Canon
Where to start with Gubaidulina
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralStimmen ... Verstummen, symphony in 12 movements
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Chamber10 Preludes, for cello
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VocalAlleluia — For boy soprano, choir, organ and orchestra
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KeyboardChaconne
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OrchestralViolin Concerto no. 1, "Offertorium"
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Orchestral...The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair, concerto for flute and large orchestra
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Chamber7 Etűden für Konrabass
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ChamberAllegro Rustico, for flute and piano
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ChamberAn Angel, for cello and double bass
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ChamberBallads for 2 trumpets and piano
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OrchestralBassoon Concerto, for bassoon and low strings
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VocalCanticle of the Sun — For cello, 2 percussionists and choir
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ChamberConcordanza, for chamber ensemble
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ChamberDancer on a Tightrope, for violin and piano
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ChamberDe profundis, for bayan
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Gubaidulina's catalogueMost Popular
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Offertorium (violin concerto)
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Rejoice! for violin and cello
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Seven Words (cello, bayan, strings)
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In the Beginning Was the Word
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Silenzio
Most Acclaimed
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Offertorium
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Stimmen... Verstummen... (symphony)
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String Quartet No. 2
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The Canticle of the Sun
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St. John Passion
Most Weird
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In Croce (cello + organ)the two instruments literally exchange registers as the piece progresses — the cello rises, the organ descends; they cross
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Concordanza (chamber ensemble)different groupings of the same instruments play simultaneously
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Quaternion (four cellos)four cellos in the most extreme registers each other
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Hour of the Soul (percussion concerto)Tsvetaeva poetry — massive percussion forces
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Detente (piano)complete silence in the middle of the piece
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 56
- Orchestral
- Stimmen ... Verstummen, symphony in 12 movements
- Violin Concerto no. 1, "Offertorium"
- ...The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair, concerto for flute and large orchestra
- Bassoon Concerto, for bassoon and low strings
- Der Reiter auf dem weißen Pferd, for orchestra
- Detto II, for cello and chamber ensemble
- Fachwerk, concerto for bayan and orchestra
- Glorious Percussion, concerto for percussion and orchestra
- In tempus praesens, concerto for violin and orchestra
- Introitus, concerto for piano and chamber orchestra
- Pro et contra, for orchestra
- Viola Concerto
- Violin Concerto no. 2, "In tempus praesens"
- Chamber
- 10 Preludes, for cello
- 7 Etűden für Konrabass
- Allegro Rustico, for flute and piano
- An Angel, for cello and double bass
- Ballads for 2 trumpets and piano
- Concordanza, for chamber ensemble
- Dancer on a Tightrope, for violin and piano
- De profundis, for bayan
- Duo-Sonata, for 2 bassoons
- Et expecto, sonata for bayan
- Grenzübertritt, for viola, cello and contrabass
- In Erwartung, for saxophone quartet and 6 percussionists
- In croce, for cello and organ
- Meditation, for harpsichord, string quartet and double bass
- Mirage: The Dancing Sun, for 8 cellos
- Pentimento, für 3 Gitarren und Kontrabass
- Quasi Hoquetus, for viola, bassoon and piano
- Quaternion, for cello quartet
- Quintet for piano and strings
- Raduysya, for violin and cello
- Serenada, for guitar
- Silenzio, 5 pieces for bayan, violin and cello
- Sonata for Violin and Cello, "Rejoice!"
- Song Without Words, for trumpet and piano
- Sotto Voce, for viola, contrabass and two guitars. Dedicated to Alexander Suslin.
- Sounds of the Forest, for flute and piano
- The Lyre Of Orpheus, for chamber ensemble
- The Seven Last Words, for cello, bayan and strings
- Trio, for 3 trumpets
- Vocal
- Alleluia — For boy soprano, choir, organ and orchestra
- Canticle of the Sun — For cello, 2 percussionists and choir
- Galdenlieder A3, Gallows Songs — Pieces for voice, percussion and double bass
- Galgenlieder a5
- Hommage à Marina Tsvetayeva — Suite for choir
- Hommage à T.S. Eliot — For soprano and octet
- Johannes-Ostern — For soloists, choir, organ and orchestra
- Johannes-Passion — For soloists, choir, organ and orchestra
- Keyboard
- Chaconne
- Invention, for piano
- Light and Darkness, for organ
- Musical Toys, 14 piano pieces for children
- Piano Sonata
- Toccata-Troncata, for piano