saxophone), Naomi Tamura (piano)

Opus 36: Symphony No. 2 "Destiny" for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (1982)
Duration: 26'

Opus 36A: Adagiosissimo after J. S. Bach, transcription for piano or harpsichord (1982)
Duration: 2'

Opus 36B: Adagiosissimo after J. S. Bach for violin, viola and harp (1997)
Duration: 2'. First performance: 5 April 1998 in the Valley Presbyterian Church near San Francisco by Adolf Bruk, Sergei Rakitchenkov, Olga Ortenberg
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 37: "The Farewell Song" for viola and harp (1982)
Duration: 9'. First performance: 4 October 1982 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Sergey Rakitchenkov and Olga Ortenberg
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 37A: Capriccio on Departure ... after J. S. Bach, transcription for fourteen players (1982)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 6 November 1982 in the Beethoven Hall of the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow by the Ensemble of Soloists of Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

Opus 38: Fantasia for saxophone quartet (1982)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 12 December 1983 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the Moscow Saxophone Quartet.
CD Vanguard Classics 99154: Aurelia Saxophone Quartet
CD Meladina Record MRCD09

Opus 38A: "Forest Pictures" for harp (1982)
1. Sunrise; 2. The Song of the Brook; 3. ...and the Beast, and the Bird; 4. The Overgrown Pond
Duration: 5'. First performance: 27 November 1997 in the Mirror Hall of the Institute of Art in Moscow by Tatiana Vymiatnina (harp)

Opus 39: "The Night Rhymes" after Pushkin, cantata for voice and orchestra (1982)
Duration: 14'. First performance: 24 November 1986 in the Bolshoi Hall of Moscow Conservatoire by Irina Muratova (soprano), State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography USSR, Emin Khachaturian (conductor)

Opus 39A: "The Night Rhymes" after Alexander Pushkin for voice and piano (1982)
Duration: 14'

Opus 40: Two Ricercares for string orchestra (1983)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 11 April 1983 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the Moscow Orchestra of Ministry of Culture, Vladimir Ponkin (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD08

Opus 40A: Cock and Bull Stories after Lear for voice and piano (1983)
Three nonsense poems by Edward Lear, translated by Dmitri Smirnov. Duration: 3'

Opus 40B: Final Chorus from Khovanshchina, orchestration of the piece by Mussorgski/Stravinsky (1983)
Duration: 12'

Opus 40C: "Chronicle of Moon Nights", music for a science film (1983)
Duration: 10'

Opus 40D: "Nautical Excursions" after Grigory Kruzhkov for voice and piano (1983)
Duration: 3'

Opus 41: "Tiriel", opera after Blake (1985)
Duration: 110'. First performance: 28 January 1989, Stattheater, Freiburg (Germany), Siegfried Shonbohm (director), Gerchard Markson (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD23/24

Opus 41A: "Tiriel-Prologue" for orchestra (1983)
Duration: 9'. First performance: 30 October 1984 in the Bolshoi Hall of Moscow Conservatoire by the State Symphony Orchestra of Ministry of Culture, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski (conductor)

Opus 41B: "Tiriel", a poem for baritone saxophone and piano (1983)
Duration: 9'. First performance: 25 April 1984 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Margarita Shaposhnikova and Sergey Solodovnik

Opus 41C: "Tiriel", a poem for cello and piano (1984)
Duration: (Rev. 1993) 9'. First performance: 5 March 1987 in Kishinev by Ivan Monigetti (cello) and Yuri Lisitchenko (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD23/24

Opus 41D: "Tiriel", a poem for piano (1984)
Duration: (Rev. 1993) 9'

Opus 41E: "Mystery of Atmospheric Whirlwinds", music for a science film (1984)
Revised in 1993. Duration: 10'

Opus 41F: "Atlants of Micro-World"", music for a science film (1984)
Revised in 1993. Duration: 10'

Opus 41G: Dance of the Nightingale" from the opera "Tiriel" opus 41 for solo piccolo flute (1984)
Revised in 1993. Duration: 2'

Opus 42: String Quartet No. 2 (1985)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 22 October 1985 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the Quartet of Mosconcert.
CD Conifer MCPS 75605 51252 2 (1995)
CD Meladina Record MRCD18
CD RCA-BMG Catalyst 82876 64283-2: Chilingirian Quartet: Levon Chilingirian (violin), Charles Sewart (violin), Simon Rowland-Jones (viola), Philip De Groote (cello)

Opus 43: Partita for solo violin (1985)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 7 December 1987 in New York by Gabriel Schaff (violin)
CD Fish Ear FECD621 (1995): Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin)
CD Meladina Record MRCD20, MRCD31/32, MRCD33

Opus 43A: Twelve Melancholic Waltzes for piano (1985)
1. On the New Year's Eve; 2. A Hensive One; 3. March Elegy; 4. Mechanical Ballerina; 5. Waltz-Caprice; 6. Return; 7. Summer Walk; 8. A Dreaming Girl; 9. The Old Boatswain; 10. Parting; 11. Festive Evening; 12. December Elegy
Duration: 15'.

Opus 43B: Seven Melancholic Waltzes for saxophone and piano (1985)
Duration: 10'. First performance 1990 in Kiev
CD OP3501: Filip Davidse (saxophone), Naomi Tamura (piano)

Opus 43C: Music Greeting to Hans Sikorski for solo trumpet (1985)
Duration: 3'. First performance: 16 October 1985 in Hotel Atlantic, Hamburg

Opus 44: Epitaph for piano and organ (1985)
Duration: 7'

Opus 45: "Thel (The Lamentation of Thel)", chamber opera after Blake (1986)
Duration: 52'. First performance: 9 June 1989, Almeida Theatre, London, by Theatre de Complicite Annabel Arden (director), Jeremy Arden (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD22a

Opus 45A "Thel-Prologue for sixteen players (and mixed chorus ad libitum) (1986)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 9 June 1989 at the Almeida Theatre of London with Jeremy Arden (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD22

Opus 46: "The Magic Boat" after Fiodor Tjutchev for voice and piano (1986)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 6 June 1988 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Alexei Martynov and Aristotel Konstantinidi

Opus 46A: "Atomshchiki (Atomic Scientists)", music for a science film (1986)
Duration: 40'

Opus 46B: Songs of Learned Cat after Alexander Pushkin for voice and piano (1986)
See opus 84. Duration: 8'

Opus 46C: "Wonderful Stories (Nursery Rhymes)" for voice and piano (1986)
Eleven English traditional Nursery Rhymes translated by Samuil Marshak. See opus 63 & 63A. Duration: 13'

Opus 47: Mozart-Variations for orchestra (1987)
Also a ballet score. Duration: 14'. First performance: 2 February 1988 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by the State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography, Emin Khachaturian (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD06, MRCD08

Opus 47A: "Stairs" after Anna Akhmatova for soprano and piano (1987)
Duration: 4'

Opus 47B: Two Intermezzi for piano (1987)
Duration: 6'. First performance: August 1990 in Bochum by Ivan Sokolov (piano)

Opus 48: "The Visions of Coleridge" after Coleridge for voice and ten players (1987)
Duration: 17'. First performance: 14 February 1988 in the Almeida Theatre of London by Eileen Hulse (soprano), Music Project, Richard Bernas (conductor)

Opus 48A: Two Moods for guitar (1987)
Duration: 7'

Opus 49: Songs of Love and Madness after Blake for voice, clarinet, celesta, harp and string trio (1988)
Duration: 20'. First performance: November 1990 at the Huddersfield Festival by Margaret Field (soprano), Ensemble "Chameleon", Andrew Ball (celesta/conductor)

Opus 50: "The Seven Angels of William Blake" for piano (1988)
Duration: 23'. First performance: 23 November 1989 in Glasgow University Concert Hall by Susan Bradshaw (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD15, MRCD31/32

Opus 51: "The Moonlight Story", Blake's Picture I for piccolo, bass-clarinet, violin, viola, cello and double-bass (1988)
See opus 58, 65 and 66. Duration: 14'. First performance: 8 June 1989, at the Almeida Theatre of London by the Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)

Opus 52: "The Initial Times" after Boris Pasternak for voice and piano (1988)
Duration: 10'

Opus 53: "Eight-Line Poems" after Mandelstam for voice, flute, horn, harp and string trio (1989)
Duration: 18'. First performance: 24 September 1992 in the Purcell Room of London by Lucy Shelton (soprano), The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend (conductor)

Opus 53A: "Nikolai Bukharin", music for a documentary film (1989)
Duration: 30'

Opus 54: Violin Concerto No. 1 for violin and 13 string instruments (1990)
Duration: 20'. First performance: 10 October 1993 in the St Andrew's Hall of Norwich by Andreas Seidel (violin), Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, George Moosdorf (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD06, MRCD08, MRCD20

Opus 55: "From Evening To Morning" after Blake for mixed chorus (1990)
Duration: 12'

Opus 56: "The Evening Song" for alto (or tenor) saxophone and piano (1990)
Duration: 8'. First performance: in 1990 at the Competition for Woodwind Players in Moscow

Opus 57: "Trinity Music" for clarinet, violin and piano (1990)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 9 March 1991 in the Auditorio Caja de Aviva of Pedro de Lagasca (Spain) by the Trio Verdehr

Opus 57A: Two Pieces after Scriabin, instrumentation for ensemble of fifteen players (1990)
Duration: 5'

Opus 58: "Jacob's Ladder", Blake's Picture II for sixteen players (1990)
Duration: 14'. First performance: 17 April 1991 in Queen Elizabeth Hall of London by the London Sinfonietta, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski (conductor)

Opus 58A: Monogram for solo cello (1990)
Duration: 3'. First performance: 4 September 1991 in the Elder Hall, South Australia by Alexander Ivashkin (cello)

Opus 59: "A Song of Liberty" after Blake, oratorio for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (1991)
Duration: 42'. First performance: 30 January 1993 at the Leeds Town Hall by the Leeds Festival Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD19

Opus 60: Short Poems after Kathleen Raine for soprano and piano (1991)
Duration: 7'

Opus 60A: Short Poems after Raine for soprano, two clarinets, viola, cello and double bass (1991)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 21 July 1992 in the Dartington Hall by Mary Wiegold (soprano), The Composers Ensemble, David Angus (conductor)

Opus 61: Three Blake Songs for soprano, two clarinets, viola, cello and double bass (1991)
Duration: 14'. First performance No. 1: 20 July 1991 at the Cheltenham Festival by Mary Wiegold (soprano), Composers Ensemble, John Woolrich (conductor). First performance Nos. 2 & 3: 13 May 1992 at Dartington Hall by Mary Wiegold (soprano), Composers Ensemble, Charles Peebles (conductor)

Opus 62: Four Studies after "The Book of Job" ("Jobs Studies") for solo clarinet/narrator (1991)
Duration: 13'. First performance: 25 October 1991 in the Ohio State University by Bruce Curlette

Opus 63: "Wonderful Stories (Nursery Rhymes)" for voice and piano (1991)
Eleven English traditional Nursery Rhymes translated by Samuil Marshak. Duration: 13'

Opus 63A: "Wonderful Stories (Nursery Rhymes)" for voice, two clarinets, viola, cello and double-bass (1991)
Duration: 13'. First performance: 12 February 1992 in the Blackheath Hall of London by Mary Wiegold (soprano), Composers Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Opus 64: "The Angels of Albion" for piano (1991)
Duration: 18'. First performance: April 1996 in the Bely Hall of Moscow Conservatoire in Moscow by Ivan Sokolov (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD17

Opus 65: "Abel", Blake's Picture III for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1991)
Duration: 14'. First performance: 24 June 1992 in the St Magnus Cathedral of Orkney by the Ensemble Chameleon.
CD Meladina Record MRCD17

Opus 66: "The River of Life", Blake's Picture IV for sixteen players (1992)
Duration: 13'. First performance: 8 November 1992 in Queen Elisabeth Hall, London by the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)

Opus 67: Six Choruses after an Angelic Salutation, the Bible and Milton for mixed chorus a cappella (1992)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 21 July 1992 in St John's Chapel of Cambridge with Christopher Robinson (conductor)

Opus 67A: Prayer for trumpet and organ (1992)
Duration: 3'

Opus 67B: Prayer for voice and piano or organ (1997)
Text: Our Father. Duration: 3'

Opus 68: "Threnody" for trumpet and organ (1992)
Duration: 9'

Opus 69: Piano Trio No. 2 (1992)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 23 October 1992 in the Beethoven House of Bonn by the Tchaikovsky Trio

Opus 70: "Diptych" for organ (1992)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 25 September 1992 in the Dom Cathedral of Riga by Friedemann Herz (organ)

Opus 70A: "To Olly", Happy Birthday Song to Olly Knussen for voice and piano (1992)
Duration: 2'

Opus 71: "Orcades" for solo flute (1992)
Duration: 6'. First performance: 13 December 1992 in the Walter Hall of the University of Toronto (Canada) by Aurele Nicolet (flute)

Opus 72: Piano Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1992)
Duration: 20'. First performance: 23 January 1993 at RNCM, Manchester by the Music Group of Manchester

Opus 73: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1992)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 18 November 1993 in the Holywell Music Room of Oxford by Susan Bradshaw (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD15

Opus 74: Cello Concerto (1992)
Duration: 28'. First performance: 2 May 1996 at the RNCM Cello Festival in Manchester by Karine Georgian (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD01, MRCD05, MRCD08, MRCD27

Opus 75: String Quartet No. 3 (1993)
Duration: 20'. First performance: 14 April 1994 in the Purcell Room in London by the Brodsky Quartet

Opus 76: "Ariel Songs" after Shakespeare for voice, 2 recorders, cello and harpsichord (1993)
Duration: 15'. First performance: 14 February 1994 in the Keele University Chapel by Charles Brett (singer), Legrand Ensemble

Opus 76A: Sarabande after J.S.Bach for solo piano (1993)
Duration: 1'

Opus 76B: Sarabande after J.S.Bach for 2 violoncelli (1998)
Duration: 1'

Opus 77: "Magic Music Box, Children Album", fifty pieces for piano (1993)
Duration: 55'

Opus 78: String Quartet No. 4 (1993)
Duration: 16'. First performance: 2 December 2001 in the Recital Hall, RAM in London by the Montague Quartet: Joe Harrop, Jessie Murphy, Emma Owens, Oliver Coates
CD Meladina Record MRCD31/32 , MRCD33

Opus 79: "The Guardians of Space" for orchestra (1994)
Duration: 30'

Opus 80: "Dies Irae" for solo recorder (or flute) (1994)
Duration: 5'. First performance: 19 October 1985 in the Warwick Centre of Coventry by John Turner (recorder)

Opus 81: String Quartet No. 5 (1994)
Duration: 18'

Opus 82: Symphony No. 3 "Voyages" (1995)
Also a ballet score. Duration: 33'

Opus 83: "The Lamb" after Blake for counter tenor and six violins (1995)
Duration: 6'. First performance: 2 May 1995 in the Purcell Room of London by Michael Chance (counter tenor) and Fretwork
CD Meladina Record MRCD19

Opus 84: "Songs of Learned Cat" after Pushkin for mixed chorus (1995)
Duration: 5'

Opus 85: "Viderum Omnes Fines Terrae" for soprano and ensemble (1995)
Duration: 10'

Opus 85A: "Bumpty-Grumpty", musical joke No. 2 for Barrie Gavin for string quartet (1995)
Duration: 1'. First performance: 1 July 1995 at Art Workers’ Guild by the Kreutzer Quartet

Opus 85B: "Bumpty-Grumpty", musical joke No. 2 for Barrie Gavin for four violoncelli (1997)
Duration: 1'

Opus 86: "The Music of Spheres" for piano (1995)
Duration: 20'. First performance: 11 April 1996 at the Union of Composers in Moscow by Ivan Sokolov (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD01, MRCD15

Opus 87: "Book", musical joke No. 3 for soprano, tenor, piano and mime actor (1995)
Text by Ruth Fainlight. Duration: 2'. First performance: 2 September 1995 in Bore Place, Kent by Jane Manning (soprano), Pal Relisted (tenor), Julia Richter (piano) and Dmitri Smirnov (mime actor)

Opus 88: Lamento for flute and harpsichord (1995)
Duration: 12'

Opus 89: Violin Concerto No. 2 "Spheres" for violin and string orchestra (1995)
Duration: 24'

Opus 90: The Bride in Her Grave", opera after Fainlight (1995)
Duration: 60'

Opus 91: Violin Concerto No. 3 "Il ritorno" for violin and orchestra (1996)
Duration: 12'

Opus 92: "It is enough ......" for tape (1996)
Variation On Bach's Chorale "Es ist genug" from Cantata No. 60 (5th Movement). Text by J. G. Ahle, translated by Henry S. Drinker. Duration: 6'. First performance: 24 April 1996 at the Faculty of Music, Alison House, Edinburgh.
CD Meladina Record MRCD01

Opus 93: "Spell of Creation" after Kathleen Raine for tape (1996)
Singing and reading by Alissa Firsova. Duration: 6'. First performance: 24 April 1996 at the Faculty of Music, Alison House, Edinburgh.
CD Meladina Record MRCD01

Opus 94: "Wedding Cocktail", musical joke No. 4 for Alison & Gerard McBurney for tape (1996)
Duration: 9'.
CD Meladina Record MRCD01

Opus 95: Dumka for violin and piano (1996)
Duration: 4'. First performance: 17 June 1997 in Allen’s School in London by Kate Robinson and Ben Wallfisch
CD Meladina Record MRCD17

Opus 96: "Spectrum of Spring" for flute, piano, violin, viola and cello (1996)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 10 January 1997 in Gent, Belgium by the Moscow Ensemble "Studio of New Music", Igor Dronov (conductor)

Opus 97A: Elegy in Memory of Edison Denisov for solo cello (1997)
Duration: 13'. First performance: 24 November 1997 in the Maly Hall of Moscow Conservatoire by Maxim Zolotarenko (cello)
CD Meladina Record MRCD05, MRCD26, MRCD31/32
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Alexander Ivashkin (cello)

Opus 97B: Elegy in Memory of Edison Denisov for 16 players (1997)
Duration: 13'. First performance: 24 November 1997 in the Maison de la Poesie, Paris by Ervartung, Bernard Desgraupes (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD26, MRCD31/32

Opus 98: "Miss Gittipin's Talk" for solo soprano (1997)
Fragment from "An Island in the Moon" by William Blake. Duration: 4'

Opus 99: "Set me as a Seal" after Solomon for chamber chorus, two trumpets and three trombones (1997)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 27 January 1999 at RAM, London with Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
CD Meladina Record MRCD09

Opus 100: "The Bird of Time" for orchestra (1997)
Duration: 10'

Opus 101: Song of Songs after Solomon, cantata for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra (1997)
Duration: 25'. First performance: 14 October 1998 in the Victoria Hall of Geneva by Irina Ivanilova (soprano), VitaliTarashchenko (tenor), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Motet de Geneve, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor).
CD Meladina Record MRCD19

Opus 102: "Paul", musical joke No. 5 for fifteen players (1997)
Duration: 7'

Opus 103: "Album Leaves, five pieces for piano (1997)
Duration: 10'

Opus 103A: "Song for Julie (Nursery Rhymes)" for voice and piano (1997)
Text: English Nursery Rhymes. Duration: 1'

Opus 104: "Between Scylla and Charibdis" for string orchestra (1997)
Duration: 20'. First performance: 1 June 1999 in Paradiso, Amsterdam by the Nieuw Sinfonietta, Neal Stulberg (conductor)

Opus 105: Mass for mixed chorus (1998)
Duration: 30'

Opus 105A: Organ Mass (1998)
Duration: 30'

Opus 105C: Mass for four male voices (1998)
Duration: 30'

Opus 106: String Quartet No. 6 (1998)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 9 March 2000 in the Cabot Hall of Canary Wharf in London by the Brodsky Quartet.
CD Meladina Record MRCD18

Opus 107: "Promenade", musical joke No. 6 to Mikhail Burshtin for piano four hands (1998)
Duration: 3'

Opus 108: Family Portrait for solo cello (1998)
Duration: 9'

Opus 109: Violin Sonata No. 3 "Es ist ........" (1998)
Duration: 15'
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Patricia Kopatchinskaya (violin), Ivan Sokolov (piano)

Opus 110: Two Fragments for solo double bass (1998)
Duration: 7'

Opus 111: "Opus 111" for clarinet, cello and piano in two movements (1998)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 7 November 1998 in the St Cyprian Church of London by the Meladina Ensemble
Meladina Record MRCD09, MRCD17, MRCD31/32, MRCD33

Opus 112: Postlude in memory of Alfred Schnittke for solo violin (1998)
Duration: 9'. First performance: 29 January 1999 in RAM, London by Kirsten Strange (violin)
CD Meladina Record MRCD20, MRCD31/32
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Patricia Kopatchinskaya (violin)

Opus 112A: Postlude in memory of Alfred Schnittke for solo cello (2000)
Duration: 9'

Opus 113: "Twilight" after Joyce for soprano and six players (1998)
Recomposed in 2000. Duration: 22'

Opus 114: "Exhibition" for piano four hands (1999)

Opus 114A: "Gulag", music for a documentary TV film by Angus Macqueen (1999)
Duration: 50'.
CD Meladina Record MRCD07

Opus 115: "Melting Time" for piano (1999)
Duration: 6'

Opus 116: "Love" from The Sketches to Othello-Music for organ (1999)
Duration: 5'

Opus 117: "Three Quarks for Muster Mark" for solo percussion player dedicated to Pekarski (1999)
Duration: 12'

Opus 117A: Sonata, transcription of Denisov's Sonata for saxophone alto and eleven players (1999)
Duration: 12'. First performance: 21 March 2001 at Vredenburg in Utrecht by the Dutch Wind Ensemble
CD Meladina Record MRCD21

Opus 117B: Quartet No. 8, transcription of Shostakovich opus 110 for wind octet and double bass (1999)
Duration: 22'. First performance: 21 February 2001 at the Warsaw Philharmonie by the Dutch Wind Ensemble
CD Meladina Record MRCD21

Opus 118: "DSCH" for two violins (1999)
Duration: 5'. First performance: 5 December 2001 in the Vestry Hall, LCM in London by Michael Papandopoulos and Ben Craft (violins)
CD Meladina Record MRCD31/32 , MRCD33

Opus 119: "Am Bach" for basset horn, cello and accordion (1999)
Duration: 11'

Opus 120: "Stream" for violin and string orchestra (1999)
Duration: 7'

Opus 121: Portrait for wind octet and double bass dedicated to Shostakovich (1999)
Duration: 10'. First performance: 21 March 2001 in Vredenburg, Utrecht by the Dutch Wind Ensemble
CD Meladina Record MRCD21

Opus 121A: Inabowl for small orchestra (1999)
Duration: 1'

Opus 122: "Shadows in Light" for viola and harp (1999)
Duration: 6'. First performance: 20 April 2001 in the Old First Church of San Francisco (USA) by Sergey Rakitchenkov and Olga Ortenberg
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 122A: "Shadows in Light" for flute, oboe, harp, violin, viola and cello (1999)
Duration: 6'. First performance: 26 January 2001 at the Helferei Grossmünster in Zurich by the Ensemble Pyramide
CD Meladina Record MRCD26

Opus 123: Gratias for four violoncelli dedicated to Schnittke (2000)
Duration: 4'

Opus 124: Piano Sonata No. 4 "String of Destiny" for piano (2000)
Duration: 8'. First performance: 10 February 2001 in St Albans Music Club, 34 Faircross Way by Alissa Firsova (piano)
CD Meladina Record MRCD31/32, MRCD33
CD Megadisc MDC 7818: Ivan Sokolov (piano)

Opus 125: "Well-Tempered Piano", 24 preludes and fugues for piano (2000)
Duration: 90'

Opus 125A: Suite "Alone", transcription of Shostakovich opus 26 for wind orchestra (2001)
Duration: 26'. First performance: 21 March 2001 in Vredenburg, Utrecht by the Dutch Wind Ensemble
CD Meladina Record MRCD21

Opus 126: "A Cradle Song" for soprano and piano (2001)
Text by Williame Blake from "Songs of Innocence". Duration: 7'

Opus 127: Concerto Piccolo for cello and orchestra (2001)
Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. Duration: 12'

Opus 128: "Healing Song" after Yevgeni Baratynski for mixed chorus (2001)
Duration: 6'

Opus 128A: Acrostic for piano solo (2001)
Duration: 2'

Opus 128A: Bagatelle for cello solo (2001)
Duration: 2'

Opus 129: Piano Sonata No. 5 "Sunlight Sonata" (2001)
Duration: 11'

Opus 129A: Canon in Memory of Igor Stravinsky for string quartet and bell (2001)
Duration: 3'. First performance: 16 September 2001 in Petropalovsky Sobor of St. Petersburg by the Ensemble: Vlad Pesin, Matvei Lapin, Alexei Bogorad, Kirill Timofeev

Opus 130: Saga to S.A. Gubaidulina for cello solo (2001)
Duration: 7'. First performance: 27 October 2001 in the Maly Hall of Conservatory, Moscow by Vladimir Tonkha (cello)

Opus 131: Chaconne for violin, viola and harp (2001)
Duration: 14'

Opus 132: Innocence of Experience after William Blake for tape (2002)
Text: William Blake (E), reading by Alissa Firsova. Duration: 27'

Opus 133: "The Last Word 1" for two violas (quintones) and wind quintet (2002)
Duration: 5'.
CD Meladina Record MRCD25

Opus 133A: "The Last Word 1" for violin, viola and harp (or for two violas and harp) (2002)
Duration: 5'

Opus 134: "Without Fear and Reproach" for piano (2002)
Duration: 4'

Opus 135: "Metaplasm" for piano (2002)
Duration: 5'

Opus ...: Piano Trio No. 3 'Tri-o-Tri' (2005)

Duration: 21'
First performance: 5 July 2005 by the Florestan Trio at the Cheltenham Music Festival.

Thanks to Martin Algie from Australia for additional information

For more information please check Dmitri Smirnov's website.