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Performed Works and Durations
This page lists, in chronological order, the works by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji that have been performed to date, with durations, usually of recorded performances, but also of public performances and sound files.
Durations are given in minutes and seconds. A bullet (•) in column Average indicates an average of the performances and recordings listed in column Comments. The durations of sound files are used when no other recording exist.
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| Title | Duration | Average | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Duration | Average | Comments |
| The Poplars (1915; 3 pp.) | 3:05 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Chrysilla (1915; 4 pp.) | 3:01 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Roses du soir (1915; 4 pp.) | 3:01 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| L’heure exquise (1916; 2 pp.) | 2:13 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Vocalise pour soprano fioriturata (1916; 3 pp.) | 2:21 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Apparition (1916; 5 pp.) | 2:40 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Hymne à Aphrodite (1916; 5 pp.) | 4:59 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Chaleur—Poème (1916-17; 32 pp.) | 9:20 | Performance by the Frankfurter Orchester Gesellschaft, cond. Stefan Schmitt | |
| Sonata no. 0 for Piano (1917; 30 pp.) | 24:38 | Recording by Soheil Nasseri | |
| Quasi habanera (1917; 6 pp.) | 4:59 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| L’étang (1917; 2 pp.) | 2:37 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Désir éperdu — Fragment (1917; 1 p.) | 0:50 | Recording by Chappell Kingsland | |
| I Was Not Sorrowful—Poem for Voice and Piano [Spleen] (between 1917 and 1919; 3 pp.) | 2:30 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Le mauvais jardinier (1918 or 1919; compl. Chappell Kingsland, 2023; 5 pp.) | 3:21 | Recording by Sharon Harms and Chappell Kingsland of the latter’s completion | |
| Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine (ca. 1919; 11 pp.) | 7:43 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Fantaisie espagnole (1919; 23 pp.) | 15:39 | • | Recordings by Yan Long (13:54), Michael Habermann (15:09), and Donna Amato (17:55) |
| Sonata no. 1 for Piano (1919; 42 pp.) | 22:06 | Recording by Marc-André Hamelin | |
| Trois poèmes pour chant et piano (1918, 1919; 9 pp.) | 6:49 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Music to “The Rider by Night” (1919; 54 pp.) | 6:35 | Sound file by Marc-André Roberge (unpublished; limited to the extant music, which lacks pp. 21-40) | |
| Quintet no. 1 for Piano and Quartet of Stringed Instruments (1919-20; 72 pp.) | 26:20 | Performance by Christopher Berg and string quartet | |
| Arabesque (1920; 2 pp.) | 1:29 | • | Recordings by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier (1:37) and by Zoë Spangler and Chappell Kingsland (1:20) |
| Two Piano Pieces (1918, 1920; 20 pp.) | 9:34 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra [no. 5] (1920; 144 pp.) | 28:46 | Performance by Donna Amato | |
| Sonata seconda for Piano (1920; 49 pp.) | 52:13 | Recording by Tellef Johnson | |
| Sonata III for Piano (1922; 75 pp.) | 87:00 | Performance by Tellef Johnson | |
| Pastiche on the “Minute Waltz” by Chopin (1922; 7 pp.) | 4:41 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (4:19) and Fredrik Ullén (5:03) |
| Pastiche on the Habanera from “Carmen” by Bizet (1922; 6 pp.) | 5:43 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (4:37) and Carlo Grante (6:49) |
| Pastiche on the Hindu Merchant’s Song from “Sadko” by Rimsky-Korsakov (1922; 4 pp.) | 4:08 | • | Recordings by Marc-André Hamelin (4:05) and Michael Habermann (4:10) |
| Prelude, Interlude, and Fugue for Piano (1920, 1922; 17 pp.) | 14:10 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| Opusculum for Orchestra (1923; 36 pp.) | 17:00 | Sound file by Benjamin René (unpublished) | |
| Le jardin parfumé: Poem for Piano Solo (1923; 16 pp.) | 22:56 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (19:01) and Yonty Solomon (26:51) |
| Cinque sonetti di Michelagniolo Buonarroti (1923; 40 pp.) | 13:44 | • | Performance by the New Music Concerts (13:15) and recording by Andrew Garland and the Wild Beautiful Orchestra, cond. Taylor Gonzales (14:12) |
| Concerto per pianoforte e piccola orchestra, “Simorg-Anka” [no. 7] (1924; 100 pp.) | 27:24 | Sound file of Jonathan Powell’s edition by David Hackbridge Johnson (prior to an actual recording scheduled to take place in April 2022 (see announcement of 8 January 2021). | |
| Symphony [no. 1] for Organ (1924; 81 pp.) | 117:34 | Recording by Kevin Bowyer | |
| Valse-fantaisie for Piano (1925; 16 pp.) | 15:27 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| Trois poèmes du “Gulistān” de Saʿdī (1926, rev. 1930; 16 pp.) | 14:04 | • | Performance by Peter Clark and Christopher Berg (14:50) and recording by Christopher Grundy and Bryan Chuan (13:17) |
| L’irrémédiable (1927; 8 pp.) | 6:10 | Recording by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier | |
| Toccata [no. 1] for Piano (1928; 66 pp.) | 74:55 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Nocturne, “Jāmī” (1928; 28 pp.) | 23:24 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (21:10, 22:10) and Jonathan Powell (26:51) |
| Sonata IV for Piano (1928-29; 111 pp.) | 139:26 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Toccatinetta sopra C.G.F. (1929; 8 pp.) | 8:01 | Recording by Donna Amato | |
| Opus clavicembalisticum (1929-30; 253 pp.) | 261:44 | • | Recordings by Geoffrey Douglas Madge (230:16, 243:23), John Ogdon (283:29), and Daan Vandewalle (300:11), and public performance by Jonathan Powell (251:21) |
| Movement for Voice and Piano (1927, 1931; 9 pp.) | 13:50 | Recording by Sharon Harms and Bryan Chuan | |
| Second Symphony for Organ (1929-32; 350 pp.) | 540:00 | Performance by Kevin Bowyer | |
| Fantasia ispanica (1933; 54 pp.) | 63:57 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Pasticcio capriccioso sopra l’op. 64, no 1 del Chopin (1933; 8 pp.) | 4:12 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (4:13) and Fredrik Ullén (4:11) |
| Toccata seconda per pianoforte (1933-34; 111 pp.) | 145:52 | Recording by Abel Sánchez-Aguilera | |
| Sonata V (Opus archimagicum) (1934-35; 336 pp.) | 391:12 | Timings provided by Tellef Johnson (click on each of the three images for the titles and durations of the individual movements) | |
| Fragment Written for Harold Rutland (1926, 1928, 1937; 2 pp.) | 2:46 | Recordings by Michael Habermann and Abel Sánchez-Aguilera (based on the third version in both cases) | |
| Symphonic Variations for Piano (1935-37; 484 pp.) | 267:15 | Sound file by Alberto Vignani (parts 1 and 2) | |
| Transcription in the Light of Harpsichord Technique for the Modern Piano of the Chromatic Fantasia of J. S. Bach, Followed by a Fugue (1940; 15 pp.) | 14:55 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| “Quaere reliqua hujus materiei inter secretiora” (1940; 16 pp.) | 18:39 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (16:55) and Donna Amato (20:23) |
| “Gulistān”—Nocturne for Piano (1940; 28 pp.) | 33:33 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (29:38), Charles Hopkins (35:25), and Jonathan Powell (35:35) |
| St. Bertrand de Comminges: “He was laughing in the tower” (1941; 16 pp.) | 20:38 | • | Recordings by Jonathan Powell (18:49), Michael Habermann (20:12), and Donna Amato (22:54) |
| Trois poèmes (1941; 13 pp.) | 6:51 | • | Recordings by Elizabeth Farnum and Margaret Kampmeier (7:05) and by Zoë Spangler and Chappell Kingsland (6:37) |
| Études transcendantes (100) (1940-44; 456 pp.) | 504:43 | Recording by Fredrik Ullén | |
| Rapsodie espagnole de Maurice Ravel—Transcription de concert pour piano (second version, 1945; 26 pp.) | 17:58 | Recording by Michael Habermann | |
| Transcription of the Prelude in E-flat by Bach (1945; 4 pp.) | 3:42 | • | Performance by Solon Pierce |
| Concerto da suonare da me solo e senza orchestra, per divertirmi (1946; 70 pp.) | 66:33 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Schlussszene aus “Salome” von Richard Strauss—Konzertmäßige Übertragung für Klavier zu zwei Händen (1947; 25 pp.) | 17:13 | Performance by Jonathan Powell | |
| Sequentia cyclica super “Dies irae” ex Missa pro defunctis (1948-49; 335 pp.) | 503:03 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Symphony [no. 2], “Jāmī”, for Large Orchestra, Wordless Chorus, and Baritone Solo (1942-51; 826 pp.) | 295:44 | Sound file by David Carter | |
| Un nido di scatole sopra il nome del grande e buon amico Harold Rutland (1954; 26 pp.) | 31:36 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Toccata terza (1955; 91 p.) | 125:48 | Recording by Abel Sánchez-Aguilera | |
| Passeggiata veneziana sopra la Barcarola di Offenbach (1955-56; 24 pp.) | 21:54 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (21:18) and Jonathan Powell (22:30) |
| Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1935-37, 1953-56; 540 pp.) | 154:08 | Sound file by Alberto Vignani | |
| Rosario d’arabeschi (1956; 45 pp.) | 36:46 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Suggested Bell-Chorale for St. Luke’s Carillon (1961; 1 p.) | 1:55 | Sound file by Marc-André Roberge (unpublished) | |
| Fantasiettina sul nome illustre dell’egregio poeta Christopher Grieve ossia Hugh M’Diarmid (1961; 10 pp.) | 3:01 | • | Recordings by Michael Habermann (2:43), Ronald Stevenson (3:14), and Murray McLachlan (3:06) |
| Messa grande sinfonica (1955-61; 1,001 pp.) | 304:00 | Sound file by François Fabre | |
| Fourth Symphony for Piano Alone (1962-64; 240 pp.) | 274:00 | Performance by Reinier van Houdt | |
| Frammenti aforistici (Sutras) (104) (1962-64; 37 pp.) | 65:00 | • | Performance by Daan Vandewalle (who estimates its duration at 60-70 minutes) |
| Frammenti aforistici (20) (1964; 9 pp.) | 12:15 | • | Performances by Jonathan Powell (10:19) and Gaston Polle Ansaldi (14:10) |
| Frammento cantato (1967; 1 p.) | 1:35 | • | Performance by Mark Oldfield and Christopher Scobie (1:42) and recording by Andrew Garland and Chappell Kingsland (1:35 for the version with piano and 1:28 for Kingsland’s version with organ) |
| Concertino non grosso for String Sextet with Piano obbligato quasi continuo (1968; 48 pp.) | 21:00 | Sound file by Marc-André Roberge (unpublished) | |
| Benedizione di San Francesco d’Assisi (1973; 2 pp.) | 1:34 | Recording by Andrew Garland and Chappell Kingsland (with Emily Walker, organ assistant) | |
| Symphonia brevis for Piano (1973; 120 pp.) | 124:17 | Recording by Donna Amato | |
| Variazione maliziosa e perversa sopra “La morte d’Åse” da Grieg (1974; 2 pp.) | 0:52 | Recording by Donna Amato | |
| Sixth Symphony for Piano (Symphonia claviensis) (1975-76; 270 pp.) | 290:25 | Performance by Jonathan Powell at the Muziekcentrum de Toonzaal, Den Bosch, 27 October 2013 | |
| Frammenti aforistici (4) (1977; 1 p.) | 1:39 | • | Performances by Gordon Rumson (1:20) and Paulo Álvares (2:10) and recording by Chappell Kingsland (1:26) |
| Symphonic Nocturne for Piano Alone (1977-78; 113 pp.) | 139:52 | Recording by Lukas Huisman | |
| “Il gallo d’oro” da Rimsky-Korsakov: Variazioni frivole con una fuga anarchica, eretica e perversa (1978-79; 93 pp.) | 86:00 | Performance by Jonathan Powell | |
| Il tessuto d’arabeschi (1979; 32 pp.) | 17:27 | • | Performance given at the Delius Society (18:55) and recording by Sharon Bezaly and the Wild Beautiful Orchestra, cond. Chappell Kingsland (15:59) |
| Villa Tasca: Mezzogiorno siciliano—Evocazione nostalgica e memoria tanta cara e preziosa del giardino meraviglioso, splendido, tropicale (1979-80; 47 pp.) | 54:26 | Recording by Jonathan Powell | |
| Opus secretum atque necromanticum (1980-81; 48 pp.) | 55:00 | Performance by Carlo Grante | |
| Passeggiata variata sul nome del caro e gentile giovane amico Clive Spencer-Bentley (1981; 3 pp.) | 3:05 | Performance by Albert Frantz | |
| Fantasiettina atematica (1981; 2 pp.) | 2:15 | • | Performance by John McIlvie, Jonathan McIntosh, and Ciaran O’Donnell (2:09) and recording by Sarah Bierhaus, Julie Thornton, and Jeremy Reynolds (2:20) |
| Passeggiata arlecchinesca sopra un frammento di Busoni (“Rondò arlecchinesco”) (1981-82; 16 pp.) | 15:27 | Recording by Donna Amato | |
| Due sutras sul nome dell’amico Alexis (1981, 1984; 2 pp.) | 1:15 | Recording by Donna Amato |
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