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
- Gilbert Amy: 6 Duos
- Julian Anderson: Ring Dance
- Christian Asplund:
- *Choreutics
- *One Eternal Round
- *Neuf Regards
- *Hope #4
- Milton Babbitt: Arrivals and Departures
- Béla Bartók: 44 Duos, Sz. 98, BB 104
- Ludwig van Beethoven:
- * Duet in A major for two violins, WoO 34
- * Canon in A major for two violins, WoO 35
- Luciano Berio: Duetti
- Charles Auguste de Bériot:
- *3 Grandi Studi, Op. 43
- *3 Duos concertants, Op. 57
- *12 Petits duos faciles, Op. 87
- *6 Duos caractéristiques, Op. 113
- Luigi Boccherini: 6 Duos, Op. 3
- Gavin Bryars: Die letzten Tage
- Howard J. Buss: Time Capsule
- Unsuk Chin: Gran Cadenza
- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Little Thank You to Dave
- Edison Denisov: Sonata
- Franco Donatoni: Duet No. 2
- Amos Elkana: Mostly cloudy
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Little Suite, Op. 183a
- Géza Frid:
- * Twenty Duos, Op. 37
- * Paganini Variations for two violin ensembles or two violins, Op. 77
- Robert Fuchs:
- * 20 Duos, Op. 55
- * Phantasiestücke, 16 Duos, Op. 105
- Reinhold Glière: 12 Duos, Op. 49
- Vladimír Godár: Violin Duets, 72 pieces for two violins - I. 24 Duets; II. 40 Duets ; III. Suite for Two Violins
- Henryk Górecki: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 10
- Georg Friedrich Haas: Fuga
- Alois Hába: Duo for 6th-tone violins, Op. 49
- Johan Halvorsen: Concert Caprice over Norwegian Melodies for two Violins
- John Harbison: Fanfares and Reflection
- Joseph Haydn:
- * 6 Sonatas, Op. 6
- * Duo, Hob.VI:C2, C3, D4, F3, G3, G4, A2
- Swan Hennessy: Sonatina, Op. 78
- Paul Hindemith:
- *Kanonische Variationen
- *14 leichte Stücke
- Vagn Holmboe: Sværm, Op. 190a
- Arthur Honegger: Sonatine
- Nigel Keay: Two-Step Distance
- Drago Kocakov: Intimus
- György Kurtág: Triptic, Op. 45
- Jean-Marie Leclair
- * 6 Sonatas, Op.3
- * 6 Sonatas, Op.12
- Ana Leira Carnero:
- György Ligeti: Baladă şi joc
- Alvin Lucier: Love Song, for two violinists whose instruments are connected by a cable attached to the bridge
- Darius Milhaud:
- * Sonatina, Op. 221
- * Duo, Op. 258
- Carl Nielsen: Violin Duet, CNW 48
- Luigi Nono: Hay que caminar, soñando
- Michael Nyman: Two Violins, for two amplified violins
- Allan Pettersson: Seven sonatas
- Ignaz Pleyel:
- * Duos for 2 violins, B.507-512
- * Violin duos, B.513-524, B.534A-537, 538-543
- Gerhard Präsent:
- * Vier Tänze für zwei Violinen, Op. 24
- * Easy Duos, Op. 56
- * Green Music, Op. 72
- Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins in C, Op. 56
- Marta Ptaszynska: Mancala
- Gaetano Pugnani: Six Sonatas for Two Violins, Op. 5
- Osmo Tapio Räihälä: Rampant
- Tomi Räisänen:
- *Midsommarnatten
- *No-Go
- *Kiseki-no-ippon-matsu
- Behzad Ranjbaran: Six Caprices for Violin Duo
- Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations
- Max Reger: Drei Canons und Fugen im alten Stil, Op. 131b
- Kaija Saariaho: Danse des flocons, I and II
- Giacinto Scelsi: Arc-en-ciel
- Alfred Schnittke: Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich
- Franz Schubert: 4 komische Ländler, D 354
- 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
- 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
- * Duo, Op. 150
- * Duo, Op. 153
- 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
- Georg Philipp Telemann:
- *6 Sonates sans Basse for two traversos, violins or recorders, TWV 40:101-106
- *Gulliver's Travels, Intrada-Suite, TWV 40:108
- *18 Canons Mélodieux for two traversos, violins or viola da gambas, TWV 40:118-123
- *Second Livre de Duo, 6 Sonatas for two violins, flutes or oboes, TWV 40:124-129
- Mikis Theodorakis:
- * Études
- * Duetto
- *Winternacht
- Giovanni Battista Viotti:
- * 6 Violin Duos, Op. 5
- * 3 Violin Duos, Op. 18
- * 6 Duo Serenatas, Op. 23
- * 6 Violin Duos, WIV:1-6
- * 6 Concertant Duos, WIV:7-12
- * 6 Easy Duos, WIV:13-18
- * 3 Violin Duos, WIV:28-30
- Antonín Vranický:
- * Variations, Op. 7
- * Duos, Op. 9
- * Three Duos, Op. 20
- * Twenty variations
- Johann Baptist Wanhal
- * 16 Violin Duets, Op.17
- * 6 Violin Duets, Op.28
- * 24 Violin Duets, Op.56
- Mieczysław Weinberg: Sonata, Op. 69
- Henryk Wieniawski: Études-Caprices, Op. 18
- Christian Wolff: Duo for violins
- Eugène Ysaÿe: Duo Sonata
- Isang Yun:
- * Sonatina
- * Pezzo fantasioso per due instrumenti con basso ad libitum
- John Zorn: ''Apophthegms''
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
- Gerd Domhardt: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra in one movement
- Rob du Bois: Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra
- Lukas Foss: Orpheus and Euridice for 2 violins, chamber orchestra and tape ; 2nd version of Orpheus
- 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
- Gustav Holst: Double Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 49
- Bohuslav Martinů:
- * Duo Concertante 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
- Steve Reich: Duet for 2 Violins and string ensemble
- Osmo Tapio Räihälä: A Sensuous Encounter in the Eastern Garden, for two solo violins and orchestra
- Pablo de Sarasate: Navarra, Duo in A major for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 33
- 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
- Nikos Skalkottas: Concerto for 2 violins
- 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
- 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: