List of compositions by Luciano Berio

A list of works by the Italian composer Luciano Berio.

1930

*"Pastorale" for piano (1937)
*"Toccata" for piano (1939)

1940

*"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)

1950

*"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*"Sonatina" for wind quartet (1951); withdrawn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 accompanied bij clarinet, cello, and harp (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 magnetic tape (1959)
*"Allez Hop - "raconto mimico" for orchestra (1959; revised 1968); incorporates material from "Mimusique No.2" (1955)
*"Quaderni I" for orchestra (1959)

1960

*"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)
*"Laborintus 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 solo 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)

1970

*"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 I (for Cathy)" for mezzosoprano and eighteen 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)
*"Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid", for orchestra (1975) superimposed and transcribed from the Ritirata by Boccherini
*"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)

1980

*"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" with libretto by Italo Calvino (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)

1990

*"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 twenty three 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 accordion (1995)
*"Outis" azione musicale (1995–1996)
*"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), dedicated to trombonist Christian Lindberg
*"Cronaca del luogo" azione musicale (1999).

2000

*"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)