List of compositions by Luciano Berio

A list of works by the Italian composer Luciano Berio

• Pastorale for piano (1937)
• Toccata for piano (1939)
• Preludio a una festa marina for string orchestra (1944)
• L'annunciazione for soprano and chamber orchestra (1946)
• Due cori popolari for chorus (1946)
• Tre lirichi greche for voice and piano (1946)
• O bone Jesu for chorus (1946)
• Due liriche for voice and orchestra (1947)
• Tre canzoni popolari for voice and piano (1947); in 1952 a fourth song is added, changing the title to Quattro canzoni popolari; arrangements of two songs, "Ballo" and "La donna ideale", are incorporated into Folk Songs (1964)
• Tre pezzi for three clarinets (1947)
• Petite suite for piano (1947); published with compositions by Adolfo Berio and Ernesto Berio as Family Album (1947)
• Quintetto for wind quintet (1948)
• Trio for string trio (1948)
• Ad Hermes for voice and piano (1948)
• Suite for piano (1948)
• Due pezzi sacri for two sopranos, piano, two harps, timpani and twelve bells (1949)
• Magnificat for two sopranos, chorus and orchestra (1949)
• Concertino for solo clarinet, solo violin, harp, celesta and strings (1949; revised 1970)
• Quartetto for wind quartet (1950)
• Tre vocalizzi for voice and piano (1950)
• El mar la mar for two sopranos and five instruments (1950); reduction for two sopranos and piano (1953); arrangement for soprano, mezzo-soprano and seven instruments (1969).
• Opus no.Zoo for reciter and wind quintet (1951; revised 1971)
• Due liriche di Garcia Lorca for bass and orchestra (1951)
• Deus meus for voice and three instruments (1951)
• Sonatina for wind quartet (1951); withdrawn
• Due pezzi for violin and piano (1951)
• Study for string quartet (1952)
• Quattro canzoni popolari for voice and piano (1952); the Tre canzoni popolari from 1947, with a fourth song added; arrangements of two songs, Ballo and La donna ideale, are incorporated into Folk Songs (1964)
• Cinque variazione for piano (1953; revised 1966)
• Mimusique No. 1 for tape (1953)
• Chamber Music for female voice and three instruments (1953)
• Ritratto di citta for tape (1954); in collaboration with Bruno Maderna
• Nones for orchestra (1954)
• Variazione for chamber orchestra (1955)
• Mutazione for tape (1955)
• Mimusique No.2 for orchestra (1955)
• Quartetto for string quartet (1955)
• Allelujah I for five instrumental groups (1956); reworked as Allelujah II (1958)
• Variazione "ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for two basset horns and strings (1956)
• Perspectives for tape (1957)
• Divertimento for orchestra (1957)
• Seranata for flute and fourteen instruments (1957)
• Allelujah II for five instrumental groups (1958); reworking of Allelujah I (1956)
• Thema - omaggio a Joyce for tape (1958)
• Sequenza I for flute (1958)
• Tempi concertanti for flute, violin, two piano's and ensemble (1959)
• Différences for flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello and tape (1959)
• Allez Hop - "raconto mimico" for orchestra (1959; revised 1968); incorporates material from Mimusique No.2 (1955)
• Quaderni I for orchestra (1959)
• Momenti for tape (1960)
• Circles for female voice, harp and two percussionists (1960)
• Visage for tape (1961)
• Quaderni II for orchestra (1961)
• Quaderni III for orchestra (1961)
• Epifanie for female voice and orchestra (1961; revised 1965); incorporates Quaderni I-III
• Passaggio - "messa in scena" for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1963)
• Esposizione for voices and instruments (1963); withdrawn; reworked and incorporated in Laborintus II (1965)
• Sequenza II for harp (1963); reused as a solo part in Chemins I (1964)
• Traces for soprano, mezzo-soprano, two actors, chorus and orchestra (1963); withdrawn; parts were reworked and incorporated in Opera (1970)
• Sincronie for string quartet (1964)
• Folk Songs for mezzosoprano and seven instruments (1964); arrangement for mezzosoprano and orchestra (1973)
• Chemins I for harp and orchestra (1964); the harp part is Sequenza II (1963)
• Wasserklavier for piano (1965); published as the third movement of six encores (1990)
• Laborinus II for three female voices, eight actors, one speaker and instruments (1965); incorporates a reworked version of Esposizione (1963)
• Rounds for harpsichord (1965); version for piano (1965)
• Sequenza III for voice (1966)
• Sequenza IV for piano (1966)
• Gesti for recorder (1966)
• Sequenza V for trombone (1966)
• Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda for soprano, tenor, baritone, three violas, cello, double bass, harpsichord (1966); arrangement of the opera by Monteverdi
• Sequenza VI for viola (1967); reused as a solo part in Chemins II (1967) and Chemins III (1968)
• Chemins II for viola and nine instruments (1967); the viola part is Sequenza VI (1967); reused in Chemins III (1968)
• O King for mezzosoprano and five instruments (1967); later incorporated into Sinfonia (1968)
• Chemins III for viola, nine instruments and orchestra (1968); the viola part is Sequenza VI (1967), the nine instruments play the same parts as in Chemins II (1967)
• Sinfonia for eight solo voices and orchestra (1968); incorporates O King (1968); the version that premiered in 1968 was in four movements, a fifth was added in 1969
• Questo vuol dire che for three female voices, small chorus, tape and other available resources (1968)
• Sequenza VIIa for oboe (1969); arranged as Sequenza VIIb; reused in Chemins IV (1975)
• Sequenza VIIb for soprano saxophone (1969); arrangement of Sequenza VIIa (1969)
• The Modification and Instrumentation of a Famous Hornpipe as a Merry and Altogether Sincere Homage to Uncle Alfred for flute or oboe, clarinet, percussion, harpsichord, viola, cello (1969); arrangement of music by Henry Purcell
• Air for soprano and orchestra (1969); version for piano, violin, viola and cello (1970); movement from Opera (1970)
• Chemins IIb for orchestra (1969); reworking of Chemins II (1967); reused in Chemins IIc (1972)
• Melodrama for tenor and eight instruments (1970); movement from Opera (1970)
• Opera for ten actors, soprano, tenor, baritone, vocal ensemble, orchestra (1970); includes reworked materials from Traces (1963); two movements, Air (1970) and Melodrama (1970) may be performed separately; revised in 1977 to include Agnus (1971) and E vó (1972)
• Erdenklavier for piano (1970); published as the fourth movement of Six encores (1990)
• Memory for electric piano and harpsichord (1970; revised 1973)
• Autre fois: berceuse canonique pour Igor Stravinsky for flute, clarinet and harp (1971)
• Ora for soprano, mezzosoprano, flute, cor anglais, chorus and orchestra (1971); withdrawn
• Bewegung for orchestra (1971; revised 1984)
• Bewegung II for baritone and orchestra (1971); withdrawn
• Agnus for two sopranos, three clarinets and electric organ (1971); incorporated into the revised version of Opera (1977)
• E vó for soprano and ensemble (1972); incorporated into the revised version of Opera (1977)
• Chemins IIc for bass clarinet and orchestra (1972); Chemins IIb (1969) with an added solo part
• Après Visage for tape and orchestra (1972); withdrawn
• Recital 1 for mezzosoprano and eightteen instruments (1972)
• Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1973)
• Linea for two pianos, vibraphone and marimba (1973)
• Still for orchestra (1973); withdrawn
• Cries of London for six voices (1974)
• Eindrücke for orchestra (1974)
• Calmo - in memoriam Bruno Maderna for mezzo-soprano and twentytwo instruments (1974)
• "points on the curve to find..." for piano and twentytwo instruments (1974); reworked as Echoing Curves (1988)
• Per la dolce memoria de quel giorno for tape (1974)
• Musica leggera, canone per moto contrario e al rovescio, con un breve intermezzo for flute, viola and cello (1974)
• a-ronne radio documentary for five actors (1974); concert version for eight voices (1975)
• Chemins IV for oboe and eleven string instruments (1975); the oboe part is Sequenza VII (1969); reworked for soprano saxophone and orchestra (2000)
• Chants parallèles for tape (1975)
• Diario immaginario radio piece (1975)
• Sequenza VIII for violin (1975); reused in Corale (1981)
• Fa-Si for organ (1975)
• Coro for forty voices and instruments (1976); extended 1977
• Ritorno degli snovidenia for cello and thirty instruments (1977)
• Les mots sont allés... - "recitativo" for cello (1978)
• Encore for orchestra (1978; revised 1981)
• Scena (1979); incorporated into La vera storia (1981)
• Entrata (1980); incorporated into La vera storia (1981)
• Chemins V for clarinet and the 4C digital system, developed by Peppino del Giugno (1980)
• Sequenza IXa for clarinet (1980); drawn from Chemins V (1980); arranged as Sequenza IXb (1980) and Sequenza IXc (1980)
• Sequenza IXb for alto saxophone (1980); arrangement of Sequenza IXa (1980)
• Sequenza IXc for bass clarinet (1980); arrangement Sequenza IXa (1980)
• Accordo for four groups of twentyseven instruments (1980); the number of players may be multiplied, Berio preferred a total of at least 400 instruments
• La vera storia for soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, baritone, bass, vocal ensemble and orchestra (1981); incorporates Scena (1979) and Entrata (1980)
• Corale for violin, two horns and strings (1981); the violin part is Sequenza VIII (1975)
• Fanfara for orchestra (1982)
• Duo - "teatro immaginario" for baritone, two violins, chorus and orchestra (1982); study for Un re in ascolto (1984)
• Lied for clarinet (1983)
• Duetti for two violins (1983)
• Un re in ascolto - "azione musicale" (1984)
• Requies for chamber orchestra (1984)
• Voci for viola and orchestra (1984)
• Sequenza X for trumpet and piano resonance (1984)
• Call for two trumpets, French horn, trombone and tuba (1985)
• Terre chaleureuse for wind quintet (1985)
• Luftklavier for piano (1985); published as the fifth movement of Six encores (1990)
• Naturale for viola, percussion and recordings of sicilian folk music (1985)
• Gute Nacht for trumpet (1986)
• Ricorrenze for wind quintet (1987)
• Formazione for orchestra (1987)
• Echoing Curves for piano and orchestra (1988); reworking of Points on the curve to find... (1974)
• Sequenza XI for guitar (1988)
• LB.AM.LB.M.W.D.IS.LB for orchestra (1988)
• Ofanìm for children's chorus, ensemble, female voice and live electronics (1988; revised 1997)
• Canticum novissimi testamenti for four clarinets, saxophone quartet and eight singers(1989)
• Festum for orchestra (1989)
• Feuerklavier for piano (1989); published as the sixth movement of Six encores (1990)
• Continuo for orchestra (1989; revised 1991)
• Brin for piano (1990); the first movement of Six encores (1990)
• Leaf for piano (1990); the second movement of Six encores (1990)
• Six Encores for piano (1990); includes Brin (1990), Leaf (1990), Wasserklavier (1965), Erdenklavier (1969), Luftklavier (1985) and Feuerklavier (1989)
• Rendering for orchestra (1990); orchestration of the sketches for Schubert's tenth symphony
• Epiphanies for female voice and orchestra (1991)
• Chemins V for guitar and chamber orchestra; the guitar part is Sequenza XI (1992)
• Notturno for string quartet (1993); reworked for string orchestra (1995)
• Rage and Outrage for voices and orchestra (1993); arrangement of songs about the Dreyfus affair
• Compass for orchestra (1994)
• Re-Call for twentythree instruments (1995)
• Hör for Chorus and Orchestra (1995); prologue of Requiem der Versöhnung, a collaborative work by fourteen composers
• Sequenza XII for bassoon (1995)
• Sequenza XIII - chanson for accordeon (1995)
• Ekphrasis - continuo II for orchestra (1996)
• Récit - chemins VII for alto saxophone and orchestra (1996)
• Kol Od - chemins VI for trumpet and ensemble (1996); the trumpet part is sequenza X (1984)
• Glosse for string quartet (1997)
• Alternatim for clarinet, viola and orchestra (1997)
• Korót for eight cellos (1998)
• Altra voce for alto flute, mezzo-soprano and live electronics (1999)
• SOLO for trombone and orchestra (1999)
• Sonata for piano (2001)
• E si pusci for chorus (2002)
• Sequenza XIV for cello (2002); version for bass (2004)
• Stanze for bariton, chorus and orchestra (2003)