List of compositions by Witold Lutosławski

Witold Lutosławski in 1993

This is a list of compositions by Polish composer Witold Lutosławski.

By genre

Orchestral

• Symphonies:
  • Symphony No. 1 (1941–47)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1965–67)
  • Symphony No. 3 (1981–83)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1988–92)
• Symphonic Variations (1936–8)
• Overture for Strings (1949)
• Little Suite, for chamber orchestra (1950), for symphony orchestra (1951)
• Concerto for Orchestra (1950–54)
• Musique funèbre (Muzyka żałobna), for string orchestra (1954–58)
• Three Postludes for Orchestra (1958–63)
• Jeux vénitiens (Venetian Games) for chamber orchestra (1960–61)
• Livre pour orchestre (1968)
• Preludes and a Fugue, for 13 solo strings (1970–72)
• Mi-parti (1975–76)
• Novelette (1978–79)
• Chain I, for chamber ensemble (1983)
• Fanfare for Louisville, for woodwinds, brass, and percussion (1985)
• Chain III, for orchestra (1986)
• Prelude for G.M.S.D., for orchestra (1989)
• Interlude for Orchestra (1989, to link Partita and Chain 2)

Concertante

• Piano
  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for piano and orchestra (1978, see below)
  • Piano Concerto (1987–88)
• Violin
  • Chain II, dialogue for violin and orchestra (1984–85)
  • Partita, for violin and orchestra (1988, see below)
  • Violin Concerto (1994) (fragments only)
• Cello
  • Cello Concerto (1969–70)
  • Grave, metamorphoses for cello and string orchestra (1981, see below)
• Clarinet
  • Dance Preludes, for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1955, see below)
• Other
  • Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra (1979–80)

Vocal

• Lacrimosa, for soprano, optional SATB chorus, and orchestra (1937, surviving fragment of a Requiem)
• Pieśni walki podziemnej (Songs of the Underground) for voice and piano (1942–44)
• Twenty Polish Christmas Carols (Dwadzieścia kolęd), for voice and piano (1946, orchestrated 1984–89)
• Silesian Triptych (Tryptyk Śląski), for soprano and orchestra (1951)
• Children's Songs, for voice and piano (1953, orchestrated 1954)
• Five Songs, for soprano and piano (1957, orchestrated 1958)
• Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux, for chorus and orchestra (1961–63)
• Paroles tissées (Woven Words), for tenor and chamber orchestra (1965)
• Les Espaces du Sommeil (Spaces of Sleep), for baritone and orchestra (1975)
• Chantefleurs et Chantefables, for soprano and orchestra (1989–90)

Chamber/instrumental

• Piano Sonata (1934)
• Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for two pianos (1941, see above)
• Melodie Ludowe (Folk Melodies), 12 easy pieces for piano (1945)
• Recitative e Arioso, for violin and piano (1951)
• Dance Preludes (Lutoslawski), for clarinet and piano (1954)
• Dance Preludes, for nine instruments (1959, see above)
• Bukoliki (Bucolics) for viola and cello (1952, arranged 1962)
• String Quartet (1964)
• Epitaph in memoriam Alan Richardson for oboe and piano (1979)
• Grave, metamorphoses for cello and piano (1981, see above)
• Mini Overture, for brass quintet (1982)
• Partita, for violin and piano (1984, see above)
• Slides, for chamber ensemble (1988)
• Subito, for violin and piano (1991)

Film music

• Odrą do Bałtyku (Along the Oder to the Baltic), documentary film (1945)
• Suita Warszawska (Warsaw Suite), 35mm documentary film (1946)

Chronological

• Prelude for piano (1922)
• Small pieces for piano (1923–1926)
• Lullaby in E major for piano (1926)
• Three Preludes for piano (1927)
• Two Sonatas for violin and piano (1927, 1928)
• Poeme for piano (1928)
• Variations for piano (1929)
• Dance of the Chimera for piano (1930)
• Scherzo for orchestra (1930)
• Hymn of the Pupils of the Stefan Batory State Gymnasium in Warsaw for mixed chorus a capella (1930–1931)
  • Version for male chorus
• Haroun al. Rashid for orchestra (1931)
• Two songs (Water-Nymph and Linden Lullaby) for voice and piano (1934)
• Piano Sonata (1934) 25’
• Music for three educational films Fire, Beware!, Short-circuit (1935–1937)
• Double Fugue for orchestra (1936)
• Prelude and aria for piano (1936)
• Requiem aeternam and Lacrimosa for choir and orchestra (1937) 3’
• Symphonic Variations for orchestra (1936–1938) 9’
• Two studies for piano (1940–1941) 5’
• Variations on a theme by Paganini for two pianos (1941) 6’
  • Version for piano and orchestra (1979)
• Songs of the Underground Struggle for voice and piano (1942–1944) 15’
• Fifty Contrapuntal Studies for Woodwind, etc. (1943–1944)
• Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon (1944–1945) 16’
• Folk Melodies for piano (1945) 10’
• Five Folk Melodies – transcribed for string orchestra (1952)
• Four Silesian Melodies – transcribed for four violins (1954)
• Three Carols for male and female solo voices, unison mixed chorus, and chamber ensemble (1945) 11’
• Along the Oder to the Baltic (1945) 39’Music for a documentary film
• Warsaw Suite (1946) 35’Music for a documentary film
• Twenty Carols for voice and piano (1946)
  • Transcribed for soprano voice, female chorus and orchestra (1984–1989) 45–50’
• Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (1941–1947) 25’
• Six Children’s Songs for voice and piano (1947) 8’
  • Transcribed for children’s choir and orchestra (1952)
  • Transcribed for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1953)
• Two Children’s Songs for voice and piano (1948) 4’ written to the words by Julian Tuwim
  • Transcribed for voice and chamber orchestra (1952)
• The Snowslide for voice and piano (1949) 5’
• Overture for Strings (1949) 5’
• Little Suite for chamber orchestra (1950) 11’
  • Version for symphonic orchestra (1951)
• Service to Poland – a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
  • Version for male chorus and piano (1951)
• I Would Marry – a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
  • Version for mixed chorus a capella (1951)
• The Road of Victory a mass song for voice and piano (1950)
• Strawchain and Other Songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, and bassoon (1950–1951) 10’
• Silesian Triptych for soprano and orchestra (1951) 10’
• Recitativo e arioso for violin and piano (1951) 3’
• Spring, children’s songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1951) 8’
• Autumn, children’s songs for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1951) 7’
• Ten Polish Folksongs on Soldiers’ Themes for male chorus a capella (1951)
• We Are Going Forward a mass song for voice and piano (1951)
  • Version for mixed chorus a capella (1951)
• Nowa Huta – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
• The Most Beautiful Dream a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
  • Version for mixed chorus and male chorus a capella (1952)
• Cockle Shell and A Silver Windowpane (1952)
  • Version for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1953)
• Bucolics for piano (1952) 5’
  • Version for viola and cello (1962)
• Comrade – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
  • Version for mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
• Spring week – a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
  • Version for mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
• Song about a Sloe-Tree a mass song for voice and piano (1952)
• Three Fragments for flute and harp (1953) 3’40’’
• Three soldier songs for voice and piano (1953)
• Ten Polish Dances for chamber orchestra (1953)
• Miniature for Two Pianos (1953) 2’
• Three Pieces for the Young for piano (1953) 4’
• A Little Sparrow and A Little Feather, children’s songs for voice and piano (1953)
  • Version for voice and chamber orchestra (1953)
• Garlands and Goodbye to Holiday, children’s songs for voice and piano (1953)
• Dandelions for orchestra
• Sleep, Sleep, a children’s song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
• Winter Waltz for dance orchestra (1954)
• Night is falling, a children’s song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
• Vegetables for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
• Difficult Sums, a children’s song for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (1954)
• Concerto for Orchestra (1950–1954) 30’
• Four Orchestral Signals (1954)
• Dance Preludes for clarinet in B-flat and piano (1954) 7’
  • Transcribed for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1955)
  • Transcribed for nine instruments (1959)
• An Overheard Tune for four part piano (1957) 5’
• Five Songs to Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s poems for soprano and piano (1957) 10’
  • Transcribed for soprano and instrumental ensemble (1958)
• Musique funèbre (Muzyka żałobna) (1954–1958) 15’
• Night Owl and A twiglet, a children’s songs for voice and piano (1956–58)
• Song on April Fools’Day, a children’s song for voice and piano (1958)
• Cuckoo, Cuckoo!, a children’s song for voice and piano (1958)
• The Tale of the Little Spark and Other Songs for Children for voice and piano (1958)
• On Wronia Street in Warsaw, a children’s song for voice and piano (1958)
• Six Christmas Carols for 3 recorders (1959)
• Three children’s songs for voice and piano written to lyrics by Benedykt Hertz (1959)
• Three Postludes for orchestra (1958–1963) 17’
• Jeux vénitiens (Venetian Games) for chamber orchestra (1960–1961) 13’
• Trois poemes d’Henri Michaux/ Three Poems of Henri Michaux for mixed chorus and orchestra of winds and percussion (1961–1963) 20’
• String Quartet (1964) 24’
• Paroles tissées (Woven Words) for tenor and chamber orchestra (1965) 15’
• Symphony No. 2 (1965–1967) 30’
• Invention for piano (1968) 1’
• Livre pour orchestre (1968) 20’
• Cello Concerto (1969–1970) archi 24’
• Preludes and Fugue for 13 solo strings (1970–1972) 34’
• Les espaces du sommeil (Spaces of Sleep) for baritone and orchestra (1975) 15’
• Sacher Variation for cello solo (1975) 5’
• Mi-parti for orchestra (1975–1976) 15’
• Novelette for orchestra (1978–1979) 18’
• Epitaph for oboe and piano (1979) 5’
• Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra (1979–1980) 20’
• Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and piano (1981) 7’
  • Transcribed for cello and 13 string instruments (1982)
• Not for You for soprano and piano (1981) 1’50’’
• Mini Overture for brass quintet (1982) 3’ (1211)
• Who can say for male chorus (1982)
• Symphony No. 3 (1981–1983) 28’
• Chain 1 for chamber ensemble (1983) 10’
• The Holly and the Ivy for voice and piano (1984) 2’
• For Martin Norwall for clarinet (1984) 1’
• Partita for violin and piano (1984) 15’
  • Version for violin and orchestra (1988)
• Tune, a trumpet fanfare (1985)
• Chain 2. Dialogue for violin and orchestra (1984–1985) 18’
• Chain 3 for orchestra (1985) 10’
• Fanfare for Louisville for wind instruments and percussion (1986) 2’
• Fanfare for CUBE for brass quintet (1987) 30’’
• Piano Concerto (1987–1988) 25’
• Slides for 11 soloists (1988) 4’
• Prelude for G.S.M.D. (1989) 4’
• Fanfare for University of Lancaster (1989) 1’
• Interlude for orchestra (1989) 5’
• Lullaby ”for Anne-Sophie” for violin and piano. (1989)
• Tarantella for baritone and piano (1990) 3’
• Chantefleurs et Chantefables for soprano and orchestra (1989–1990) 20’
• Symphony No. 4 (1988–1992) 22’
• Subito for violin and piano (1992) 4’
• Fanfare for Los Angeles Philharmonic for brass instruments and percussion (1993) 1’
• Violin Concerto (fragments only)