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Important Viola Repertoire

J. S Bach
Six Suites for solo cello (arranged for viola)
Three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord (arranged for viola)

J. C. Bach
Concerto in C minor

Hector Berlioz
Harold in Italy

Bela Bartok
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Ernest Bloch
Suite for Solo Viola

Johannes Brahms
Sonatas for viola and piano Op. 120 Nos. 1 and 2

Max Bruch
Romance

Rebecca Clarke
Sonata for Viola and Piano

Georges Enescu
Concertpiece

Lillian Fuchs
Sonata Pastorale

Paul Hindemith
Der Schwanandreher
Sonata Op. 25 No. 4
Duo for Viola and Cello
Sonata op. 11 No. 4 for viola and piano
Sonata Op. 25 No. 1 for solo viola
Sonata for viola and piano (1939)

Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Viola Concerto

Arthur Honegger
Sonata

Alan Hovhanes
Talin-Concerto for Viola and string orchestra

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Four Pieces Op. 11 for viola and piano

Martinu
Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and piano
Sonata for Viola and Piano

Darius Milhaud
Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 for viola and piano
Viola Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

W. A. Mozart
Sinfonie Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra
Two Duos for viola and violin

Roger Nixon
Viola Concerto
Elegiac Rhapsody
Four duos for violin and viola

Vincent Persichetti
Infanta Marina for viola and piano
Parable for solo viola

Piston
Viola Concerto

Quincy Porter
Viola Concerto

Max Reger
Three Solo Suites Op. 131d

George Rochberg
Sonata for viola and piano (1979)

Franz Schubert
“Arpeggione” Sonata

Robert Schumann
Maerchenbilder

Tibor Serly
Viola Concerto
Sonata in modus Lascivus for solo viola

Dimitri Shotakovich
Sonata for Viola and Piano

Karl Stamitz
Viola Concertos nos. 1-2
Six Duos for 2 violas
Igor Stravinsky
Elegie for solo viola

Georg Philip Telemann
Viola Concerto in G major
Concerto for Two Violas in G major
Viola Sonatas
Twelve Fantasias for solo viola

Henri Vieuxtemps
Capriccio for solo viola
Elegie, op. 30
Sonata in Bb major for viola and piano

William Walton
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite
Romance

Concert Violists

William Primsrose

Lionel Tertis

Kim Kashkashian

Pinchas Zukerman

Michael Tree

Nobuko Imai

Yuri Bashmet

Lawrence Power