Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the Manfred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini, the Capriccio Italien, and the Serenade for Strings.

Works by opus number Works with opus numbers are listed in this section, together with their dates of composition. For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here. For more detail on dates of composition, see here.

Op. 1 Two Pieces for piano (1867) Scherzo à la russe in B major Impromptu in E minor Op. 2 Souvenir de Hapsal, 3 pieces for piano (1867) Op. 3 The Voyevoda, opera (1868) Op. 4 Valse-caprice in D major, for piano (1868) Op. 5 Romance in F minor, for piano (1868) Op. 6 6 Romances (1869), including "None but the lonely heart" Op. 7 Valse-scherzo in A, for piano (1870) Op. 8 Capriccio in G, for piano (1870) Op. 9 3 Morceaux, for piano (1870) 1. Rêverie 2. Polka de salon 3. Mazurka de salon Op. 10 2 Morceaux, for piano (1871) 1. Nocturne 2. Humoresque Op. 11 String Quartet No. 1 in D (1871) Op. 12 Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden), incidental music (1873) Op. 13 Symphony No. 1 in G minor Winter Daydreams (1866) Op. 14 Vakula the Smith, (revised as Cherevichki), opera (1874) Op. 15 Festival Overture in D on the Danish National Anthem, for orchestra (1866) Op. 16 6 Songs (1872) No. 1 Lullaby (Cradle Song) No. 2 Wait! No. 3 Accept Just Once No. 4 O, Sing That Song No. 5 So What? No. 6 Modern Greek Song Op. 17 Symphony No. 2 in C minor Little Russian (1872) Op. 18 The Tempest, symphonic fantasia in F minor, after Shakespeare (1873) Op. 19 6 Pieces, for piano (1873) 1. Rêverie du soir [Вечерние грезы] (G minor) 2. Scherzo humoristique [Юмористическое скерцо] (D major) 3. Feuillet d'album [Листок из альбома] (D major) 4. Nocturne [Ноктюрн] (C minor) 5. Capriccioso [Каприччиозо] (B major) 6. Thème original et variations [Тема и вариации] (F major) Op. 20 Swan Lake, ballet (1876) Op. 21 6 Morceaux on a single theme, for piano (1873) Op. 22 String Quartet No. 2 in F (1874) Op. 23 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor (1875) Op. 24 Eugene Onegin, opera (1878) Op. 25 6 Songs (1874) No. 1 Reconciliation No. 2 As When Upon Hot Ashes (Over Burning Ashes) No. 3 Mignon's Song No. 4 The Canary No. 5 I Never Spoke To Her No. 6 As They Repeated: "Fool" Op. 26 Sérénade mélancolique in B minor, for violin and orchestra (1875) Op. 27 6 Songs (1875) Op. 28 6 Songs (1875) Op. 29 Symphony No. 3 in D Polish (1875) Op. 30 String Quartet No. 3 in E minor (1876) Op. 31 Marche slave in B minor, for orchestra (1876) Op. 32 Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasia in E minor, after Dante Alighieri (1876) Op. 33 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, for cello and orchestra (1876) Op. 34 Valse-scherzo in C for violin and orchestra (1877) Op. 35 Violin Concerto in D major (1878) Op. 36 Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1877) Op. 37 (or 37a) Grand Piano Sonata in G (1878) Op. 37a (or 37b) The Seasons, 12 pieces for piano (1876) January: At the fireside February: Carnival March: Song of the Lark April: Snowdrop May: Starlit Nights June: Barcarolle July: Song of the Reaper August: Harvest September: The Hunt October: Autumn Song November: Troika December: Christmas Op. 38 6 Songs (1878) Op. 39 Album pour enfants, 24 pieces for piano (1878) Morning Prayer Winter Morning Playing Hobby-Horses Mama March of the Wooden Soldiers The New Doll The Sick Doll The Doll's Funeral Waltz Polka Mazurka Russian Song The Harmonica Player Kamarinskaya Peasant Prelude Italian song Old French Song German Song Nanny's Story Baba Yaga (The Sorcerer) Sweet Dreams Lark Song In Church The Song of the Organ-Grinder Op. 40 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, for piano (1878) Etude: Allegro giusto (G major) Chanson triste: Allegro non troppo (G minor) Marche funèbre: Tempo di Marcia funebre (C minor) Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (C major) Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (D major) Chant sans paroles: Allegro moderato: (A minor) Au village: Andante sostenuto: (A minor–C major) Valse: Tempo di Valse (A♭ major) Valse: Tempo di Valse (F♯ minor) Danse russe: Andantino (A minor) Scherzo: Allegro vivacissimo (D minor) Rêverie interrompue: Andante un poco rubato e con molto espressione (A♭ major) Op. 41 Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, for unaccompanied chorus (1878) Op. 42 Souvenir d'un lieu cher, 3 pieces for violin and piano (1878) Op. 43 Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor (1879) Op. 44 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G (1880) Op. 45 Capriccio Italien in A, for orchestra (1880) Op. 46 6 Vocal duets, with piano (1880) Op. 47 7 Songs (1880) If Only I Had Known Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven Dusk Fell on the Earth Sleep, Poor Friend I Bless You, Forests Does the Day Reign? Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? Op. 48 Serenade in C for Strings (1880) Op. 49 1812 Overture (1880) Op. 50 Piano Trio in A minor (1882) Op. 51 6 Pieces, for piano (1882) Valse de salon (A major) Polka peu dansante (B minor) Menuetto scherzoso (E major) Natha-Valse (A major) Romance (F major) Valse sentimentale (F minor) Op. 52 All-Night Vigil for unaccompanied chorus (1882) Op. 53 Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C (1883) Op. 54 16 Children's songs (1883; the 5th song Legend was the basis of Anton Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a) Op. 55 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G (1884) Op. 56 Concert Fantasia in G, for piano and orchestra (1884) Op. 57 6 Songs (1884) Op. 58 Manfred Symphony in B minor (1885) Op. 59 Dumka in C minor, for piano (1886) Op. 60 12 Songs (1886) No. 6 Wild Nights (Frenzied Nights) No. 7 Gypsy's Song No. 12 Gentle Stars Shone For Us (The Mild Stars Shone For Us) Op. 61 Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" (1887) Op. 62 Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1887) Op. 63 6 Romances on words by K. Romanov (1887) No. 1 I Didn't Love You At First [Я сначала тебя не любила] No. 2 I Opened The Window [Растворил я окно] No. 3 I Do Not Please You [Я вам не нравлюсь] No. 4 The First Meeting [Первое свидание] No. 5 The Fires In The Rooms Were Already Out [Уж гасли в комнатах огни] No. 6 Serenade: O Child! Beneath Your Window [Серенада (О, дитя! под окошком твоим)] Op. 64 Symphony No. 5 in E minor (1888) Op. 65 6 Songs on French texts (1888) (No. 2 Déception, No. 3 Sérénade ("J'aime dans le rayon"), No. 4 Qu'importe que l'hiver, No. 6 Rondel, all on poems by Paul Collin) Op. 66 The Sleeping Beauty, ballet (1889) Op. 67a Hamlet, fantasy overture in F minor (1889) Op. 67b Hamlet, incidental music (1891) Op. 68 The Queen of Spades, opera (1890) Op. 69 Iolanta, opera (1891) Op. 70 String Sextet in D minor Souvenir de Florence (1890) Op. 71 The Nutcracker, ballet (1892) Op. 71a The Nutcracker, suite from the ballet (1892) Op. 72 18 Pieces, for piano (1893) Op. 73 Romances (6 Songs) (1893) Op. 74 Symphony No. 6 in B minor Pathétique (1893)

Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously. Op. 75 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E (1893) Op. 76 The Storm, overture in E minor (1864) Op. 77 Fatum, symphonic poem in C minor (1868) Op. 78 The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad in A minor (1891; unrelated to the earlier opera of the same name, Op. 3) Op. 79 Andante and Finale, for piano and orchestra (1893; this was Sergei Taneyev's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E, rather than just the first movement Allegro brillante, when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E) Op. 80 Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor (1865)

Works by genre

Ballets Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1875–76) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889) The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)

Operas The Voyevoda, Op. 3/TH 1 (Воевода – The Voivode, 1867–1868)Not related to the much later symphonic ballad The Voyevoda, Op. 78. Undina, TH 2 (Ундина or Undine, 1869, not completed) The Oprichnik, TH 3 (Опричник) 1870–1872 Vakula the Smith, Op. 14/TH 4 (Кузнец Вакула or Kuznets Vakula), 1874Revised later as Cherevichki Eugene Onegin, Op. 24/TH 5 (Евгений Онегин or Yevgeny Onegin), 1877–1878 The Maid of Orleans, TH 6 (Орлеанская дева or Orleanskaya deva), 1878–1879 Mazepa (or Mazeppa), TH 7 (Мазепа), 1881–1883 Cherevichki, TH 8 (Черевички; revision of Vakula the Smith) 1885 The Enchantress, TH 9 (or The Sorceress, Чародейка or Charodeyka), 1885–1887 The Queen of Spades, Op. 68/TH 10 (Пиковая дама or Pikovaya dama), 1890 Iolanta (Иоланта), Op. 69/TH 11, 1891Originally performed on a double-bill with The Nutcracker

Symphonies No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Daydreams (1866) No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian (1872) No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, Polish (1875) No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877–1878) Manfred Symphony, B minor, Op. 58; inspired by Byron's poem Manfred (1885) No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888) Symphony in E (sketched 1892 but abandoned; Tchaikovsky rescored its first movement as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E; posthumously, Taneyev rescored two other movements for piano and orchestra as the Andante and Finale; the symphony was reconstructed during the 1950s and subsequently published as "Symphony No. 7") No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique (1893)

Concertos and concertante pieces Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 23 (1874–75) 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 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878) Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (1879–80) Concert Fantasia in G for piano and orchestra, Op. 56 (1884) Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62, for cello and Orchestra (1888) Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Op. posth. 75 (1893) Andante and Finale for piano and orchestra, Op. posth. 79 (1893) This was Sergei Taneyev's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E, rather than just the first movement Allegro brillante, when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Cello Concerto (conjectural work based in part on a 60-bar fragment found on the back of the rough draft for the last movement of the composer's Sixth Symphony). Concertstück for Flute and Strings, TH 247 Op. posth. (1893)

Other orchestral works Ode an die Freude (Schiller), für SATB Solo, SATB und großes Orchester (1865)

Program music and commissioned pieces The Storm, Op. posth. 76 (1864) Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem, Op. 15 (1866) Fatum, Op. posth. 77 (1868) Romeo and Juliet (1870, revised 1880) The Tempest, Op. 18 (1873) Marche Slave, Op. 31 (1876) Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (1876) Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880) 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880) Festival Coronation March (1883) Hamlet, Op. 67a (1889) The Voyevoda, Op. posth. 78 (1891)

Orchestral suites and Serenade 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) The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a/TH 35 (1892)

Incidental music Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky (1867), incidental music to Alexander Ostrovsky's play Dmitri the Pretender The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), Op. 12 (1873), incidental music for Ostrovsky's play of the same name. Ostrovsky adapted and dramatized a popular Russian fairy tale,Russian Fairy Tales, Spring 1998: Snow Maiden and the score that Tchaikovsky wrote for it was always one of his own favorite works. It contains much vocal music, but it is not a cantata or an opera. Montenegrins Receiving News of Russia's Declaration of War on Turkey (1880), music for a tableau.