Cello Handbook/Solo Cello

Solo Cello Repertoire

A

Joseph Marie Clément Ferdinand Dall’Abaco
- (11) Caprices for Violoncello solo
Samuel Adler
- Sonata for unaccompanied cello (1965)
Kalevi Aho
- Solo IV for Violoncello solo (10 min.) (1997)
Hugh Aitken
- For the Cello (1980)
Franghis Ali-Zadeh
- Ask Havasi for violoncello solo (part of the cycle Silk Road) (dedicated to Ivan Monighetti) (10 min) (1998)
- Oyan for violoncello (dedicated to Rostropovich) (8 min) (2005)
Maarten Altena
- Figura for cello solo (1993)
Stoyan Angelov
- Phrygian Fantasy for solo cello (2007)
Giovanni Battista Degl' Antonii (ca. 1610-1698)
- Twelve Ricercate sopra il violoncello Op. 1 (1687)
Georges Aperghis
- Quatres Récitations for solo cello (17 min) (1980)
- Sonate for solo cello (12 min) ( 1994)
Gilbert Amy
- Quasi Scherzando for Cello solo
Georgi Arnaoudov
- Kells for solo cello (8 min) (1999)
Violet Archer
- Improvisation for Solo Cello (1983)
Malcolm Arnold
- Fantasy for Cello (1987)

B

Johann Sebastian Bach
- Cello Suites (Bach)|Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (ca. 1720)
- Sonatas and partitas for solo violin#Transcriptions and orchestrations|The Sonata and partitas for solo cello (originally for solo violin)
- Chaconne (from Partita No. 2 for cello solo, BWV 1004) (original is for violin solo)
Nicolas Bacri
- Suite for cello solo, Op. 31 No. 1 Preludio e metamorfosi (1987-94)
- Suite for cello solo, Op. 31 No. 2 Tragica (1991-93)
- Suite for cello solo, Op. 31 No. 3 Vita et Mors (1991-93)
- Suite for cello solo, Op. 50 No. 4 (1994-96) (Written for Emmanuelle Bertrand)
Roumen Balyosov
- Welcome XX Century for solo cello (2000)
- Suite No. 5 for solo cello, Op. 70b Sonata variata (2000-2001) (dedicated to Clémentine Meyer) (ed Peer Music)
- Suite No. 6 for cello solo Op. 88 (2004) (ed. Le Chant du Monde)
Henk Badings
- Sonata No. 2
Rumen Balyozov
- Rhapsodic Improvisation for cello No. 1 (4 min) (1971)
- Rhapsodic Improvisation for cello No. 2 (5 min) (1979)
Don Banks
- Sequence for Solo Cello (1967)
Granville Bantock
- Sonata in G minor for solo cello (1924)
George Barati
- Piece for solo cello (1948)
- Triple Exposure for unaccompanied cello (1967)
Rami Bar-Niv
- Improvisation for cello solo (5 min) (1997)
Carmen Petra Basacopol
- Suite for Violoncello solo Op. 48 No. 3 (1983)
Arnold Bax
- Rhapsodic Ballad (1939) ()

Conrad Beck
- Epigrams for cello solo, ( for Paul Sacher)

Elizabeth Bell
- Soliloquy for Solo Cello (1980)
Paul Ben-Haim
- Music for Violoncello Solo (9 min) (1974)
Richard Rodney Bennett
- Partita for solo cello (10 min) (2001)
- Sonata for solo cello
- Scena II for solo cello (10 min) (1973)
Niels Viggo Bentzon
- Sonata for cello solo Op. 110 (19 min) (1956)
- Variations for Cello solo on "The Volga Boatmen", Op. 354 (21 min) (1974)
- 16 Etudes for solo cello Op. 464 (18 min) (1984)
- Sonata Op. 110
Esteban Benzecry
- Suite "Prisme du Sud (1970)
Michael Berkeley
- Iberian Notebook Suite for solo cello (15 min) (1980)
Luciano Berio
- Les mots sont allés (1978) (for Paul Sacher) ()
- Sequenza XIV for solo cello (12 min) (2002)
- Sequenza VIb for solo cello (16 min) (1981)
- Chanson pour Pierre Boulez (Song for P. Boulez) for solo cello (3 min) (2000)
Gunther Bialas
- Romanze for solo cello (for Hoelscher) (1987)
Marshall Bialosky
- Fantasy for solo cello (1974)
Jörg Birkenkötter
- Solo for cello (1986)
Marc Bleuse
- Soleil blanc for cello solo
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
- Suites 1–3 for solo cello (1956–7) (written for Zara Nelsova) ()
Robert Paul Block
- Fantasy for Cello Solo (1973)
Karl Boelter
- Of Two Minds for unaccompanied cello (6 min) (1978)
William Bolcom
- Suite in c minor for solo cello (17 min) (1994)
Ennio Bolognini
- Adagio an Allegro for solo cello
- Fiesta Baska - Lamada Montanesa for solo cello
- Seranata de Bolonini for solo cello
- Seranata del Eco for solo cello
- Serenata Del Gaucho for solo cello
- Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Purcell
- Cello's Prayer
Benjamin Boone
- Buffing the Gut: A Jazz Etude for Cello Solo
Hans Bottermund - Janos Starker
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini for unaccompanied cello)
Reiner Bredemeyer (1929-1995)
- Solo 1 for cello solo (1973)
- Solo 6 for cello solo (written for H.J. Scheitzbach) (1980)
Alvin Brehm
- Variations for Cello Alone
Benjamin Britten
- Cello Suites (Britten)

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)

- Tema "Sacher," for solo cello (for Paul Sacher)
Gregory Brown
- Suite for solo cello
Leo Brouwer
- Sonata for Solo Cello (1960) ()
Garrett Brynes
- Sonata for solo cello (scordatura: IV = B; III = F) (7 min) (1993)
- Sprocket! for cello solo (7 min) (2006)
Sylvano Bussotti
- Deborah Parker for cello solo (1987)
- Variazione for violoncello solo

C

John Cage
- One⁸, for Cello Solo () (1991)
- 59 1/2 Seconds for solo cello (1953)
- Atlas eclipticallis for solo cello (1961)
- Variations I (1958)
- Etudes boreales for cello solo (1978)
Elliott Carter
- Figment, for solo cello (5 min) (1994)
- Figment No. 2, Remembering Mr. Ives, for cello solo (2001)
Gaspar Cassadó
- Suite for Solo Cello
Nicholas Chase
- Underneath My Skin for solo cello (2002)
Frederic Chopin
- Etude in Ab Major Op. 25 No. 1 for cello solo (trans. Cassado)
Dimiter Christoff
- Reflections of a lonely cello (2000)
Nigel Clarke
- Spectroscope for solo cello (1987)
William Coble
- Sonata for solo cello (1980)
Armand Coeck
- Madreselva (Mother of the Forest) (1999)
Michael Colgrass
- Wolf for solo cello (18 min) (1975)
Giuseppe Colombi (1635-1694)
- Chiacona a Basso Solo for solo cello (1670)
- Toccata da Violone Solo (Toccata for solo cello) (1670)
John Corigliano
- Fancy on a Bach air for violoncello solo (primired by Yo-Yo Ma ) (1997)
Henry Dixon Cowell
- For Unaccompanied Cello
- Gravely and Vigoruously (in Memory of Kennedy) (Hymn & Fuguing Tune No. 17) for cello (1973)
George Crumb
- Cello Sonata (1955)
Miklós Csemiczky
- One minute Short Stories for cello solo

D

Raffaele D'Alessandro
- Intermezzo for cello solo Op. 55 (8 min) (1946)
Luigi Dallapiccola
- Adagio for Solo cello (1947)
- Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio (1945) (16 min)
Jean-Luc Darbellay
- Solo for cello solo (1997)
Michael Daughterty
- Jackie's Song for solo cello (2000)
Avraham Daus
- The Twelfth Sonnet for cello (1968)
Johann Nepomuk David
- 2 Solo Sonatas for cello
Mario Davidovsky
- Synchronisms No. 3 (1964), for cello and electronic sound
Robert deMaine
- Twelve Études-Caprices for solo cello Op. 31 (1999)
- Unaccompanied Sonata for cello
David Diamond
- Sonata for Violoncello Alone (1959)
Igor Dibák (1947)
- Arietta for violoncello solo
Paul-Heinz Dittrich
- Cello Einsatz for cello solo (1975)
Friedhelm Dohl
- Fantasie - Kadenz for Violoncello solo
Josef Dorfman
- Looking at Silence for cello (1983)
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
- Lame for solo cello (1982)
John Downey
- Lydian Suite for cello solo (1975)
Zsolt Durkó
- Solo Suite No. 1 for cello (1979)
Tomas Dusatko
- Melos II for solo cello
Henri Dutilleux
- Trois Strophes sur le Nom de Sacher (1976-82) (for Paul Sacher)

E

David Eby
- Celtic Passage for solo cello
Gerald Eckert
- Nôema for solo cello (1992/93)
Søren Nils Eichberg
- Variations on a theme by Niccolo Paganini for solo cello (2005)
Hans Ulrich Engelmann
- mini-music to siegfried palm Op 38 for Violoncello solo (1970)
Sven Einar Englund
- Suite for Solo Cello (1986)
Gottfried von Einem
- Music for solo cello Op. 108 (11 min) (1996)
Pozzi Escot
- Sonata for Solo Cello (7 min) (2002)

F

Markus Faderudd
- Ingrepp 2 for solo cello (1992)
Veronika Faglicová (1992)
- Variations for cello solo (2011)
Evan Fein
- Friday Night Fortune (2006)
Morton Feldman
- Projection I for solo cello (3 min) (1950)
- Intersection IV for solo cello (3 min) (1953)
David Fetherolf
- Suite-Fantasia for Violoncello solo (22 min)
- Suite for Violoncello Solo (5 min)
Ross Lee Finney
- Chromatic Fantasy In E for Violoncello Solo (1957)
Graciane Finzi
- Theme and Variations to el cant dels ocells (10 min)
Elena Firsova
- The Rest is Silence for violoncello solo (2002)
Luboš Fišer (1935-1999)
- Sonata for cello solo (1987)
Tom Flaherty
- Semi-Suite for solo cello (8 min) (1990)
- Remembrance of Things Present (10 min) (2006)
Marius Flothuis
- Sonata Op. 2
Alexandra Fol
- Almost Serial for cello solo (1999)
Lenka Foltynova
- Safranbolu for solo cello (8 min) (2003)
Wolfgang Fortner
- Suite for Violoncello solo (Schott) (for Paul Sacher)
- Zum Spielen für den 70. Geburtstag: Theme and Variationen for cello solo (1976)
- Suite
Henning Frederichs
- Tefilah (after the 55th Psalm) for cello solo (1990)
Ilse Fromm-Michaels
- Suite for Cello solo Op. 15 (Sitkorski)

G

Domenico Gabrielli
- Seven Ricercari for solo cello (1689)
Domenico Galli (1649-1697)
- Trattenimento musicale 12 Unaccompanied Cello Sonatas (pieces) (1691)
Orlando Garcia
- Crystalline Sounds of the Night for solo cello
Glenn Gass
- Shojoshin-in chants for solo cello (5 movements)
Ada Gentile
- Pervioloncellosolo (for cello solo) (1996)
Michael Gielen
- Weitblick Sonata for cello solo (1991)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-83)
- Puneña No. 2 for solo cello, Op. 45 (Hommage à Paul Sacher)
Detlev Glanert
- Fünf Wüstenlieder (five Desert Songs) for solo cello (7 min) (1999)
Gerald Glynn
- Changes for Cello (1975)
Vladimír Godár (1956)
- Passacaglia for cello solo g minor
Friedrich Goldmann
- Cellomusik for solo cello (12 min) (1974)
Marin Goleminov
- Sonata for solo cello (8 min) (1969)
Osvaldo Golijov
- Omaramor (1991) for solo cello
Frederic Goossen
- Music for cello alone (1979)
Leonid Grabovsky
- Hlas I for unaccompanied cello (1990)
Deidre Gribbin
- The Blue Poet for solo cello (10 min) (2001)
Sean Grissom
- Japanese Suite for solo cello (9 min)
- Bowin' for solo cello
Robert Gross
- Epode
Sofia Gubaidulina
- Ten Preludes for solo cello (1974)

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)

Cristobal Halffter
- Variations for cello on the theme eSACHERe (for Paul Sacher)
Hermann Haller
- Trois pieces pour violoncelle seul (3 pieces for solo cello)
Brooke Halpin
- Serenata for unaccompanied cello
George Frideric Handel
- Air and Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" from Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430 arr. Gaspar Cassadó
- Passacaglia - Theme and Variations for solo cello (arr. Zinoviy Dynov based on the Halvorsen version)
John Harbison
- Suite for Solo Cello (8 minutes) (1994)
Jonathan Harvey
- Curve with Plateaux for Helen Verney (1983)
Joseph Haselbach
- Abendlied for cello solo (1994)
Teppo Hauta-aho
- Improvatio for solo cello (10 min) (1971)
Paul Hedwall
- Three verses for unaccompanied cello (1979)
Bernhard Heiden
- Variations on "Lilliburlero"
Paavo Heininen
- Cantilena I Op. 24c (7 min) (1970)
- Cantilena II Op. 26 (14 min) (1970)
Petr Hejný (*1956)
- Metal Sonata for cello solo (1983)
Hans Werner Henze
- Capriccio for Cello solo (for Paul Sacher) (1976/1981)
- Serenade for cello solo (1949)
Jörg Herchet
- Komposition for Violoncello solo (1979)
Michael Hersch
- Sonata No. 1 for unaccompanied cello (35 min) (1994)
- Sonata No. 2 for unaccompanied cello (40 min) (2001)
Hans-Joachim Hespos
- For cello solo (1964)
Jacques Hétu
- Variations for cello solo Op. 11b (1967)
Volker Heyn
- Blues in B-flat for solo cello (1981)
Jennifer Higdon
- Suite for solo cello (2002)
Paul Hindemith
- Sonata for Cello solo, Op. 25 No. 3 (1919)
Dorothy Hindman
- drowningXnumbers for solo amplified cello (15min) (1994)
Joel Hoffman
- Concert-Study (Fantasie) for solo cello (10 min) (1977)
- unaccompanied minor for cello solo (5 min) (2007)
York Höller
- Sonata for solo cello (1968)
Heinz Holliger
- Chaconne for cello solo (for Paul Sacher) (1975)
- Trema for Violoncello solo (1981)
Vagn Holmboe
- Solo Cello Sonata M. 241 (1968–9)
Imogen Holst
- Fall of the Leaf for solo cello
Colin Holter
- Variations: Go Rin No Sho for solo cello (2003)
Alfred Holzhausen
- NGC 7027 for solo cello (2000)
Joaquim Homs
- Arbres al vent for solo cello (5 min) (1992)
- Soliloqui num. 4 (4 min) (1994)
- Capvespre vora el mar (4 min) (1994)
Arthur Honegger
- Paduana for solo cello in G major H181 (1945)
Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
- An der Schwelle for Violoncello solo (1990)
Alan Hovhaness
- Yakamochi for cello solo Op. 193 (1965) (15 min)
Petar Hristoskov
- Fantasia for solo cello Op. 15 (1967)
- Ruchenitsa for cello solo (1997)
Klaus Huber
- Transpositio ad Infinitum für ein virtuoses Solocello (for Paul Sacher)
Nicolaus A. Huber
- Der Ausrufer steigt ins Innere for solo cello (1984)
Tobias Hume (1569-1645)
- Kleine Stücke für Cello solo (Small pieces for cello solo) Book 1 (originally for Gamba) (arranged by Sabina Lehrmann)
- (Cello solo pieces) Book 2

I

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
- Etude-Caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin for solo cello (1949)
- Ghirlarzana for solo cello (1950)
Yoshiro Irino
- Three movements for cello solo (12 min) (1969)

J

Laurie A. Jarski
- Solo for unaccompanied cello (1990)
William Jeths
- Bella Figura for cello solo (1959)
Jan Jirásek (*1955)
- Dilema for cello solo (1987)
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

Betsy Jolas
- Scion for cello solo (1974)
- Episode cinquième for cello solo (1983)
Andre Jolivet
- Suite en Concert for cello solo (1965)
Christian Jost
- Laulos for solo cello (2005)
Gordon Jacob
- Serenade for solo cello
- Divertimento for solo cello
Karl Henrik Juusela
- Apollo and Daphne for solo cello (5 min) (1987)

K

Dmitri Borisovich 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) ()
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 (1939)
Hanna Kulenty
- Still Life with a Cello for cello solo (1998)

L

Ezra Laderman
- Partita for solo cello (27 min) (1972)
- A Single Voice for solo cello (9 min) (1995)
- Fantasy for solo cello (Schirmer) (15 min) (1998)
- A Single Line for solo cello (2004)
Fung Lam
- Caged for solo cello (with two bows) (2006)
Henri Lazarof
- Momenti for solo cello (16 min) (1987)
Konrad Lechner
- Strada Senza Ritorno for cell solo (1978)
Benjamin Lees
- Night Spectres for unaccompanied cello (2000)
Kenneth Leighton
- Sonata for cello solo Op. 52 (1967) (19 min)
Troy Lennerd
- Piece for solo violoncello (2005)
Tania Leon
- 4 Pieces for solo cello (1981)
Yuriy Leonovich
- Fantasie-Impromptu, Op.58 (2004)
Milcho Leviev
- Reflected Meditation for cello (4 min) (1980)
- Augsburg Polka for cello solo (4 min) (1998)
György Ligeti
- Cello sonata for solo cello (1948-1953)
Magnus Lindberg
- Stroke for solo cello (4'20) (1984)
Vassily Lobanov
- Fantasie for cello solo Op. 48 (1987)
Pietro Locatelli
- Il Laberinto Armonico (transcription for cello solo by Rohan de Saram) (solo cello)
Alain Louvier
- Raga for voloncello solo
Alvin Lucier
- Indian Summer (1993)
Witold Lutosławski
- Sacher Variation (1975) (for Paul Sacher)

M

Enrico Mainardi
- Sonata breve for violoncello solo (Schott) (1942)
- Sonata for cello (1959)
Ivo Malec
- Arco-1 (published by "Salabert") (1987)
Michio Mamiya
- Sonata for violoncello solo (25 min) (1968-9)
Tigran Manssurjan
- Stucke (Pieces for solo cello)

Das Buch (The Book)

Capriccio for solo cello (5 min)

Lamento

Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagen

Suite

Pamela J. Marshall
- Soliloquy for Solo Cello
Heinz Marti
- Ombra for violoncello solo (1979)
Donald Martino
- Parisonatina Al’Dodecafonia for violoncello solo (1964)
Eugen-Mihai Marton
- Solo for cello (1971)
Colin Matthews
- Palinode for cello solo (1992)
David Matthews
- Fantasia for cello Op. 8 (1971)
- Songs and Dances of Mourning for cello Op. 12 (1976)
- Journeying Songs for solo cello Op. 95 (2004)
Jiří Matys (*1927)
- Fantasie and Rondo for cello solo (1982)
Rudolf Matz
- 11 Caprices for Unaccompanied Cello
- Ombres et lumières (Lights and Shadows) for solo cello
- Suite in C major for violoncello solo
- Tema con Variazioni for violoncello solo
Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Bunraku for solo cello (1960)
John McCabe
- Partita (1966) (12 min)
Matthew McConnell
- Sonata for Solo Cello (2007)
Tilo Medek
- Schattenspiele for cello solo (1978)
- Eine Stele fur Bernd Alois Zimmermann for cello solo (1976)
Krzysztof Meyer
- Sonata for violoncello solo (1959)
- Moment musicial for cello (1976)
- Monologue for cello solo (1990)
Aaron Minsky
- Ten American Cello Etudes (1988)
- Three Concert Etudes for solo cello (1990)
- Judaic Concert Suite for solo cello (2003)
Eric Moe (1954- )
- The Lone Cello (1998) for 'cello solo (11 min)
Robert Moevs
- Heptachronon for solo cello (8 min) (1969)
Roberto Molinelli
- Crystalligence for Violoncello solo (commissioned by Enrico Dindo) (8 min) (2005)
Dexter Morrill
- Fantasy for cello solo (1995)
Roland Moser
- Wie ein Walzer auf Glas for solo cello (1986)
Robert Muczynski
- Gallery: Suite for solo cello (on paintings of Charles Burchfield) (1966)
Henriette Müller
- Fantasie No. 1 version for solo violoncello (6 min) (2004)
Isabel Mundry
- Komposition for solo cello (1992/93)
- Komposition for solo cello (1997)
Igal Myrtenbaum
- La Sefira for cello

N

Marc Neikrug
- Sonata for solo cello (1967)
George Newson
- Variations for cello alone (1957)
Maria A. Niederberger
- Daedaleum for solo cello (1983)
Tokuhide Niimi
- Ohju for Violoncello solo (1987)
Lazar Nikolov
- From the Music of Orpheus II for cello solo (2002)
Joaquin Nin-Culmell
- Suite for Cello solo
Akira Nishimura
- Threnody for solo cello (11 min) (1998)
Lior Navok
- Fantasy for Cello solo (5 min) (1998)

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
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)

P

Niccolò Paganini
- 24 caprices for cello solo (Arranged by Luigi Silva)

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

Younghi Pagh-Paan
- AA-GA I for solo cello (1984)
Hilda Paredes
- Zuhuy Kak for solo cello (1997)
Robert Parris
- Fantasy and Fugue for solo cello (10 min) (1954)
Paul Patterson
- Suite Op. 62 for cello solo
Krzysztof Penderecki
- Capriccio per Siegfried Palm, for solo cello (1968)
- Per Slava, for solo cello (1986)
- Divertimento, for solo cello (1994)
George Perle
- Cello Sonata (1947)
- Hebrew Melodies, for solo cello
Vincent Persichetti
- Solo Cello Sonata op. 54
Gyula Petendi
- 9 Solo pieces for solo cello
Carlo Alfredo Piatti
- 12 Caprices, Op. 25
- Capriccio op. 22 for cello solo on the aria, cavatina, "I tuoi frequenti palpiti", from Niobe by Giovanni Pacini
Alfred Peschek
- Cellare for cello solo (2005)
Astor Piazzolla
- 6 Tango Etudes For Solo Cello (arr. Karttunen)
Simeon Pironkoff
- Entrata e Capriccio for solo cello (11 min) (1980)
Robert H. P. Platz
- Senko-hana-bi (In Yoshitake's garden) for cello (1997-2000)
Conrad Pope
- Sonata for Violoncello alone (12 min) (1972)
Sergei Prokofiev
- Solo Cello Sonata op. 133 (1953) (completed by Blok in 1996)
- March from Music for Children, Op. 65 - (ed Piatigorsky)
Henri Pusher
- Paganiana assisted for solo cello (35 min) (1982)
- Nineteenth root of eight quarters for cello solo (15 min) (1976)
Veli-Matti Puumala
- Epitaph for solo cello (1995)

R

Shulamit Ran
- Fantasy Variations for cello solo (2003)
Alexander Raskatov
- Kyrie Eleison for solo cello (1992)
Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Sonata for Cello Solo (14 min) (1969)
Max Reger
- Suite No 1 in G major Suites (3) for Cello solo, Op. 131c (1914)
- Suite No 2 in D minor Suites (3) for Cello solo, Op. 131c
- Suite No 3 in A minor Suites (3) for Cello solo, Op. 131c
Aribert Reimann
- Solo II for solo cello (1981)
Heiner Reitz
- 12 Caprices für Violoncello Solo (recorded on Telos TLS 025)
Phillip Rhodes
- Three Pieces for solo cello (6 min)
Alan Ridout
- Partita for cello solo (1959)
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952)
- Grat for Violoncello solo (1972)
Frank la Rocca
- Secret Thoughts for unaccompanied cello (10 min)(1986)
Joaquin Rodrigo
- Como una fantasía (8 min) (1979)
Scott Roller
- Mutamusic for solo cello (1983)
Ned Rorem
- After Reading Shakespeare Nine movements for cello alone (written for Sharon Robinson) (21 min) (1980)
Hilding Rosenberg (1892 - 1985)
- Intermezzo (1974)
Bruce Craig Roter
- Sonatine Solo Cello
Miklos Rozsa
- Toccata capricciosa for solo cello op. 36 (in memory of Piatigorsky) (1979)
Edmund Rubbra
- Improvisation, for Solo Cello Op. 124 (published in 1967)
Peter Ruzicka
- Sonata for Violoncello solo Op. 9 (12 min) (1969)
- Stille Four Epilogues for Violoncello solo (10 min) (1976)

S

Kaija Saariaho
- Petals (1988)
- Près (1992)
- Spins & Spells for cello (1997)
- Sept Papillons (2000)
Dimiter Sagaev
- Fresco for solo cello (2002)
- Nocturne fro 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 unaccompanied cello (1993)
Marc Satterwhite
- Witnesses of Time (Four studies on photographs by Flor Garduño) (2003)
Ahmed Adnan Saygun
- Partita for solo cello Op. 31 (1954)
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)
- Vermillion Suite for solo cello (12 min) (1987)
- Suite No. 1 for Cello All By Its Lonesome
- Suite No. 2 for Cello All By Its Lonesome
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)
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 cell 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 unaccompanied cello (1988)

T

Emil Tabakov
- Bis for solo cello (4 min) (1982)
Huguety Tagell
- Flamenco for solo cello
Luigi Taglietti (1668-1715)
- 8 pieces for cello solo (1697)
Dimitar Tapkoff
- Sonata for cello solo (7 min) (1978)
Giuseppe Tartini
- L'Arte dell'Arco (The Art of the Bow) 50 variations on Correlli's Gavotte from op.5 no.10 for cello solo (1758) (transcribed by Paul Bazelaire)
Hristo Tsanoff
- Seven concert etude for solo violoncello, rom the series concert etudes " Play of the mind "(2005)link
John Tavener
- Thrinos for cello solo (1990)
- Chant for cello (1995)
Boris Tchaikovsky
- Suite for cello solo (in six movements) (1946)
- Suite in five movements for solo cello (written for Rostropovich) (1960)
Alexander Tcherepnin
- Suite for Solo Cello op. 76 (1946)
Georg Philipp Telemann
- 12 Fantasias for cello solo
James Tenney
- Cellogram for Joel Krosnick (1971)
Dimitri Terzakis
- Omega 1 for cello solo (1978)
Augusta Read Thomas
- Spring Song (1995)
Ton That Tiet
- Bois terre for cello solo
Boris Tishchenko
- Sonata for Solo Cello No. 1 Op. 18 (1960)
- Sonata for Solo Cello No. 2 Op. 76 (1979)
Ernst Toch
- Impromptu for cello solo in three movements Op. 90c (for Piatigorsky) (8 min) (1963)
Paul Tortelier
- Suite in D minor for solo cello (1944)
Donald Francis Tovey
- Solo Cello Sonata op. 50 in D
Aaron Travers
- Gertrude's Child for violoncello solo (11 min) (2002-05)
Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze (1925-1992)
- Chonguri for cello solo (written for Daniil Shafran)(1978)
- Sonata for cello solo (1975)
Katsuhiro Tsubono
- Solo cello piece
Tapio Tuomela
- Pendulum for solo cello (1985)

U

Chinary Ung
- Kshe Buon for solo cello (1981)

V

Fabio Vacchi
- In alba mia,dir... (1995)

Moisei Vainberg see Mieczyslaw Weinberg

Janos Vajda
- Just for you for Cello solo (1985)
Pēteris Vasks
- Gramata cellam (Das Buch) for solo cello (1978)
Gary Verkade
- Specimen for solo cello (1997)
Sándor Veress
- Sonata for cello solo (1935) ()
Carl Vine
- Inner World (for solo cello with CD accompaniment) (1994)
Param Vir
- Flame for solo cello (12 min) (1997)
Mihaly Virizlay
- Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello (1965)
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1644-1692)
- Partite per il Violone (Partita for solo cello) (1680)
- Partita sopra diverse Sonate (14 min)
Wladimir Vogel
- Poeme for violoncello solo (1974)

W

Wolfram Wagner
- Sonata Op. 31 for violoncello solo (1990)
Gwyneth Walker
- In Memoriam for cello (1980)
William Walton
- Passacaglia for solo cello (written for Rostropovich)(1980)
Meira Warshauer
- In Memoriam September 11, 2001 for solo cello (5 min) (2001)
Ben Weber
- Dance for unaccompanied cello op. 28 (1948)
- Dance Op. 31 for solo cello (1949)
Mieczysław Weinberg (or Vainberg)
- 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)
- Twenty-four Preludes Op. 100 for solo cello (1968) Sikorski Edition
Egon Wellesz
- Cello Sonata op. 31 (1920)
- Suite for Cello Solo op. 39 (1924) ()
Jacques Wildberger
- Study for violoncello solo (6 min) (1971)
- tantôt libre, tantôt recherchée for cello solo (7 min) (1992-3)
David Wilde
- The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo Cello, op. 12
Adrian Williams
- Solo Cello Sonata (1976-77)
Richard Edward Wilson
- Lord Chesterfield to his Son (1987)
- Music for Solo Cello (1971)
Stefan Wolpe
- Piece for Cello Alone (1966)
Charles Wuorinen
- Cello Variations I to Fred Sherry (1970)
- Cello Variations II (1975)
- Cello Variations III (1997)

X

Iannis Xenakis
- Kottos (1977)
- Nomos alpha (1966)

Y

Victoria Yagling
- Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 1
- Suite for Violoncello Solo No. 2
James Yannatos
- Sonata for solo cello (15 min)
Yehuda Yannay
- I can't fathom it... for solo cello (1993)
Eugène Ysaÿe
- Cello Sonata op. 28 (1924)
Isang Yun
- Glissées for Cello Solo (1970)
- Seven Etudes for Cello Solo (1993)

Z

Roger Zahab
- Amnesia Kiss for cello solo (10 min) (1995)
- An Opening Piece fro 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
- Toccata for solo violoncello (4 min) (1989)
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
- Sonata for cello solo (1959-60)
- Four short studies for cello solo (1970)

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