All About the Cello
Major Works for Cello:
- Bach, J. S., Six Solo Suites
- Britten, Three Solo Suites
- Crumb, G., Solo Sonata (1955)
- Dutilleux, 3 Strophes sur le nom de SACHER
- Hans Werner Henze, Serenade
- Hindemith, Solo Sonata, Op. 25, No. 3 (1923)
- Kodály, Solo Sonata
- Ligeti, Solo Sonata
- Penderecki, Divertimento (1994)
- Reger, Three Solo Suites
- Tcherepnin, A., Solo Suite (1945)
- Barber, Sonata, Op. 6 (1932)
- Beethoven, Five Sonatas and Three Sets of Variations
- Bloch, Three Pieces From Jewish Life (1924)
- Boccherini, Six Sonatas
- Brahms, Two Sonatas
- Britten, Sonata in C major, Op. 65
- Carter, Sonata (1948)
- Chopin, Grand Duo-Concertante on themes from Mayerbeer's Opera "Robert le Diable"
- Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3
- Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
- Debussy, Sonata
- Fauré, Two Sonatas (D minor, Op. 109; G minor, Op. 117)
- Elégie, Op. 24
- Papillon, Op. 77
- Grieg, Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
- Hindemith, Two Sonatas (1919; 1948)
- Kabalevsky, Two Sonatas (Op. 2; Op. 71)
- Khachaturian, Sonata (1966)
- Martinu, Three Sonatas (1940; 1941; 1952)
- Mendelssohn, Two Sonatas (B flat major, Op. 45; D major, Op. 58)
- Variations Concertantes, Op. 17
- Song without words, Op. 109
- Milhaud, Sonata, Op. 377 (1959)
- Poulenc, Sonata (1948)
- Prokofiev, Sonata in C major
- Rachmaninoff, Sonata in G minor, op. 19
- Saint-Saëns, Two Sonatas (Op. 32; Op. 123)
- Schnittke, Two Sonatas (1978; 1994)
- Schubert, Sonata in A minor “Arpeggione,” D. 821
- Schumann, Five Pieces in Folk Style
- Three Fantasy Pieces
- Adagio and Allegro
- Shostakovich, Sonata in D minor, op. 40
- Strauss, R., Sonata in F major, Op. 6
- Tcherepnin, A., Three Sonatas (Op. 29; Op. 30, Nos. 1 and 2)
- Vivaldi, Six Sonatas
- Barber, Concerto, Op. 22 (1945/rev.1947)
- Bloch, Schelomo
- Boccherini, Concerto in B flat major (the most often performed; he wrote numerous concerti)
- Bruch, Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
- Davidoff, Four Concerti
- Dutilleux, Tout un monde lointain...
- Dvorák, Concerto in B minor, op. 104 (Concerto No. 1 in A major is rarely performed)
- Elgar, Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
- Françaix, Fantaisie
- Variations de Concert
for cello and strings (1950)
- Haydn, Two Concerti (C major and D major)
- Herbert, Two Concerti ( D major, Op. 8; E minor, Op. 30)
- Hindemith, Two Concerti (1916; 1940)
- Kammermusik No. 3 for cello & 10 solo instruments, Op. 36, No. 2 (1925)
- Honegger, Concerto (1929)
- Kabalevsky, Two Concerti (Op. 49; Op. 77)
- Khachaturian, Concerto-Rhapsody (1963)
- Lutoslawski, Concerto (1969-70)
- Martinu, Two Concerti (1930/rev.1955; 1944-5)
- Miaskovsky, Concerto, Op. 66
- Milhaud, Two Concerti (1934, 1945)
- Penderecki, Two Concerti
- Prokofiev, Symphonie-Concertante, Op. 125
- Concertino in G minor, Op. 132
- Respighi, Adagio con Variazioni (1907)
- Saint-Saëns, Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33 (Concerto No. 2 is seldom performed)
- Schumann, Concerto in A minor, op. 129
- Shostakovich, Two Concerti (Op. 107; Op. 126)
- Strauss, R., Don Quixote
- Tchaikovsky, “Rococo” Variations, op. 33
- Vivaldi, Concerti
The Greatest Cellists of the 20th Century:
- Pablo Casals (1876-1973) – Catalan
- Gaspar Cassadò (1897-1966) – Spanish
- Emanuel Feuermann (1902-1942) – Polish-American
- Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) –Russian
- Pierre Fournier (1906-1986) – French
- André Navarra (1911- 1988) – French
- Paul Tortelier (1914-1990) – French
- Leonard Rose (1918-1984) – American
- Zara Nelsova (1918-2002) – Canadian
- Maurice Gendron (1920-1990) – French
- Daniil Shafran (1923-1997) – Russian
- Janos Starker (b. 1924) – Hungarian
- Msitivslav Rostropovich (1927-2007) - Russian
- Leslie Parnas (b. 1931) – American
- Lynn Harrell (b. 1944) – American
- Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) – English
- Misha Maisky (b. 1948) – Russian
- Yo Yo Ma (b. 1955) – Chinese-American
Most Famous Italian Cello Makers:
Makers in Cremona:
- Nicolò Amati (1596-1684)
- Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737)
Makers in Venice:
- Matteo Gofriller (1659-1742)
- Domenico Montagnana (1687-1750)
- Pietro Guarnerius (1695-1762)
Reference Books on Cello:
Campbell, Margaret, The Great Cellists, Trafalgar Square Publishing (1989)
Gendron, Maurice, The Art of Playing the Cello, Schott Musik International (2001)
Kliegel, Maria, Cello MasterclassDVD-Book, Schott - Naxos: 2.110280-81 (2010)
Stowell, Robin, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, Cambridge University Press (1999)
Walden, Valerie, One Hundred Years of Violoncello, Cambridge University Press (1998)
Cello Websites:
- Euroarts Music Festival -Akademie, Leipzig, Germany: www.euroarts.co.kr
- Internet Cello Society: www.cello.org
- Montecito Summer Music Festival: www.montecitomusicfestival.com
- Nice Summer Festival -Academie, France: www.hexagone.net/nice
- Oregon Cello Society: www.oregoncello.org
Student Research:
The Difficult Intonation of the Cello E note by Evan Engelstad 2010, B.A. in Music and Physics Willamette University