Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works [Chaĭkovskiĭ Polnoe Sobranie Sochineniĭ] (Moscow: 1940–71; vols. 2 and 43 also published in Leningrad) (BPL). For the contents of individual volumes, search for ‘Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works’ on the International Music Score Library Project website: <imslp.org>.

Key

An asterisk indicates that the volume is inscribed with a Musica Rara [25 Newport Court, London W2] or English price marking, so was probably obtained by Britten between 1955 and his first visit to the USSR in 1963. Boldface indicates a volume listed at the rear of Britten's 1963 pocket diary under the heading ‘Tschaikov. Ed vols not got (last one got in 62)’ – i.e. a volume not then in his possession.

Operas

1A (1953)

1B (1953)

1C (1953)

1 (additional volume) (1953) [two copies; one *]

2 (1950)

3A (1959)*

3B (1959)*

4 (1948) [Evgeniĭ Onegin, full score; signed ‘Benjamin Britten’ with corrections by Britten on pp. 152 and 160]

5A (1964)

5B (1964)

6A (1969)

6B (1969)

7A (1951)*

7B (1951)

8A (1948)*

8B (1949)

9A (1950)*

9B (1950)*

9C (1950)

Ballets

11A (1957)

11B (1957)

12A (1952)*

12B (1952)*

12C (1952)*

12D (1952)*

13A (1955)

13B (1955) [minor annotations, possibly by Britten, on p. 81]

Music for Dramatic Productions 14 (1962)*

Full Scores of Works for Orchestra

15A (1957)

15B (1954)*

16A (1949)*

16B (1949)*

17A (1963)*

17B (1963)*

18 (1949)*

19A (1948)*

19B (1948)* [signed ‘Benjamin Britten’; ‘Reves d'enfant’ from Suite No. 2, annotated for performance by Britten (pp. 144–75)]

20 (1946) [signed ‘Benjamin Britten’; Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, annotated for performance by Britten (pp. 224–98)]

21 (1952)

22(1960)

23 (1950) [Romeo and Juliet, 1880 version, annotated for performance by Britten (pp. 89–195)]

24 (1961)*

25 (1961)*

26(1961)

Vocal Works with Orchestra

27 (1960)* [contains an invoice from Musica Rara, dated 9 January 1962, for a subscription to Pears]

Works for Piano with Orchestra

28 (1955)*

29 (1954)

Works for Violin with Orchestra

30A (1949)