Shostakovich: rankings of favorite pieces
In late 1999-early 2000 I got 30 different Shostakovich fans to give me an ordered list of their 10 favorite Shostakovich pieces.
There are 58 compositions in at least one person's top 10.
I'm counting "Jazz Suites" and "Jazz Suite #1" separately.
I'm counting alternate arrangements of works separately.
Every String Quartet is on at least one person's list except number 6.
Every Symphony is on at least one person's list except number 3.
Every Concerto is on at least one person's list.
Film Music doesn't seem to rate too well.
POS is position on the list. PTS is points, awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 point system:
POS PTS Piece
1 197 String Quartet #8
1 197 Piano Trio #2
3 189 Symphony #10
4 175 Symphony #4
5 157 Symphony #8
6 143 Cello Concerto #1
7 126 Symphony #11
8 96 Symphony #5
9 89 24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87
10 84 Violin Concerto #1
11 73 Cello Concerto #2
12 71 String Quartet #15
13 68 String Quartet #3
14 67 Symphony #14
15 62 Piano Concerto #1
16 61 Symphony #13
17 56 Symphony #15
18 50 Symphony #7
19 46 Viola Sonata
20 45 Piano Quintet
21 43 Lady Macbeth
22 39 Symphony #6
23 38 Symphony #9
24 37 String Quartet #10
25 36 String Quartet #13
26 32 From Jewish Folk Poetry
27 30 Symphony #1
28 28 Symphony #12
29 24 The Nose
29 24 String Quartet #11
31 23 String Quartet #12
32 22 Violin Concerto #2
32 22 String Quartet #5
32 22 Piano Concerto #2
35 15 Jazz Suites
35 15 Blok Songs
37 13 Symphony #2
38 9 String Quartet #4
39 8 Tsvetaeva Songs
39 8 Symphony #10, 2 piano arrangement
39 8 Sonata for Cello and Piano
39 8 Age of Gold
43 7 String Quartet #8 (arranged for chamber orchestra)
43 7 Festive Overture
45 6 String Quartet #9
46 4 Symphony #15, arr for piano trio and percussion
46 4 String Quartet #1
46 4 Execution of Stepan Razin
49 3 Jazz Suite #1
49 3 Golden Mountains Suite
51 2 String Quartet #7
51 2 Piano Sonata #2
51 2 Ballet Suite #4
54 1 Violin Sonata
54 1 String Quartet #2
54 1 Piano Trio #1
54 1 Michelangelo Suite
Ranked by the number of lists (out of 30 submitted) the work appears on:
POS # Piece
1 19 Symphony #10
1 19 String Quartet #8
3 17 Piano Trio #2
4 15 Symphony #4
4 15 Cello Concerto #1
6 14 Symphony #8
7 13 Symphony #5
8 11 Violin Concerto #1
8 11 Symphony #11
8 11 24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87
11 10 Symphony #15
11 10 Symphony #13
13 8 Symphony #14
13 8 String Quartet #3
13 8 Piano Quintet
13 8 Piano Concerto #1
13 8 Lady Macbeth
13 8 String Quartet #15
19 7 Cello Concerto #2
20 6 Symphony #7
21 6 Symphony #1
23 5 Symphony #9
23 5 Symphony #6
23 5 Symphony #12
23 5 String Quartet #10
27 4 Viola Sonata
27 4 String Quartet #5
27 4 String Quartet #12
27 4 From Jewish Folk Poetry
31 3 Violin Concerto #2
32 3 Tsvetaeva Songs
32 3 The Nose
32 3 String Quartet #13
32 3 String Quartet #11
32 3 String Quartet #1
32 3 Jazz Suites
38 2 Symphony #2
38 2 Sonata for Cello and Piano
38 2 String Quartet #9
38 2 String Quartet #8 (arranged for chamber orchestra)
38 2 String Quartet #7
38 2 String Quartet #4
38 2 Piano Sonata #2
38 2 Piano Concerto #2
38 2 Festive Overture
46 1 Violin Sonata
46 1 Symphony #15, arr for piano trio and percussion
46 1 Symphony #10, 2 piano arrangement
46 1 String Quartet #2
46 1 Piano Trio #1
46 1 Michelangelo Suite
46 1 Jazz Suite #1
46 1 Golden Mountains Suite
46 1 Execution of Stepan Razin
46 1 Blok Songs
46 1 Ballet Suite #4
46 1 Age of Gold