good violin cello duets

April 22, 2013 at 06:46 AM · KODALY!

April 22, 2013 at 12:14 PM · +1 on Kodaly, it really is an awesome piece of music. Yum.

April 22, 2013 at 07:26 PM · Our old friend IMSLP to the rescue:

Violin & Cello

http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:For_violin%2C_cello&transclude=Template:Catintro

Violin & Cello (arrangements)

http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:For_violin%2C_cello_%28arr%29&transclude=Template:Catintro

Among the "arrangements" may I especially draw attention to this spectacular piece,

Halvorsen, Johan Passacaglia for Violin and Viola, which I have seen performed on violin and cello (and it's not easy) - is it the "Passacaglia" the OP mentioned? You can listen to it on IMSLP, for free.

April 23, 2013 at 05:24 PM · I am not sure what level you are looking for. Sonatas for violin and continuo generally work nicely for violin and cello. Bach wrote two (G major and e minor). I have played some of the Handel sonatas (op. 1) in that combination, as well.

April 23, 2013 at 05:27 PM · I just had another thought. Some of the Bach two-voice canons from Art of the Fugue work for violin and cello (available on IMSLP).

April 23, 2013 at 05:41 PM · Check out the Friedrich Hermann Grand Duo op.12 and then check out the Servais duos written in collaboration with Vieuxtemps, Ghys, and Leonard. We've recorded these all with Naxos.

April 23, 2013 at 07:13 PM · There are Beethoven duos originally for clarinet and bassoon, transcribed and arranged for violin/cello. So look them up under clarinet /bassoon and then look under arrangements/transcriptions.

There are salon type music duos by Heinrich Anton Hoffmann.

Some of the Albrechtsberger are very nice as well.

Here the imslp search that will get you these plus lots of others:

http://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_Compositions_for_String_Duo

April 23, 2013 at 08:11 PM · It's not a major orchestral piece or anything, but Humoresque is easy and sounds pretty good as a violin/cello duet. (link)

April 24, 2013 at 01:39 AM · Here also a number of Handel flute sonatas that work very well for violin and cello:

http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c2/IMSLP200581-PMLP340875-Sonatas_a_Flauto_e_Cembalo_score.pdf

April 24, 2013 at 03:39 AM · Ervin Schulhoff wrote a good duo for violin and cello. If I remember correctly, it dates from the 1920s when he was using Czech folk idioms. It's an interesting work that is more along the lines of the Kodaly.

April 24, 2013 at 05:32 PM · Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson have performed and recorded some pieces for violin and cello. They have a CD called "Conversations." I saw them perform the collection of short pieces by David Ott at a concert and thoroughly enjoyed them. Again, depending on the level of difficulty you are interested in, you might check these out.

May 7, 2013 at 04:52 PM · Perhaps a good cellist could manage the viola part of the Mozart (pseudo Michael Haydn) violin-viola duets?

There is one good VIOLA-cello duet by Beethoven ("Two eyeglasses"), but that's not what you're after, is it.

August 9, 2013 at 07:41 AM · There is a violin-cello version of the Mozart K. 423 and 424 duos available. Published by Bärenreiter if memory serves me.

August 10, 2013 at 11:33 AM · London-based folk fiddler Pete Cooper and cellist Richard Cooper have a CD "Turning Point" of fiddle and cello duets, some of which are sourced from the English folk tradition, and others drawing on various playing styles and dance forms.