CelloBello’s comprehensive repertoire database is an essential resource for cellists of all levels.
It not only lists common core cello repertoire, but it also contains several curated databases that feature works by underrepresented voices. These curated databases include the Sphinx Catalog of Latin American Cello Works, Works by Women Composers, Works by Black Composers, and 21st Century Cello Works. These curated databases were independently created by several dedicated musicians with passions for research and advocacy, and they continue to be enriched by composers, players, and publishers.
We hope this robust tool will empower cellists to discover new works and deepen their connection to the richness of the cello repertoire, and we are grateful for the collective generosity that has allowed us to provide this resource to a global audience.
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Composer |
Country |
Title |
Instrumentation |
Year |
Duration |
Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Uzbekistan | Patina | unaccompanied | 2017 | 4'' | find score |
| Keal, Minna | United Kingdom (UK) | Ballade for Cello and Piano | cello and piano | 1929 | 8'' | find score |
| Keal, Minna | United Kingdom (UK) | Cello Concerto | cello and orchestra | 1994 | 25'' | find score |
| Kennedy, John | Even the Stones Breathe | Cello | 2011 | 8' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Colored Field | Cello and large orchestra | 2000 | 38' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Second Ballad | Cello and Piano | 2013 | 9' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Meditation (in Memory of John Lennon) | cello and piano | 2000 | 8' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Dreamsongs | Cello and Chamber orchestra | 2014 | 25' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | On Distant Shores | Solo cello, oboe, string quartet, piano | 2012 | 20' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Dreamsongs | Cello and Chamber Orchestra | 2014 | 25' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Second Ballad | Cello and Piano | 2013 | 9' | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Air (for cello and orchestra) | 2(pic).121/2200/timp.perc/pf.hp/str | 2000 | find score | ||
| Kernis, Aaron Jay | Ballad | solo cello, or vc and 7 vc, or cello and 7 recorded vc, Vc plus piano | 2004 | 8' | find score | |
| Khatchaturian, Aram | Armenia | Cello Concerto in e minor | solo cello with orchestra | 1946 | 33' | |
| Khatchaturian, Aram | Armenia | Concerto-Rhapsody in d minor | solo cello with orchestra | ? | 23' | |
| Khorkova, Marina | Russia | a_priori | flute and cello | 2013 | 15'' | find score |
| Khorkova, Marina | Russia | soundmap ::: reconstruction | cello, objects, stones, and tape | 2020 | 30'' | find score |
| Kiefer, Bruno | Brazil | Poema do horizonte I | cello and violin | 1972 | 9' | |
| Kiefer, Bruno | Brazil | Vem o vento | cello and soprano | 1973 | 3' | |
| Kiefer, Bruno | Brazil | Errância | cello solo | 1974 | 4' | |
| Kilstofte, Mark | You [unfolding] | Violoncello solo | 2019 | 8'45'' | ||
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 4 | solo cello with orchestra | 1882 | 25' | |
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Cello Concerto No.2, Op.20 | solo cello with orchestra | 1887 | never recorded? | |
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Cello Concerto No. 3, Op. 31 | solo cello with orchestra | 1895 | 22' | |
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Cello Concerto No. 4, Op. 37 | solo cello with orchestra | 1901 | 30' | |
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Scherzo in d minor, Op. 6 | cello with piano accompaniment | 1884 | 5' | |
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Technical Cello Studies, Vol. 1 | solo cello | |||
| Klengel, Julius | Germany | Technical Cello Studies, Vol. 2 | solo cello | |||
| Klose, Katrin | Germany | Kham | unaccompanied | 2015 | 9'' | find score |
| Klose, Katrin | Germany | Feuertänzer. Funken | cello and accordian | 2016 | '' | find score |
| Klug, Gregory Kyle | Twelve Etudes for Solo Cello | Unaccompanied Cello | 2016 | 18' | ||
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Garden gnomes, metro gnomes | cello quartet | 2004 | 7'' | find score |
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Mahogany | cello trio | 2005 | 8'' | find score |
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Yarilo | unaccompanied | 2007 | 14'' | find score |
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Black Is The Colour : For Solo Cello | unaccompanied | 2015 | 7'' | find score |
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Dear Nora | cello and electronics | 2016 | 6'' | find score |
| Knudson, Elizabeth | Canada | Acqua | cello octet | 2018 | 15'' | find score |
| Ko, Tonia | Hong Kong | Elegy (Axis I) | cello and piano | 2016 | 13'' | find score |
| Ko, Tonia | Hong Kong | Hush | cello & percussion | 2012 | 12'' | find score |
| Ko, Tonia | Hush | Cello and Percussion | 2012 | 12' | ||
| Koc, Marcelo | Argentina | Concierto Op. 41 | cello and orchestra | 1989. According to wikipedia 1993 | ||
| Koc, Marcelo | Argentina | Poema Lírico | cello, violin and orchestra | 1997 | ||
| Kodály, Zoltán | Hungary | Cello Sonata, Op. 4 | cello and piano | 1909-1910 | 19' | |
| Kodály, Zoltán | Hungary | Sonata for Solo Cello in b minor, Op. 8 | solo cello | 1915 | 31' | |
| Kohan de Scher, Celina | Argentina | Concierto | cello and string orchestra | 1990 | ||
| Komarova, Tatiana | Belarus | Triptychon for Violoncello and Piano | cello and piano | 1993 | 10'' | find score |
| Korenchendler, Henrique David | Brazil | Divertimento Op. 58 | cello solo | 1977 | 10' | |
| Korenchendler, Henrique David | Brazil | “De Webern a Brahms: Metamorfoses…” | cello and piano | 2013 | ||
| Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Austria | Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 37 | solo cello with orchestra | 1946 | 12' | |
| Kotzarev, Oleg | Argentina | Sonata No. 1 | cello and piano | 1962 | 22' |
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