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)