Orchestra Music


      3 Ballets

                Swan Lake, Op. 20  (1875–76)  His Second Best Ballet  

                The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66  (1889)

                The Nutcracker, Op. 71  (1892)  His Mmost Popular


      7 Symphonies  (The four best are below)

                Symphony No. 4  in F minor, Op. 36  (1877 - 1878)  Good

                Manfred Symphony  in B minor, Op. 58,  (1885)   Pretty Good 

                Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64   (1888)   2nd Best  

                 Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" in B minor, Op. 74  (1893)  The Best, A Great Symphony


       Concertos and Concertine Works

                Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23  (1874-75)  A Great Piano Concerto

                Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44  (1879–80)  Good But Not Great

                Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. posth. 75  (1893)  Not Especially Good

                Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35  (1878)  One of the Great Violin Concertos Ever

                Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26, for violin and orchestra  (1875)

                Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33  (1876-77)

                Valse-Scherzo for violin and orchestra, Op. 34

                Concert Fantasia in G for piano and orchestra, Op. 56  (1884)

                Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62, for cello and Orchestra  (1888)

                Andante and Finale for piano and orchestra, Op. posth. 79  (1893)



      Program Music and Commissioned Pieces

                Romeo and Juliet  (1870, revised 1880)

                Marche Slave, Op. 31  (1876)

                Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32  (1876)

                1812 Overture, Op. 49  (1882)


      Orchestral Suites and Serenades

                Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43  (1878–1879)

                Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53  (1883)

                Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55  (1884)

                Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", Op. 61  (1887)

                Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48  (1880)



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