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This is a list of notable solo
cello pieces. It includes arrangements and transcriptions.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
-
Nicolas Bacri
- Suite , Op. 31, No. 1 Preludio e metamorfosi (1987–94)
- Suite , Op. 31, No. 2 Tragica (1991–93)
- Suite , Op. 31, No. 3 Vita et Mors (1991–93)
- Suite , Op. 50, No. 4 (1994–96; written for
Emmanuelle Bertrand)
-
Henk Badings
-
David N. Baker
-
Don Banks
- Gennady Banshchikov
- Concerto for cello No. 3 for solo cello (1965)
-
Granville Bantock
-
Rami Bar-Niv
-
Arnold Bax
- Rhapsodic Ballad (1939)
[2]
-
Sally Beamish
- Gala Water for solo cello (1988, for her husband Robert Irvine)
[3]
- The Wise Maid
[3]
-
Conrad Beck
-
Grant Beglarian
- Elegy for Cellist for solo cello (1979)
-
Paul Ben-Haim
-
Richard Rodney Bennett
- Partita (2001)
- Sonata
- Scena II (1973)
-
Niels Viggo Bentzon
- Sonata, Op. 110 (1956)
- Variations on "The Volga Boatmen", Op. 354 (1974)
- 16 Etudes, Op. 464 (1984)
- Sonata, Op. 110
-
Esteban Benzecry
- Suite "Prisme du Sud" (1970)
-
Gunnar Berg
- Suite pour violoncelle seul (1950)
-
Michael Berkeley
- Iberian Notebook Suite (1980)
-
Luciano Berio
- Les mots sont allés (1978; for
Paul Sacher)
[4]
- Sequenza VIb (1981)
- Chanson pour Pierre Boulez (Song for
Pierre Boulez) (2000)
- Sequenza XIV (2002)
-
Christoph Otto Beyer
- Sonate für Violoncello solo (2006)
- Passacaglia e Fuga
[5]
-
Gunther Bialas
- Romanze (for Hoelscher) (1987)
-
Jörg Birkenkötter
- Solo für Violoncello (1986)
[6]
-
Ernest Bloch
- Suite No. 1 (1956) (written for
Zara Nelsova)
[7]
- Suite No. 2 (1956) (written for Zara Nelsova)
[8]
- Suite No. 3 (1957)
-
William Bolcom
-
Ennio Bolognini
- Adagio and Allegro
- Fiesta Baska - Lamada Montanesa
- Seranata de Bolonini
- Seranata del Eco
- Serenata Del Gaucho
- Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Purcell
- Cello's Prayer
-
Nimrod Borenstein
-
Sergei Bortkiewicz
-
Hans Bottermund -
Janos Starker
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini
-
Hendrik Bouman
- Suite in D major (2003)
[9]
-
Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995)
- Solo 1 (1973)
- Solo 6 (1980; written for H.J. Scheitzbach)
-
Allen Brings
- Sonata da chiesa for solo cello (1980, dedicated to Alexander Kouguell)
[10]
-
Benjamin Britten
-
Cello Suites (Suite No. 1, Op. 72 (1964), Suite No. 2, Op. 80 (1967), Suite No. 3, Op. 87 (1972))
- Tema "Sacher" (for
Paul Sacher)
-
Stephen Brown
- Takkakaw Falls (2003, 2004)
- Fire (2005, revised 2012)
- There Was a Lady in the East (2007)
- Lilies and the Roses (2011, revised 2013)
- Magneto (2012)
- Flowers of the Forest (2013)
- David Eby
-
Gerald Eckert
-
Søren Nils Eichberg
- Variations on a theme by Niccolo Paganini (2005)
-
Jose Elizondo
- Unter dem Sternenhimmel des Rheins (Under the starry sky of the Rhine) (2020)
- Cantabrigian Reflections (2020)
- Danzas Latinoamericanas (Latin American Dances) (1997)
- Otoño en Buenos Aires (Autumn in Buenos Aires) (1997)
- Pan de Azúcar (Sugar Loaf mountain) (1997)
- Atardecer Tapatío (Sunset in Guadalajara) (1997)
- Baroque Dances (1997)
- La alborada de la esperanza (The Dawn of Hope) (2018)
- Limoncello (2018)
- Crepúsculos (Twilights) (2018)
- Princesa de hadas (Fairy Tale Princess) (1995)
- Excursión a la montaña (Excursion to the Mountain) (1995)
-
Hans Ulrich Engelmann
- Mini-music to Siegfried Palm, Op. 38 (1970)
-
Sven Einar Englund
-
Gottfried von Einem
-
Iván Erőd
- Hommage à Beethoven, Op. 24 (Rhapsodie für Violoncello solo über Themen der Sonate, Op. 102/1 von Ludwig van Beethoven) (1977)
-
Rudolf George Escher
- Sonata for solo Violoncello (1945–48)
-
Pozzi Escot
-
Alois Haba
- Fantasy in quarter-tones (1924)
-
Daron Hagen
- Suite (1985)
- Higher, Louder, Faster, an editorial etude (1987)
-
Cristobal Halffter
-
Hermann Haller
- Trois pieces pour violoncelle seul (3 pieces )
-
George Frideric Handel
- Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" from Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430 arr.
Cassadó
- Passacaglia - Theme and Variations (arr. Zinoviy Dynov based on the
Halvorsen version)
-
John Harbison
-
Jonathan Harvey
- Curve with Plateaux for Helen Verney (1983)
-
Teppo Hauta-aho
-
David Philip Hefti
- Ritus - 4 Dance Collages (2007)
-
Bernhard Heiden
- Variations on "Lilliburlero"
-
Paavo Heininen
- Cantilena I, Op. 24c (1970)
- Cantilena II, Op. 26 (1970)
- Poesie des pensées, Op. 23 (1970)
-
Hans Werner Henze
- Serenade (1949)
- Capriccio (for
Paul Sacher) (1976/1981)
-
Michael Hersch
- Sonata No. 1 (1994)
- Sonata No. 2 (2001)
-
Kenneth Hesketh
- Die hängende Figur ist Judas (Drei Perspektiven) (1998)
- IMMH (2014)
-
Jacques Hétu
- Variations, Op. 11b (1967)
-
Gilad Hochman
- Rhapsody (2003)
[15]
- Ponderings on a Memory (2005)
[16]
-
Jennifer Higdon
-
Paul Hindemith
- Sonata, Op. 25, No. 3 (1923)
-
Joel Hoffman
- Concert-Study (Fantasie) (1977)
- unaccompanied minor (2007)
-
Robin Hoffmann
- Schleifers Methoden für Violoncello solo (2005)
[17]
-
York Höller
-
Heinz Holliger
-
Vagn Holmboe
-
Imogen Holst
-
Joaquim Homs
- Arbres al vent (1992)
- Soliloqui num. 4 (1994)
- Capvespre vora el mar (1994)
-
Arthur Honegger
- Paduana in G major, H.181 (1945)
-
Michael Hoppé and
Martin Tillmann
- Solo Cello Characteristics
[18]
-
Alan Hovhaness
- Yakamochi, Op. 193 (1965)
- Edgar Hovhanessian (Oganesyan)
- Sonata for solo cello (1970)
-
Klaus Huber
- Transpositio ad Infinitum für ein virtuoses Solocello (for
Paul Sacher)
-
Nicolaus A. Huber
- Der Ausrufer steigt ins Innere (1984)
-
Tobias Hume
- Kleine Stücke für Cello solo (Small pieces ) Book 1 (originally for Gamba) (arranged by Sabina Lehrmann)
- (Cello solo pieces) Book 2
-
Bertold Hummel
- Fantasia I in G, Op. 77d1 (1952)
[19]
- Fantasia II in memoriam Pablo Casals, Op. 97a (1993)
[20]
- Farewell (2002)
[21]
-
Dmitry Kabalevsky
- Études in Major and Minor, Op. 68 (1961)
-
Mauricio Kagel
-
Giya Kancheli
- Having Wept for solo cello (1994)
-
Nikolai Kapustin
- Introduction and Scherzino for solo cello, Op. 93 (1999)
- Suite for cello solo, Op. 124 (2004)
- Faradzh Karayev (aka
Faraj Garayev)
- Terminus for solo cello (1985)
-
Hugo Kauder
- Suite (1925)
- Second Suite (1924)
-
Frederick Kaufman
-
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš
- Sonata for Cello Solo (1981)
-
Jin Hi Kim
- Natalie Klouda
-
Volker David Kirchner
- Und Salomo sprach (‘’And Salomo spoke”) (1987)
- Aus dem Buch der Konige 3 meditations (2000)
- Threnos (written for the Feuermann Competition 2006)
-
Aram Khachaturian
- Sonata-Fantasy in C major, Op. 104 (1974)
-
Adam Khudoyan
- Sonata No. 1 (1961)
- Sonata No. 2 Elegiac (1984)
- Sonata No. 3 Pathetic (1993)
-
Mark Kilstofte
- You [unfolding] for solo cello (1996)
-
Julius Klengel
- Suite in D-minor, Op. 56
- Caprice in the Form of a Chaconne (with free use of a Theme by Robert Schumann), Op. 43
-
Alexander Knaifel
- Lamento for solo cello (1967)
- Capriccio for solo cello (1994)
-
Zoltán Kodály
-
Nikolai Korndorf
-
Irena Kosíková
-
Ernst Krenek
-
Hanna Kulenty
- Sinequan: for violoncello (amplified and delay) (1993)
- Still Life with a Cello (1998)
-
György Kurtág
- Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval (1986, for Zoltán Kocsis) for solo cello
[22]
[23]
[24]
- 19 Jelek, játékok és üzenetek (Signs, Games and Messages) (1987–2008) for solo cello
- Schatten (Shadows) (1999, for Miklós Perényi)
[22]
[23]
- Az hit (Faith)
[23]
- Hommage à John Cage, Elakadó szavak (Faltering Words) for solo cello
[23]
[24]
- György Kroó in memoriam (1997) for solo cello
[22]
[24]
- For Steven: In Memoriam Pauline Mara (2010), for solo cello
[22]
- The Hilary Jig (to Hilary Behrens 90) (2017, fellow-composer Márta Kurtag)
[23]
-
Khristofer Kushnaryov
ru:Кушнарёв, Христофор Степанович)
- Sonata for solo cello (1932)
-
Mati Kuulberg (
fi:Mati Kuulberg)
- Concerto-Sonata for solo cello (1973)
-
Mark O'Connor
- Appalachia Waltz (composer's own transcription of original version for solo violin)
- Mikhail Osokin
-
Terry Winter Owens
- Cellestial Music, Book 1 (2003)
- Praeludium - Vivace e con fuoco
- Élégie (Adagio con affetto)
- Rondo vivacissimo
- 1 in G minor: Allegro quasi presto
- 2 in E-flat major: Andante Religioso
- 3 in B-flat major: Moderato
- 4 in D minor: Allegretto
- 5 in F major: Allegro comodo
- 6 in A-flat major: Adagio Largamente
- 7 in C major: Maestoso
- 8 in A minor: Moderato ma energico
- 9 in D major: Allegro
- 10 in B minor: Allegro deciso
- 11 in G major: Adagio. Allegro
- 12 in E minor: Allegretto
- Nikolai Rakov
-
Shulamit Ran
- Fantasy Variations (2003)
-
Alexander Raskatov
- Dramatic Games for solo cello (1979)
- Kyrie Eleison (1992)
-
Einojuhani Rautavaara
-
Max Reger
- 3 Suites, Op. 131c (1914)
[33]
- Suite No. 1 in G major
- Suite No. 2 in D minor
- Suite No. 3 in A minor
-
Aribert Reimann
-
Phillip Rhodes
-
Alan Ridout
-
Wolfgang Rihm
-
Joaquin Rodrigo
-
Scott Roller
-
Bernhard Romberg
- Sonata in E minor Op. 38 No. 1
- Sonata in G major Op. 38 No. 2
-
Lucia Ronchetti
- Forward and downward, turning neither to the left nor to the right (2017)
[34]
-
Ned Rorem
- After Reading Shakespeare Nine movements alone (written for
Sharon Robinson; 1980)
-
Hilding Rosenberg
-
Miklos Rozsa
- Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36 (1979; in memory of
Piatigorsky)
-
Edmund Rubbra
- Improvisation, Op. 124 (pub. 1967)
-
Elena Ruehr
- Lift (2013) for solo cello, premiered at MIT (written for Jennifer Kloetzel)
- Cricket the Fiddler (2020), commissioned by Jennifer Kloetzel, solo cello, premiered online October 2020, ca 8’
- Cloud Forest (2015) solo cello, 8 minutes, commissioned by Rhonda Rider
-
Kaija Saariaho
-
Aulis Sallinen
- Elegy for Sebastian Knight, Op. 10 (1964)
- Sonata, Op. 26 (1971)
- Vadim Salmanov
- Monologue for solo cello (1970)
-
Esa-Pekka Salonen
-
Timothy Salter
- Scintilla for solo cello (2003)
-
David Sampson
- Three Arguments for unaccompanied cello (1993)
- Ruben Sarkisjan
- Cercio Ceclamando (Cycle of Declamations) for solo cello (2001)
-
Ahmed Adnan Saygun
-
Robert Saxton
- Sonata on a Theme of Sir William Walton (1999)
-
Giacinto Scelsi
- Triphon (1956)
- Trilogie (1957/65)
- Voyages (1985)
- Maknongan (1976)
-
Gerhard Schedl
- Aus Zwei Stücke aus der Schatz-Truhe
-
Peter Schickele (
P. D. Q. Bach)
- Josef Schillinger
- Dance Suite for solo cello, Op.20 (1928)
-
Thomas Daniel Schlee
- Three Signs, Op. 53 (2002)
-
Friedemann Schmidt-Mechau
- Aposiopesis Music for violoncello (1990)
- Morgenlachen (Morning Laughter) Music for violoncello (1997)
- Fehlversteck (Flawed Hide-Out) Five musical sketches for a cellist (2007)
- Ent-Gegnung (Re-Tort) music for cello (2020)
-
Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
- Sonata (in four movements) (1931)
-
Alfred Schnittke
- Klingende Buchstaben (Sounding Letters) (1988)
- Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan (1990)
- Improvisation (1993)
-
Franz Schubert
- Erlkönig - Le Roi des Aulnes (The Erlking or Elf King; adapted in 1890 by
Bernhard Cossmann
-
Gunther Schuller
-
Laura Schwendinger
- All the Pretty Horses (2009)
- Primavera Trasformata(2020)
-
Salvatore Sciarrino
- Due Studi (1947)
- Ai Limiti Della Notte (1984)
-
Peter Sculthorpe
- Requiem (1979)
- Threnody (In memory of Stuart Challender) (1991)
- Into the Dreaming (1993)
- Tailitnama Song (1997)
-
Roger Sessions
-
Rodion Shchedrin
- Russian Tunes (Russkie Naigryshi), Op. 79 (1990)
-
Alexander Shchetynsky
-
Bright Sheng
- Diu Diu Dong (Seven Tunes Heard in China) (1995)
-
Makoto Shinohara
-
Jean Sibelius
- Theme and Variations in D minor (written in 1887, discovered in 1995)
- Sergei Slonimsky
- 3 Pieces for solo cello (1964)
-
Haskell Small
-
Dmitry Smirnov
- Monogram, Op. 58A (1990)
- Elegy in memory of Edison Denisov, Op. 97a (1997)
- Family Portrait, Op. 108 (1998)
- Postlude in memory of Alfred Schnittke, Op. 112A (2000)
- Bagatelle, Op. 128A (2001)
- Saga to S.A. Gubaidulina, Op. 130 (2001)
-
Naresh Sohal
- Monody (1976)
- Shades III
- Shades IV (1983)
-
Giovanni Sollima
- La luna (1986)
- 6 Caprices (1987)
- Segno (1992)
- Anno uno (1993)
- The Songlines (1993)
- Lamentatio (1998)
- Pasolini fragments (1998)
- Alone (1999)
-
Halsey Stevens
- Sonata (five movements - Introduction, Ciaccona, Scherzo, Notturno, Finale) (1958)
-
Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
- August Ruins (2010)
- Tempus Edax Rerum (2011)
- Etude for Raising the Dead (2011)
- Versatile Hammers (2011)
- Thunder, Perfect Mind (2012)
-
Mark Summer
- Julie-O
- Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
- Kablimba (all pizzicato)
-
Viktor Suslin
- Chanson contre raison Sonata (1984)
- Schatz-insel (1990)
- Randall Svane
- Suite No. 1 (1979)
- Suite No. 2 (1982)
- Suite No. 3 (1988)
-
Takehiko Sueoka
-
James Yannatos
-
Yehuda Yannay
- I can't fathom it... and projections (1993)
- Tangoul Morṭii (Tango of Death) (1997)
-
Eugène Ysaÿe
- Cello Sonata, Op. 28 (1924)
[33]
-
Isang Yun
- Ludmilla Yurina
- Irrlicht for solo cello (2000)
- Iraida Yusupova
- Dreams' Music for solo cello (1990)
-
Edson Zampronha
- Elegia and electroacoustics (2009)
- Two Takes (2008)
- Toccata (1989)
-
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- Sonata (1959–60)
- Short Studies (4) (1970)
- Sergei Zhukov
- Sonata-Capriccio for solo cello (1980)
- Paraphrase on van Eyck's poem De Tuinman en de Dood for solo cello (2003)
- Vassily Zverev
- Sonata-Fantasy for solo cello
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