List of solo cello pieces
This is a list of notable solo cello pieces. It includes arrangements and transcriptions.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Nicolas Bacri
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)[ 3]
The Wise Maid [ 3]
Conrad Beck
Grant Beglarian
Elegy for Cellist for solo cello (1979)
Paul Ben-Haim
Richard Rodney Bennett
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
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)
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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
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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]
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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)
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Praeludium - Vivace e con fuoco
Élégie (Adagio con affetto)
Rondo vivacissimo
Carlo Alfredo Piatti
Capriccio on the cavatina "I tuoi frequenti palpiti" from ‘’Niobe ’’ by Giovanni Pacini , Op. 22
12 Caprices, Op. 25 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
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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
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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
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