Viola repertoire

This article lists notable compositions within the viola repertoire. The list includes works in which the viola is a featured instrument (i.e., viola solos, concertos, viola and piano duos, etc.). The list is ordered by composer surname.

A

 * Julia Adolphe (born 1988)
 * Unearth, Release (2016)


 * Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
 * Sonata in B minor for cello (or violin, or viola, or horn) and piano, Op. 27 (1925)

B

 * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
 * Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1721)


 * Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra in A minor, Sz. 120, BB 128 (1945)


 * Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
 * Serenade in D major for flute, violin and viola, Op. 25 (1795)


 * Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
 * Sequenza VI for solo viola (1967)


 * Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
 * Harold en Italie, symphony for orchestra with viola obbligato, Op. 16, H. 68 (1834)


 * Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
 * Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano or orchestra (1951)


 * Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
 * Sonata No. 1 in F minor for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 1 (1894)
 * Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 120 No. 2 (1894)
 * Two Songs for voice, viola and piano, Op. 91 (1884)


 * Max Bruch (1838–1920)
 * Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 88 (1911)
 * Romanze for Viola, and Orchestra, Op. 84

C

 * Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
 * Concerto in B minor (1924) (attributed to George Frideric Handel)
 * Concerto in D major (1931) (attributed to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)
 * Concerto in C minor (1947) (attributed to Johann Christian Bach)


 * Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
 * Morpheus for viola and piano (1917)
 * Sonata for viola and piano (1919)

D

 * Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
 * Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L. 137 (1915)

E

 * Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
 * Canto Popolare for viola and piano (1904)

G

 * Morton Gould (1913–1996)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1943)

H

 * Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (2015)


 * Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
 * Sonata in F for viola and piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919)
 * Kammermusik No. 5 for viola and chamber orchestra, Op. 36 No. 4 (1927)
 * Der Schwanendreher for viola and small orchestra (1935)
 * Trauermusik for viola and orchestra (1936)

I

 * Airat Ichmouratov (b.1973)
 * Concerto N1 for viola and orchestra, Op.7 (2004)
 * Three Romances for Viola, Strings and Harp Op.22 (2009)

L

 * Peter Lieberson (1946–2011)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1992)


 * György Ligeti (1923–2006)
 * Viola sonata for solo viola (1994)

M

 * James MacMillan (b. 1959)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (2013)


 * Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
 * Viola sonata in C minor, MWV Q 14 (1824)


 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
 * Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for violin, viola and orchestra, K. 364 (K. 320d) (1779)
 * Duo No. 1 in G major for violin and viola, K. 423 (1783)
 * Duo No. 2 in B-flat major for violin and viola, K. 424 (1783)
 * Kegelstatt Trio in E-flat major for clarinet, viola and piano, K. 498 (1786)


 * Nico Muhly (b. 1981)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (2014)

P

 * Walter Piston (1894–1976)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1957)

S

 * Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
 * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1985)


 * Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
 * Märchenbilder for viola and piano, Op. 113 (1851)
 * Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 132 (1853)


 * Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
 * Sonata for viola and piano, Op. 147 (1975)


 * Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
 * Concerto for viola in D major, Op. 1 (c. 1774)

T

 * Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996)
 * A String around Autumn for viola and orchestra (1989)


 * Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
 * Concerto in G Major for viola and orchestra, TWV 51:G9
 * Concerto in G major for 2 violas and string orchestra, TWV 52:G3

V

 * Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
 * Sonata in B-flat major for viola and piano, Op. 36 (1862)

W

 * Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
 * Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus, and small orchestra (1925)
 * Four Hymns for tenor, viola, and string orchestra (1914)
 * Romance for viola and piano (c. 1914)
 * Six Studies in English Folk Song for cello or viola and piano (1926)
 * Suite for viola and small orchestra (1933–1934)


 * William Walton (1902–1983)
 * Viola Concerto in A minor (1928–1929)


 * Graham Waterhouse (b. 1962)
 * Four Epigraphs after Escher, Op. 35, for viola, heckelphone and piano (1993)
 * Sonata ebraica for viola and piano (2013)


 * John Woolrich (b. 1954)
 * Ulysses Awakes for viola and ten strings (1989)