List of solo cello pieces

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This is a list of notable solo cello pieces which also includes arrangements and transcriptions.

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Top   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
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[edit] B

Suite for Cello solo no 1, Op. 72 (1964)
Suite for Cello solo no 2, Op. 80 (1967)
Suite for Cello solo no 3, Op. 87 (1972)
Takkakaw Falls, first suite for violoncello solo (2003, 2004)
Fire, second suite for violoncello solo (2005, revised 2007)
There Was a Lady in the East, third suite for violoncello solo (2007)
Lilies and the Roses, fourth suite for violoncello solo (2011)

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[edit] F

[edit] G

[edit] H

  • Alois Haba
    • Fantasy in quarter-tones for cello solo (1924)
  • Parashkev Hadzhiev
    • Haidushko Horo for solo cello (1997)
  • Daron Hagen
    • Suite for Solo Cello (1985)
    • Higher, Louder, Faster, an editorial etude (1987)

[edit] I

  • Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
    • Etude-Caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin for solo cello (1949)
    • Ghirlarzana for solo cello (1950)
  • Yoshirō Irino (1921–1980)
    • Three Movements for cello solo (12 min) (1969)

[edit] J

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

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  • Dmitry Kabalevsky
    • Etudes in Major and Minor for cello solo Op. 68 (1961)
  • Mauricio Kagel
    • Unguis incarnatus est
    • Siegfriedp‘ for cello (1971)
  • Istvan Kardos
    • Capriccio for solo cello (1958)
  • Tommi Kärkkäinen
    • Variations for solo cello (1999)
  • Hugo Kauder
    • Suite for unaccompanied cello (1925
    • Second Suite for unaccompanied cello (1924)
  • Frederick Kaufman
    • Inner Sanctum for solo cello (10 min) (1999)
  • Daniel Kessner
    • 11 Studies for solo violoncello (1990–91)
  • Jin Hi Kim
    • Kee Maek #4 for cello solo (9 min) (1995)
  • Leon Kirchner
    • For Cello Solo (1986) ([10])
  • Irena Kosíková
    • Stopy for Cello Solo (2005)
  • Volker David Kirchner
    • Und Salomo sprach (4 min) (and Salomo spoke) for cello solo (1987)
    • Aus dem Buch der Konige 3 meditations for solo cello (13 min) (2000)
    • Threnos for solo cello (written for the Feuermann Competition 2006)
  • Aram Khachaturian
    • Sonata-Fantasy in C major for cello solo, Opus 104 (1974)
  • Adam Khudoyan
    • Sonata No. 1 for solo cello (1961)
    • Sonata No. 2 for solo cello (1984)
    • Sonata No. 3 for solo cello (1993)
  • Juliane Klein
    • Aus der Wand die Rinne 1 for cello solo (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
  • Josef Klíč
    • V půli kopce 13 Compositions for solo cello (2004)
  • Zoltán Kodály
    • Cello Solo Sonata op. 8 (1915)
    • Capriccio for unaccompanied cello (1915)
  • Nikolai Korndorf
    • Passacaglia for solo cello (1997)
  • Irena Kosíková
    • Stopy for cello solo (2004)
  • Ernst Krenek
    • Suite for Cello Solo op. 84 (1942)
  • Hanna Kulenty
    • Still Life with a Cello for cello solo (1998)

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Das Buch (The Book)
Capriccio for solo cello (5 min)
Lamento
Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagen
Suite

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[edit] O

  • Mark O'Connor
    • Appalachia Waltz (composer's own transcription of original version for solo violin)
  • Paul Rovsing Olsen
    • Partita for solo cello Op. 75
  • Pablo Ortiz
    • 1er et 2éme tangos finlandaises for solo cello (2001–2002)
    • Manzi - En cada verso for solo cello (2004–2007)
  • Matthew Owens
    • Kol Nidrei for solo cello (10 min) (1998)
    • The Rowell Sonata for unaccompanied cello (25 min) (1996)
  • Terry Winter Owens
    • Cellestial Music, Book 1 for solo cello (2003)

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1 in G major
2 in D minor
3 in E minor
4 in C minor
5 in A minor
6 in G minor
7 in A minor
8 in E flat major
9 in G major
10 in G minor
11 in C major
12 in A flat major
13 in B flat major
14 in E flat major
15 in D minor
16 in B minor
17 in E flat major
18 in C major
19 in E flat major
20 in D major
21 in C major
22 in F major
23 in E flat major
24 in A minor
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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  • Kaija Saariaho
    • Petals (1988)
    • Près (1992)
    • Spins & Spells for cello (1997)
    • Sept Papillons (2000)
  • Steven Sacco
    • "Fantasy" for unaccompanied cello (1999)
  • Dimiter Sagaev
    • Fresco for solo cello (2002)
    • Nocturne for solo cello (2001)
  • Aulis Sallinen
    • Elegy for Sebastian Knight for Solo Cello, Op. 10 (1964) (5')
    • Sonata for Solo Cello Op. 26 (1971) (12')
  • David Sampson (composer)
    • Three Arguments for unanccompanied cello (1993)
  • Georgina Sánchez Torres
    • Danzas Farrucas 1,2,3,4,5,6 para cello solo.
      • Canto de Salvación
      • Improvisación dulce
      • Canto antiguo
      • Fantasía con sentimiento español
      • Homenaje a Boccherini
      • Homenaje a Piazzolla-Vivaldi
      • Saeta
  • Marc Satterwhite
    • Witnesses of Time (Four studies on photographs by Flor Garduño) (2003)
  • Ahmed Adnan Saygun
    • Partita for solo cello Op. 31 (1954)
  • Robert Saxton
    • Sonata for Solo Cello on a Theme of Sir William Walton (1999) (commissioned by Steven Isserlis
  • Giacinto Scelsi
    • Triphon (1956)
    • Trilogie (1957/65)
    • Voyages (1985)
    • Maknongan (1976)
  • Gerhard Schedl
    • Aus Zwei Stücke aus der Schatz-Truhe (Written for Geringas) (3 min)
  • Peter Schickele (P. D. Q. Bach)
  • Harold Schiffman
    • Sonata Quasi una Fantasia for solo violoncello (5 min) (1977)
    • Kate's Suite for Solo violoncello (7 min) (1999)
    • Suite from Wake for solo violoncello (10 min) (2004)
  • Thomas Daniel Schlee
    • Three Signs Op. 53 for violoncello solo (2002)
  • Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
    • Sonata for Solo Cello (in four movements) (25 min) (written for Piatigorsky) (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 for Violoncello solo
  • Gunther Schuller
    • Fantasy, Opus 19 (1960)
  • Salvatore Sciarrino
    • Due Studi for cello solo (1947)
    • Ai Limiti Della Notte for cello solo (1984)
  • Francesco Scipriani (1678–1753)
    • Principij da imparare a suonare il violoncello e con 12 toccate a solo (12 Toccaten) for cello solo (ca 1720)
  • Ciro G. Scotto
    • Introspection for solo cello (1999)
  • Peter Sculthorpe
    • Requiem for Cello Alone (1979)
    • Threnody for solo cello (In memory of Stuart Challender) (1991)
    • Into the Dreaming for cello alone (1993)
    • Tailitnama Song for cello solo (1997)
  • Anatolijus Senderovas
    • Cantus II for solo cello (written for David Geringas) (8 min) (1993)
  • Roger Sessions
    • Six Pieces for Solo Cello (1966)
  • Alexander Shchetynsky
    • Sonata for Cello Solo (2001)
  • Bright Sheng
    • Diu Diu Dong (Seven Tunes Heard in China) (2 min) (1995)
  • Rodion Shchedrin (1932- )
    • Russian Tunes (Russkie Naigryshi) Op. 79 for cello solo (1990)
  • Makoto Shinohara
    • Evolution for cello solo (1986–90)
  • Alan Shockley
    • Abschrift von unbekannter Hand for solo violoncello (2004)
  • Jean Sibelius
    • Theme and Variations for Cello solo in d minor (12 min) - written in 1887, discovered in 1995.
  • Paul Siskind
    • Three Epiphanies for cello solo (12 min) (1987)
  • Haskell Small
    • Suite for solo Cello
  • Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov
    • Monogram for solo cello Op. 58A (3 min) (1990)
    • Elegy in memory of Edison Denisov for solo cello Op. 97a (1997)
    • Family Portrait for solo cello Op. 108 (9 min) (1998)
    • Postlude in memory of Alfred Schnittke for solo cello Op. 112A (9 min) (2000)
    • Bagatelle for cello solo Op. 128A (2 min) (2001)
    • Saga to S.A. Gubaidulina for cello solo Op. 130 (7 min) (2001)
  • Naresh Sohal
    • Monody for solo cello (3 min) (1976)
    • Shades III for cello solo
    • Shades IV for cello solo (14 min) (1983)
  • Giovanni Sollima
    • La luna for solo cello (7 min) (1986)
    • 6 Caprices for solo cello (1987)
    • Segno for cello solo (6 min) (1992)
    • Anno uno for cello solo (8 min) (1993)
    • The Songlines for solo cello (1993)
    • Lamentatio for cello solo (5 min) (1998)
    • Pasolini fragments for cello (5 min) (1998)
    • Alone for solo cello (7 min) (1999)
  • Øystein Sommerfeldt
    • Monologi for cello solo op. 45,(7 min)(ca. 1976)
  • Elizabeth Start
    • Union for solo cello (3 min) (2006)
  • Miloš Štědroň (*1942)
    • Dances of King Lear for cello solo (1995)
  • Halsey Stevens
    • Sonata for Solo Cello (five movements - Introduction, Ciaccona, Scherzo, Notturno, Finale) (dedicated to Gabor Rejto) (1958)
  • Nikolai Stoikov

Sonata for cello solo No. 1, Op. 39 (11 min) (1993)

  • Mark Summer
    • Julie-O
  • Viktor Suslin
    • Chanson contre raison Sonata for solo cello (13 min)(1984)
    • Schatz-insel for cello solo (3 min) (1990)
  • Robert Suter
    • Elegie for cello solo (11 min) (1969)
  • Randall Svane
    • Suite No. 1 for unaccompanied cello (1979)
    • Suite No. 2 for unaccompanied cello (1982)
    • Suite No. 3 for unanccompanied cello (1988)

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[edit] Z

  • Roger Zahab
    • Amnesia Kiss for cello solo (10 min) (1995)
    • An Opening Piece for solo cello (2.5 min)
    • for Jim Hinkley for solo cello (1 min) (1989)
    • reaching after for solo cello (scordature) (9 min) (2003)
    • reMemoring Peace for solo cello (2 min) (1989)
  • Edson Zampronha
    • Elegia for cello and electroacoustics (12 min) (2009)
    • Two Takes for solo cello (11 min) (2008)
    • Toccata for solo cello (4 min) (1989)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    • Sonata for cello solo (1959–60)
    • Short Studies (4) for Cello solo (1970)

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