List of compositions by Aram Khachaturian

This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian.

Ballets

• Shchastye ("Happiness"; Yerevan, 1939)
• Gayane (1939–41), which includes the famous Sabre Dance, and the "Adagio" of 2001 A Space Odyssey
• Spartacus (1950–54)

Orchestral

• Symphonies
  • Symphony No. 1 (1934)
  • Symphony No. 2 The Bell Symphony (two versions: 1943, 1944)
  • Symphony No. 3 Symphony-Poem (1947)
• Dance Suite (1933)
• Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
• Suite from Gayane No. 1 (1943)
• Suite from Gayane No. 2 (1943)
• Suite from Gayane No. 3 (1943)
• State Anthem of the Armenian SSR (1944)
• The Russian Fantasy (1944)
• Suite from Masquerade (1944)
• Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1948)
• Suite from Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
• Triumphal Poem, a festive poem (1950)
• Suite from The Valencian Widow (1952)
• Suite from Spartacus No. 1 (1955)
• Suite from Spartacus No. 2 (1955)
• Suite from Spartacus No. 3 (1955)
• Symphonic Pictures from Spartacus (1955)
• Greeting (or Salutatory) Overture (1958)
• Suite from Lermontov (1959)

Vocal orchestral

• Poem about Stalin (1938)
• Three Arias (Poem, Legend, Dithyramb), for high pitched voice and orchestra (1946)
• Ode of Joy, ballade for female soloist, chorus, violins, harps, and orchestra (1956)
• Ballade about Motherland, for soloist and symphony orchestra (1961)

Pieces

Concertos

• Piano Concerto in D-flat major (1936)
• Violin Concerto in D minor (1940)
• Cello Concerto in E minor (1946)
• Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1961)
• Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963)
• Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1968)

Chamber

• String Quartet (1931)
• Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1932)

Instrumental

• Roaming Ashug's Song for cello and piano (1925)
• Elegy for cello and piano (1925)
• Piece for cello and piano (1926)
• Dance No. 1 for violin and piano (1926)
• Dream for cello and piano (1927)
• Pantomime for oboe and piano (1927)
• Allegretto for violin and piano (1929)
• Song-Poem (in Honor of Ashugs) for violin and piano (1929)
• Suite for viola and piano (1929)
• Mass Dance for bayan (1932)
• Violin Sonata (1932)
• Nocturne from Masquerade for violin and piano (1941)
• Sonata-Fantasia for unaccompanied cello (1974)
• Sonata-Monologue for unaccompanied violin (1975)
• Sonata-Song for solo viola (1976)

Piano

• Poem (1925)
• Waltz-Etude (1926)
• Andantino (1926)
• Poem (1927)
• Variations on the Theme "Solveig" (1928)
• Seven Recitatives and Fugues (1928, 1966)
• Suite (Toccata, Waltz-Capriccio, Dance) (1932; the Toccata is now best known as a piece separate from the suite)
• Dance No. 3 (1933)
• March No. 3 (1934)
• Budenovka, a mass dance (undated)
• Choreographic Waltz (1944)
• Three Pieces for two pianos (Ostinato, Romance, Fantastic Waltz) (1945)
• Album for Children No. 1, 10 pieces (1947)
• Waltz from Masquerade (1952)
• Piano Sonatina (1959)
• Piano Sonata (1961)
• Album for Children No. 2 (1965)
• Adventures of Ivan

Incidental music

• Uncle Baghdasar (1927)
• Khatabala (1928)
• Oriental Dentist (1928)
• Debt of Honor (1931)
• Macbeth (1933)
• Devastated Home (1935)
• Great Day (1937)
• Baku (1937)
• The Valencian Widow (1940)
• Masquerade (1941)
• Kremlin Chimes (1942)
• Sound Scout (1943)
• The Last Day (1945)
• Southern Bale (1947)
• Tale About The Truth (1947)
• Ilya Golovin (1949)
• Spring Current (1953)
• Guardian Angel from Nebraska (1953)
• Lermontov (1954)
• Macbeth (1955)
• King Lear (1958)

Film scores

• Pepo (1934-5)
• Zangezur (1937-8)
• The Garden (1939)
• Salavat Yulayev (1941)
• Girl No. 217 (1945)
• The Russian Question (1948)
• Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1948-9)
• The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
• They Have a Native Country (1950)
• Secret Mission (1950)
• Admiral Ushakov (1953)
• Ships Storming the Bastions (1953)
• Saltanat (1955)
• Othello (1956)
• Undying Flame (1956)
• The Duel (1957)
• The Tocsin of Peace (1962)
• Those People of the Nile (1972)

Brass band

• Combat March No. 1 (1929)
• Combat March No. 2 (1930)
• Dancing Music (on the theme of an Armenian song) (1932)
• March No. 3 (Uzbek March) (1932)
• Dance (on the theme of an Armenian song) (1932)
• To the Heroes of the Patriotic War, a march (1942)
• March of the Moscow Red Banner Militia (1973)

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