Bach
Concerti in A minor, E Major, D minor
Double Concerto D minor
Triple Concerto in D Major
Oboe / Violin Concerto in C minor
Complete Brandenburg 1-6 (viola in 6)
Balada
Concerto
Barber
Concerto
Bartok
“Portraits” (Opus Posth.)
Rhapsody 1 and 2
Concerto No. 2(1938)
Viola Concerto (1945)
Beethoven
Concerto in D Major
Triple Concerto in C Major
Romance in G Major
Romance in F Major
Berg
Concerto “To the Memory of an Angel”
Kammermusik
Brahms
Concerto in D Major
Double Concerto in A minor
Bruch
Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Scottish Fantasy
Chausson
Poéme
Chavez
Concerto
Corigliano
Chaconne from “The Red Violin”
Cortes
Concerto (1984) (dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Crespo
Concierto en tiempo de tango
(commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Concierto para Viola (US premiere by Cárdenes)
Dvorak
Concerto in A minor
Romance in F Major
Elgar
Concerto in B minor
Garson
Jazz Concerto (in progress)
Ginastera
Concerto
Goldmark
Concerto in A minor
Phillip Glass
Violin Concerto (1987)
Glazunov
Concerto in A Major
Benjamín Gutíerrez
Concierto para víolin (1969)
Haydn
Concerto in C Major
Concerto in G major
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon
Khatchaturian
Concerto
Korngold
Concerto in D Major
Locatelli
Concerto in D Major
Lalo
Symphonie espagnole
Lorenz
Concerto #1 (1985) (dedicated to, premiered and commissioned by Cárdenes)
Concerto #2 (2017) ("Dance Unlikely), commisioned by River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes
Mendelssohn
Concerto in E minor
Concerto in D minor
Edgar Meyer
Concerto (1999)
Mozart
Concerto No. 1 in B flat Major
Concerto No. 2 in D Major Major
Concerto No. 3 in G Major Major
Concerto No. 4 in D Major Major
Concerto No. 5 in A Major
Concertone in C Major for Two Violins
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major (both Violin and Viola)
Adagio in E Major
Rondo in C Major
“Haffner” Serenade in D Major
Paganini
Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Concerto No. 3 in E Major
Concerto No. 4 in D minor
“La Campanella” in B minor
Penderecki
Concerto #1
Piazzolla
Four Seasons in Buenos Aires (arr. Desnyatnikov)
Prokofiev
Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Ravel
Tzigane
Rodrigo
Concierto d’été
Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 3 in B minor
Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Havanaise
Caprice Andalous
Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy
Ziguenerweisen
Roberto Sierra
Concerto (1987) (commissioned for, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Double Concerto (2004) (violin / viola)
(commissioned for and dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes / Roberto Díaz)
Schoenfield
Concerto for Viola
Shostakovich
Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Sibelius
Concerto in D minor
Spohr
Concerto No. 8 in A minor “Gesangszene”
David Stock
Concerto (2004) (premiered by Cárdenes)
Concierto Cubano (2006) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
The Philosopher’s Stone
Double Concerto for Violin and Viola (2013) (dedicated to and commissioned by Cárdenes and Roberto Díaz)
Stravinsky
Concerto in D major
Syzmanowski
Concerto No. 1
Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D Major
Telemann
Viola Concerto in G major
Theofanidis
Violin Concerto (2009)
Marilyn Taft Thomas
The Elements (2011) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes 8/3/11)
Symphonic Dances for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2016) (commissioned by, dedicated to and premiered by Cárdenes)
Joan Tower
Concerto
Van Rossum
Concerto (1979) (premiered by Cárdenes at 1980 Queen Elizabeth Competition, Brussels, Belgium)
Vaughn-Williams
The Lark Ascending
Vieuxtemps
Concerto No. 4 in D minor
Concerto No. 5 in A minor
Mariana Villanueva
Concierto (dedicated to and commissioned by Cárdenes)
Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
12 Concerti from “La Stravaganza”
Double Concerto in D minor
Double Concerto in A minor
Concerto for Four Violins in B minor
Walton
Concerto
Wieniawski
Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Ysaÿe
Poeme No. 1 "Élegiaque"
Poeme No. 2 "Au Rouet"
Poeme No. 3 "Chant d’hiver"
Poeme No. 4 "Extase"
Poeme No. 5 "Les Neiges d'antan"
Poeme No. 6 "Amitié" for two violins