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This is a compilation of major pieces for solo cello. See also the entries on cello and the list of compositions for cello and orchestra. Ordering is by surname of composer.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top of page — See also — External links

[edit] A

• Malcolm Arnold
  • Fantasy for Cello (1987)

[edit] B

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cello Suites (Bach)
• Yaruch Bann
  • From ages blanks
• Granville Bantock
  • Sonata in G minor for solo cello (1924)
• Arnold Bax
  • Rhapsodic Ballad (1939) ([1])
• Luciano Berio
  • Les mots sont allés (1978) ([2])
• Ernest Bloch
  • Suites 1–3 for solo cello (1956–7) ([3])
• Benjamin Britten
  • Cello Suites (Britten)
• Leo Brouwer
  • Sonata for Solo Cello (1960) ([4])

[edit] C

• John Cage
  • One⁸, for Cello Solo ([5])
• Gaspar Cassadó
  • Suite for Solo Cello
• Armand Coeck
  • Madreselva
• George Crumb
  • Cello Sonata (1955)

[edit] D

• Henri Dutilleux
  • Trois Strophes sur le Nom de Sacher (1976-82)

[edit] E

• Sven Einar Englund
  • Suite for Solo Cello (1986)

[edit] G

• Domenico Gabrielli
  • Seven Ricercari for solo cello (1689)

[edit] H

• Jonathan Harvey
  • Curve with Plateaux for Helen Verney (1983)
• Paul Hindemith
  • Several solo sonatas including opus 25#3
• Vagn Holmboe
  • Solo Cello Sonata M. 241 (1968–9)

[edit] J

• Ben Johnston
  • Toccata for Laurien Laufman (1984)

• David Johnstone
  • Fantasy on a theme of J.S.Bach (1999)
  • Tango Concierto (2001)
  • Virtuoso Concert Pieces for Solo Cello (15 Pieces) rev.2006

[edit] K

• Mauricio Kagel
  • Unguis incarnatus est
• Leon Kirchner
  • For Cello Solo (1986) ([6])
• Zoltán Kodály
  • Cello Solo Sonata op. 8 (1915)
• Ernst Krenek
  • Suite for Cello Solo op. 84

[edit] L

• Yuriy Leonovich
  • Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.58 (2004)
• György Ligeti
  • Cello sonata
• Alvin Lucier
  • Indian Summer (1993)

[edit] M

• Robert Muczynski
  • Gallery: Suite for solo cello (on paintings of Charles Burchfield) (1966)

[edit] O

• Mark O'Connor
  • Appalachia Waltz (composer's own transcription of original version for solo violin)

[edit] P

• Krzysztof Penderecki
  • Capriccio per Siegfried Palm
• George Perle
  • Cello Sonata (1947)
• Vincent Persichetti
  • Solo Cello Sonata op. 54

• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Solo Cello Sonata op. 133 (completed by Blok)

[edit] R

• Max Reger
  • Three Suites for Solo Cello Op. 131c (1914)
• Heiner Reitz
  • 12 Caprices für Violoncello Solo (recorded on Telos TLS 025)
• Edmund Rubbra
  • Improvisation, for Solo Cello Op. 124 (published in 1967)

[edit] S

• Kaija Saariaho
  • Petals (1988)
  • Sept Papillons (2000)
• Giacinto Scelsi
  • Voyages (1985)
• Roger Sessions
  • Six Pieces for Solo Cello (1966)
• Bright Sheng
  • Seven Tunes Heard in China
• Mark Summer
  • Julie-O

[edit] T

• Boris Tchaikovsky
  • Suite for Solo Cello (1960)
• Alexander Tcherepnin
  • Suite for Solo Cello op. 76 (1946)
• James Tenney
  • Cellogram for Joel Krosnick (1971)
• Augusta Read Thomas
  • Spring Song (2002)
• Donald Francis Tovey
  • Solo Cello Sonata op. 50 in D

[edit] V

• Moisei Vainberg see Mieczyslaw Weinberg

• Sándor Veress
  • Sonata for cello solo (1935) ([7])

[edit] W

• William Walton
  • Passacaglia (1980)
• Mieczysław Weinberg
  • Solo Cello Sonata No. 1 op. 72 (1960)
  • Solo Cello Sonata No. 2 op. 86 (1965)
  • Solo Cello Sonata No. 3 op. 106 (1971)
  • Solo Cello Sonata No. 4 op. 140 (1986)
• Egon Wellesz
  • Cello Sonata op. 31 (1920)
  • Suite for Cello Solo op. 39 (1924) ([8])
• David Wilde
  • The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo Cello, op. 12
• Richard Edward Wilson
  • Lord Chesterfield to his Son (1987)
  • Music for Solo Cello (1971)
• Charles Wuorinen
  • Cello Variations to Fred Sherry (1970)

[edit] X

• Iannis Xenakis
  • Kottos
  • Nomos alpha

[edit] Y

• Eugène Ysaÿe
  • Cello Sonata op. 28 (1924)

[edit] Z

• Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Sonata for cello solo (1959-60)
  • Four short studies for cello solo (1970) ([9])

[edit] See also

• Compositions for solo instrumentsde:Musik für Violoncello