List of solo cello pieces

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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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Contents 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 H 5 J 6 K 7 L 8 M 9 O 10 P 11 R 12 S 13 T 14 V 15 W 16 X 17 Y

B

• Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Cello Suites (Bach)
• 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
  • Suite No. 1 (1964)
  • Suite No. 2 (1968)
  • Suite No. 3 (1974) ([4])
• Leo Brouwer
  • Sonata for Solo Cello (1960) ([5])
• Earle Brown
  • Music for Cello and Piano

C

• George Crumb
  • Cello Sonata (1955)
• Gaspar Cassado
  • Suite for Solo Cello
• Boris Chaikovsky
  • Suite for Solo Cello (1960)

D

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

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)

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

K

• Mauricio Kagel
  • Unguis incarnatus est
• Zoltán Kodály
  • Cello Solo Sonata op. 8 (1915)
• Ernst Krenek
  • Suite for Cello Solo op. 84

L

• György Ligeti
  • Cello sonata
• Alvin Lucier
  • Indian Summer (1993)

M

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

O

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

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)

R

• Max Reger
  • Three Suites for Solo Cello

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

T

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

V

• Moisei Vainberg see Mieczyslaw Weinberg

W

• William Walton
  • Passacaglia (1980)
• Anton Webern
  • Cello Sonata, Drei kleine Stücke op. 11
• Mieczyslaw 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) ([6])
• David Wilde
  • The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo Cello, op. 12
• Charles Wuorinen
  • Cello Variations to Fred Sherry (1970)

X

• Iannis Xenakis
  • Kottos
  • Nomos alpha

Y

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