This is a list of compositions by Alexander Scriabin.
The list is categorized by Genre, with Piano works organized by style of piece. The list can be sorted by Opus number and WoO number (mostly early works published posthumously) and Anh number (mostly fragmentary works), by clicking on the "Opus" header of the table. Sorted in this Opus/WoO/Anh order, duplicate entries (those listed initially under more than one genre) are moved to the bottom of the list with the unused genre headers.
The majority of Scriabin's works have opus numbers. His work can be divided into three (somewhat arbitrary) periods, based on increasing atonality: early, 1883–1902 (Opp. 1–29); middle, 1903–1909 (Opp. 30–58); and late, 1910–1915 (Opp. 59–74). The development of Scriabin's style can be traced in his ten published sonatas for piano. The first four are in the Romantic style. Initially the music is reminiscent of Chopin, but Scriabin's unique voice, present from the beginning, becomes fully present even in these early pieces. With the fourth and fifth sonatas, Scriabin explored more complex, chromatic harmonies. Each of the following sonatas are often highly dissonant and have a new form of tonality that some describe as atonal and others describe as simply different from conventional tonality. Vers la flamme was intended to be the eleventh sonata, but he was forced to publish it early due to financial concerns. Most of Scriabin's sonatas consist of only a single movement; the first and third are the only ones with multiple movements typical of the sonata form.
List of compositions OpusTitleScoringDateNotesOrchestral works Rondoorchestra1883–87no details availableA18Scherzo in F majorstring orchestra1888 (1889?)fragment; reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 2nd mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 2020Piano Concerto in F minorpiano & orchestra1896W24Symphonic Allegro in D minororchestra1896(–97?)unfinished; possibly intended as a movement of a symphony;
completed by Alexander Gauk 1949 as "Symphonic Poem in D minor", recorded by Boris Demchenko (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993;
also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev as Poème (en forme d'une sonate) published 1926 as No. 2 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of Fantaisie, WoO 18;
also arranged for piano solo by Nikolai Zhilyayev published 192824Rêverieorchestra1898also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 1899A20Andante in A majorstring orchestra1899fragment; reconstructed by Daniel Bosshard 1987 as 1st mvt. of "Andante and Scherzo" with Anh 1826Symphony No. 1 in E majororchestra, with chorus and soloists1900also arranged for piano four-hands by Alexander Winkler at the request of Scriabin, published 190029Symphony No. 2 in C minororchestra1902also arranged for piano four-hands by Vasily Kalafati at the request of Scriabin, published 190343Le divin poème (The Divine Poem), Symphony No. 3 in C minororchestra1903also arranged for piano four-hands by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 190554Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), (Symphony No. 4)orchestra1907also arranged for 2 pianos by Lev Konyus (Léon Conus) at the request of Scriabin, published 190860Prométhée, Le Poème du feu (Prometheus, The Poem of Fire), (Symphony No. 5)orchestra, with piano, organ, clavier à lumières, and chorus1910also arranged for 2 pianos by Leonid Sabaneyev at the request of Scriabin, published 1913Piano worksAlbum LeavesW17Feuillet d'Album de Monighetti (Album Leaf for O. I. Monighetti) in A major (Monighetti's Album Leaf)piano1889published 194745#1Feuillet d'album (Album Leaf) in E major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45 piano1904W25Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf) in F majorpiano1905published 190558Feuillet d'Album (Album Leaf)piano1910Dances51#4Danse languide (Languid Dance), No. 4 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51piano190657#2Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57piano1908732 Dansespiano1914EtudesA8Étude in D majorpiano1887fragment onlyA9Étude in F majorpiano1887?fragment only2#1Étude in C minor, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2piano1887W22Étude in D minorpiano1894intended as No. 12 of 12 Études, Op. 8, but discarded; published 1947812 Étudespiano1894428 Étudespiano190349#1Étude in E major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49piano190556#4Étude, No. 4 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56piano1908653 Étudespiano1911–12FantasiesW6Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G minorpiano1886published 1940W18Fantaisie in A minor2 pianos1892–93many catalogues and publications date this 1889, but the unpublished manuscript is dated Dec 1892 – Jan 1893; intended for piano & orchestra, the 2nd piano part is clearly an orchestral reduction, while the 1st piano is clearly the soloist; however, it is not clear if this is the original working version to be later orchestrated, or a reduction from a now-lost orchestral score; if the latter, the lost orchestral score might be the version composed in 1889;
2nd piano part orchestrated by G. Zinger, recorded by Igor Zhukov (p) Mikhail Yurovsky (cond), released Melodiya LP 1972, CD 1993;
2nd piano part orchestrated by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, recorded 1998 Rozhdestvensky (cond) Viktoria Postnikova (p), released Chandos 1999;
rearranged by Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson that redistributes the 2 piano parts more equally between them, published 1940, various recordings;
also arranged for piano solo by Leonid Sabaneyev published 1926 as No. 1 of 2 Oeuvres posthumes with his piano solo arrangement of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 2419Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G minorpiano189728Fantaisie in B minorpiano1900FuguesW12Fugue in F minorpiano1888–Fugue in F minor2 pianos1888?arrangement of WoO 12W13Fugue in F minorpiano1888–Fugue in F minor2 pianos1888?arrangement of WoO 13W20Fugue à 5 voix (Fugue in 5 parts) in E minor (Fuga a 5)piano1892published 1916ImpromptusA13Valse-impromptu in E majorpiano1887fragment only2#3Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2piano188972 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)piano1892102 Impromptuspiano1894122 Impromptuspiano1895142 Impromptuspiano1895MazurkasW14Mazurka in B minorpiano1884W11W15W163 Mazurkaspiano188618891889published 18932#3Impromptu à la mazur (Impromptu-Mazurka) in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2piano1889310 Mazurkaspiano188972 Impromptus à la mazur (2 Impromptu-Mazurkas)piano1892259 Mazurkaspiano1899402 Mazurkaspiano1903Morceaux23 Morceauxpiano1887188918899Prélude et Nocturnepiano left-hand1894453 Morceauxpiano1904493 Morceauxpiano1905514 Morceauxpiano1906523 Morceauxpiano1907564 Piècespiano1908572 Morceauxpiano1908592 Piècespiano1910NocturnesW3Nocturne in A majorpiano1884–86(–85?)published 191052 Nocturnespiano18909#2Nocturne in D major, No. 2 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9piano left-hand189461Poème-Nocturnepiano1912Poems322 Poèmespiano190334Poème tragique (Tragic Poem) in B majorpiano190336Poème satanique (Satanic Poem) in C majorpiano190341Poème in D majorpiano1903442 Poèmespiano190445#2Poème fantasque (Whimsical Poem) in C major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45piano190451#3Poème ailé (Winged Poem), No. 3 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51piano190652#1Poème in C major, No. 1 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52piano190752#3Poème languide (Languid Poem) in B major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52piano190759#1Poème, No. 1 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59piano191061Poème-Nocturnepiano1912632 Poèmespiano1912692 Poèmespiano1913712 Poèmespiano191472Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poèmepiano1914Preludes Prélude in D minorpiano1883no details available2#2Prélude in B major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 2piano18899#1Prélude in C minor, No. 1 from "Prélude et Nocturne", Op. 9piano left-hand18941124 Préludespiano1888–96#4 was originally an unfinished Ballade, Anh. 14, written in 1887. Its themes were reworked in 1888 and retitled Prélude, intended in a group of Morceaux. After #6 and the Prélude of Op. 2 were written in 1889, only the Op. 2 was grouped into a Morceaux collection, and #4 and #6 were put aside. After writing another Prélude #10 in 1893–94, Scriabin decided in 1895 to write a set of 24 in all the major and minor keys, and included the 3 previously-written in the new set. The remaining 21 were written 1895–96.136 Préludespiano1895155 Préludespiano1896165 Préludespiano1895177 Préludespiano1896224 Préludespiano1897272 Préludespiano1901314 Préludespiano1903334 Préludespiano1903353 Préludespiano1903374 Préludespiano1903394 Préludespiano190345#3Prélude in E major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 45piano1904484 Préludespiano190549#2Prélude in F major, No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49piano190551#2Prélude in A minor, No. 2 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51piano190656#1Prélude in E major, No. 1 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56piano190859#2Prélude, No. 2 from 2 Pièces, Op. 59piano1910672 Préludespiano1913745 Préludespiano1914ScherzosW4Scherzo in E majorpiano1886W5Scherzo in A majorpiano188646Scherzopiano1905SonatasW6Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) in G minorpiano1886dedicated to Natalya Sekerina; published 1940A11Sonata in C minorpiano1887fragment onlyW19Sonate in E minorpiano1887–89published 1986 with 2nd mvt completed by someone else;6Sonate No. 1 in F minorpiano189219Sonate-Fantaisie (Sonata-Fantasy) No. 2 in G minorpiano189723Sonate No. 3 in F minor, (États d'âme (Moods))piano189830Sonate No. 4 in F majorpiano190353Sonate No. 5piano190762Sonate No. 6piano1911–1264Sonate No. 7, (Messe blanche (White Mass))piano191266Sonate No. 8piano1912–1368Sonate No. 9, (Messe noire (Black Mass))piano191370Sonate No. 10, (Insect Sonata)piano1913WaltzesW8Valse in D majorpiano1886published 1929W7Valse in G minorpiano18861Valse in F minorpiano1886A13Valse-impromptu in E majorpiano1887fragment only38Valse in A majorpiano190347Quasi-valse in F majorpiano1905MiscellaneousW1Canon in D minorpiano1883(–84?)published 1927 Rhapsodie hongroise (Hungarian Rhapsody)piano1883–87no details availableW9Variations sur un thème de M'lle Egorov (Variations on a Theme by Mademoiselle Yegorova) in F minor (Egoroff Variations)piano1887published 1947A14Ballade in B minorpiano1887(–88?)fragment only; some themes used later in Prélude, Op. 11 No. 4A16Piano Piece in B minorpiano1887discovered to be complete4Allegro Appassionato in E minorpiano1892revised version of 1st mvt. of Sonate in E minor, WoO 1918Allegro de concert (Concert Allegro) in B minorpiano1896–Allegro in D minor2 pianos1897?reduction of "Symphonic Allegro", WoO 24; published 199721Polonaise in B minorpiano1897–Piano Concerto in F minor2 pianos1896–98?reduction of the orchestral part of Op. 20 for a 2nd piano49#3Rêverie in C major, No. 3 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 49piano190551#1Fragilité (Fragility), No. 1 from 4 Morceaux, Op. 51piano190652#2Enigme (Enigma), No. 2 from 3 Morceaux, Op. 52piano190756#2Ironies in C major, No. 2 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56piano190856#3Nuances, No. 3 from 4 Pièces, Op. 56piano190857#1Désir (Desire), No. 1 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57 piano190857#2Caresse dansée (Dancing Caress), No. 2 from 2 Morceaux, Op. 57piano190863#1Masque (Mask), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63piano191263#2Étrangeté (Strangeness), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 63piano1912'71#1Fantastique (Fantastic), No. 1 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71piano1914'71#2En rêvant (Dreaming), No. 2 from 2 Poèmes, Op. 71piano191472Vers la flamme (Toward the Flame), Poèmepiano191473#1Guirlandes (Garlands), No. 1 from 2 Danses, Op. 73piano191473#2Flammes sombres (Dark Flames), No. 2 from 2 Danses, Op. 73piano1914Other worksW10Duett in D minor2 voices & piano1886 Fantasie in A minorinstrumentation unknown1887–88same as WoO 18?W21Romance in A minorhorn (or cello) & piano1890 (1893–97?)published 1927W2Romance in F majorvoice & piano1894 (1892–93?)dedicated to Natalya Sekerina; published 1924A?Keistut and Birutaoperac.1898unfinished;