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COMPOSITIONS
WORKS WITH OPUS NUMBER
Op. 1 - 12 Etudes [piano]
01 - Etude for Polirythmics - "Homage to Hermann Heiss"
02 - Etude for Chords - (Tempestuoso)
03 - Etude for 3rds, 5ths & octaves - "Flight of the bumble-bee" by N.Rimsky-Korsakov
04 - Etude for 4ths - (Allegro)
05 - Etude for 9ths and arpeggios - "Homage to Bela Bartok"
06 - Etude for 7ths and jumps - (Maquinal)
07 - Etude for 2nds, repeated notes and harmonics - "Homage to Maurice Ravel"
08 - Etude for 6ths and tremolos - "Ka Waiata nga Maunga" ("The mountains sing their silent song of splendour")
09 - Etude for Augmented 4ths - "Homage to Ferruccio Busoni"
10 - Etude for unconventional/unconfortable hand movements - "Moto perpetuo"
11 - Etude for huge sound textures - "Homage to Kaikhosru Sorabji"
12 - Etude for glissando and poliphony - "Prelude and Fugue"
Op. 2 - Reminiscences of Carmina Burana [piano]
Op. 3 - Sonata [piano/108 keys]
I - Allegro Severo
II - Mórbido
III - Fugato
IV - Scherzo
V - Cadenza
VI - Finale: Presto Cataclísmico
Op. 4 - Variations in etude-form on 'Dies Irae' [piano]
Op. 5 - Nocturne No.1 [piano]
Op. 6 - Preludio, Passacaglia and Chacona [piano]
Op. 7 - Homage to Cziffra - 6 Concert Paraphrases [piano]
No.1 on "Sheherazade" (Rimsky-Korsakov)
No.2 on "Tales from the Vienna woods" (Strauss)
No.3 on "Flower's Waltz" (Tchaikowsky)
No.4 on "Galopp Infernale - Can-Can" (Offenbach)
No.5 on "Czardas" (Monti)
No.6 on "Carmen" (Bizet)
Op. 8 - 3 Eccentric Preludes [piano]
No.1 (Largo)
No.2 (Misterioso)
No.3 "***"
Op. 9 - Three left hand pieces [piano/left hand alone]
No.1 Toccata
No.2 Intermezzo
No.3 Romance
Op.10 - 2 Scherzi [piano]
No.1 "***"
No.2 "***"
Op.11 - Nocturne No.2 [piano]
Op.12 - 4 Romantic pieces [piano]
No.1 Prelude
No.2 Barcarole
No.3 Serenade - Night Waltz
No.4 Impromptu
Op.13 - 2 Eccentric Preludes [piano/102 keys]
No.1 - "***"
No.2 - "Dichter und Vogel"
Op.14 - Quantum Tocata [piano]
Op.15 - Symphonic Nocturne [orchestra]
Op.16 - The Masque of the Red Death - Symphonic Poem No.1 [orchestra]
Op.17 - Exu [orchestra]
Op.18 - Curupira - Symphonic Poem No.2 [orchestra]
Op.19 - Nocturne No.3 [piano]
Op.20 - 3 Eccentric Preludes [piano/108 keys]
No.1 - (Allegretto)
No.2 - "Le Tombeau de K.Stockhausen"
No.3 - (Prestissimo possibile)
Op.21 - Fleurs du Mal (d'aprês Baudelaire) [piano and voice]
No.1 - La Beatrice
No.2 - A une passante
No.3 - L'Heautontimorouménos
No.4 - Las Metamorphoses du vampire
Op.22 - Lampião - O Herói do Cangaço - Symphonic Poem No.3 [orchestra]
Op.23 - Requiem for Chorus [SSAATTBB]
I - Requiem Aeternam
II - Kyrie Eleison
III - Dies Irae
IV - Tuba Mirum
V - Rex Tremendae
VI - Recordare Jesu pie
VII - Confutatis Maledictis
VIII - Lacrimosa
IX - Domine Jesu Christe
X - Hostias
XI - Sanctus
XII - Benedictus
XIII - Agnus Dei
XIV - Communio: Lux Aeterna
Op.24 - String Quartet [2 violin, viola, cello]
I - Quasi Cadenza
II - Atemporal
III - Scherzando
Op.25 - Fantasy [piano, orchestra & chorus]
I - Khaos
II - Hymn to Aphrodite (Sappho)
III - Peras
Op.26 - Nocturne No.4 [piano]
Op.27 - 3 Etudes for guitar [guitar]
No.1 - São Miguel das Missões (for the 5th finger)
No.2 - Estâncias (for artificial harmonics)
No.3 - Farroupilha (for different tunings)
Op.28 - 14 Shakespeare Songs [piano and voice]
No.01 - Blow, blow thou winter wind
No.02 - Where the bee sucks
No.03 - Come away death
No.04 - Full fathom five
No.05 - Come unto these yellow sands
No.06 - Under the greenwood tree
No.07 - It was a lover and his lass
No.08 - Take, o take those lips away
No.09 - Who is Silvia
No.10 - O Mistress mine
No.11 - When that I was and a little tiny boy
No.12 - Sigh no more, ladies
No.13 - Orpheus with his lute
No.14 - You spotted snakes
Op.29 - 5 Brazilian Songs [piano and voice]
No.1 - Foi pensando em você... (Anita Cimirro)
No.2 - Inscrição na areia (Cecília Meireles)
No.3 - Timidez (Cecilia Meireles)
No.4 - O Gondoleiro do amor (Castro Alves)
No.5 - Para que registrar? (Anita Cimirro)
Op.30 - The Meridional Seasons - 12 pieces [piano]
No.01 - January - Depois da chuva
No.02 - February - Era carnaval
No.03 - March - Acasalamento
No.04 - April - De um sentimento esmaecido
No.05 - May - Prece
No.06 - June - Três Santos
No.07 - July - Nordestino
No.08 - August - Tom de inverno
No.09 - September - Viçosa
No.10 - October - Primavera
No.11 - November - Falso pescador
No.12 - December - Esquecimento
Op.31 - Saci-Pererê - Symphonic Poem No.4 [orchestra]
Op.32 - Sonatina [violin and piano]
I - Con Impeto
II - Dramatico
III - Rondo "Macabro"
Op.32b - Noturno Dramático (No.5) [piano] (Transcription of the 2nd mov. from Op.32)
Op.33 - ܡܠܟܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܐ (King of Jews) - Opera in one act and 13 scenes with libretto in Aramaic (including parts in Hebrew, Latin & Greek)
01 - ܦܬܝܚܗ (Introduction)
02 - ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ ܘܡܟܪܙ (John Baptist's Preaching)
03 - ܘܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ / ܠܢܣܝܘܢܐ (Baptism & Temptation)
04 - ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ (Disciples)
05 - ܡܫܬܘܬܐ ܒܩܛܢܐ (Weeding at Cana)
06 - ܠܛܘܪܐ ܘܡܠܦ (The Sermon of the Mountain)
07 - ܐܬܐ (Miracles)
08 - ܘܐܫܬܚܠܦ (Transfiguration)
09 - ܥܠ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ (Entering Jerusalem)
10 - ܦܨܚܐ / תהילים 116 / ܟܪܝܐ (Passover, Psalm 116 & Agony)
11 - ܒܚܒܘܫܝܐ (Imprisonment)
12 - ܙܩܦܘܗܝ (Crucifixion)
13 - ܡܘܪܒܐ / Θεοτόκε (Magnificat & Ave Maria)
Op.34 - Mario Quintana songs [piano and voice]
No.1 - Canção do dia de sempre
No.2 - Canção para uma valsa lenta
No.3 - Canção de junto do berço
No.4 - Canção de ballet
No.5 - Canção do amor imprevisto
No.6 - Canção de outono
No.7 - Canção da primavera
Op.35 - Anasazi - Ballet Music for quintet [Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Cello & Doublebass]
I - Rite of Mesa Verde
II - Star Kachina - Worship of cataclysms
III - Tlaloc - All forms of growth
IV - Centipedes - People from the underground
V - Kachinas - Taalawsohu's Dance
VI - Kokopelli - The mating ritual
Op.36 - Sonata for the left hand [piano/left hand alone]
I - Com tempestade e ímpeto
II - Andante
III - Agitato con fuoco
Op.37 - Scriabinesque Waltz in the manner of Johann Strauss [piano/left hand alone]
Op.38 - 5 Eccentric Preludes [piano/108 keys]
No.1 - Berceuse para Primo Levi
No.2 - Aforismo
No.3 - Moto Perpetuo
No.4 - Folha d'Album
No.5 - Fuga de Fibonacci
Op.39 - Suite for Brass Quintet [Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet, Horn, Bass Trombone, Tuba]
I - Allemande
II - Courante
III - Sarabande
IV - Gavotte
V - Minuet
VI - Giga
Op.40 - 24 Preludes [piano]
No.01 in C major
No.02 in C minor
No.03 in C# major
No.04 in C# minor
No.05 in D major
No.06 in D minor
No.07 in Eb major
No.08 in Eb minor
No.09 in E major
No.10 in E minor
No.11 in F major
No.12 in F minor
No.13 in F# major
No.14 in F# minor
No.15 in G major
No.16 in G minor
No.17 in Ab major
No.18 in Ab minor
No.19 in A major
No.20 in A minor
No.21 in Bb major
No.22 in Bb minor
No.23 in B major
No.24 in B minor
Op.41 - Sonata [organ]
Op.42 - 2 Dances [piano]
No.1 - Zaouli
No.2 - Dubstep
Op.43 - Sonatina [flute and piano]
I - Lento e Misterioso / Allegro
II - Contemplativo / Fugato a 3 (solo flute)
III - Tétrico
Op.44 - Nocturne No.6 [piano]
Op.45 - Fantasia on "DERUS" [piano]
Op.46 - Mbaetatá - Symphonic Poem No.5 [orchestra]
Op.47 - Ypupiara - Symphonic Poem No.6 [orchestra]
Op.48 - Ballada "Chopiniana" - for João Carlos Vieira [piano]
Op.49 - Slovenian Notebook [piano]
No.01 Drava
No.02 The Winds on the Lipa Tree
No.03 Snow Melt in Središče - Scherzo
No.04 Mazurka on Bračič
No.05 Quasi-Jazz for Merkoci
No.06 Prešeren Song No.1
No.07 Prešeren Song No.2
No.08 Prešeren Song No.3
No.09 Interactive Improvisation on 9-4-3-2-9
Op.50 - Elegia (Leandro Faber in memoriam) [piano]
Op.51 - Concerto in f minor [piano and orchestra]
I - Allegro
II - Lento Nostalgico
III - Allegro molto
WORKS WTHOUT OPUS
(1998-2000) 53 Sketches [piano]
(1999-2001) Concerto in b minor [piano & orchestra]
(2000) String Quartet [2 violins, viola, cello]
(2001) 3 Preludes [piano]
(2001) Amazonic Arabesque [piano]
(2001-2) Devils Dance [piano]
(2002) Fantasy [piano and orchestra]
(2003) Overture to 'Édipo' [orquestra]
(2003-4) A Mephisto Waltz - Homage to Franz Liszt [piano]
(2004) Puppets [piano]
(2007) Homage to K.Sorabji [piano]
(2009-11) 5 Variation on a theme by Beethoven to W.Prado [piano]
(2012-13) 2 Eccentric Preludes on Chemical formulae [piano]
(2014-15) 3 Eccentric Preludes on the sound of the comet 67P/C–G [piano]
(2017) Little Music Box to HADASSA [piano]
(2018) 20 Interactive Improvisations [piano]
(2019) 20 Interactive Improvisations (work in progress) [piano]
TRANSCRIPTIONS - FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE
ALBENIZ
Asturias (Legend)
ALBENIZ/GODOWSKY
Tango
BACH
Choral "Jesu Joy of man's desiring" BWV.147
Tocata and Fugue BWV.565
Adagio BWV.974 (see "MARCELLO / BACH")
Prelude BWV.999
BEETHOVEN
Sonata Op.27 No.2 ("Moonlight")
Sonata Op.57 ("Appassionata")
5th Symphony Op.67
"Allegretto" from 7th Symphony Op.92
NEW PROJECT - 32 PIANO SONATAS
NEW PROJECT - 9 SYMPHONIES
BRAHMS
Symphony No.1 Op.68
BRAHMS / RACHMANINOV / HAMBOURG / FRIEDMAN / LUTOSLAWSKI / LISZT
Paganini Variations - Books 1, 2 & 3
CHOPIN
Nocturne Op.9 No.2
Ballade Op.23
Prelude Op.28 No.3 (for Varun Athilat's full set)
Prelude Op.28 No.7 (for Varun Athilat's full set)
Prelude Op.28 No.24 (for Varun Athilat's full set)
Nocturne Op.32 No.2
Sonata Op.35
Nocturne Op.55 No.1
Polonaise Op.53
Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66 (2nd Etude)
Valse Op.69 No.2
Nocturne Op.72 No.1
DEBUSSY
Arabesque 1
Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)
Snow is dancing (Children's corner)
FALLA
Danse Rituelle de Feu (Ritual dance of the fire) {"El Amor Brujo"}
GRANADOS
"Oriental" - Spanish Dance No.2
"Andaluzia" - Spanish Dance No.5
LISZT
Transcendental Etude No.1
Transcendental Etude No.2
Transcendental Etude No.3
Transcendental Etude No.4
Transcendental Etude No.5
Transcendental Etude No.6
Transcendental Etude No.7
Transcendental Etude No.8
Transcendental Etude No.9
Transcendental Etude No.10
Transcendental Etude No.11
Transcendental Etude No.12
Paganini Etude No.1
Paganini Etude No.2
Paganini Etude No.3 "La Campanella"
Paganini Etude No.4
Paganini Etude No.5
Paganini Etude No.6 (see BRAHMS/RACHMANINOV/... "Paganini Variations" above)
Hungarian Rhapody No.2
Mephisto Waltz No.1
Veneza i Napoli (Gondoliera, Canzone & Tarantella)
Spozalizio
MARCELLO / BACH
Adagio (BWV.974)
NAZARETH
Odeon
NIELSEN
Song Op.41 No.2
RACHMANINOV
Song Op.21 No.7 "How fair this spot"
Prelude Op.23 No.5
Symphony No.2 Op.27 (3rd mov: Adagio)
Sonata No.2 Op.36
RAVEL
Pavana pour une infante defunte
Barque sur l'ocean
Alborada del gracioso
Jeux d'eau
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the bumble-bee
SAINT-SAENS
Dansa Macabra - Symphonic Poem Op.40
Etude en forme de Valse Op.52 No.6
SCHUBERT
King of the Elves (Erlkönig) Op.1
Gute Nacht (Winterreise) Op.89
Serenade (Standchen) D.957
SCRIABIN
Etude Op.2 No.1
Etude Op.8 No.1
Etude Op.8 No.2
Etude Op.8 No.3
Etude Op.8 No.4
Etude Op.8 No.5
Etude Op.8 No.6
Etude Op.8 No.7
Etude Op.8 No.8
Etude Op.8 No.9
Etude Op.8 No.10
Etude Op.8 No.11
Etude Op.8 No.12
Prelude Op.11 No.8
Prelude Op.11 No.14
Prelude Op.22 No.1
Etude Op.42 No.1
Etude Op.42 No.2
Etude Op.42 No.3
Etude Op.42 No.4
Etude Op.42 No.5
Etude Op.42 No.6
Etude Op.42 No.7
Etude Op.42 No.8
WAGNER
Ride of the Walkyries
TRANSCRIPTIONS - POP MUSIC FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE (requested works)
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Una Mattina
Nuvole bianche
Leo
Experience
Elegia
Andare
Passagio
Flora
Luminous
Ora
Primavera
Le onde
Divenire
ENNIO MORRICONE
Cinema Paradiso's Love theme
The Mission - The Mission
The Mission - Brothers
The Mission - Gabriel's oboe
The Mission - Falls
QUEEN
We are the Champions
SAM SMITH
Writings on the wall
JOHN WILLIAMS
Schindler's List - Schindler's theme
Schindler's List - Jewish Town
Schindler's List - Remembrance
TRANSCRIPTIONS - PIANO SOLO (TWO HANDS)
BACH
Tocata and Fugue BWV.565
Passacaglia and Fugue BWV.582
Exercice BWV.598
Prelude BWV.1007
Air BWV.1068
BEETHOVEN
Overture "The Creatures of Prometheus" Op.43
Overture to "Egmont" Op.84
BERLIOZ
Overture to "Corsaire" Op.21
BERNSTEIN
Mambo (West Side Story)
BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance No.2
Symphony No.1 Op.68
Symphony No.2 Op.73
Symphony No.3 Op.90
Symphony No.4 Op.98
BRUHNS
"Großes" Praeludium in E minor
"Kleines" Praeludium in E minor
Praeludium in G major
Choralfantasie: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Fragment eines Praeludiums in D major
Praeludium in G minor
BUXTEHUDE
Prelude and Fugue BuxWV.143
CERVO
Marias Nuas Op.13
Torunobá Op.16
CHOPIN
Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 (1st Etude)
Triple Etude (Op.10 No.2, Op.25 No.4 & Op.25 No.11)
CIMIRRO
The Masque of the Red Death Op.16
Exu Op.17
Curupira Op.18
Lampião - O Herói do Cangaço Op.22
Requiem Op.23
String Quartet Op.24
Saci-Pererê Op.31
Anasazi Op.35
Brass Quintet Op.39
Mbaetatá Op.46
Ipupiara Op.47
DURUFLE
Suite Op.5
GLUCK
Melodie (Orpheus)
HONEGGER
Pacific 231
LISZT
Transcendental Etude No.2
Transcendental Etude No.4a
Transcendental Etude No.4b
Transcendental Etude No.5a
Transcendental Etude No.5b
Transcendental Etude No.6
Transcendental Etude No.8
Transcendental Etude No.9
Transcendental Etude No.10
Transcendental Etude No.11
Transcendental Etude No.12
Triple Etude (No.3, 9 & 11)
Symphonic Poem No.5 "Prometheus" (+)
Symphonic Poem No.7 "Festklange" (+)
Symphonic Poem No.11 "Battle of the Huns" (+)
MOZART
Lacrimosa (Requiem)
NEPOMUCENO
Xácara Op.20 No.1
POULENC
O Magnum Mysterium
KOCZALSKI
Violin Concerto (orchestral reduction)
RACHMANINOV
Fantaisie-Tableaux Op.5
Suite Op.17
RADZIWILL
"Entrata" from "Compositionem zu Göthe's Faust"
RAVEL
Lever du jour (from 'Daphnis e Chloé')
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the bumble-bee (No.3 from '12 Etudes Op.1')
ROZBICKI
Introitus from "Missa Festiva"
SAINT-SAENS
Phaeton - Symphonic Poem Op.39
Bacchanale (from "Sanson and Dalila" Op.47)
3rd Symphony (Organ) Op.78
SCHUMANN
Langsam (No.2 from Op.102)
SCHÜTZ
Salmo 121
SHOSTAKOVICH
Waltz No.2
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka
TCHAIKOVSKY
None but the lonely heart Op.6 No.6
Symphony No.1 Op.13
Symphony No.2 Op.17
Symphony No.3 Op.29
Symphony No.4 Op.36
Symphony No.5 Op.64
Symphony No.6 Op.74
Symphony Manfred Op.58
VILLA-LOBOS
3rd Mov. from Piano Concerto No.1
Symphony No.1
Symphony No.2
Symphony No.3
Symphony No.4
Symphony No.6
Symphony No.7
Symphony No.8
Symphony No.9
Symphony No.10
Symphony No.11
Symphony No.12
VIVALDI
Presto (from "Summer/4 Seasons" Op.8 No.2")
(+) = Transcriptions made using the same techniques by Carl Tausig (1841-1871).
TRANSCRIPTIONS - POP MUSIC FOR TWO HANDS (requested works)
JORDAN RUDESS
The Little Boy Drummer
COMPLETIONS
BEETHOVEN / TAUSIG
Missa Solemnis Op.123 (2 pianos)
LISZT / TAUSIG
Tasso - lamento i trionfo - Symphonic Poem No.2
Festklange - Symphonic Poem No.7
Hungaria - Symphonic Poem No.9
Faust Symphony
KOCZALSKI
Sonata for Cello Op.90 (missing piano part completely composed by Artur Cimirro)
EDITIONS
BARROZO NETTO
Página Íntima
2 Incomplete Sketches ("Improviso" and "thema para música brasileira")
BEETHOVEN / TAUSIG
Missa Solemnis Op.123 (2 pianos)
CHOPIN / TAUSIG
Etude Op.10 No.2
Etude Op.25 No.2
Concerto No.2 Op.21 (second movement)
COUSMINER
Etude Op.11 No.2
3 Preludes Op.12
Reminiscent Suite Op.14 (strng quartet)
Overture on Jewish Themes Op.15 (piano reduction)
Quartet in b minor Op.16
Appassionato
Carnaval
Nocturne
Dramatic Final
Prelude (2 pianos)
Slavonic Dance (2 pianos)
3 movements for string quartet
CZIFFRA
Complete Strauss Paraphrases
Complete Recorded Improvisations
DUBOIS
Prelude in octaves (pour I.Philipp)
Prelude and Fugue in e minor
Cadenza to Beethoven's Concerto No.3
ITIBERÊ DA CUNHA
Noturno-Saudade Op.4
Valsa Acadêmica Op.9
A Graciosa - Grande Valsa de Bravura Op.10
Estella Maris - Grande Mazurka de Salão Op.11
A Serrana (Op.17?)
Une Larme (Op.19?)
5a Mazurka (Op.29?)
Impromptu-Nocturne (Op.35?)
Il Trovatore - Grande Fantasia de Concerto (Op.36?)
LISZT / TAUSIG
Ce qu'on sur la montagne - Symphonic PoemNo.1
Tasso - lamento i trionfo - Symphonic Poem No.2
Orpheus - Symphonic Poem No.4
Festklange - Symphonic Poem No.7
Heroide Funebre - Symphonic Poem No.8
Hungaria - Symphonic Poem No.9
Hamlet - Symphonic Poem No.10
Die Ideale - Symphonic Poem No.12
Faust Symphony
Dante Symphony
PROKOFIEV
Fantasy on Sheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
STRADAL
Gavotte in c minor
Valse
Variations on the Austrian National Anthem (Haydn).
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