List of solo violin pieces

A

Anonymous

"Jeux interdits", Spanish Ballad, for Violin solo (transcription: Ruggiero Ricci)

B

Grażyna Bacewicz

Sonata (No.0), for solo violin (1929) -early work, no number-

Sonata No.1, for solo violin (1941)

Sonata No.2, for solo violin (1958)

Johann Sebastian Bach

3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas, for solo violin:

Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001

Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002

Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003

Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005

Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (transcription for violin solo by Tedi Papavrami, 2010)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (transcription for violin solo by Bruce Fox-Lefriche)

Béla Bartók

Sonata for solo violin, Sz.117, BB 124 (1944)

I. Tempo di ciaccona; II. Fuga (Risoluto, non troppo vivo); III. Melodia (Adagio); IV. Presto

Bruno Bartolozzi

"Variazioni" per violino solo (1957)

"Due studi" for violin

George Benjamin

"Three Miniatures", for solo violin (2001):

1. A Lullaby for Lalit

2. A Canon for Sally

3. Lauer Lied

Paul Ben-Haim (b. Paul Frankenburger)

Sonata in G major, for violin solo

Luciano Berio

Sequenza VIII, per violino solo (1976)

Charles Auguste de Bériot

(9) Studies, for violin solo:

1. Allegro agitato

2. Allegro moderato

3. Moderato

4. Energico

5. Melody: Largo

6. Gulnare: Andantino

7. March: Moderato

8. Allegro vivace

9. In imitation of the old masters: Moderato

(12) Scènes ou Caprices, for violin solo, Op.109:

1. La Separation

2. La Polka

3. Le Lezard

4. Le Depart

5. La Fougue

6. La Banniere

7. Le Caprice

8. Saltarella

9. La Reine

10. Marche Russe

11. L'inquietude

12. La Consolation

Prélude ou Improvisation, for violin solo, Op.post.

Lennox Berkeley

Introduction and Allegro, for Solo Violin (1949) -edited by Ivry Gitlis-

Charles Harold Bernstein

Rhapsodie Israélienne, for solo violin (1984) -dedicated to Ivry Gitlis-

Romantic Suite, for solo violin (1984)

I. A huit heure; II. La commande; III. Presto ma non troppo; IV. Poème trascendental

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Passacaglia -from the Rosary Sonatas-

Ernest Bloch

Suite No.1, for solo violin (1958)

I. Prelude; II. Andante tranquillo; III. Allegro; IV. Andante; V. Allegro energico

Suite No.2, for solo violin (1958)

I. Energico deciso; II. Moderato; III. Andante; IV. Allegro molto; V. Mélodie. Moderato

Nimrod Borenstein

"Quasi una Cadenza" for solo violin, Op.26

Stephen Brown

Suite No.1 for solo violin "Takkakaw Falls" (2003/04)

"Four Romances and a Lunch", 5 movements for solo violin (2005)

Suite No.2 for solo violin "There Was a Lady in the East" (2007)

C

John Cage

"Cheap Imitation" (1977)

"Chorals" (1978) -from Erik Satie's Douze petits chorals-

"Eight Whiskus" (1985)

"One⁶" (1990)

"One¹⁰" (1992)

(32) "Freeman Etudes":

Book 1 & 2, (Etudes No. 1-16) (1980)

Book 3 & 4, (Etudes No. 17-32) (1990)

Julian Carrillo

Sonata No.1 para violin solo en Mi menor "a Paganini" (1939)

Elliott Carter

"Four Lauds", for solo violin:

I. Statement - Remembering Aaron (1999)

II. Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984)

III. Rhapsodic Musings (2000)

IV. Fantasy - Remembering Roger (1999)

John Corigliano

"The Red Violin" Caprices, for solo violin (1999)

"Stomp", for solo violin (2010) -employs scordatura tuning-

John Craton

Sonata for Solo Violin (2007)

D

Matthew Davidson

Bergamasques (2013)

Edison Denisov

Sonata for violin solo (1978)

Joël-François Durand

Roman for violin solo (1982)

E

Gottfried von Einem

Solosonate für Violine, Op.47

Anders Eliasson

"In medias" for violin solo (1971)

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst

6 Études à plusieurs parties (6 Polyphonic Studies / 6 mehrstimmige Studien) for Violin Solo (publ. 1864):

1. in F major

2. in A major

3. in E major

4. in C major

5. in E-flat major

6. Variations de concert sur l’air irlandaise The Last Rose of Summer, in G major

Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, D.328, Op.26 (1854) -transcription for solo violin-

Iván Erőd

Drei Stücke für Violine solo, Op.27 (1979)

"GeburtstagsPRÄSENT dem treuen Freund GErHArD", o.Op. (2007)

F

Richard Flury (1896-1967)

10 Capricen für solo violine (1950/52)

Urs Joseph Flury (b.1941)

Sonate für Violine solo

Fantasie für Violine solo

Jean Françaix (1912-1997)

Theme and 8 Variations, for violin solo (1980) -dedicated to Michael Goldstein-

G

Francesco Geminiani

Violin Solo Sonata in B-flat major (ed. Mario Corti)

I. Adagio (con fantasia); II. Vivace; III. Affetuoso; IV. Giga (Allegro)

Violin Solo in C major

Vittorio Giannini

Violin Solo Sonata No.1 (1940) -dedicated to Ruggiero Ricci-

I. Praeludium con bravura; II. Cantabile; III. Allegro

Jorge Grundman

Terezin Through the Eyes of the Children (2012)

H

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Sonata No.1, for solo violin (1927)

I. Toccata. Sehr lebhafte Achtel; II. Ruhige Viertel, sehr fliessend; III. Verrückt schnell, unschön spielen!!; IV. Breit!! Mit viel Ausdruck; V. Fuge (Toccata). Heiter, burschikos

Sonata No.2, for solo violin (1927)

I. Langsam, breite Achtel. Sehr lebhaft und kräftig; II. Variationen über eine rhythmische Idee:...; III. Sehr langsame Achtel mit viel Empfindung; IV. Fuge. Sehr wild und roh im Vortrag (schnelle...

Suite No.1, for solo violin (1927)

I. Canon. Lebhaft; II. Fuge. Munter!; III. Rondo. Nicht zu schnell; IV. Dreiteilige Liedform. Breit; V. Ciaccona: Lebhaft

Suite No.2, for solo violin (1927)

I. Lebhaft; II. Fliessend; III. Stürmisch; IV. Jazz Tempo, sehr robust. Presto

Hans Werner Henze

Sonata for violin solo (1977)

Gilad Hochman

Variations for violin solo (2003)

Heinz Holliger

Trema (1981, rev. 1983)

Souvenirs de Davos -No.2 for solo violin- (1999/2000)

Soli, for violin (2000/01)

Souvenirs trémaësques, version for violin (2000, rev. 2009)

Ri-Tratto, for violin (2011)

Drei kleine Szenen, für Violine solo (2014)

Arthur Honegger

Sonata for solo violin (1940)

Paul Hindemith

Sonata for Solo Violin (No.1) in G minor, Op.11/6 (1917/18)

I. Mäßig Schnell; II. Siziliano, Mäßig bewegt; III. Finale, Lebhaft

Sonata for Solo Violin (No.2), Op.31/1 (1924)

I. Sehr lebhafte Achtel; II. Sehr langsame Viertel; III. Sehr lebhafte Viertel; IV. Intermezzo, Lied ganz leise und zart su spielen; V. Prestissimo

Sonata for Solo Violin (No.3), Op.31/2 (1924)

I. Leichte bewegte Viertel; II. Ruhig bewegte Achtel; III. Gemächliche Viertel; IV. Fünf Variationen über das Lied "Komm, lieber Mai" von Mozart (Leicht bewegt)

Peter Hristoskov

Suite for Solo Violin No.1, Op.7 -dedicated to Igor Bezrodny-

Suite for Solo Violin No.2, Op.13 -dedicated to Vladimir Avramov-

K

Aram Khachaturian

Sonata-Monologue, for unaccompanied violin (1975)

Giselher Klebe

Sonate Nr.1 für Violine Solo

Sonate Nr.2 für Violine Solo (1955)

Fritz Kreisler

Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice Op.6, for solo violin (1910)

Study on a Choral “in the style of Johann Stamitz”, in G major, for solo violin (publ. 1930)

Austrian Imperial Hymn "Gott erhalte unseren Kaiser" (transcribed for solo violin by Kreisler, 1915)

Ernst Krenek

Sonata No. 1 for solo violin, Op.33 (1925)

Sonata No. 2 for solo violin, Op.115 (1948)

Rodolphe Kreutzer

42 Studies or Caprices for the Violin (publ. 1796; ed./rev. Edmund Singer, 1894)

L

Yury Levitin

Variations on a Theme by Glinka (collaborative work - 11 Variations by leading Soviet composers on "Vania's Song" from the Opera "Ivan Susanin". One Variation each by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Eugen Kapp, Andrei Eshpai, Rodion Shchedrin, Georgi Sviridov and Yury Levitin; two by Vissarion Shebalin; and three by Dmitri Shostakovich), Op.45 (1957)

Franz Liszt

Sonata in B minor (transcription for solo violin by Noam Sivan, 2007) [1]

Mephisto Waltz No. 1 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S. 514 (LW A189) for violin solo (arr. Nathan Milstein)

Pietro Locatelli

"The Harmonic Labyrinth", 24 Caprices (Cadenzas from 12 Violin Concertos "Il Labirinto armonico" Op.3)

Theo Loevendie

Dance (1986)

M

Bruno Maderna

"Widmung" (1967)

"Pièce pour Ivry" (1971)

Jean Martinon

Sonatina No. 5, for solo violin, Op.32/1 (1942)

Sonatina No. 6, for solo violin (1958)

Donald Martino

Romanza (2000)

Sonata (2003)

Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

"La Cumparsita" (arrangement for solo violin by Vicente Zito; edited by Ruggiero Ricci)

Pavle Merkù

Calmo espressivo, per violino solo

Ernst Hermann Meyer

6 Preludes for solo violin (1966/1973):

No.1 - Allegro

No.2 - Adagio

No.3 - Allegro assai

No.4 - Andantino liberamente

No.5 - Allegro

No.6 - Andante sempre un poco rubato

Darius Milhaud

"Sonatina pastorale" for violin solo, Op.383 (1960)

Nathan Milstein

Paganiniana

Mephisto Waltz (freely arranged from Franz Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1 "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke" S.514)

Konstantin G. Mostras

Esquisse No.2 (published in The Strad magazine, 2006)

Caprice (Recitativ and Toccata), for violin solo

Fred Momotenko

Eneato, for solo violin or viola (2003)

Alexander Müllenbach (b.1949)

Capriccio per Niccolò Paganini, for solo violin (1994)

N

Carl Nielsen

Praeludium og Tema med Variationer, Op. 48, FS.104 (1923)

Preludio e Presto, Op. 52, FS.128 (1927/28)

P

Niccolò Paganini

24 Caprices for solo violin, in the form of études (dedicated: Alli Artisti) Op.1, MS 25 (1818 ant.)

"Duo merveille", Sonata for solo violin, in C major MS 6 (1805/9)

Introduction and variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from La molinara by Giovanni Paisiello, MS 44 (1827) -also with guitar accompaniment-

"Capriccio" (a.k.a. Preludio) in G major, MS 54 (1828)

"God Save The King" Variations on the English national anthem, Op.9, MS 56 (1829)

"Caprice d'adieu" (a.k.a. Farewell Caprice - dedicated: A mon ami M. E. Eliason), MS 68 (1833c)

60 Variations on the Genoese folksong "Barucabà" Op.14, MS 71 for violin solo (1835) -also with guitar accompaniment-

Part I: Thema, in A major, with 20 Variations; Part II: Thema, in C major, with 20 Variations; Part III: Thema, in D major, with 20 Variations

"Valtz" for violin solo, MS 80

"Inno patriottico" (Patriotic hymn), Allegro and 6 Variations in A major, MS 81 -also with guitar accompaniment-

"Tema variato", Theme and 7 Variations in A major, MS 82

"Sonata" for solo violin in A major, MS 83

Gerard Pape

"Le Fleuve du Désir IV" (1994-2002)

Hilda Paredes

"Permutaciones", for solo violin (1978)

Krzysztof Penderecki

Cadenza, for solo violin or viola (1984)

Capriccio, for solo violin (2008)

Mario Peragallo

Piece from "Emircal" (1980) for violin and tape (violin plays 3 lines)

Paolo Pessina (b.1969)

Divertimento Op.3 for violin solo (1994)

I. Preludio; II. Ciaccona; III. Capriccio; IV. Danzante; V. Variazioni (Thema - Var.I-XIV - Fuga)

Suite No.2 in D minor, a Violino solo senza basso (2010/11)

I. Prelude; II. Double en Courant; III. Saraband; IV. Valse perdu; V. Rigodon

Goffredo Petrassi

Elogio per un'ombra, per violino solo "per Alfredo Casella venticinque anni dopo" (1971)

I. In tempo adagio; II. Quasi presto; III. Libero, quasi adagio

Astor Piazzola

6 Tango Etudes for violin or flute solo

Johann Georg Pisendel

Sonata in A minor, for solo violin (1730)

Hermann Markus Preßl

"YLOP", für Geige allein (1992) -experimental-

Sergei Prokofiev

Sonata for solo violin in D major, Op. 115 (1947)

I. Moderato; II. Andante dolce. Tema con variazioni; III. Con brio. Allegro precipitato

Zoltan Paulinyi

Entre Serras e Cerrado (1995)

Flausiniana (1996)

Abstrato (2003)

Acalanto No. 1 (2003)

Gerhard Präsent

Sonata regina per S.F. (1987)

Q

Manuel Quiroga

Estudio

(6) Etudes-Caprices:

No.1 (1936)

No.2 (1937)

No.3 (1939)

No.4 (1941)

No.5 (1942)

No.6 (1942)

9 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de Paganini (1928)

12 variaciones sobre el capricho núm. 24 de Paganini (1942)

R

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2 (transcription for Violin Solo by W.H. Reed)

Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5 (transcription for Violin Solo by Ernst Schliephake)

Max Reger

(4) Violin solo Sonatas, Op.42 (1900)

No.1 D minor (I.Allegro energico; II. Adagio con gran expressione; III. Scherzo. Prestissimo assai; IV. Fuge. Allegro energico)

No.2 A major (I. Allegro con grazia; II. Andantino; III. Prestissimo. Scherzando)

No.3 B minor (I. Pesante. Allegro; II. Canon. Andante semplice; III. Gigue. Prestissimo; IV. Vivacissimo à la Capriccio)

No.4 G minor (I. Sostenuto - Fuge. Allegro energico; II. Scherzo. Allegretto con grazia; III. Chaconne. Andante con moto)

Prelude and Fugue for Violin, A minor, Oh.Op. (1902)

(7) Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op.91 (1905)

No.1 A minor (I. Grave; II. Vivace; III. Andate sostenuto; IV. Allegro energico)

No.2 D major (I. Allegro moderato; II. Larghetto; III. Vivacissimo)

No.3 B-flat major (I. Allegro moderato; II. Scherzo. Prestissimo; III. Vivace)

No.4 B minor (I. Allegro energico; II. Larghetto; III. Vivace; IV. Allegro energico)

No.5 E minor (I. Allegro moderato; II. Con moto; III. Larghetto; IV. Allegro energico)

No.6 G major (I. Allegro commodo; II. Allegretto; III. Andante; IV. Vivacissimo)

No.7 A minor (I. Allegro energico; II. Scherzo. Vivace; III. Chaconne. Grave)

(8) Preludes, Fugues and Chaconne, for Solo Violin, Op. 117 (1909/12)

No.1 B minor

No.2 G minor

No.3 E minor

No.4 G minor (Chaconne)

No.5 G major (on themes by J.S.Bach)

No.6 D minor

No.7 A minor

No.8 E minor

(6) Preludes and Fugues for Solo Violin, Op.131a (1914)

No.1 A minor

No.2 D minor

No.3 G major

No.4 G minor

No.5 D major

No.6 E minor

Prelude for Violin solo in E minor, Oh.Op. (1915)

Ruggiero Ricci

"Jeux interdits" Romance (arranged: from Anonimous)

"Recuerdos de la Alhambra" for violin solo (transcription from: Francisco Tarrega)

"La Cumparsita", Tango for solo violin (transcription from: Gerardo Matos Rodríguez / arranged by Vicente Zito / edited by Ricci)

George Rochberg

50 Caprice Variations, for violin solo (1970)

Pierre Rode

24 Caprices for solo violin (24 Caprices, plus some basic exercises), Op.22

Joaquin Rodrigo

Capriccio, para violìn solo (1944)

Wilhelm Friedrich Rust (1739-1796)

Sonata (No.1) for Violin Solo

I. Grave; II. Fuga; III. Gigue; IV. Chaconne; V. Gigue (reprise); VI. Courante

Sonata No.2 for Violin Solo, in B-flat Major

I. Lento; II. Fuga; III. Aria - Double I, II, III, IV - Aria; IV. Bourrée; V. Couplet; VI. Gigue

S

Marian Sawa

Lajkonik (2003)

Cadenza (2003?)

Léon de Saint-Lubin

"Variations sur un Thème de Haydn", Op.1 for solo violin (1818)

"Six grands Caprices ou Etudes", Op.8 for solo violin (new edition by Jenő Hubay)

"6 Exercises amusants en forme de Caprice", Op.41 for solo violin (1837)

"6 Grand Caprices, Op.42 for solo violin (new edition by Jenő Hubay, 1910)

"Thême Original et Etude de Sigismund Thalberg", Op.45a for solo violin

"Fantaisie sur un thême de Lucia di Lammermoor" -on sextet "Chi mi frena in tal momento" from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor-, in D major Op.46 for solo violin (1844)

(24) "Etudes-Caprices dans les 24 tons de la gamme", for solo violin

Domenico Scarlatti

12 Keyboard Sonatas (transcribed for solo violin by Tedi Papavrami, 2005/06):

in A minor, K. 54 (L. 241)

in D minor, K. 32 (L. 423)

in F minor, K. 466 (L. 118)

in F minor, K. 481 (L. 187)

in C minor, K. 11 (L. 352)

in E major, K. 380 (L. 23) "Cortège"

in B minor, K. 87 (L. 33)

in D minor, K. 141 (L. 422)

in G minor, K. 426 (L. 128)

in F minor, K. 185 (L. 173)

in D minor, K. 9 (L. 413), "Pastorale"

in B flat major, K. 332 (L. 141)

Alfred Schnittke

Fuga, for solo violin, -Moderato- (1953)

"Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich", for violin and tape (1975)

"A Paganini", for solo violin, -Andante- (1982)

Salvatore Sciarrino

6 Capricci for solo violin (1975/76)

No.1 - Vivace

No.2 - Andante

No.3 - Assai agitato

No.4 - Volubile

No.5 - Presto

No.6 - Con brio

Roger Sessions

Sonata for solo violin (1953)

Rodion Shchedrin

"Echo Sonata", for solo violin (1984) -written for the 300th Anniversary of J.S. Bach's birth. First performance on 27 June 1985 in Cologne by Ulf Hoelscher-

"Balalaika", for violin solo (1997) -for Maxim Vengerov. First performance on 29 March 1999 in Budapest by Maxim Vengerov-

"Variations and Theme", for violin solo (1998) -composed for the 4th International Violin Competition "Leopold Mozart" in Augsburg. First performance on 21 November 1999 in Augsburg-

"Duo", for violin solo (2000)

Gypsy Melody (2006)

Erwin Schulhoff

Sonata for Solo Violin (1927)

I. Allegro con fuoco; II. Andante cantabile; III. Scherzo. Allegro grazioso; IV. Finale. Allegro risoluto

Nikos Skalkottas

Sonata for Solo Violin, AK 69 (1925)

I. Allegro furioso, quasi presto; II. Adagietto; III. Allegro ritmato; IV. Adagio quasi recitativo - Allegro molto moderato - Adagio quasi recitativo

Richard Strauss

Daphne-Etude op.AV.141(Etude G-Dur nach einem Motiv aus "Daphne")

Igor Stravinsky

"Elegy", for solo violin/viola (Élégie), in G minor (1944) -"to Germain Prevost" violist of Quatuour Pro Arte, in memory of the ensemble's leader Alphonse Onnou-

T

Eric Tanguy

"Sonata breve", for violin solo (1999)

Francisco Tarrega

"Recuerdos de la Alhambra" for violin solo (transcription by Ruggiero Ricci)

Giuseppe Tartini

50 Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli (ed. Ruggiero Ricci)

30 Sonate "piccole" per violino solo (from "Padua manuscript", 1750/55):

Sonata No.1, in G major (I. Molto andante; II. Allegro cantabile; III. Allegro; IV. Giga)

Sonata No.2, in D minor (I. Siciliana; II. Allegro; III. Allegro affettuoso)

Sonata No.3, in D Major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Giga; IV. Allegro assai)

Sonata No.4, in C major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Grave; IV. Presto)

Sonata No.5, in F major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Allegro assai; IV. "Il tormento di questo cuore")

Sonata No.6, in E minor (I. Andante cantabile "senti lo mare"; II. Allegro cantabile; III. Giga)

Sonata No.7, in A minor (I. Adagio; II. Allegro; III. Tema con variazione; IV. [Allegro assai])

Sonata No.8, in G minor (I. Andante; II. Allegro; III. Affettuoso; IV. Allegro assai)

Sonata No.9, in A major (I. Largo andante; II. Allegro; III. Allegro; IV. Allegro assai; V. Menuet)

Sonata No.10, in B flat major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Subito affettuoso; IV. Menuet)

Sonata No.11, in E major (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. [Siciliana]; IV. Menuet; V. Allegro assai)

Sonata No.12, in G major (I. Tasso; II. Grave "Il tormento di quest'anima"; III. Canzone Veneziana; IV. "Quanto mai felici siete"; V. Tema con Variazioni)

Sonata No.13, in B minor, B.h1 (I. Andante; II. Allegro assai; III. Giga: Allegro affettuoso)

Sonata No.14, in G major, B.G4 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Allegro; IV. Aria del Tasso)

Sonata No.--, in G major, B.G3 (VI. Allegro; VII. Allegro arpeggio)

Sonata No.15, in C major, B.C2 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro; III. Giga; IV. Menuet; V. Allegro)

Sonata No.16, in D major, B.D2 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Aria del Tasso; IV. Furlana)

Sonata No.17, in C major, B.C3 (I. Andante cantabile amatissimo; II. Allegro battute sciolte; III. Allegro assai; IV. Gravi -per CSolfaut-; V. Giga)

Sonata No.18, in D major, B.D3 (I. Andante cantabile; II. Allegro assai; III. Siciliana. Andante; IV. Menuet 1 & 2; V. Aria: Allegro assai)

Sonata No.19

Sonata No.20

Sonata No.21

Sonata No.22

Sonata No.23

Sonata No.24

Sonata No.25

Sonata No.26 (27th in sequence)

Sonata No.27 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")

Sonata No.28 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")

Sonata No.29 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")

Sonata No.30 (later hand sketches in "Padua Manuscript")

Georg Philipp Telemann

Twelve Fantasias, TWV 40:14-25 (1735)

No.1 in B-flat major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Grave; IV. Si replica l'Allegro)

No.2 in G major (I. Largo; II. Allegro; III. Allegro)

No.3 in F minor (I. Adagio; II. Presto; III. Grave; IV. Vivace)

No.4 in D major (I. Vivace; II. Grave; III. Allegro)

No.5 in A major (I. Allegro: II. Presto; III. Allegro; IV. Andante; V. Allegro)

No.7 in E-flat major (I. Dolce; II. Allegro; III. Largo; IV. Presto)

No.8 in E major (I. Piacevolumente; II. Spirituoso; III. Allegro)

No.9 in B minor (I. Siciliana; II. Vivace; III. Allegro)

No.10 in D major (I. Presto; II. Largo; III. Allegro)

No.11 in F major (I. Un poco vivace; II. Soave; III. Da capo un poco vivace; IV. Allegro)

No.12 in A minor (I. Moderato; II. Vivace; III. Presto)

Eduard Tubin

Solo violin sonata (1962)

V

Flausino Vale

26 Prelúdios Característicos e Concertantes para Violino Só:

No.1 "Batuque", Allegro - Presto, in G major (a Jacinto de Méis, 1922)

No.2 "Suspiro d'alma", Andante. Tempo rubato, in C major (a Francisco Chiafitelli, 1923)

No.3 "Devaneio", Allegretto, in A major (a Raul Laranjeira, 1924)

No.4 "Brado íntimo", ---, in A major (a José Martins de Mattos, 1924)

No.5 "Tico-Tico", Allegretto, in G minor (a Marcos Salles, 1926)

No.6 "Repente", Allegro, in A major (a Torquato Amore, 1924)

No.7 "Marcha funebre", ---, in G minor (a Ernesto Ronchini, 1927)

No.8 "Sonhando", Allegro - Moderato, in G major (a Leonidas Autuori, 1929)

No.9 "Rondó doméstico", Allegro, in G major (a Edgardo Guerra, 1933)

No.10 "Interrogando o destino", Moderato, in C minor (a Zino Francescatti, 1933)

No.11 "Casamento na roça", Allegro, in G major (a Oscar Borgerth, 1933)

No.12 "Canto da inhuma (I)", Allegro (sem bravura. Mimoso), in G major (a Nicolino Milano, 1933)

No.13 "Asas inquietas", Allegretto, in E minor (a Ernest N. Doring, 1933)

No.14 "A Porteira da fazenda", Allegro, in A major (a Heitor Villa-Lobos, 1933)

No.15 "Ao pé da fogueira", Allegro comodo, in D major (a Agnelo França, c.1935) - transcribed by Jascha Heifetz for violin and piano

No.16 "Requiescat in pace", Andantino in G major (a Sra. Mãe Augusta de Campos Vale, c.1935/39)

No.17 "Viola destemida", Allegro, in G major (a Ruggiero Ricci, 1939)

No.18 "Pai João", Allegretto, in G major (a Jascha Heifetz, 1939)

No.19 "Folguedo campestre", Allegro, in E-flat major (a Francisco Mignone, 1933)

No.20 "Tirana riograndese", Allegretto, in G minor (a Renato Almeida, 1930s)

No.21 "Preludio da vitória", Allegretto, in D minor (a Paulina D'Ambrosio, 1930s)

No.22 "Mocidade eterna", Allegro, in A minor (a Orlando Frederico, 1940s)

No.23 "Implorando", Barcarolla, in A major (a Cláudio Santoro, 1924)

No.24 "Viva São João", Allegro, in E-flat major (a Isaac Stern, 1940s)

No.25 "A mocinha e o papudo" (a Henryk Szeryng, 1940s)

No.26 "Acalanto", Andantino, in G major (a Esteban Eitler, 1940s)

Variações sobre a canção "Paganini", for violin solo (from Operetta "Paganini" by Franz Lehár - dedicated to Jascha Heifetz)

Franz von Vecsey

Preludio e Fuga in C minor (1914 - dedicated to Jenő Hubay)

Henri Vieuxtemps

Six Etudes de Concert, Op.16 (pub. 1845; ed. Jenő Hubay)

No.1 Allegro moderato

No.2 Moderato

No.3 Allegretto

No.4 Allegro ma non troppo

No.5 Adagio, non troppo

No.6 Adagio - Allegretto - Più lento - Tempo I°

Johann Joseph Vilsmayr

Six Partitas (Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera)

Giovanni Battista Viotti

"Duetto a un violino solo... per il suo amico Cherubini", WV:23 (15.III.1821 / rev. Pietro Spada, 1984)

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Melia Watras (b.1969)

"Luminous Points", for violin solo (2013)

Mieczysław Weinberg (Moisei Vainberg)

Sonata No.1 for violin solo, Op.82 (1964)

I. Adagio – Allegro – Adagio; II. Andante; III. Allegretto; IV. Lento; V. Presto

Sonata No.2 for violin solo, Op.95 (1967)

I. Monody: Allegro moderato -; II. Pauses: Andantino grazioso -; III. Intervals: Presto agitato -; IV. Remarks: Andantino non tanto -; V. Accompaniment: Allegretto leggiero -; VI. Invocation: Lento affettuoso -; VII. Syncopations: Vivace marcato

Sonata No.3 for violin solo, Op.126 (1979)

(one movement work, in seven sections)

Stanley Weiner (1925 - 1991)

Caprices (13) for solo violin "Homage to Violinists" (1957/60) [ed.Schott, 1962]

No.1 to Yehudi Menuhin (Un poco lento e rubato)

No.2 to Joseph Szigeti (Un poco lento)

No.3 to Nathan Milstein (Scherzando)

No.4 to Arthur Grumiaux

No.5 to Henryk Szeryng (Allegro con fuoco)

No.6 to Louis Persinger (Un poco lento)

No.7 to Isaac Stern (Molto vivace)

No.8 to Ivan Galamian

No.9 to Zino Francescatti

Johann Paul von Westhoff

6 Partitas for solo violin

Suite in A major, for solo violin (1683)

Henryk Wieniawski

"L’École Moderne", (9) Études-Caprices for Violin Solo, Op.10 (1854)

No.1 Le Sautillé (Presto)

No.2 La Vélocité (Allegro vivace)

No.3 L'Étude (Moderato)

No.4 Le Staccato (Allegro gioioso)

No.5 Alla Saltarella (Scherzando)

No.6 Prélude (Allegro moderato)

No.7 La Cadenza (Largo)

No.8 Le Chant du bivouac (Allegro marziale)

No.9 Les Arpéges - Variations sur l'Hymne autrichien (Thème. Andante — Var.I — Var.II effect: 'sons harmoniques' — Var.III effect: 'pizzicato main gauche' Poco più lento)

addendum: 10. Exercices en trilles

(8) Etudes-Caprices, Op.18 -with 2nd violin- (1862; ed. Jenő Hubay)

Book I (1-4):

No.1 Moderato - Allegro moderato - con fuoco - Tempo I°

No.2 Andante - Agitato e vigoroso - Tempo I° - Adagio

No.3 Allegro moderato

No.4 Tempo di Saltarella, ma non troppo vivo

Book II (5-8):

No.5 Praeludium. Allegretto scherzando

No.6 Andante ma non troppo - Presto - Allegro non troppo

No.7 Andante non troppo

No.8 Allegro risoluto

Charles Wuorinen

"The Long and the Short" (1969)

"Violin Variations" (1972)

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Yannis Xenakis

"Mykka(s)" -dedicated to Ivry Gitlis- (1972)

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Eugène Ysaÿe

6 Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op.27 (1923):

No.1 in G minor "to Joseph Szigeti" (I. Grave; II. Fugato; III. Allegretto poco scherzoso; IV. Finale. Con brio)

No.2 in A minor "to Jacques Thibaud" (I. Obsession. Prelude; II. Malinconia; III. Danse des Ombres. Sarabande; IV. Les furies)

No.3 in D minor "to Georges Enescu" (Ballades. Lento molto sostenuto – Allegro in tempo giusto e con bravura)

No.4 in E minor "to Fritz Kreisler" (I. Allemanda; II. Sarabande; III. Finale)

No.5 in G major "to Mathieu Crickboom" (I. L'Aurore; II. Danse rustique)

No.6 in E major "to Manuel Quiroga" (Habañera. Allegro giusto non troppo vivo)

Essai sur le mécanisme moderne du violon (13 Preludes), Op.35

Etude Posthume

Isang Yun

"Koenigliches Thema" for violin solo (1976)

"Li-Na im Garten", 5 Pieces for violin solo (1984/85)

"Kontraste", 2 Pieces for violin solo (1987)

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Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Sonata for Violin (1951)

Maciej Żołnowski

Sonata I (2014)

Sonata II (2014)

Sonata III (2014)