In particolare dal XX secolo, il repertorio per violoncello solo è cresciuto considerevolmente. Queste composizioni per violoncello solo qui selezionate per rilevanza includono anche arrangiamenti e trascrizioni notevoli.
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Joseph Abaco (11) Caprices Samuel Adler Sonata (1965) Kalevi Aho Solo IV (1997) Hugh Aitken For the Cello (1980) Franghis Ali-Zadeh Ask Havasi (parte del ciclo Silk Road) (1998) Oyan (2005) Maarten Altena Figura (1993) Georges Aperghis Quatres Récitations (1980) Sonate (1994) Gilbert Amy Quasi Scherzando Tanya Anisimova Sufi Suite Song on Mt. San Angelo Georgi Arnaudov Kells (1999) Three Sonets of Michelangelo (2014) Malcolm Arnold Fantasy (1987) Lera Auerbach Sonata doe Solo Violocello, op. 72 (2003) La Suite dels Ocells [Homage to Pablo Casals] (2015)
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Johann Sebastian Bach Suites per violoncello solo Nicolas Bacri Suite, op. 31, n. 1 Preludio e metamorfosi (1987–94) Suite, op. 31, n. 2 Tragica (1991–93) Suite, op. 31, n. 3 Vita et Mors (1991–93) Suite, op. 50, n. 4 (1994–96; scritto per Emmanuelle Bertrand) Henk Badings Sonata n. 2 David N. Baker Sonata (1990) Don Banks Sequence (1967) Granville Bantock Sonata in sol minore (1924) Rami Bar-Niv Improvisation Arnold Bax Rhapsodic Ballad (1939) Conrad Beck Epigrams (per Paul Sacher) Grant Belgarian Elegia per violoncello cello Paul Ben-Haim Music (1974) Richard Rodney Bennett Partita (2001) Sonata Scena II (1973) Niels Viggo Bentzon Sonata, op. 110 (1956) Variazioni sui "Marinai del Volga", op. 354 (1974) 16 Studi, op. 464 (1984) Sonata, op. 110 Esteban Benzecry Suite "Prisme du Sud (1970) Gunnar Berg Suite per violoncello solo (1950) Michael Berkeley Iberian Notebook Suite (1980) Luciano Berio Les mots sont allés (1978; per Paul Sacher) Sequenza VIb (1981) Chanson pour Pierre Boulez (per Pierre Boulez) (2000) Sequenza XIV (2002) Gunther Bialas Romanze (1987) Ernest Bloch Suite n. 1 (1956), dedicata a Zara Nelsova Suite n. 3 (1957), dedicata a Zara Nelsova William Bolcom Suite in do minore (1994) Ennio Bolognini Adagio e Allegro Fiesta Baska - Lamada Montanesa Seranata de Bolonini Seranata del Eco Serenata Del Gaucho Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Purcell Cello's Prayer Sergei Bortkiewicz Suite, op. 41 Hans Bottermund - Janos Starker Variazioni su un tema di Paganini Hendrik Bouman Suite in re maggiore (2003) Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995) Solo 1 (1973) Solo 6 (1980; scritto per H.J. Scheitzbach) Allen Brings Sonata da chiesa (1980)cfr. EAN:759348064426 Benjamin Britten Suite per violoncello solo Tema "Sacher" (per Paul Sacher) Stephen Brown Suites per violoncello Takkakaw Falls (2003, 2004) Fire (2005, revised 2012) There Was a Lady in the East (2007) Lilies and the Roses (2011, revised 2013) Magneto (2012) Flowers of the Forest (2013) Leo Brouwer Sonata (1960) Michail Evseevič Bukinik 4 Concert Etudes (n. 4 in Fa minore) Sylvano Bussotti Deborah Parker (1987) Variazione Yuri Butzko Partita per violoncello solo
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John Cage One8 (1991) 59½ Secondi (1953) Atlas Eclipticallis (1961) Variations I (1958) Études Boreales (1978) Elliott Carter Figment (1994) Figment n. 2, Remembering Mr. Ives (2001) Gaspar Cassadó Suite (1926) Luigi Chiarizia (L'Aquila 1978) "Marcetta Militare" per violoncello solo (1992) "La Persistenza del Ricordo" per violoncello solo (2011) "L'Attesa..." per violoncello solo (2022) Geghuni Chitchjan Sonata per violoncello solo (1983) Frédéric Chopin Studio in la bemolle maggiore, op. 25, n. 1 (trascr. Cassadó) Nigel Clarke Spectroscope (1987) Grant Colburn Sonata in re minore per violoncello barocco viola da gamba (2009) Michael Colgrass Wolf (1975) Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694) Ciaccona a Basso Solo (1670) Toccata da Violone Solo (Toccata ) (1670) John Corigliano Fancy on a Bach air (1997; eseguito alla prima da Yo-Yo Ma) Henry Cowell Gravely and Vigorously (Hymn & Fuguing Tune n. 17) (1973; in memoria di Kennedy) George Crumb Sonata per violoncello solo (1955) César Cui Orientale
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Luigi Dallapiccola Adagio (1947) Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio (1945) Jean-Luc Darbellay Solo (1997) Michael Daugherty Jackie's Song (2000) Johann Nepomuk David 2 Sonate Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms n. 3 (1964) Robert deMaine Twelve Études-Caprices, op. 31 (1999) Unaccompanied Sonata David Diamond Sonata for Violoncello Alone (1959) Friedhelm Dohl Fantasie - Kadenz Klezmeriana per violoncello solo (1983) Franco Donatoni Lame (1982) John Downey Lydian Suite (1975) Zsolt Durkó Solo Suite n. 1 (1979) Henri Dutilleux Trois Strophes sur le Nom de SACHER (1976–82) (per Paul Sacher)
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David Eby Celtic Passage Gerald Eckert Nôema (1992/93) Søren Nils Eichberg Variazioni su un tema di Niccolò Paganini (2005) Hans Ulrich Engelmann Mini-music to Siegfried Palm, op. 38 (1970) Sven Einar Englund Suite (1986) Gottfried von Einem Music, op. 108 (1996) Iván Erőd Hommage á Beethoven, op. 24 (Rhapsodie für Violoncello solo über Themen der Sonate, op. 102/1 von Ludwig van Beethoven) (1977) Rudolf George Escher Sonata per violoncello solo (1945-48) Pozzi Escot Sonata (2002)
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Morton Feldman Projection I (1950) Intersection IV (1953) Richard Festinger Upon The Viol (2012) Ross Lee Finney Chromatic Fantasy in E (1957) Graciane Finzi Theme and Variations to el cant dels ocells Elena Firsova The Rest is Silence (2002) Luboš Fišer (1935–1999) Sonata (1987) Tom Flaherty Semi-Suite (1990) Remembrance of Things Present (2006) Alexandra Fol Almost Serial (1999) Carlo Forlivesi Più Mesto per violoncello solo con due archi (2003) Wolfgang Fortner Suite (Schott) (for Paul Sacher) Zum Spielen für den 70. Geburtstag: Theme and Variationen (1976) Ilse Fromm-Michaels Suite, op. 15 (Sikorski) Rudolf Escher Sonata (1955)
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Domenico Gabrielli Sette Ricercari (1689) Hans Gál Sonata per violoncello solo op.109a (1982) Orlando Jacinto Garcia Crystalline Sounds of the Night Ada Gentile Pervioloncellosolo () (1996) Michael Gielen Weitblick Sonata (1991) Alberto Ginastera (1916–83) Puneña n. 2, op. 45 (Hommage à Paul Sacher) Detlev Glanert Fünf Wüstenlieder (five Desert Songs) (1999) Philip Glass Songs and Poems (in 7 movements) (2007) Friedrich Goldmann Cellomusik (1974) Marin Goleminov Sonata (1969) Osvaldo Golijov Omaramor (1991) Andrei Golovin Elegia per violoncello solo (1988) Yevgeny Golubev 2 Etudes per violoncello solo, op. 46 (1961) Concert Aria per violoncello solo (1961) Leonid Grabovsky (Hrabovsky) Hlas I (1990) Voices per violoncello solo (1990) Jorge Grundman Terezin attraverso gli occhi dei bambini per violoncello solo (2012) Sofia Gubaidulina Ten Preludes (1974) Quaternion per violoncello solo
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Alois Haba Fantasy in quarter-tones (1924) Daron Hagen Suite (1985) Higher, Louder, Faster (1987) Cristobal Halffter Variations on the theme eSACHERe (per Paul Sacher) Hermann Haller Trois pieces pour violoncelle seul (3 pieces) John Harbison Suite (1994) Jonathan Harvey Curve with Plateaux for Helen Verney (1983) Teppo Hauta-aho Improvatio (1971) Bernhard Heiden Variazioni su "Lilliburlero" Paavo Heininen Cantilena I, op. 24c (1970) Cantilena II, op. 26 (1970) Poesie des pensées, op. 23 (1970) Hans Werner Henze Serenade (1949) Capriccio (for Paul Sacher) (1976/1981) Michael Hersch Sonata n. 1 (1994) Sonata n. 2 (2001) Kenneth Hesketh Die hängende Figur ist Judas (Drei Perspektiven) (1998) IMMH (2014) Jacques Hétu Variations, op. 11b (1967) Gilad Hochman Rhapsody (2003) Jennifer Higdon Suite (2002) Paul Hindemith Sonata, op. 25, n. 3 (1923) Joel Hoffman Concert-Study (Fantasie) (1977) Unaccompanied minor (2007) York Höller Sonata (1968) Heinz Holliger Chaconne (for Paul Sacher) (1975) Trema (1981) Vagn Holmboe Solo Cello Sonata, M. 241 (1968–69) Imogen Holst Fall of the Leaf Joaquim Homs Arbres al vent (1992) Soliloqui num. 4 (1994) Capvespre vora el mar (1994) Arthur Honegger Paduana in G major, H.181 (1945) Alan Hovhaness Yakamochi, op. 193 (1965) Klaus Huber Transpositio ad Infinitum für ein virtuoses Solocello (per Paul Sacher) Nicolaus A. Huber Der Ausrufer steigt ins Innere (1984) Tobias Hume Kleine Stücke für Cello solo (Small pieces ) Book 1 (originally for Gamba) (arranged by Sabina Lehrmann) (Cello solo pieces) Book 2 Bertold Hummel Fantasia I in G, op. 77d1 (1952) Fantasia II in memoriam Pablo Casals, op. 97a (1993) Farewell (2002)
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Jacques Ibert Etude-Caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin (1949) Ghirlarzana (1950) Yoshirō Irino (1921–1980) Three Movements (1969)
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Karl Jenkins Benedictus - The Armed Man (2001) Jan Jirásek Dilema (1987) Ben Johnston Toccata per Laurien Laufman (1984) Betsy Jolas Scion (1974) Episode cinquième (1983) Andre Jolivet Suite en Concert (1965) Christian Jost Laulos (2005) Gordon Jacob Serenade Divertimento Jurgis Juozapaitis Sonata per violoncello solo
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Dmitry Kabalevsky Études in Major and Minor, op. 68 (1961) Mauricio Kagel Unguis incarnatus est Siegfriedp‘ (1971) Hugo Kauder Suite (1925) Second Suite (1924) Frederick Kaufman Inner Sanctum (1999) Jin Hi Kim Kee Maek #4 (1995) Irena Kosíková Stopy (2005) Volker David Kirchner Und Salomo sprach (1987) Aus dem Buch der Konige 3 meditations (2000) Threnos (2006) Aram Khachaturian Sonata-Fantasia in do maggiore, op. 104 (1974) Adam Khudoyan Sonata n. 1 (1961) Sonata n. 2 Elegaic (1984) Sonata n. 3 Pathetic (1993) Julius Klengel Suite in re minore, op. 56 Caprice in the Form of a Chaconne (with free use of a Theme by Robert Schumann), op. 43 Aleksandr Knaifel Lamento per violoncello solo (1967) Capriccio per violoncello solo (1994) Zoltán Kodály Solo Cello Sonata, op. 8 (1915) Capriccio (1915) Herman D. Koppel Introduction, Theme with Varations and Epilogue op. 86 (1971)cfr. UPC:636943605226 Nikolai Korndorf Passacaglia (1997) Irena Kosíková Stopy (2004) Ernst Křenek Suite, op. 84 (1942) Hanna Kulenty Still Life with a Cello (1998) Khristofer Kushnaryov Sonata per violoncello solo (1932) Mati Kuulberg Concerto-Sonata per violoncello solo (1973)
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Sophie Lacaze Variations sur quatre haikus (2009) Ezra Laderman Partita (1972) A Single Voice (1995, scritto per Tanya Anisimova) Fantasy (1998) A Single Line (2004) Frank La Rocca Secret Thoughts (1986) Henri Lazarof Momenti (1987) Claude Ledoux Le Songe trouble de l'orchidee (1994) 12 Studies - First book (1994) Benjamin Lees Night Spectres (2000) Kenneth Leighton Sonata, op. 52 (1967) Tania Leon 4 Pieces (1981) Milcho Leviev Reflected Meditation (1980) Augsburg Polka (1998) György Ligeti Sonata (1948–1953) Magnus Lindberg Stroke (1984) Partia (2001) Franz Liszt Sonata in si minore per violoncello solo (trascrizione di Johann Sebastian Paetsch) Jerry Liu Suite 7 Days (2012) Vassily Lobanov Sonata per violoncello solo (1963) Fantasie, op. 48 (1987) Pietro Locatelli Il Laberinto Armonico (trascrizione di Rohan de Saram) Daniele Lombardi Impromptu (Margherita) (in: Faustimmung, 1987) Alvin Lucier Indian Summer (1993) Witold Lutosławski Sacher Variation (1975; per Paul Sacher)
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Peter Machajdík Ponor (2019) Wolds (2019) Lullaby (1999) Olga Magidenko Site of the Heart, op. 60 (1998) Enrico Mainardi Sonata breve (1942) Sonata (1959) Ivo Malec Arco-1 (1987) Vitold Malishevsky Suite Steven Harry Markowitz Impromptu A Brief Adventure Pamela J. Marshall Soliloquy Donald Martino Parisonatina Al’Dodecafonia (1964) Tauno Marttinen Impression, op. 140 (1978) Colin Matthews Palinode (1992) David Matthews Fantasia, op. 8 (1971) Songs and Dances of Mourning, op. 12 (1976) Journeying Songs, op. 95 (2004) Rudolf Matz 11 Caprices Ombres et lumières (Lights and Shadows) Suite in do maggiore Tema con Variazioni