Cello concerto

Selected list of cello concertos#

Cello concertos near the center of the “repertoire”. The original list of cello concertos has been moved to List of compositions for cello and orchestra. *Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach **Cello Concerto in A minor (Wq 170) **Cello Concerto in B-flat major (Wq 171) **Cello Concerto in A major (Wq 172) *Samuel Barber **Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 22 (1945) *Luigi Boccherini **Cello Concertos 1-12 including: ***Cello Concerto in D major, G. 479 ***Cello Concerto in B-Flat major, G. 482 *Fritz Brun **Cello Concerto in D minor (1947) *Elliott Carter **Cello Concerto *Frederick Delius **Cello Concerto (1921) *Antonín Dvořák **Cello Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. posth **Cello Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Opus. 104 (1894–1895) *Edward Elgar **Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1918–1919) *Gerald Finzi **Cello Concerto, Op. 40 (1955) *Philip Glass **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 (2001) **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 2 Naqoyqatsi (2002/2012) *Joseph Haydn **Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major **Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major **Cello Concerto No. 3 in C major (lost) **Cello Concerto No. 4 in D major (spurious, written by Giovanni Battista Costanzi) **Cello Concerto No. 5 in C major (spurious, written by David Popper) **Cello Concerto in G minor (doubtful, lost) *Paul Hindemith **Cello Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 3 (1916) **Kammermusik No. 3 for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2 (1925) **Cello Concerto in G (1940) *Arthur Honegger **Cello Concerto (1934) *Dmitri Kabalevsky **Cello Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49 (1949) **Cello Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 77 (1964) *Aram Khachaturian **Cello Concerto in E minor (1946) **Concerto-Rhapsody in D minor (1963) *Erich Wolfgang Korngold **Cello Concerto in C major, Op. 37 (1950) *Milan Kymlicka **Cello Concerto *Édouard Lalo **Cello Concerto in D minor (1876) *György Ligeti **Cello Concerto (1966) *Witold Lutosławski **Cello Concerto (1969–70) *Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959) **Cello Concerto No. 1 (1924) **Cello Concerto No. 2 (1945) *Peter Mennin **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1956) *Georg Matthias Monn (1717 - 1750) **Cello Concerto in G minor *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **Cello Concerto, K. 206a (1775, lost) *Nikolai Myaskovsky **Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 (1944) *Arvo Pärt **Pro et Contra, concerto for cello and orchestra (1966) *Krzysztof Penderecki **Cello Concerto No. 1 (1972) **Cello Concerto No. 2 (1982) * David Popper ** Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 8 (1865) ** Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 24 (1862) ** Concerto No. 3 in G major, Op. 59 (1888) ** Concerto No. 4 in B minor, Op. 72 (1900) ** Concerto in C major, WoO (1894, mis-attributed to Joseph Haydn) *Sergei Prokofiev ** Cello Concerto, Op. 58 ** Symphony-Concerto, Op. 125 (revision of Op. 58) ** Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 (incomplete) (1952) * Behzad Ranjbaran ** Cello Concerto (1998) * Einojuhani Rautavaara ** Cello Concerto No. 1 (1968) ** Cello Concerto No. 2 Towards the Horizon (2010) *Camille Saint-Saëns ** Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 (1872) ** Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 119 (1902) ( https://web.archive.org/web/20060203090640/http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=1089026&TMPL=LONG ) *Robert Schumann **Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1850) *Alfred Schnittke **Cello Concerto No. 1 (1985/1986) **Cello Concerto No. 2 (1990) *Dmitri Shostakovich **Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 (1959) **Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major/minor, Op. 126 (1966) *Carl Stamitz (1745-1801) **Cello Concertos 1-3 *Arthur Sullivan **Cello Concerto (1866) *Giuseppe Tartini ** Cello Concerto in A major ** Cello Concerto in D major *Henri Vieuxtemps **Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 46 (1877) **Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 50 (1879) *Heitor Villa-Lobos **Cello Concerto No. 1 (1915) **Cello Concerto No. 2 (1953) *Antonio Vivaldi **At least 25 Cello Concertos (RV 398-399 / 400-408 / 410-424) *William Walton **Cello Concerto (1956) *Mieczysław Weinberg **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1948) *John Williams **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1994) **Heartwood: Lyric Sketches for Cello and Orchestra (2002) *Isang Yun **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1975/76) *Maury Yeston **Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1966/67)

Selected list of other concertante works#

• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major Op. 56 (1803)
• Howard Blake
• Diversions for cello and orchestra (1985)
• Ernest Bloch
• Schelomo, Rhapsodie Hebraïque for violoncelle et grand orchestre (1916)
• Johannes Brahms
• Double Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 (1887)
• Frank Bridge
• Oration
• Benjamin Britten
• Cello Symphony Op. 68 (1963)
• Max Bruch
• Kol Nidrei Op. 47 (1880)
• Henri Dutilleux
• Tout un monde lointain… (1970)
• Antonín Dvořák
• Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, 1893 https://web.archive.org/web/20041025075347/http://dvorak.musicabona.com/~dvorak/123/
• Silent Woods, Op. 68, B. 182 (transcribed from Op. 68, no. 5 for piano four hands)
• Gabriel Fauré
• Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24
• Sofia Gubaidulina
• The Canticle of the Sun (1996)
• Joseph Haydn
• Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Bassoon, Violin & Cello, Hob. I/105 (1792)
• Olivier Messiaen
• Concert à quatre for Piano, Cello, Flute and Oboe (1990–1992)
• Michael Nyman
• Double Concerto for Saxophone, Cello and Orchestra (1997)
• Richard Strauss
• Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1897)
• Toru Takemitsu
• Scene: for cello and string orchestra (1958)
• Quatrain for clarinet, violin, cello, piano and orchestra (1975)
• Orion and Pleiades for Cello and Orchestra (1984)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (1876-1877)
• Antonio Vivaldi
• Double Concerto for Violoncello, Bassoon and Strings in E minor, RV 409
• Double Concerto for 2 Violoncellos in G minor, RV 531
• John Williams
• Highwood’s Ghost for Cello, Harp, and Orchestra (2018)

See also#

• Cello sonata
• List of compositions for cello and orchestra