List of compositions for two violins explained

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 (http://alea.at/DE_comp_B02.html)
  • 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