| 1939 | Born 23 March in Leningrad |
| 195?-62 | Studies at Leningrad Conservatoire with Salmanov |
| 1956 | Variations for piano, Opus 1 |
| Rondo for violin and piano, Opus 2 | |
| 1957 | First Piano Sonata, Opus 3 |
| First Suite for piano, Opus 4 | |
| First Violin Sonata (Unaccompanied), Opus 5 | |
| Second Suite for piano, Opus 6 | |
| Prelude and Fugue for strings/string quartet, Opus 7 | |
| First Quartet, Opus 8 | |
| 1958 | First Violin Concerto, Opus 9 |
| A White Stork, song-cycle, Opus 10 | |
| A Muleteer, fable for piano, Opus 11 | |
| French Symphony (after Anatole France), Opus 12 | |
| 1959 | Second String Quartet, Opus 13 |
| Yueh-Fu, 4 unaccompanied choruses on Chinese texts, Opus 14/1 | |
| Energy, fugue for unaccompanied chorus, Opus 14/2 | |
| Lenin Is Alive, cantata on verses by Mayakovsky, Opus 15 | |
| Virgin Soil Upturned, inc music after Sholokov's novel, Opus 16 | |
| The Wedding Song for female chorus, Opus 16a | |
| 1960 | Second Piano Sonata, Opus 17 |
| First Cello Sonata (Unaccompanied), Opus 18 | |
| 3 Riddles for piano, Opus 19 | |
| 1961 | First Symphony, Opus 20 |
| 1962 | Piano Concerto, Opus 21 |
| Melancholy Songs, Opus 22, song-cycle for soprano and piano | |
| 1962-5 | Studies with Shostakovich at Leningrad Conservatoire |
| 1963 | First Cello Concerto, Opus 23 (orchestrated by Shostakovich, 1969) |
| Danaide, symphonic poem, Opus 24 | |
| The Twelve, ballet after Blok, Opus 25 | |
| Octaves for orchestra, Opus 26 | |
| 1964 | 12 Inventions for organ, Opus 27 |
| Second Symphony, "Marina", Opus 28 (after Tsvetayeva), choir and orchestra | |
| rev First Violin Concerto, Opus 29 [see 1958] | |
| Suzdal, suite for soprano, tenor, and chamber orchestra, Opus 30 | |
| 1965 | Capriccio for violin and piano, Opus 31 |
| Third Piano Sonata, Opus 32 | |
| Palekh for orchestra, Opus 34 | |
| 1966 | Requiem for sop, ten, & orch (on verses by Akhmatova), Opus 35 |
| Third Symphony for chamber orchestra, Opus 36 | |
| 1967 | orch. Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Opus 37 |
| The Death of Pushkin, dramatic music, Opus 38 | |
| 1968 | The Golden Bee, ballet, Opus 39 (after Kornei Chukovsky) |
| The Stolen Sun opera, Opus 40 (after Kornei Chukovsky) | |
| The Cockroach Home comedy, Opus 41 (after Kornei Chukovsky) | |
| Northern Exercises, suite, Opus 42 | |
| 1969 | Second Cello Concerto, Opus 44 |
| 1970 | 2 Pieces for percussion, Opus 45 |
| Sinfonia Robusta ballet, Opus 46 | |
| Fourth String Quartet, Opus 47 | |
| 3 Tsvetayeva Songs, Opus 48 | |
| 1972 | Gagaku, Opus 52 Nos 1 and 2 |
| orch. 3 Choruses from Prokofiev's Boris Godunov, Opus 52b | |
| Fourth Piano Sonata, Opus 53 | |
| Concerto for flute, piano and strings, Opus 54 | |
| 1973 | Circus, suite, Opus 55 |
| Fifth Piano Sonata, Opus 56 | |
| 5 Songs, Opus 57 | |
| Eclipse, ballet, Opus 58 | |
| 1974 | Hard Frost, aria for mezzo and orchestra, Opus 60a |
| Fourth Symphony for narrator and orchestra (after Turgenev), Opus 61 | |
| 1975 | A Lark, suite, Opus 62 |
| Second Violin Sonata, Opus 63 | |
| Sixth Piano Sonata, Opus 64 | |
| 1976 | Fifth Symphony (In memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich), Opus 67 |
| 1977 | Harp Concerto, Opus 69 |
| 1979 | Second Cello Sonata, Opus 76 |
| 1980 | Fourth String Quartet, Opus 77 |
| orch. Shostakovich, Satires, Opus 81 | |
| 1981 | Second Violin Concerto, Opus 84 |
| 1982 | Seventh Piano Sonata, Opus 85, for piano and tubular bells |
| 1983 | Praeludium in E for orchestra, Opus 87 |
| 1984 | Fifth String Quartet, Opus 90 |
| The Siege Chronicles, symphony, Opus 92 | |
| 1985 | Piano Quintet, Opus 93 |
| 4 Pieces for solo tuba, Opus 94 | |
| 1986 | The Will for soprano, harp and organ, Opus 96 |
| orch. Shostakovich, Songs of Captain Lebyadkin, Opus 97 | |
| To My Brother for soprano, flute an harp, Opus 98 | |
| Eighth Piano Sonata, Opus 99 | |
| 1987 | The Garden of Music, Opus 101, cantata for soprano, mezzo, baritone, piano trio |
| Heart of A Dog, Opus 104 (after Bulgakov), for chamber ensemble | |
| 1988 | Sixth Symphony for sop, contr, and orchestra, Opus 105 |
| 1989 | Concerto alla marcia for 16 soloists, Opus 106 |
| orch. Shostakovich, Rayok, Opus 108 | |
| 1990 | Concerto for clarinet and piano trio, Opus 109 |
| 1991 | orch. 4 Songs by Grieg, Opus 111 |
| 1992 | Twelve Portraits for organ, Opus 113 |
| Ninth Piano Sonata, Opus 114 | |
| 1993 | orch. 7 Songs by Mahler, Opus 115 |
| 1993 | rev. French Symphony, Opus 116 [see 1958] |
| 1994 | Fantasy for violin and piano, Opus 118 |
| Seventh Symphony, Opus 119 |