List of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich

By genre

Symphonies

• Op. 10: Symphony No. 1 in F minor
• Op. 14: Symphony No. 2 in B major, To October, for mixed chorus and orchestra
• Op. 20: Symphony No. 3 in E major, The First of May, for mixed chorus and orchestra
• Op. 43: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
• Op. 47: Symphony No. 5 in D minor ; appeared subtitled A Soviet Artist’s Practical Creative Reply to Justified Criticism
• Op. 54: Symphony No. 6 in B minor
• Op. 60: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Leningrad
• Op. 65: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
• Op. 70: Symphony No. 9 in E major
• Op. 93: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
• Op. 103: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, The Year 1905
• Op. 112: Symphony No. 12 in D minor, The Year 1917
• Op. 113: Symphony No. 13 in B minor, Babi-Yar, for bass, bass chorus, and orchestra
• Op. 135: Symphony No. 14, for soprano, bass, string orchestra, and percussion
• Op. 141: Symphony No. 15 in A major

  Concertos

• Op. 35: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor ; also known as the Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra
• Op. 77: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
• Op. 102: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
• Op. 107: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E major
• Op. 126: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major
• Op. 129: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor

  Suites

• Op. 15a: Suite from The Nose, for tenor, baritone, and orchestra
• Op. 22a: Suite from The Age of Gold, for orchestra
• Op. 27a: Suite from The Bolt, for orchestra
• Op. 30a: Suite from Golden Mountains, for orchestra
• Op. 32a: Suite from Hamlet, for small orchestra
• Op. 36a: Suite from The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1
• Op. 39a: Suite from The Limpid Stream, for orchestra
• Op. 50a: Suite from The Maxim film-Trilogy for orchestra and chorus
• Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2
• Op. 64a: Suite from Zoya, for chorus and orchestra
• Op. 75a: Suite from The Young Guard
• Op. 76a: Suite from Pirogov, for orchestra
• Op. 78a: Suite from Michurin, for chorus and orchestra
• Op. 80a: Suite from Meeting on the Elbe, for voices and orchestra
• Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra
• Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra
• Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra
• Ballet Suite No. 4, for orchestra
• Op. 85a: Suite from Belinsky, for chorus and orchestra
• Op. 89a: Suite from The Unforgettable Year 1919, for orchestra
• Op. 97a: Suite from The Gadfly, for orchestra
• Op. 99a: Suite from The First Echelon, for chorus and orchestra
• Suite for Variety Orchestra
• Op. 111a: Suite from Five Days, Five Nights, for orchestra
• Op. 114a: Suite of Five Fragments from the Opera Katarina Izmailova, for orchestra
• Op. 116a: Suite from Hamlet, for orchestra
• Op. 120a: Suite from A Year Is Like a Lifetime, for orchestra

  Miscellaneous symphonic works

• Op. 1: Scherzo in F minor, for orchestra
• Op. 3: Theme and Variations in B major, for orchestra
• Op. 7: Scherzo in E major, for orchestra
• Op. 23: Two Pieces for Erwin Dressel's Opera Armer Columbus, for orchestra
• The Green Company, overture for orchestra
• Op. 42: Five Fragments, for small orchestra
• Solemn March, for military band/wind orchestra
• Three Pieces, for orchestra
• Op. 96: Festive Overture in A major, for orchestra
• Op. 110a : Chamber Symphony for Strings in C minor
• Op. 111b: Novorossiisk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory, for orchestra
• Op. 115: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, for orchestra
• Op. 118a : Chamber Symphony for Strings in A major
• Op. 130: Funeral-Triumphal Prelude, for orchestra
• Op. 131: October, symphonic poem in C minor for orchestra
• Op. 139: March of the Soviet Police, for military band/wind orchestra

  String quartets

• Two Pieces, for string quartet – Elegy and Polka
• Op. 49: String Quartet No. 1 in C major
• Op. 68: String Quartet No. 2 in A major
• Op. 73: String Quartet No. 3 in F major
• Op. 83: String Quartet No. 4 in D major
• Op. 92: String Quartet No. 5 in B major
• Op. 101: String Quartet No. 6 in G major
• Op. 108: String Quartet No. 7 in F minor
• Op. 110: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, dedicated to the victims of fascism and war
• Quartet Movement in E major ; surviving movement of an early version of the String Quartet No. 9; also known as the Unfinished Quartet
• Op. 117: String Quartet No. 9 in E major
• Op. 118: String Quartet No. 10 in A major
• Op. 122: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor
• Op. 133: String Quartet No. 12 in D major
• Op. 138: String Quartet No. 13 in B minor
• Op. 142: String Quartet No. 14 in F major
• Op. 144: String Quartet No. 15 in E minor

  Other chamber/instrumental works

• Op. 8: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor
• Op. 9: Three Pieces, for cello and piano
• Op. 11: Two Pieces, for string octet
• Op. 33 : Impromptu, for viola and piano
• Op. 40: Cello Sonata in D minor
• Op. 40a: Moderato, for cello and piano
• Op. 57: Piano Quintet in G minor
• Op. 58i: Polka in F minor, for two harps
• Op. 67: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
• Op. 97c: Four Waltzes, for flute, clarinet and piano
• Op. 97d: Three Violin Duets from The Gadfly, for two violins and piano
• Op. 134: Violin Sonata
• Op. 147: Viola Sonata

  Piano

• Op. 2: Eight Preludes
• Minuet, Prelude and Intermezzo
• "Murzilka"
• Five Preludes
• Op. 5: Three Fantastic Dances
• Op. 6: Suite in F minor, for two pianos
• Op. 12: Sonata No. 1
• Op. 13: Aphorisms, ten pieces
• Op. 22: Polka from The Golden Age
• Op. 34: 24 Preludes
• Op. 39: Nocturne – The Limpid Stream
• Op. 61: Sonata No. 2 in B minor
• Op. 69: Children's Notebook, six pieces
• Merry March for two pianos
• Op. 87: Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues
• Dances of the Dolls
• Op. 94: Concertino in A minor, for two pianos
• Tarantella, for two pianos
• Op. 97a: Short piece
• Op. 97b: Spanish Dance, from The Gadfly
• Op. 104a: Eleven Variations on a Theme by Glinka

  Operas

• The Gypsies, opera after Pushkin
• Op. 15: The Nose, satirical opera in three acts after Gogol ; also a suite for orchestra
• Op. 29: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, opera in four acts after Leskov ; later revised as Katerina Ismailova ; also a suite for orchestra
• The Great Lightning, comic opera
• Orango, saterial opera in three acts
• The Twelve Chairs, operetta
• Katyusha Maslova, opera after Tolstoy's novel Resurrection
• The Gamblers, opera after Gogol ; completion in two acts by Krzysztof Meyer in 1978
• Op. 105: Moscow, Cheryomushki, operetta in three acts ; also a film version
• Op. 114: Katerina Ismailova, opera in four acts after Leskov ; revision of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ; also a suite of five entr'actes and a film version

  Ballets

• Op. 22: The Golden Age, three acts
• Op. 27: The Bolt, three acts
• Op. 39: The Limpid Stream, three acts
• The Lady and the Hooligan, one act
• The Dreamers, four acts

  Film scores

• Op. 18: Music to the silent film The New Babylon for small orchestra
• Op. 26: Music to the film Alone
• Op. 30: Music to the film Golden Mountains
• Op. 33: Music to the film Counterplan
• Op. 36: Music to the animated film The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda for chamber orchestra
• Op. 38: Music to the film Love and Hate
• Op. 41: Music to the film The Youth of Maxim
• Op. 41a: Music to the film Girl Friends
• Op. 45: Music to the film The Return of Maxim
• Op. 48: Music to the film Volochayev Days
• Op. 50: Music to the film The Vyborg Side
• Op. 51: Music to the film Friends
• Op. 52: Music to the film The Great Citizen, first part
• Op. 53: Music to the film The Man with the Gun
• Op. 55: Music to the film The Great Citizen, second part
• Op. 56: Music to the animated film The Silly Little Mouse
• Op. 59: Music to the film The Adventures of Korzinkina
• Op. 64: Music to the film Zoya
• Op. 71: Music to the film Simple People
• Op. 75: Music to the film The Young Guard
• Op. 76: Music to the film Pirogov
• Op. 78: Music to the film Michurin
• Op. 80: Music to the film Meeting on the Elbe for voices and piano
• Op. 82: Music to the film The Fall of Berlin
• Op. 85: Music to the film Belinsky for orchestra and chorus
• Op. 89: Music to the film The Unforgettable Year 1919
• Op. 95: Music to the film Song of the Great Rivers
• Op. 97: Music to the film The Gadfly
• Op. 99: Music to the film :ru:первый эшелон|The First Echelon
• Op. 105a: Music to the film Moscow, Cheryomushki
• Op. 111: Music to the film Five Days, Five Nights
• Op. 114b: Music to the film Katerina Izmailova
• Op. 116: Music to the film Hamlet after Shakespeare for orchestra
• Op. 120: Music to the film A Year Is Like a Lifetime for orchestra
• Op. 132: Music to the film Sofiya Perovskaya
• Op. 137: Music to the film King Lear after Shakespeare

  Incidental music

• Op. 19: Music to the comedy The Bedbug by Mayakovsky
• Op. 24: Music to the play The Gunshot by Bezymensky
• Op. 25: Music to the play Virgin Soil by Gorbenko and L'vov
• Op. 28: Music to the play Rule, Britannia! by Adrian Piotrovsky
• Op. 31: Music to the stage revue Hypothetically Murdered by Voyevodin and Riss
• Op. 32: Music to the play Hamlet by Shakespeare
• Op. 37: Music to the play The Human Comedy after Balzac for small orchestra
• Op. 44: Music to the play Hail, Spain by Afinogenov
• Op. 58a: Music to the play King Lear by Shakespeare
• Op. 63: Music to the spectacle Native Country, suite Native Leningrad
• Op. 66: Music to the spectacle Russian River for soloists, choir and orchestra
• Op. 72: Two Songs to the spectacle Victorious Spring after Svetlov for voices and orchestra

  Choral

• The Oath to the People's Commissar for bass, chorus and piano
• Songs of a Guard's Division, marching song for bass and mixed chorus with simple accompaniment for bayan or piano
• Russian Folk Songs for chorus
• Three Russian Folk Songs for two soloists and chorus with piano accompaniment
• Op. 74: Poem of the Motherland, cantata for mezzosoprano, tenor, two baritones, chorus and orchestra
• Rayok for four voices, chorus and piano
• Op. 81: Song of the Forests, oratorio after Dolmatovsky for tenor, bass soli, mixed & boys' chorus and orchestra
• Op. 86a: The Homeland Hears for chorus and tenor soloist with wordless chorus
• Op. 88: Ten Poems on Texts by Revolutionary Poets for chorus and boys' chorus a cappella
• Op. 90: The Sun Shines over Our Motherland, cantata after Dolmatovsky for mixed & boys' chorus and orchestra
• Op. 104: Cultivation: Two Russian Folk Song Arrangements for chorus a cappella
• Op. 119: The Execution of Stepan Razin, cantata after Yevtushenko for bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
• Op. 124: Two Choruses after Davidenko for chorus and orchestra
• Op. 136: Loyalty, eight ballads after Dolmatovsky for unaccompanied male chorus

  Vocal

• Op. 4: Two Fables of Krylov for mezzo-soprano, female chorus and chamber orchestra
• Op. 21: Six Romances on Texts by Japanese Poets for tenor and orchestra
• From Karl Marx to Our Own Days, symphonic poem for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
• Op. 46: Four Romances on Verses by Pushkin for bass and piano
• Seven Arrangements of Finnish Folk Songs for soloists and chamber ensemble
• Op. 62: Six Romances on Verses by English Poets for bass and piano
• Patriotic Song after Dolmatovsky for voices
• "Song About the Red Army" after Golodny
• Op. 79: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and piano
• Op. 79a: From Jewish Folk Poetry, song cycle for soprano, contralto, tenor and orchestra
• Op. 80b: Three Songs from Meeting on the Elbe for voice and piano
• Op. 84: Two Romances on Verses by Lermontov for male voice and piano
• Op. 86: Four Songs to Words by Dolmatovsky for voice and piano
• Op. 91: Four Monologues on Verses by Pushkin for bass and piano
• Greek Songs for voice and piano
• "Pendozalis", Greek Song for voice and piano
• "October Dawn", song for soloists and chorus
• Op. 98: Five Romances on Verses by Dolmatovsky for bass and piano
• Op. 98a: "There Were Kisses", song after Dolmatovsky for voice and piano
• Op. 100: Spanish Songs for soprano and piano
• Op. 109: Satires , Five Romances on Verses by Sasha Chorny for soprano and piano
• Op. 121: Five Romances on Texts from the Magazine Krokodil for bass and piano
• Op. 123: "Preface to the Complete Collection of My Works and Brief Reflections on this Preface" for bass and piano
• Op. 127: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok for soprano, violin, cello and piano
• Op. 128: Romance "Spring, Spring" to Verses by Pushkin for bass and piano
• Op. 140: Six Romances on Verses by English Poets for bass and chamber orchestra
• Op. 143: Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, suite for contralto and piano
• Op. 143a: Six Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva, suite for contralto and orchestra
• Op. 145: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti for bass and piano
• Op. 145a: Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti for bass and orchestra
• Op. 146: Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin to texts by Dostoevsky for bass and piano

  Orchestrations

• Orchestration of I Waited in the Grotto by Rimsky-Korsakov for soprano and orchestra
• Op. 16: Tahiti-Trot for orchestra
• Op. 17: Pastorale and Capriccio: Two Pieces by D. Scarlatti for wind orchestra
• Op. 31a: Orchestration of Hypothetically Murdered
• Orchestration of Internationale by Degeyter
• Op. 58: Orchestration of the Opera Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky
• Orchestration of "Wiener Blut" by Johann Strauss II
• Orchestration of "The Excursion Train Polka" by Johann Strauss II
• Orchestration of 27 Romances and Songs Arrangements
• Orchestration of Eight British and American Folk Songs for voice and orchestra
• Orchestration of Fleishman's Chamber-Opera Rothschild's Violin after Chekhov
• Op. 106: Re-orchestration of Mussorgsky's Opera Khovanshchina
• Orchestration of Songs and Dances of Death by Mussorgsky for voice and orchestra
• Op. 125: Re-scoring of orchestral accompaniment to Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor
• Re-orchestration of Tishchenko's Cello Concerto No. 1
• Orchestration of Beethoven's Arrangement of Mephistopheles's Song of the Flea

  In chronological order

Footnotes