List of compositions for two violins

This is a list of classical repertoire for two violins – either unaccompanied, with orchestra, or with piano.

Two solo violins

 * Kalevi Aho: Lamento (2001)
 * Gilbert Amy: 6 Duos (2002)
 * Julian Anderson: Ring Dance (1987)
 * Christian Asplund:
 * Choreutics
 * One Eternal Round
 * Neuf Regards
 * Hope #4
 * Milton Babbitt: Arrivals and Departures (1994)
 * Béla Bartók: 44 Duos, Sz. 98, BB 104 (1931)
 * Luciano Berio: Duetti (1983)
 * Charles Auguste de Bériot:
 * 3 Grandi Studi, Op. 43 (1843)
 * 3 Duos concertants, Op. 57 (1847)
 * 12 Petits duos faciles, Op. 87 (1853)
 * 6 Duos caractéristiques, Op. 113 (1863)
 * Luigi Boccherini: 6 Duos, Op. 3 (1761)
 * Gavin Bryars: Die letzten Tage (1992)
 * Howard J. Buss: Time Capsule (2002)
 * Unsuk Chin: Gran Cadenza (2018)
 * Peter Maxwell Davies: A Little Thank You to Dave (2005)
 * Edison Denisov: Sonata (1958)
 * Franco Donatoni: Duet No. 2 (1995)
 * Amos Elkana: Mostly cloudy (2023)
 * Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Little Suite, Op. 183a (1944)
 * Géza Frid:
 * Twenty Duos, Op. 37
 * Paganini Variations for two violin ensembles or two violins, Op. 77
 * Robert Fuchs:
 * 20 Duos, Op. 55 (1896)
 * Phantasiestücke, 16 Duos, Op. 105 (1915)
 * Reinhold Glière: 12 Duos, Op. 49 (1909)
 * Vladimír Godár: Violin Duets, 72 pieces for two violins (1981) - I. 24 Duets; II. 40 Duets (Melodiarium); III. Suite for Two Violins
 * Henryk Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10 (1961)
 * Georg Friedrich Haas: Fuga (2009)
 * Alois Hába: Duo for 6th-tone violins, Op. 49 (1937)
 * Johan Halvorsen: Concert Caprice over Norwegian Melodies [Norwegian Rhapsody] for two Violins (composed 1894, printed posth. 1946)
 * John Harbison: Fanfares and Reflection (1990)
 * Joseph Haydn:
 * 6 Sonatas, Op. 6 (1796)
 * Duo, Hob.VI:C2, C3, D4, F3, G3, G4, A2
 * Swan Hennessy: Sonatina, Op. 78 (c.1928–29)
 * Paul Hindemith:
 * Kanonische Variationen (1931)
 * 14 leichte Stücke (1931)
 * Vagn Holmboe: Sværm, Op. 190a (1992)
 * Arthur Honegger: Sonatine (1920)
 * Nigel Keay: Two-Step Distance (2020)
 * Drago Kocakov: Intimus (1951)
 * György Kurtág: Triptic, Op. 45 (2007)
 * Jean-Marie Leclair
 * 6 Sonatas, Op.3 (1730)
 * 6 Sonatas, Op.12 (1747)
 * György Ligeti: Baladă şi joc (1950)
 * Alvin Lucier: Love Song, for two violinists whose instruments are connected by a cable attached to the bridge (2016)
 * Darius Milhaud:
 * Sonatina, Op. 221 (1940)
 * Duo, Op. 258 (1945)
 * Carl Nielsen: Violin Duet, CNW 48
 * Luigi Nono: Hay que caminar, soñando (1989)
 * Michael Nyman: Two Violins, for two amplified violins (1981)
 * Allan Pettersson: Seven sonatas (1951)
 * Ignaz Pleyel:
 * Duos for 2 violins (2 flutes or violin, flute), B.507-512 (1788)
 * Violin duos, B.513-524 (1789), B.534A-537 (1799), 538-543 (1806)
 * Gerhard Präsent:
 * Vier Tänze für zwei Violinen (Four Dances for Two Violins), Op. 24
 * Easy Duos, Op. 56
 * Green Music, Op. 72
 * Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins in C, Op. 56 (1932)
 * Marta Ptaszynska: Mancala (1997)
 * Gaetano Pugnani: Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 5
 * Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Rampant (1997)
 * Tomi Räisänen:
 * Midsommar(so)natten (2010/2014)
 * No-Go (2011/2016)
 * Kiseki-no-ippon-matsu (2020)
 * Behzad Ranjbaran: Six Caprices for Violin Duo (1988)
 * Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations (1937/38)
 * Max Reger: Drei Canons und Fugen im alten Stil, Op. 131b (1914)
 * Kaija Saariaho: Danse des flocons, I and II (2002)
 * Giacinto Scelsi: Arc-en-ciel (1973)
 * Alfred Schnittke: Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (1975)
 * Franz Schubert: 4 komische Ländler, D 354 (1816)
 * Ferenc Sebök: 6 duos for violins, Op. 6
 * Miroirs de styles, 24 duos for violins, Op. 4, 5, 8, 20
 * Johanna Senfter: 10 Alte Tänze, Op. 91
 * Joseph Sonnabend: Synergism (2020)
 * Louis Spohr:
 * 3 Concertant Duos, Op. 3
 * 2 Concertant Duos, Op. 9
 * 3 Grand Duos, Op. 39
 * 3 Concertant Duos, Op. 67
 * Grand Duo, Op. 148 (1856)
 * Duo, Op. 150 (1856)
 * Duo, Op. 153 (1856)
 * Anton Stamitz:
 * 6 Violin Duos, Op.8
 * 6 Violin Duos, Op.9
 * Carl Stamitz: 6 Duos for 2 flutes or violins, Op.27
 * Toru Takemitsu: Rocking Mirror Daybreak (1983)
 * Georg Philipp Telemann:
 * 6 Sonates sans Basse for two traversos, violins or recorders, TWV 40:101-106 (1728-29)
 * Gulliver's Travels, Intrada-Suite, TWV 40:108 (1728-29)
 * 18 Canons Mélodieux for two traversos, violins or viola da gambas, TWV 40:118-123 (1738)
 * Second Livre de Duo, 6 Sonatas for two violins, flutes or oboes, TWV 40:124-129 (1752)
 * Mikis Theodorakis:
 * Études (1945)
 * Duetto (1946)
 * Winternacht (2005)
 * Giovanni Battista Viotti:
 * 6 Violin Duos, Op. 5 (1797-98)
 * 3 Violin Duos, Op. 18 (1803)
 * 6 Duo Serenatas, Op. 23 (1804)
 * 6 Violin Duos, WIV:1-6 (1789)
 * 6 Concertant Duos, WIV:7-12 (1789-90)
 * 6 Easy Duos, WIV:13-18 (1796)
 * 3 Violin Duos, WIV:28-30 (1803)
 * Antonín Vranický:
 * Variations, Op. 7 (1807)
 * Duos, Op. 9 (1804)
 * Three Duos, Op. 20
 * Twenty variations (1791)
 * Johann Baptist Wanhal
 * 16 Violin Duets, Op.17
 * 6 Violin Duets, Op.28
 * 24 Violin Duets, Op.56
 * Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonata, Op. 69 (1959)
 * Henryk Wieniawski: Études-Caprices, Op. 18 (1862)
 * Christian Wolff: Duo for violins (1950)
 * Eugène Ysaÿe: Duo Sonata (1915)
 * Isang Yun:
 * Sonatina (1983)
 * Pezzo fantasioso per due instrumenti con basso ad libitum (1988)
 * John Zorn: Apophthegms (2012)

Two violins and orchestra

 * Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for 2 Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77
 * Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
 * P. D. Q. Bach: Konzertstück for Two Violins with Orchestra, S. 2+ †
 * Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds for two violins and string orchestra (2012)
 * Gerd Domhardt: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra in one movement (1979)
 * Rob du Bois: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra (1979)
 * Lukas Foss: Orpheus and Euridice for 2 violins, chamber orchestra and tape (1983); 2nd version of Orpheus (1972)
 * Géza Frid:
 * Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 40
 * Concerto for Three violins and orchestra, Op. 78
 * Philip Glass: Echorus for 2 violins and string orchestra (1995, version of the Etude No. 2 for piano)
 * Gustav Holst: Double Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 49
 * Bohuslav Martinů:
 * Duo Concertante (Concerto No. 1) for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 264
 * Concerto No. 2 in D major for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 329
 * Karl Marx: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concertone in C major for 2 violins and orchestra, K. 190
 * Mark O'Connor: Double Violin Concerto for 2 violins and symphony orchestra
 * Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa for 2 violins, prepared piano and string orchestra
 * Marta Ptaszynska: Concerto Grosso for 2 violins and chamber orchestra (1996.)
 * Steve Reich: Duet for 2 Violins and string ensemble (1994)
 * Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Duo in A major for 2 violins and orchestra (or piano), Op. 33 (1889.)
 * Johanna Senfter: Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra, Op. 40
 * Obadiah Shuttleworth: 2 concerti grossi, for two solo violins and string orchestra, arranged from the opus 5 solo sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
 * Nikos Skalkottas: Concerto for 2 violins (1944–5) (not orchestrated)
 * Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, RV522
 * Eugène Ysaÿe: Amitié, poem for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 26

Two violins and piano

 * Norman Fraser: Cueca for 2 Violins and Piano
 * Géza Frid: Separate Ways, Op. 75a
 * Vagn Holmboe: Isomeric, Duo Concertante, Op. 51 (1950)
 * Darius Milhaud: Sonata for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 15
 * Dmitri Shostakovich: Five pieces for 2 Violins and Piano
 * Moritz Moszkowski: Suite, Op. 71
 * Christian Sinding:
 * Serenade, Op. 56/1
 * Serenade, Op. 92/2
 * Ladislav Gabrielli: Three trios for two violins and piano