![]() ![]() Almost never performed because of their difficulty. Tier 1 Finzi, Schnittke 1- both with sections which are virtually unplayable. Unknown ranking: Khachaturian and Gulda cello concertos. Straightforward pathing, not super introspective from a musical perspective IMO. Both these pieces should be cellist's introductions to cello concertos.Lalo is an awkward piece to play, but not significantly difficult. Elgar is not as difficult as the others, more musicality focused for sure, and requires a lot of musical introspection, but not as significant of a challenge.Dvorak is a monster of an endurance/musicality/technique beast, but can be overcome. Schumann is probably the hardest to pull off musicality wise. ![]() If you only focus on being a virtuoso player with both these pieces, they're going to sound not that nice. Shostakovich is a monster of a cello concerto, the Rococo variations really push skill + musicality blend.concertos + concerto-esque (non-piano accompaniment) ranked only from hardest to easiest. She has undertaken most of the searching that has roughly tripled the number of composers included and she also compiled Appendix 1 (Works for multiple solo cellos and orchestra/ensemble), and sub-edited all the entries.I wouldn't agree with this list. Renate Dehmer from Germany agreed to join the project as a co-author in 2022. He retains overall responsibility for editing the files and made the recommendations included in the timelines. Another update is planned later in the year.Īuthorship: The project was originally conceived and published by Patrick Waller in December 2020, at which point it contained 768 composers of cello concertos. We are continuing to identify further works, some of which have been written very recently. Appendix 2 (Other works for cello and orchestra) has also been updated with 166 composers added. ![]() Latest Update (March 2023): A further 113 composers of cello concertos and 8 works for multiple cellos and orchestra have been added. One hundred and forty-nine composers of works for multiple solo cellos and orchestra/ensemble (most of which are concertos) are listed here.Īppendix 2: Other works for cello and orchestraĪ further 877 composers who did not write a cello concerto (and are not included in Appendix 1) but wrote works for cello and orchestra are included here. To create timelines of all identified cello concertos, dividing them into those that have been recorded and those that are unrecorded to date.Īlphabetical entries for composers of cello concertosĬomposers of cello concertos who were born before 1780Ĭello concertos written in the 19th CenturyĬello concertos written between 1901-1940Ĭello concertos written between 1941-1960Ĭello concertos written between 1961-1970Ĭello concertos written between 1971-1980Ĭello concertos written between 1981-1990Ĭello concertos written between 1991-2000Ĭello concertos written in the 21 st CenturyĪppendix to the timelines: Composers of undated concertos written after c.1850Īppendix 1: Works for multiple solo cellos and orchestra/ensemble To provide basic information about all the composers and the concertos identified in the form of a brief single entry for each composer with hyperlinks to sources of further information, giving preference to reviews of recordings on MusicWeb International.Ĥ. Using information freely available on the internet, to identify as many cello concertos as possible and to establish whether or not each concerto has, to date, been commercially recorded.ģ. To assist readers interested in the genre of the cello concerto in exploring the recorded repertoire and, for unrecorded works, in hearing those works for which non-commercial recordings exist on the internet.Ģ. The aims of the project, which was originally undertaken in the second half of 2020, are as follows:ġ. ![]() These pages currently include a total of 2311 composers of around 3150 cello concertos, 933 (c.30%) of which have been commercially recorded. ![]()
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