# 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)