Selected Works

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for stage

"CRYSTAL PALACE" -- ballet in 2 Acts
"THOUSAND TALES" -- ballet in 2 Acts

for orchestra

"IMAGES FROM THE GREAT SIEGE" -- suite in 13 movements
"VERDIANA" -- fantasy in 1 movement
"CRYSTAL PALACE SUITE" -- concert suite based on music from the "Crystal Palace" ballet

for piano

Piano and Orchestra

PIANO CONCERTO No 1

"TRAVEL NOTEBOOK" -- Suite for piano and orchestra No 1
"FROM MY BOOKSHELF" -- Suite for piano and orchestra No 2, original 2019 version
"FROM MY BOOKSHELF" -- Suite for piano and orchestra No 2, 2021 concert version by Mikhail Pletnev
"CHILDHOOD MEMORIES" -- Suite for piano and orchestra No 3

Solo Piano

"PIANO SONATA No. 1" , original 2019 version
"PIANO SONATA by SHOR-PLETNEV" , 2021 Shor-Pletnev version of Piano Sonata No 1
"PIANO SONATA No. 2"

"CHILDHOOD MEMORIES" -- solo piano version with 5 extra movements
"TRAVEL NOTEBOOK" -- version for solo piano
"IMAGES FROM THE GREAT SIEGE" -- version for solo piano
"FROM MY BOOKSHELF" -- version for solo piano

Piano Duo

"VERDIANA" -- arrangement for piano duo by Alexander Tchaikovsky
"TRAVEL NOTEBOOK" -- arrangement for piano duo by Nikita Mndoyants
"CORRESPONDENCE" -- joint work with Georgs Pelēcis

for piano trio

"SEVEN PIECES FOR PIANO TRIO"
"PIANO TRIO in B-minor"
"VERDIANA" -- arrangement for piano trio by Pavel Karmanov.

for violin

"SEASCAPES" -- Violin Concerto No 1
"PHANTASMS" -- Violin Concerto No 2
"THE FOUR SEASONS OF MANHATTAN" -- Violin Concerto No 3
"VIOLIN CONCERTO No 4 (in Bm)"
"VIOLIN CONCERTO No 5 (in Cm)"
"CARPE DIEM" -- Violin Concerto No 6

"VIOLIN SONATA by SHOR-PLETNEV" -- joint work with Mikhail Pletnev, based on Violin Concerto No 4
"VIOLIN SONATA No 1 (in Dm)"

"SAINT ELMO BARCAROLLE" -- miniature for violin and orchestra
"WELL TEMPERED CHANSON" -- version for violin
"VERDIANA" -- version for violin
Miscellaneous short pieces

for cello


for viola

"WELL TEMPERED CHANSON" -- suite of 13 short pieces inspired by Russian/Ukrainian Folk melodies
"TWO SONGS FOR MY KIDS" -- 2 miniatures for viola and orchestra
"SEASCAPES" -- viola version
"MUSICAL PILGRIMAGE" -- viola version
Miscellaneous short pieces

Violin and Viola


String quartet

"PHANTASMS" -- arrangement for a string quartet by Georgs Pelēcis.
"SEASCAPES" -- arrangement for a string quartet by Alexander Tchaikovsky.

for voice


for clarinet


for oboe

"OBOE CONCERTO in Bb" based on the Clarinet Concerto No 1

for flute

"VERDIANA" -- flute version
"FLUTE CONCERTO in Bb" based on Clarinet Concerto No 1
"FLUTE SONATA in A-minor" adapted from Piano Sonata No 1 by Maxim Rubtsov

for alto sax

"VERDIANA" -- alto sax version
"ALTO SAX CONCERTO in Bb" based on Clarinet Concerto No 1

for bandoneon or bayan

"CARPE DIEM" -- concerto is 3 movements