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Op.0  "Waltz for Piano“  (1940)

Op.0,5 „Pictures from pioneer camp“ (1951)

1.Morning. Raising a flag 
2.Near the lake 
3.Walk in the woods 
4. Fun ride 5. Race 
6. Young folk dancers 
7. Fairytale 
8. Pioneers camp song

Premiere: Jaan Rääts, 2. November 1951, Estonian Concert Hall

Op.11 Piano Sonata no.1 (1959)

1.Allegro
2.Grave 
3.Allegro
​

Op.11 Piano Sonata no.2 (1959) 10’

1.Moderato 
2. Allegro 
3. Grave
4. Energico

Op.11 Piano sonata no.3 (1959)
​

Op.33 "24 Preludes for piano" (1968) 40'

Premiere by Bruno Lukk, Heljo Sepp, Mart Lille, Matti Reimann.
25.05.1968, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher Muzyka (1970), Peters (1984, preludes no.13 and 20).
Soviet Estonia Prize 1972

Op.36 Piano sonata no.4 (1969) 8'

Three untitled movements

Premiere: Arbo Valdma, November 1969
Cultural Days of the Estonian SSR in Czechoslovakia.
Premiere in Estonia by Arbo Valdma
9.01.1970, Tallinn Polytechnic Institute auditorium
Jaan Rääts author's concert

Op.50 "24 Bagatelles" for piano (1973). 

Publisher: Estonian Departments of the Music Fund of the USSR (1975).

Op.55 Piano sonata no.5 (1975/1978) 10'

1. Allegro 
2. Andante 
3. Allegro

Premiere: Rein Rannap
23.03.2976, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Muzyka (1980)

Op.57 Piano Sonata No.6 (1976)

Three untitled movements
Premiere: Ada Kuuseoks
15.10.1976, Tapa 1st Secondary School 1.
22.11.1977, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.61 Piano sonata no.7 (1978) 15'

1.Allegro 
2.Adagio
3. Allegro
Premiere by Kalle Randalu
30.04.1979 Sillamäe
Kalle Randal Randal 30.04.1979 Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1978).

Op.64 Piano sonata no.8 (1980) 18'

1. Preamble 
2. Rondo-carnival

Premiere: Kalle Randalu
1.07.1080, Estonia Concert Hall
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1984).

Op.65 "24 Marginals" for piano (1979-1980) 20'

Premiere: Kalle Randalu, 10.02.1980, Estonia Concert Hall.
Publisher: Estonian Section of the Music Fund of the USSR (1984).

Op.65a "Electronic marginalia" for synthesizer (1980)

Op.68 "24 marginals for two pianos"(1982) 40'

Premiere: Nataly-Sakkos, Toivo Peäske
November, 1982, Estonia Concert Hall
The publisher Muzyka (1986)

 "Toccata" - International Tchaikovsky Competition compulsory piano piece 1970, chosen to competition by Emil Gilels

Op.73 "Travel Booklets", cycle of piano pieces (1985)

I Revolutionary
1. Mausoleum 
2. Chopin's memorial statue
3.Korean Revolutionary Song 
4. At Marx's Tomb

II Peace-thematic Manifestation of Peace 
2. Ruins of the Frauenkirche in Dresden 
3. On a former battlefield
III Work and people: 
1. Japanese woman 
2. Volga car factory 
3. Big and small business in Paris 
4. Freight trains on the road .

Exotic: 
1.Havana Tropicana 
2. A conversation with Tormen
3. In a folk tune
4. Pelicans
5. Nature. Mountains
6. Georgia
A guided tour of the Museum of Fine Arts 
2. Interlude 
3. The Dresden Clock Museum 

Premiere: Kalle Randalu
21.03.1986, Tallinn Town Hall ​

Op.76 Piano Sonata No.9 (1985) 11'

Three movements
Premiere: Lauri Väinmaa
8.12.1985, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.80 "24 Estonian preludes for piano (1988-1989) 35'
​

Op.82 Sonata for two pianos (1990) 16'

Three untitled movements
Estonian premiere: Nata-Ly Sakkos, Toivo Peäske 
15.05.1990, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.85 "24 light piano pieces" (1991).
​

Op.87 "Games for two pianos on eight hands (1991) 5'

Premiere: Nata-Ly Sakkos, Toivo Peäske, Caroline Sepp, Tanel Joamets.
2.10.1991, Estonia Concert Hall.

Op.91 Metal for two pianos (Etudes for two pianos and tape recorder) 1993 7'

Premiere: Nata-Ly Sakkos, Toivo Peäske,
24 November 1993, Estonia Concert Hall, NYYD festival.

Op.101 "Nadjale" cycle of piano tracks (1997-2000)
​

Op.110 "Autograph for Rein Rannap" piano (1999) 2'
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Op.114 Piano Sonata No. 10 (2000) 6’

Premiere: Reinis Kampe,
April 28, 2000, Chamber Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music,
festival "Estonian Music Days"
​​

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