Cello Handbook/Cello and Orchestra

List of cello concertos

A

• Samuel Adler (*1928-)
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1995) (24 min)
• Eugen d'Albert
  • Cello Concerto opus 20 in C (1899)
• Stephen Albert
  • Cello Concerto
• Kurt Atterberg
  • Cello Concerto in C minor, Op.21 (1922)
• Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber
  • Concerto in A

B

• Grażyna Bacewicz
  • Cello concerto no. 1 (1951)
  • Cello concerto no. 2 (1963)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Cello concerto in A minor
  • Cello concerto in B-flat major
  • Cello concerto in A major
• Johann Christian Bach
  • Concerto in C Minor (Casadesus forgery)
• Henk Badings
  • First Cello Concerto (1930)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2
• Leonardo Balada
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans
• Samuel Barber
  • Cello Concerto op. 22 in A minor (1945)
• Arnold Bax
  • Cello concerto in G minor (1932)
• Paul Ben-Haim
  • Concerto
• Leonard Bernstein
  • Three Meditations from Mass for cello and orchestra (1977)
• Boris Blacher
  • Cello concerto (1964)
• Arthur Bliss
  • Cello concerto F 107 (1970)
• Ernest Bloch
  • Schelomo
• Luigi Boccherini
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, G. 477
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479
  • Cello Concerto No. 3 in G major, G. 480
  • Cello Concerto No. 4 in C major, G. 481
  • Cello Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, G. 474
  • Cello Concerto No. 6 in A major, G 475
  • Cello Concerto No. 7 in D major, G. 476
  • Cello Concerto No. 8 in D major, G. 478
  • Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major, G. 482
  • Cello Concerto in B flat major (arr. F. Grutzmacher)
  • Cello Concerto No. 10 in D major, G. 483
  • Cello Concerto No. 11 in C major, G. 573
  • Cello Concerto No. 12 in E flat major
• Sergei Bortkiewicz
  • Cello Concerto op.20 (1915)
• Johannes Brahms
  • Arrangement of the Double Concerto for Solo Cello and Orchestra

(arr.- Garben; from the Concerto for Violin and Cello and Orchestra)

• Havergal Brian
  • Cello Concerto in E-flat (1964)
• Benjamin Britten
  • Cello Symphony, Op.68 (1963)
• Gavin Bryars
  • Cello Concerto (1995)

C

• André Caplet
  • Epiphanie for cello and orchestra (1923)
• Elliott Carter
  • Cello Concerto
• Alfredo Casella
  • Cello Concerto (1934-5)
• John Casken
  • Cello Concerto (1991)
• Gaspar Cassadó
  • Cello Concerto in D minor (1926)
  • Cello Concerto in E Major, based on Tchaikovsky's Piano Pieces, Op.72, (1940)
  • Cello Concerto in D Major, based on Weber's Clarinet Concerto No.2, in E flat Major, Op.74
  • Cello Concerto in D Major, based on Mozart's Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat Major, K.447
  • Cello Concerto in A Minor, based on Schubert's Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, D.821
• Joseph Castaldo
  • Cello Concerto
• Giovanni Battista Cirri
  • Six cello concertos (opus 14 nos. 1-6)

D

• W:Karl Davidov
  • Cello Concerto no. 1 in B minor, op. 5 (1859)
  • Cello Concerto no. 2 in A minor, op. 14 (1863)
  • Cello Concerto no. 3 in D, op. 18 (1868)
  • Cello Concerto no. 4 in E minor, op. 31 (1878)
• Frederick Delius
  • Cello Concerto (1921)
• W:Frédéric Devreese
  • Concertino for cello, bandoneón and string orchestra (1998)
  • Concerto for cello and orchestra (1999)
• W:Godfried Devreese
  • Cello concertino (1930)
• David Diamond
  • Cello Concerto (1938)
• W:Albert Dietrich
  • Cello Concerto in G minor opus 32
• W:Ernst von Dohnányi
  • Concertpiece Op. 12
• W:Cornelis Dopper
  • Cello concerto (1910,1923)
• W:Pascal Dusapin
  • Cello Concerto Celo (1996)
• W:Henri Dutilleux
  • Cello Concerto Tout un Monde Lointain (1970)
• W:Antonín Dvořák
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. posth
  • Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104 in B minor (1894–1895)

E

• W:Klaus Egge
  • Cello Concerto op. 29 (1966)
• W:Halim El-Dabh
  • The Invisible Bridge: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2007)
• W:Edward Elgar
  • Cello Concerto op. 85 in E minor (1918–1919)
• W:George Enescu
  • Sinfonia Concertante, op. 8 in B-flat minor (1901)
• W:Sven Einar Englund
  • Cello Concerto (1954)

F

• W:Gerald Finzi
  • Cello Concerto op. 40 in A minor (1955)
• W:Auguste Franchomme
  • Cello Concerto in C minor op. 33 (1846)
• W:Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
  • Concertstuck pour Violoncelle (Concert piece for cello) and orchestra (1905)
  • Triptych for cello and orchestra (manuscript)
• W:Charles Fussell
  • Right River (Variations for Cello & String Orchestra)

G

• W:Alberto Ginastera
  • Cello Concerto no. 1 opus 36, 1968
  • Cello Concerto no. 2 opus 50, 1980
• W:Philip Glass
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
• W:Alexander Glazunov
  • Concerto-ballata opus 108 in C, 1931
• W:Reinhold Glière
  • Cello Concerto op.87 in D minor, 1946
• W:Berthold Goldschmidt
  • Cello Concerto (1953-4)
• W:Georg Goltermann
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op.14
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 30
  • Cello Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op.51
  • Cello Concerto No. 4 in G Major Op. 65
  • Cello Concerto No. 5 in D minor Op. 76

(total of 8 Cello Concerti)

• W:Mats Larsson Gothe
  • Cello Concerto (1999, written for Thorleif Thedéen)
• W:Edward Gregson
  • A Song for Chris Concerto for cello and chamber orchestra (2007)
• W:Alexander Gretchaninov
  • Cello Concerto op.8 in A minor, 1895
• W:Heinz Karl Gruber
  • Cello concerto (1989)

H

• W:Daron Hagen
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1996)
  • Concerto for Cello and Wind Ensemble (1998)
• W:Asger Hamerik
  • Romance for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 27 (1879)
• W:George Frederick Handel
  • Concerto in B Minor, (Casadesus forgery)
• W:Christos Hatzis
  • Confessional for Cello and Orchestra (2001)
• W:Joseph Haydn
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major H. 7b/1 (approximately 1765)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major H. 7b/2 (Op. 101) (1783)
  • Cello concerto No. 4 in D Major H. 7b/4 (spurious)
  • Cello Concerto in D major (1772)

(another 2 Haydn Cello Concertos are considered lost)

• W:Victor Herbert
  • Cello concerto No. 1, op. 8 in D (1882)
  • Cello concerto No. 2, op. 30 in E minor (1894)
• W:Philippe Hersant
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 (1989)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 (1996–1997)
• W:Paul Hindemith
  • three concertos (early op. 3 (1916), Kammermusik #3, and in G, 1940)
• W:Leopold Hofmann
  • at least seven cello concertos, in C major (1770s; Badley C1), C major (1771; Badley C2), C major (1760s; Badley C3), C major (1768; Badley C4), D major (1760s or 1771, Badley D1), D major (1760s; Badley D2) and D major (1775, Badley D3) NPL and Naxos recording information. Different editions of D1 disagree, apparently. Published in modern times by Artaria, generally edited by Allan Badley.)
• W:Joseph Holbrooke
  • Cello Concerto (1936)
• W:Vagn Holmboe
  • Cello Concerto, op. 120 (M. 273 in Paul Rapoport's catalog. 1974/79)
• W:Arthur Honegger
  • Cello Concerto (1934)
• W:Alan Hovhaness
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 17 (1936)
• W:Herbert Howells
  • Cello Concerto (1951–59)

I

• W:Jacques Ibert
  • Concerto for Cello and Winds
• W:Yun I-sang
  • Cello Concerto

J

• W:Frederick Jacobi
  • Cello Concerto (Three Psalms) for Cello and Orchestra (1932)
• W:André Jolivet
  • two concertos (1962, 1967)
• W:Joseph Jongen
  • Concerto for Cello, Op. 17 (1900)

K

• Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Cello concerto no. 1 op. 49 in G minor (1948-9)
  • Cello concerto no. 2 op. 77 in C minor (1964)
• W:Aram Khachaturian
  • Cello concerto in E minor (1946)
  • Concerto-Rhapsody in D minor (1963)
• W:Tikhon Khrennikov
  • Cello Concerto No.1 in C op. 16, 1964
  • Cello Concerto No.2 op. 30, 1985
• W:Vitaly Kireiko
  • Concerto for violoncello and orchestra
• W:Giselher Klebe
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 29
• W:Julius Klengel
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 op. 4, 1880
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 op. 20
  • Cello Concerto No. 3 op. 31 in A minor
  • Cello Concerto No. 4 op. 37, 1903
• W:August Klughardt
  • Cello Concerto in A minor op. 59
• W:Joonas Kokkonen
  • Cello Concerto (1969)
• W:Herman D. Koppel
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 56
• W:Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Cello Concerto op. 37 (from the movie Deception) (1946)
• W:Antonín Kraft
  • Cello Concerto in C Major, Op.4
• W:Ernst Krenek
  • Violoncello concerto no. 1, op. 133
  • Capriccio for cello and orchestra, op. 145
  • Violoncello concerto no. 2, op. 236
• W:Gary Kulesha
  • Cello Concerto (2006)

L

• W:Ezra Laderman
  • Variations on a Passacaglia for Cello solo and Large Orchestra (20 min) (2004)
• W:Édouard Lalo
  • Cello Concerto in D minor (1876)
• W:Leonardo Leo
  • 6 cello concertos (D major (1737), F minor (undated), A major (1738), D minor (1738), A major (1737) and sinfonia concertata for violoncello and strings in C minor (1737))
• W:Yuriy Leonovich
  • Sinfonia Concertante in D minor, Op.54 (2004)
  • Cello Concerto (No.32) (2006)
• W:György Ligeti
  • cello concerto
• David Ludwig
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (2004)
• W:Witold Lutosławski
  • Cello Concerto (1969/70 or 1970)

M

• James MacMillan
  • Cello concerto (1997)
• W:Gian Francesco Malipiero
  • a cello concerto (1937)
• Frank Martin
  • cello concerto (1965-6)
• W:Bohuslav Martinů
  • two cello concertos (1930, rev. 1939, rev. 1959;1944-5) , a concertino (1934), and a sonata or concerto da camera (1940)
• W:Lorin Maazel
  • Music for Violincello and Orchestra (Op. 10)
• W:David Matthews
  • Romanza for cello and orchestra Op. 49 (1990)
  • Concerto in Azzurro for cello and orchestra Op. 87 (2001–02)
  • Berceuse (2007)
• W:Peter Mennin
  • cello concerto (1956)
• W:Darius Milhaud
  • at least two cello concertos (1935, 1945)
• W:Masatoshi Mitsumoto
  • Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra
• W:Ernest John Moeran
  • cello concerto in B minor (1945)
• W:Roberto Molinelli
  • Twin Legends for cello and strings (2005)
• W:Georg Matthias Monn
  • cello concerto in D major—arranged by W:Arnold Schoenberg from a harpsichord concerto written in 1746 (date from the Schirmer score)
  • several cello concertos intended so by the composer, including one in G minor that was recorded by Jacqueline du Pré
• W:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Concerto in D for Cello and Orchestra K314 (285d) transcribed by W:George Szell (originally for oboe / flute in C Major)
  • Cello Concerto in D, K.447 (original for Horn in Eb) (arr. Cassado)
• W:Kelly-Marie Murphy
  • This Is the Colour of My Dreams for Cello and Orchestra (1997)
• W:Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • cello concerto op. 66 in C minor (1944)
• W:Josef Mysliveček
  • cello concertos in C, F, D

N

• W:Franz Xaver Neruda
  • five cello concertos (No. 1 op. 57 in E minor, No. 2 op. 59 in D minor, No. 3 op. 60 in A, No. 4 op. 61 in A minor (1887), No. 5 op. 66 in G)
• W:Chan Ka Nin
  • Soulmate, for cello and orchestra

O

• W:Jacques Offenbach
  • Concerto Militaire (1847)
  • Concerto Rondo (1851)

P

• W:Andrzej Panufnik
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Arvo Pärt
  • cello concerto
• W:Krzysztof Penderecki
  • Sonata for cello and orchestra (1964)
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 (1972)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 (1982)
  • Largo for cello and orchestra (2003)

    two cello concertos (1967/1972 & 1982)

• W:Hans Pfitzner
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 op. 42 in G major (1935)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 op. 52 in A minor (1943)
  • Cello Concerto op. posth. in A minor (1888)
• W:Ignaz Pleyel
  • cello concertos in C major, D major, and C major
• W:David Popper
  • Cello concerto no. 1 op. 8 in D Minor, 1861
  • Cello concerto no. 2 op. 24 in E minor, 1880
  • Cello concerto no. 3 op. 59 in G major, in one movement
  • Cello concerto no. 4 op. 72 in B Minor, in four movements
• W:Nicola Porpora
  • Cello concerto in G major
• W:Sergei Prokofiev
  • Cello Concerto, Op. 58
  • Symphony-Concerto, Op. 125 in E minor (1950–52)
  • Cello Concertino, Op. 132 in G minor (one version completed by Kabalevsky, another by Blok) (1952)

R

• W:Joachim Raff
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 op. 193 in D minor from 1874
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 op. posth in G from 1876
• W:Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Josef Reicha
  • Cello Concertos in F minor, G major and A major (and/or E major) from opus 4
• W:Carl Reinecke
  • Cello Concerto op. 82 in D minor (1864)
• W:Ottorino Respighi
  • Adagio con variazioni for Cello and Orchestra
• W:Alan Ridout
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Joaquin Rodrigo
  • Concerto in modo galante (1949)
  • Concerto como un divertimento (1981)
• W:Julius Röntgen
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1893/1894)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor (1909)
  • Cello Concerto No. 3 in F-sharp minor (1928)
• W:Hilding Rosenberg
  • Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Cello Concerto No. 2
• W:Albert Roussel
  • Cello Concertino (1936)
• W:Miklós Rózsa
  • Cello concerto, op. 32
• W:Anton Rubinstein
  • Cello Concerto op. 65 in A minor
  • Cello Concerto op. 96 in D minor

S

• W:Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Cello Concerto no. 1, op. 33 in A minor (1872)
  • Cello Concerto no. 2, op. 119 in D minor (1902)
• W:Aulis Sallinen
  • Cello Concerto, op. 44 (1976)
• W:Giacinto Scelsi
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Heather Schmidt
  • Cello Concerto (1998)
• W:Alfred Schnittke
  • Cello Concerto No. 1(1986)
  • Cello Concerto No. 2(1989–90)
• W:Othmar Schoeck
  • Cello concerto op. 61 in A minor (1947)
• W:Arnold Schoenberg
  • Cello Concerto in D Major,(1932/33), freely transcribed from Monn's Clavicembalo Concerto in D Major
• W:Robert Schumann
  • cello concerto op. 129 in A minor (1850)
• W:Anatolijus Senderovas
  • Concerto in Do for cello and orchestra (2002)
• W:Dmitri Shostakovich
  • cello concerto no. 1, op. 107 in E-flat (1959)
  • cello concerto no. 2, op. 126 in G (1966)
• W:Nikos Skalkottas
  • Cello Concerto - lost (1938)
• W:Leo Sowerby
  • Cello Concerto (1929–1934)
• W:Carl Stamitz
  • Cello concerto No. 1 in G Major
  • Cello Concerto No. 2 in A Major
  • Cello Concerto No. 3 in C Major
  • Cello Concertos No. 4 in C (from around 1777)
• W:Arthur Sullivan
  • Cello Concerto in D (reconstruction) (1866)
• W:Johan Svendsen
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Harald Sæverud
  • Cello Concerto, op. 7 (1931)

T

• W:Alexandre Tansman
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Giuseppe Tartini
  • Cello Concerto in D
  • Cello Concerto in A
• W:Hristo Tsanoff
  • Concert for violoncello and orchestra No.1 (2004) link
• W:Boris Tchaikovsky
  • Cello Concerto in E, 1964
• W:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Cello Concerto in B Minor (1893, unfinished), completed by W:Yuriy Leonovich in 2006.
• W:Alexander Tcherepnin
  • Georgian Rhapsody for Cello and orchestra op. 25 (1922)
  • Mystère for Cello and Chamber Orchestra Op. 37/2 (1925)
• W:Virgil Thomson
  • Cello Concerto (1949)
• W:Ernst Toch
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 35 (1924)

V

• Moisei Vainberg see W:Mieczyslaw Weinberg
• W:Henri Vieuxtemps
  • Cello Concerto in A Minor, op. 46 post.
  • Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 50 post.
• W:Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
  • Grande Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 50 (1915)
  • Cello Concerto no. 2 W. 516 (1953)
  • Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra W. 454 (1945)
• W:Mihaly Virizlay
  • Concerto for Cello
• W:Antonio Vivaldi
  • RV 398 in C
  • RV 400 in C
  • RV 401 in C
  • RV 402 in Cm
  • RV 403 in D
  • RV 404 in D
  • RV 405 in Dm
  • RV 406 in Dm (related to RV 481)
  • RV 407 in Dm
  • RV 408 in E-flat
  • RV 410 in F
  • RV 411 in F
  • RV 412 in F
  • RV 413 in G
  • RV 414 in G
  • RV 415 in G
  • RV 416 in Gm
  • RV 417 in Gm
  • RV 418 in Am
  • RV 419 in Am
  • RV 420 in Am
  • RV 421 in Am
  • RV 422 in Am
  • RV 423 in B-flat
  • RV 424 in Bm
  • RV 531 in Gm for 2 Cellos
• W:Vladimir Vlasov
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
  • Cello Concerto No. 2
• W:Robert Volkmann
  • cello concerto in one movement op. 33 in A minor (1853–55)
• W:Antonín Vranický
  • concerto in D minor
• W:Pavel Vranický
  • concerto in C major

W

• W:Georg Christoph Wagenseil
  • concertos in C major and A major (published by Doblinger around 1960 by Fritz Racek and/or with cadenzas by W:Enrico Mainardi)
• W:William Walton
  • cello concerto in C minor (1955-6)
• W:Mieczyslaw Weinberg
  • Cello Concerto op. 43 in C minor (1956)
• W:Felix Weingartner
  • Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.60 (1917)
• W:Graham Whettam
  • Concerto Drammatico (1998)
• W:John Williams
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1994)
  • Elegy for Cello and Orchestra (1997)
  • Heartwood for Cello and Orchestra (2002)
• W:Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Cello Concerto in C, op. 31

Y

• W:Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Cello Concerto
• W:Isang Yun
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1975/76)

Z

• W:Winfried Zillig
  • Concerto by for cello and brass band
• W:Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • concerto en forme de 'pas de trois'
• W:Samuel Zyman
  • Cello Concerto (1990)
  • Reflection, for Solo Cello and Seven Celli (2001)