Chester Music

André Previn is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world today and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work a...

For solo cello. Quoting Saariaho: The title evokes the two gestures which are at the origin of the work: on the one hand the pattern which I call 'spinning tops' turning around on the one spot or unde...

A short piece for unaccompanied cello, all of which is notated in treble clef and which will no doubt prove to be an excellent exercise in upper range intonation as well as a satisfying piece of music...

On The Fiddle consists of three pieces derived from scores to three Peter Greenaway films. The first piece Full Fathom Five, is a version of the Shakespeare song setting made for Prospero's Books (199...

Julian Lloyd Webber's touching and inspired tribute to the great cellist Jacqueline du Pre, first performed in January 1999 in London's Wigmore Hall. Cello and piano version. Duration c. 3mins.

Composer's note:I composed Falling specifically for Phillip Sheppard and his amazing blue cello at a time when I was experiencing a strange sensation of wakelessness and plummeting, of things being we...

This work was commissioned by Rudolf Steiner Foundation. It is dedicated to Anssi Karttunen, who gave the first performance in Helsinki on 10th September 2000. Sept papillons was the first piece Saar...

A collection of twelve favourites for cello arranged by Julian Lloyd Webber and John Lenehan. The book contains the solo cello part, and the accompanying CD includes the piano accompaniments. Suitable...

The piece is a stream of impressions coming to one's mind, where the direct relation between one event and the next can seem irrational. But the sum of all events creates a certain soundspace, a certa...

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scoredfor up...

Motion Detector pits Maya Beiser's cumulative cello loops against an endlessly ascending choral glissando. The choral sample is a stylized version of the famous Pasiputput of the Bunun tribe of Taiwan...

Written for cello and piano.

Kevin Volans ' A Short Walk In The Gardens Of Solitude for solo Cello (2007).

A Memory was a Cello and Piano arrangement/extension by William Busch of one of his previous compositions, a song titled The Promise. Busch is one of the 'forgotten' composers of the '30s and '40s, wh...

For Solo Cello.

Scored for solo Cello, Dreaming is Kaija Saariaho's contribution to the set of thirty-two works by various composers written for the collection Mystery Variations in 2011. The piece is preceded by a...

Rolf Wallin 's Ciacconetta was composed as one of thirty-one variations for solo Cello on the famous 'Chiacona Per Basso Solo' by Giuseppe Colombi, each by a contemporary composed, marking the fiftiet...

The Cello Fingering Chart includes advice on instrument care, a notation guide and a photo/diagram of the instrument.

A suite for Cello and Piano; Prelude, Capriccio, Nocturne, and Tarantella.

Bryce Dessner's Tuusula for solo Cello. This work was commissioned by Meidän Festivaali, Sounds from a Safe Harbour and National Sawdust.

A Walk In The Gardens Of Solitude is a work by composer Kevin Volans for Solo Cello. A full performance of this solo work lasts around 24 minutes.

For Bob is arranged for Cello and Piano. First performed by Elisabeth Smalt and Kevin Volans, London 2016. Composers Note: I have no idea where this piece came from and how it is structured. But befor...

Gordon Wright was the friend of a lifetime. For thirty years Gordon and I shared our two greatest passions: music and Alaska. Gordon was my musical collaborator, my next-door neighbor, my fellow envir...