(contributed by David Perkins <dmperkins1@earthlink.net>)

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1, Opus 13 ("Winter Reveries" or "Winter Dreams") — in G minor. Composed, 1866 — First performed, 1868
• Symphony No. 2, Opus 17 (The "Little Russian") — in C minor. Composed, 1872; revised, 1879. Original unrevised performance, 1873; First performance of the revised edition, 1881
• Symphony No. 3, Opus 29 — in D major. Composed, 1875 — First performed, 1875
• Symphony No. 4, Opus 36 — in F Minor (Dedicated "To my best [*or* beloved] friend" His patroness, Nadezhda von Meck). Composed, 1877-78 — First performed, 1878
• Symphony (unnumbered), Opus 58 "Manfred" inspired by Lord Byron — in B minor. Composed, 1885 — First performed, 1886
• Symphony No. 5, Opus 64 — in E minor. Composed, 1888 — First performed, 1888
• Symphony No. 6, Opus 74 (The "Pathetique" [from the Russian "patetichesky" meaning "emotionally charged" or "full of passion"] — in B minor. Composed, 1893 — First performed, 1893 (Tchaikovsky died on November 6, 1893, ten days after the premiere performance)
• Symphony No. 7 (Reconstructed by Soviet Composer, Semyon Bogatyryev, from Tchaikovsky’s sketches) — in E flat major (The first movement was converted by Tchaikovsky into his one movement Piano Concerto #3). Reconstructed, 1956 — First performed, 1957

Other orchestral works

Tchaikovsky composed about a half-dozen student works during 1863-64, about which there are no performance records.

• "The Storm": overture to a drama by Ostrovsky, Opus 76 — in E minor Composed, 1864; First performed, 1896
• Overture for small orchestra — in F major Composed, 1865; First performed, 1865 (Revised for full orchestra 1866; First performed, 1866)
• Characteristic Dances — Composed, 1865; First performed, 1865 (Johann Strauss, Jr. conducted). (Dances later revised to be used in his opera, "The Voyevoda" First performed 1869, as "Dances of the Serving Maids")
• Concert Overture — in C minor. Composed, 1865-66; First Performed, 1931
• Ceremonial Overture on the Danish National Anthem — in D major — Opus 15. Composed, 1866; No record of its first performance.
• Symphonic Poem "Fate", Opus 77 — in C minor. Composed, 1868; First performed, 1869
• Overture "Romeo and Juliet" — in B major (Underwent two revisions, changed to "Fantasy-Overture" in 1880) Originally composed in 1869; First performed, 1870. Second revision, 1870.
• Serenade for small orchestra, composed for Nikolai Rubinstein’s Name Day Composed and performed 1872
• "The Tempest" Symphonic Fantasy, Opus 18 — in F minor. Composed and performed in 1873
• "Marche Slav", Opus 31 — in B flat minor. Composed and performed in 1876
• "Francesca da Rimini" Symphonic Fantasy — in E minor. Composed, 1876; First performed, 1877
• Suite No. 1, Opus 43 — in D minor. Composed, 1878; First performed, 1879 (Revised in D major, 1879)
• "Cappriccio Italienne", Opus 45 — in A major. Composed and performed in 1880
• Serenade for Strings, Opus 48 — in C major. Composed, 1880; First performed, 1881
• 1812 Overture, Opus 49 — in E Flat major. Composed, 1880; First performed, 1882
• Coronation March — in D major. Composed and performed in 1883
• Suite No. 2 — in C major. Composed, 1883; First performed, 1884
• Suite No. 3 — in G major. Composed, 1884; First performed, 1885
• Elegy for Samarin, composed for string orchestra — in G major. Composed and performed in 1884
• Jurists March — in D major. Composed, 1885 (no record of its first performance)
• Suite No. 4, "Mozartiana" — Composed and first performed in 1887
• "Hamlet" Fantasy Overture, Opus 67 — in F minor. Composed and performed in 1888
• "The Voyevoda", Opus 78 — in A minor. Composed and performed in 1891
• The Nutcracker Ballet Suite — in B minor. Composed and performed in 1892

Concertos and pieces for solo instrument and orchestra

• Piano Concerto #1 in B flat minor — Opus 23. Composed, 1874-75; First performed 1875 (Hans von Bulow was the soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
• Serenade Melancolique for violin and orchestra in B flat minor — Opus 26. Composed, 1875; First performed, 1876
• Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra in A major — Opus 33. Composed, 1876; First performed, 1877
• Valse-Scherzo for violin and orchestra in C major — Opus 34. Composed, 1877; First performed, 1878
• Violin Concerto in D major — Opus 35. Composed, 1878; First performed, 1881
• Piano Concerto #2 in G major — Opus 44. Composed, 1879-80; First performed, 1882 (Was cut by Alexander Siloti in 1893, approved by Tchaikovsky — as the original was felt to be too long. However, the Piano Concerto #2 in its original version is quite magnificent and under-rated. It should be heard in its entirety.)
• Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra in G major — Opus 56. Composed, 1884; First performed, 1885
• Pezzo Capriccioso for cello and orchestra in B minor — Opus 62. Composed, 1887; First performed, 1889
• Piano Concerto #3 in E flat major — Opus 75. Composed 1893; First performed, 1895. (The one movement concerto grew out of the first movement of a symphony sketch [see Symphony #7] — 2 more movements were later added by Sergei Tanayev.)
• Andante and Finale for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major, E flat major — Opus 79. Compostion started by Tchaikovsky one month before his death. It was completed and orchestrated by Tanayev in 1895, first performed in 1896

Operas

• Chorale work from an uncompleted Opera, Mandragora — composed in 1869 — first performed on December 18, 1869
• "The Voyevoda" — Opus 3 — Based on "A Dream on the Volga" by Alexander Ostrovsky. Libretto by Ostrovsky and Tchaikovsky. Composed 1867-68; First performed, 1869. 3 acts
• "Undine" — Based on "Undine" by Frederich de la Motte. Libretto by Count Vladimir Sollogub. Composed 1869, no available date for the first performance. 3 acts
• "The Oprichnik" — Based on "The Oprichniks" by Ivan Lazhechnikov. Libretto by Tchaikovsky. Composed 1870-72; First performed, 1874. 4 acts
• "Vakula the Smith" (Revised in 1885 as "Oxana’s Caprices" or "Cherevichki") — Opus 14 — Based on "Christmas Eve" by Nikolai Gogol. Libretto by Yakov Polonsky. Composed, 1874; First performed, 1876. 3 acts
• "Yevgeny Onegin" or "Eugene Onegin" — Opus 24 — Based on "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin. Libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky and Tchaikovsky. Composed, 1877-78; First performed, 1879. 3 acts
• "Orleanskaya Dieva" or "The Maid of Orleans" — Based on "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" by Friedrich Schiller. Libretto by Tchaikovsky. Composed 1878-79; First performed, 1881. 4 acts [Vastly under-rated work—Tchaikovsky’s "grand opera."]
• "Mazeppa" — Based on Alexander Pushkin’s "Poltava." Libretto by Victor Burenin and Tchaikovsky. Composed 1881-83; First performed, 1884. 3 acts "Oxana’s Caprices" or "Chervichki" (See "Vakula the Smith" above) — Based on "Christmas Eve" by Nikolai Gogol. Libretto by Yakov Polonsky. Revised composition, 1885; First performed, 1887. 4 acts
• "The Sorceress" — Based on "The Sorceress" by Ippolit Shpazhinsky. Libretto by Shpazhinsky. Composed, 1885-87, First performed 1887. 4 acts
• "Pique Dame" or "The Queen of Spades" — Opus 68 — Based on "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin. Libretto by Tchaikovsky’s brother, Modeste, and Tchaikovsky. Composed and performed in 1890. 3 acts
• "Iolanthe" or "Yolanta" — Opus 69 — Based on "King Rene’s Daughter" by Heinrich Hertz. Libretto by Tchaikovsky’s brother, Modeste. Composed, 1891; First performed, 1892. 1 act

Ballets

• "Swan Lake" — Opus 20 — Composed 1875-76; First performed, 1877
• "Sleeping Beauty" — Opus 66 — Composed 1888-89; First performed, 1890
• "The Nutcracker" — Opus 71 — Composed 1891-92; First performed, l892

Chamber music

Student works composed 1863-64 (no record for when any of these were performed):

• Allegretto for string quartet in E major
• Allegro vivace for string quartet in B flat major
• Andante molto for string quartet in G major
• Allegro for string quartet, piano, and double bass
• Adagio molto for string quartet and harp
• Andante ma non troppo, prelude for string quintet
• Allegretto molto for string trio
• Adagio for four horns
• Adagio for wind octet

• One movement string quartet in B flat major — composed and first performed in 1865
• String Quartet #1 in D major — Opus 11 — Composed and first performed in 1871
• String Quartet #2 in F major — Opus 22 — Composed and first performed in 1873
• String Quartet #3 in E flat minor — Opus 30 — Composed and first performed in 1876
• "Souvenir d’un lieu cher" for violin and piano in three movements — Opus 42 — Composed in 1878 — no record of its first performance
• Piano trio in A minor — Opus 50 — Composed, 1881-82; First performed, 1882. Written following the death of and in honor of Nikolai Rubinstein, dedicated "To the memory of a great artist"
• "Souvenir de Florence," string sextet in D minor — Opus 70 — First composed in 1887, revised twice — once in 1890 and then in 1892; first performed in its revised edition in 1892