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Violoncello concerto

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A violoncello concerto is a concerto for solo violoncello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written from the time of Vivaldi and Tartini if not earlier, and continue to be written into the present day. There are extremely well-known examples from Joseph Haydn, Schumann, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Elgar, Saint Saëns' 2 concerti, Shostakovich no. 1 and Shostakovich no. 2, and an often-played one (of about a dozen he wrote) by Boccherini which has been rescued from its mangled edition by Grutzmacher, but there are others in the standard repertoire and many others which are not.

There are also several often-played works not called concerto worth noting here, including Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Bruch's Kol Nidre, the Schelomo of Bloch, and the Elegy of Fauré. Also Benjamin Britten's Cello symphony and George Enescu's sinfonia concertante which are longer, true, than some concerti. Also Frank Bridge's Oration but this is not played nearly so often! N.B. So the omission from this brief list of other concerti/concertante works is not meant to speak to their value...

List of Cello Concerti

Selected list of other concertante works

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