 Sviridov's prolific vocal chamber and vocal symphonic output includes Oratorio "To the memory of Sergei Yesenin" (1956), Little Cantata "Wooden Russia" (1964) after Yesenin, Cantata "Songs of Kursk" (1964), "Spring Cantata" (1972) after Nikolay Nekrasov, songs, romances, and cantatas after Fyodor Tyutchev, Sergei Yesenin, Alexander Blok, Boris Pasternak, Alexander Prokofyev, Robert Rozhdestvensky.He also wrote one opera, "Twinkling Lights" (1951).While Sviridov's music remains little known in the West, his works received high praise in his homeland for their memorable lyrical melodies, national flavor and mainly for great expression of Russia and Russian soul in his music.