Symphony Orchestra Solo Pieces for Cello

Italian composer and cellist Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) wrote during the Classical era and predominantly in the galante style. Over his career, he composed twelve concertos for the cello, an...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B. 191 in 1894. It was the last solo concerto that the composer wrote, and it was the final work that he wrote during his...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B. 191 in 1894. It was the last solo concerto that the composer wrote, and it was the final work that he wrote during his...

In 1892 Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) embarked on a "farewell" tour of Bohemian and Moravian cities prior to departing for the United States, and he chose his friends, violinist Ferdinand Lachner and cel...

In 1892 Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) embarked on a "farewell" tour of Bohemian and Moravian cities prior to departing for the United States, and he chose his friends, violinist Ferdinand Lachner and cel...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) wrote Concerto for Cello in D minor a few years after the popular Symphonie espagnole in 1876 for Belgian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The following year, Fischer was the soloist...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote his CELLO CONCERTO in A minor, Op. 129, in 1850, within the span of only two weeks. He tried offering the work to two publishers before Breitkopf and Hartel decided t...

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) wrote his CELLO CONCERTO in A minor, Op. 129, in 1850, within the span of only two weeks. He tried offering the work to two publishers before Breitkopf and Hartel decided t...

This Mozart-inspired work, completed in January of 1877, was the first composition by Tchaikovsky for cello and orchestra. This version of Variations on a Rococo Theme, heavily edited by Wilhelm Fitze...

CHANT DU MÉNESTREL (SONG OF THE MINSTREL) is a short piece for solo cello and orchestra by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936). Composed in 1901, it is dedicated to the solo cellist to the Tsar Alexander W...

CHANT DU MÉNESTREL (SONG OF THE MINSTREL) is a short piece for solo cello and orchestra by Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936). Composed in 1901, it is dedicated to the solo cellist to the Tsar Alexander W...

Cellist and composer David Popper published the CELLO CONCERTO No. 5 in C major, Hob. VIIb:5, in 1899 as a completion of stetches supposedly made by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Due to more recent...

Cellist and composer David Popper published the CELLO CONCERTO No. 5 in C major, Hob. VIIb:5, in 1899 as a completion of stetches supposedly made by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Due to more recent...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B. 191 in 1894. It was the last solo concerto that the composer wrote, and it was the final work that he wrote during his...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) composed his Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B. 191 in 1894. It was the last solo concerto that the composer wrote, and it was the final work that he wrote during his...

Franz Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) CONCERTO FOR CELLO in C, Hob. VIIb: 1 is a rare instance where a masterpiece was lost, in this case for almost 200 years, before being rediscovered. The manuscript was...

Preface Granville Bantock was a composer caught between two musical cultures. The son of a prominent London surgeon, Bantock studied at the Royal Academy of Music while Tchaikovsky was still a rising...

In cooperation with the G. Henle Verlag For the first time the version last hand Edition for violoncello and piano marked by Heinrich Schiff

Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 is undoubtedly one of the greatest pinnacles and key masterpieces of Romantic concerto literature. Composed in 1850, this profound work captivates...

Klaus Doege reevaluates the surviving sources. The result is an edition that precisely traces the many, often contradictory, readings between the autograph and the first printing in a text-critical ma...