Composer Title Publisher
Georges Auric *Imaginees for cello and
piano
Benjamin Britten *Sonata *Suite No. 1 for
solo cello *Suite No. 2
for solo cello *Suite No.
3 for solo cello
Claude Debussy Minuet for cello and piano
G. Gamburg Theme with Variations for
cello and piano
M. Goldstein *Minuet for cello and piano
Dmitri Kabalevsky *Sonata
Karen Khachaturian *Sonata
Gia Koncheli *"After Crying" for cello
solo
Y. Levitin *Sonata
Nikolai Miaskovsky *Sonata No. 2
Michel Michelet *Sonata
E. Mirzoyan *Sonata
Maurice Ohana *Syrtes pour cello et piano
Claude Pascal *Sonata
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata Fugue for solo cello
N. Rakov *Nine pieces for
violoncello and piano
Alfred Schnittke *Nostalgie for cello and
piano *Epilogue from the
Ballet "Peer Gynt" for
cello, piano, and
electronics *Improvisation
for cello solo *Sonata No.
2 for cello and piano
Menuet for violin, viola
and cello Trio for violin,
cello, piano
Y. Shaporin *Five pieces for
violoncello and piano
V. Shebalin *Sonata
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello part in Song Cycle
from Poems of Alexander
Blok
Sergei Taneyev Canzona
Boris Tchaikovsky *Suite for cello solo
Partita for cello, piano,
clavecine, electric
guitar, and percussion
Sir William Walton *Passacaglia for cello solo
M. Weinberg *Sonata No. 2 for cello
and piano *Sonata for
cello solo
Jean Wiener Sonata for cello and piano
* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich
Compositions for cello and orchestra or ensemble premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich
Composer Title Publisher
A. Babadzhanyan *Concerto
G. Banschikov *Concerto No. 4
Luciano Berio Il ritorno degli
Snovidenia
Leonard Bernstein *Three Meditations
B. Bogdanov-Berezovoi *Three Concert Pieces for
Cello and Orchestra
Arthur Bliss *Concerto
Benjamin Britten *Symphony for Cello and
Orchestra
Daniel-Lessur Fantasie-Concertante for
cello and orchestra
Henri Dutilleux *"Tout un Monde Lointain"
Lukas Foss *Concerto
Reanaud Gagneux *"Triptyque" concerto for
cello and orchestra
Lopez Graca *Concerto da Camera
E. Golubyev *Concerto
C. Halffter Concerto
Alun Hoddinott *Concerto
Andre Jolivet *Concerto No. 2
T. Khrennikov *Concerto No. 1
Aram Khachaturian *Kontsert-rapsodiya
Lev Knipper *Concerto
Marcel Landowski "Un Enfant apelle...",
Concerto for Soprano,
Cello and orchestra
Y. Levitin "Le Prison", Poem for
Soprano, Cello and
orchestra *Concertino
Witold Lutoslawski *Concerto
David Matthews Romanza for cello and
small orchestra, op. 49
Olivier Messiaen Concerto for flauto, oboe,
cello, piano and orchestra
Violoncello part in
oratorio "Transfiguration"
Norbert Moret *Two Love Poems for
Soprano, Cello and
Orchestra *Concerto
Virgilio Mortari *Concerto
N. Nabokov Theme with Variations for
Cello and Orchestra
Arne Nordheim *Tenebrae
Maurice Ohana *Concerto
Andre Panufnik Concerto
A. Pärt *Concerto
Krzysztof Penderecki *Concerto No. 2
N. Peyko Bashkiri Melodies for
Cello and Orchestra
Ljubomir Pipkov *Concerto Symphony
Walter Piston *Variations for Cello and
Orchestra
Gavriil Popov Symphonic Aria for Cello
Sergei Prokofiev *Symphony-Concerto
Concertino
Henri Sauguet *Melodie Concertante
Robert Saxton *Cello Concerto
Alfred Schnittke *Concerto No. 2 *Concerto
for violin, viola, cello
and orchestra
Rodion Shchedrin *Concerto for cello and
orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich *Concerto No. 1 *Concerto
No. 2
Boris Tchaikovsky *Concerto
Yudzo Toyama *Concerto
V. Vlasov *Concerto Improvisation
M. Weinberg *Concerto
* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich
Compositions commissioned by Mstislav Rostropovich for cello solo
for the 70th birthday of Paul Sacher
and performed by Rostropovich in Zurich, May 2, 1976
Composer Title Publisher
Conrad Beck Three Epigrams for
Violoncello Solo
Luciano Berio "Le mots sont alles..."
for Violoncello Solo
Benjamin Britten Theme "SACHER" for Cello
Solo
Henri Dutilleux *Hommage a Paul Sacher
pour violoncello solo**
Wolfgang Fortner Theme and Variations for
Violoncello Solo
Alberto Ginastera *Hommage a Paul Sacher:
Punena No. 2, op. 45 for
Violoncello Solo
Cristobal Halffter Variations on the Theme
"SACHER" for Violoncello
Solo
Heinz Holliger Chaconne for Violoncello
Solo
Klaus Huber "Transpositio ad
infinitum" for Virtuoso
Solo Cello
Witold Lutoslawski Sacher Variations for
Violoncello Solo
* dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich
** Henri Dutilleux later added two more movements and the work is now called Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher pour Violoncello Solo