Best Solo Instrument Works (not piano or organ)

 The TC Top 50 Recommended Solo Repertoire List


1. Bach, J.S.: Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012

2. Bach, J.S.: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006

3. Kodály: Sonata for solo cello, op. 8

4. Bartók: Sonata for violin solo, Sz. 117

5. Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute, L. 129

6. Ligeti: Sonata for viola

7. Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin, op. 27

8. Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1

9. Bach, J.S.: Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013

10. Berio: Sequenza VIII, for violin

11. Varèse: Density 21.5, for flute solo

12. Grisey: Prologue, for viola and optional live electronics

13. Reger: Three Suites for Solo Cello, op. 131c

14. Britten: Suite for Cello, op. 72

15. Ligeti: Sonata for cello

16. Stravinsky: Elegy, for viola (or violin) solo

17. Kurtág: Hipartita for violin, op. 43

18. Xenakis: Nomos Alpha, for cello

19. Schnittke: A Paganini, for violin

20. Mozart, W.A.: Adagio for glass harmonica in C major, K. 356 (617a)

21. Prokofiev: Sonata for violin solo in D major, op. 115

22. Britten: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Oboe Solo, op. 49

23. Abel: 27 Pieces for bass viol, WK 186-212

24. Saariaho: Six Japanese Gardens, for percussion and electronics

25. Telemann: 12 Fantasias for solo violin, TWV 40:14-25

26. Stravinsky: Three Pieces for solo clarinet

27. Boulez: Anthèmes II, for violin and electronics

28. Berio: Sequenza IX, for clarinet

29. Cage: Freedman Etudes for violin

30. Telemann: 12 Fantasias for solo flute, TWV 40:2-13

31. Marshall: September Cannons, for violin and electronic processing

32. Petzold: Partita in A major for viola d'amore

33. Xenakis: Rebonds, for solo percussion

34. Rădulescu: Das Andere, for viola solo, op. 49

35. Saariaho: Sept Papillons for solo cello

36. Britten: Third Suite for Cello, op. 87

37. Glass: Partita for Solo Violin

38. Schweinitz: Plainsound Counterpoint for double bass solo, op. 56

39. Takemitsu: Air, for solo flute

40. Reger: Three Suites for Solo Viola, op. 131d

41. Roman: Assaggi á Violino Solo, BeRI 301-23, 343

42. Piazzolla: Tango-Études, for flute solo

43. Hume: The First Part of Ayres

44. Dutilleux: Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for solo cello

45. Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, op. 25/1

46. Dennehy: fAt, for flute and tape

47. Vilsmaÿr: Six Partitas for Solo Violin

48. Haas: Solo for viola d'amore

49. Khachaturian: Sonata-Fantasy, for cello solo in C major, op. 104

50. Honegger: Sonata for violin solo, H. 143







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