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List of compositions for two violins

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This is a list of classical repertoire for two violins – either unaccompanied, with orchestra, or with piano.

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Two solo violins

  • Milton Babbitt: Arrivals and Departures (1994)
  • Béla Bartók: 44 Duos, Sz. 98, BB 104
  • Luciano Berio: Duetti (1983)
  • Charles Auguste de Bériot: Grand Duo Concertante, Op. 57
  • Howard J. Buss: Time Capsule (2002)
  • Géza Frid:
  • Twenty Duos, Op. 37
  • Paganini Variations for two violin ensembles or two violins, Op. 77
  • Vladimír Godár: Violin Duets, 72 pieces for two violins (1981) - I. 24 Duets; II. 40 Duets (Melodiarium); III. Suite for Two Violins
  • Henryk Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 (1961)
  • Swan Hennessy: Sonatina, Op. 78 (c.1928–29)
  • Paul Hindemith: Kanonische Variationen (1931)
  • Arthur Honegger: Sonatine (1920)
  • Drago Kocakov: Intimus (1951)
  • Allan Pettersson: Seven sonatas
  • Gerhard Präsent: Vier Tänze für zwei Violinen (Four Dances for Two Violins), Op. 24 ([1])
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins in C, Op. 56
  • Marta Ptaszynska: Mancala (1997)
  • Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations (1937/38)
  • Max Reger: Drei Canons und Fugen im alten Stil, Op. 131b (1914)
  • Johanna Senfter: 10 Alte Tänze, Op. 91
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: 6 Canonical Sonatas
  • Antonín Vranický:
  • Variations, Op. 7
  • Duos, Op. 9
  • Three Duos, Op. 20
  • Twenty variations
  • Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonata, Op. 69 (1959)
  • Henryk Wieniawski: Études-Caprices, Op. 18
  • Eugène Ysaÿe: Duo Sonata (1915)
  • Isang Yun:
  • Sonatina (1983)
  • Pezzo fantasioso per due instrumenti con basso ad libitum (1988)
  • John Zorn: Apophthegms (2012)

    • Two violins and orchestra

  • Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for 2 Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
  • P. D. Q. Bach: Konzertstück for Two Violins with Orchestra, S. 2+ †
  • Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds for two violins and string orchestra (2012)
  • Gerd Domhardt: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra in one movement (1979)
  • Rob du Bois: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra (1979)
  • Lukas Foss: Orpheus and Euridice for 2 violins, chamber orchestra and tape (1983); 2nd version of Orpheus (1972)
  • Géza Frid:
  • Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 40
  • Concerto for Three violins and orchestra, Op. 78
  • Philip Glass: Echorus for 2 violins and string orchestra (1995, version of the Etude No. 2 for piano)
  • Gustav Holst: Double Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 49
  • Bohuslav Martinů:
  • Duo Concertante (Concerto No. 1) for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 264
  • Concerto No. 2 in D major for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 329
  • Karl Marx: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertone in C major for 2 violins and orchestra, K. 190
  • Steve Reich: Duet for 2 Violins and string ensemble (1994)
  • Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa for 2 violins, prepared piano and string orchestra
  • Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra
  • Marta Ptaszynska: Concerto Grosso for 2 violins and chamber orchestra (1996.)
  • Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Duo in A major for 2 violins and orchestra (or piano), Op. 33 (1889.)
  • Johanna Senfter: Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra, Op. 40
  • Obadiah Shuttleworth: 2 concerti grossi, for two solo violins and string orchestra, arranged from the opus 5 solo sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
  • Nikos Skalkottas: Concerto for 2 violins (1944–5) (not orchestrated)
  • Eugène Ysaÿe: Amitié, poem for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 26

    • Two violins and piano

  • Géza Frid: Separate Ways, Op. 75a
  • Moritz Moszkowski: Suite, Op. 71
  • Christian Sinding:
  • Serenade, Op. 56/1
  • Serenade, Op. 92/2
  • Ladislav Gabrielli: Three trios for two violins and piano

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