This is a list of compositions for cello and piano. It includes sonatas as well as other pieces for cello and piano.

A

  • Carl Friedrich Abel
  • Several sonatas
  • Hans Abrahamsen
  • Glansbilleder - Scraps (1973)
  • Thomas Adès
  • Lieux retrouvés (2009)
  • Vasif Adigozalov
  • Sonatina for Cello and Piano (1957)
  • Sonata for Cello (1987)
  • Miguel del Águila
  • Silence
  • Kalevi Aho
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (2019)
  • Franco Alfano
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925)
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • Cello sonata "Sonate de concert", Op. 47 in E (1857)
  • Anatoly Alexandrov
  • Andante Pathetico for cello and piano opus 17 (1915–1921)
  • Cello Sonata in G major, Op. 112 (1981–1982)
  • Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
  • Habil-Sayagy In Habil's Style for cello and piano
  • Fikret Amirov
  • Elegy for cello and piano (1948)
  • Poem-Monologue for cello and piano (1948)
  • Gilbert Amy
  • Mémoire (1989)
  • Louis Andriessen
  • Welk interval vind je het mooist (2012)
  • Elegy (1957)
  • Tanya Anisimova
  • Icelandic Ballad (2007)
  • Mexico-Mexico (2005)
  • Boris Arapov
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1985)
  • Anton Arensky
  • Two Pieces, Op. 12, for cello and piano (Little Ballade, Capriccioso Dance)
  • Four Pieces, Op. 56, for cello and piano (Oriental Melody, Romance, Chant Triste, Humoresque)
  • Alexander Arutiunian
  • Impromptu (1941)
  • Poem
  • Valery Arzoumanov
  • Six Waltzes for cello and piano opus 170A
  • Benjamin Attahir
  • Apres l'ineffable (2018)
  • Kurt Atterberg
  • Cello sonata, Op. 27 in B minor (1925; written to be played by any of several instruments)
  • Lera Auerbach
  • Twenty-Four Preludes for cello and piano opus 47 (1999)
  • Suite for cello and piano opus 47A (1999)
  • Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano opus 69 (2002) (Dedicated to David Finckel and Wu Han)
  • Georges Auric
  • Imaginées 2 (1970)
  • Vaja Azarashvili
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1961–99)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1976)
  • Five Preludes (2006)

B

  • Milton Babbitt
  • Dual for cello and piano (1980)
  • Grazyna Bacewicz
  • Mazovian Dance (1951)
  • Maria Bach
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1922)
  • Henk Badings
  • Cello Sonata No. 1(1929)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1934)
  • David N. Baker
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1973) (Commissioned by Janos Starker)
  • Granville Bantock
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in B minor (1940s)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor (1940s)
  • Samuel Barber
  • Cello sonata, Op. 6 in C minor (1932)
  • Richard Barrett
  • nacht und träume (2003 -2008)
  • Béla Bartók
  • Rhapsody 1
  • Sonatina for cello and piano originally for piano (1915) (arr. Varga)
  • Rami Bar-Niv
  • Improvisation for cello solo (5 min) (1997)
  • Improvisation for cello and piano (11 min) (2001)
  • Longing for my Father – 7 songs without words for cello and piano (26 min) (2002)
  • Blue-Rag for cello and piano (5 min) (1998)
  • Blue-Rag for 2 cellos (or cello and violin/viola/flute/clarinet/trumpet/oboe/saxophone) and piano (5 min) (1998)
  • Shmateh-Rag for cello and piano (5 min) (2004)
  • Vocalise on Prelude #1 by Bach, for cello and piano (5 min) (1998)
  • Arnold Bax
  • Folk-Tale (1918)
  • Cello Sonata in E-flat (1923)
  • Cello Sonatina in D (1933)
  • Legend-Sonata in F-sharp minor (1943)
  • Amy Beach
  • Five Pieces
  • Sally Beamish
  • Iasg (1993)
  • Gala Water (1994)
  • Bridging the Day (1998)
  • Sonata (2000)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Cello sonata No. 1, Op. 5, No. 1 in F major (1796)
  • Cello sonata No. 2, Op. 5, No. 2 in G minor (1796)
  • Cello sonata No. 3, Op. 69 in A (1808)
  • Cello sonata No. 4, Op. 102, No. 1 in C (1815)
  • Cello sonata No. 5, Op. 102, No. 2 in D (1815)
  • Sonata Op. 17 in F (transcription of the Sonata for Horn and piano) (1800)
  • Sonata Op. 64 in E flat (transcription of String Trio Op.3) (1807)
  • Twelve Variations for cello & piano in F major on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen," Op. 66 (1796)
  • Twelve Variations for cello & piano in G major on Handel's "See, the Conqu'ring Hero comes," WoO 45 (1796)
  • Seven Variations for cello & piano in E flat major on Mozart's "Bei Männern," WoO 46 (1801)
  • Karol Beffa
  • "Marmor" for cello and piano
  • Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1991)
  • William Sterndale Bennett
  • Cello Sonata Op. 32 (1852)
  • Erik Bergman
  • Quo Vadis Op.102
  • Franz Berwald
  • Grand Duo op. 7
  • Michael Berkeley
  • Etude des fleurs (1979)
  • At A Solemn Wake (2015)
  • Christophe Bertrand
  • Crash ? (1999)
  • Franz Berwald
  • Grand Duo op. 7
  • Oscar Bianchi
  • Soffio (2013)
  • Adolphe Biarent
  • Cello sonata in F-sharp minor (1915) ([https://www.recordsinternational.com/archive/RICatalogJul02.html])
  • Harrison Birtwistle
  • Lied (7 min) (2006)
  • Bogenstrich (2006–2009)
  • Karl-Birger Blomdahl
  • Suite for cello and piano
  • Felix Blumenfeld
  • Two Morceaux for cello and piano, opus 19 (1894)
  • Luigi Boccherini
  • 19 sonatas for cello and bass, two sonatas for two cellos ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070311142931/http://infopuq.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/catal/boccherini/bocl.html#Oeuvre])
  • Léon Boëllmann
  • Suite, Op. 6 (1890)
  • Variations Symphoniques, Op. 23 (1893)
  • Suite Gothiques, Op. 25 (1895)
  • Deux morceaux, Op. 31 (1896)
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1897)
  • Pièce ILB 19
  • Corentin Boissier
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 21 (2017)
  • William Bolcom
  • Decalage (1969)
  • Capriccio (1985)
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1989)
  • Mélanie Hélène Bonis
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 67 (1905)
  • Sérénade pour violoncelle et piano
  • Méditation pour violoncelle et piano
  • Antonio Maria Bononcini
  • 12 sonatas, a sonata da camera and a sinfonia for cello and figured bass
  • Lili Boulanger
  • D’un soir triste
  • Nadia Boulanger
  • 3 Pièces pour violoncelle et piano
  • Nimrod Borenstein
  • The Magic Mountain opus 30 (2003)
  • Heroic Elegy opus 67 (2014)
  • Odysseus opus 87 (2019)
  • Alexander Borodin
  • Cello sonata in B minor (1860)
  • Sergei Bortkiewicz
  • Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 25 (1922)
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 36 (1924)
  • Henriëtte Bosmans
  • Cello Sonata (1919)
  • Three Impressions (Cortège, Nuit calme, En Espagne) (1926)
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Cello sonata No. 1, Op. 38 in E minor (1862–65)
  • Cello sonata No. 2, Op. 99 in F major (1886)
  • Violin sonata No. 1, Op. 78 in G major Rain (1878–79), transcribed for cello by Paul Klengel
  • Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 100 in A major (1886), transcribed for cello by Laszlo Varga
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 108 in D minor (1886–88), transcribed for cello by Laszlo Varga
  • Charlotte Bray
  • Perseus (2015)
  • Frank Bridge
  • Elegy, H.47 (1904)
  • Two Short Pieces(1912)
  • Cello Sonata in D minor (1913–17) ([http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/bridge/cellosonata.html])
  • Jean-Baptiste Bréval
  • Cello Sonata in C Major
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Cello sonata, Op. 65 in C (1960–61) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20060224195535/http://piglet.ex.ac.uk/archive/itp3002/gosh.ex.ac.uk/~mu96ejw/comp.html])
  • Earle Brown
  • Music for Cello and Piano (1955)
  • Special Events (1998–99)
  • James Francis Brown
  • Prospero's Isle (2006). Also symphonic poem version
  • Max Bruch
  • Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (1881)
  • Canzone, Op. 55 (1891)
  • Adagio nach Keltischen melodien, Op. 56 (1891)
  • Ave Maria, Op. 61 (1892)
  • Vier Stücke, Op. 70 (1897)
  • Gavin Bryars
  • The South Downs (1995)
  • The North Shore (1995)
  • Lauda (con sordino) (2002)
  • Ferruccio Busoni
  • Märchen BV 123 (1879)
  • Serenata Op. 34 BV 196 (1883)
  • Kleine Suite Op. 23, for cello and piano, BV 215 (1886)
  • Kultaselle, ten variations for cello and piano BV 237 (1889)
  • Sylvano Bussotti
  • Gran Duo (1977–1978)

C

  • Joseph Callaerts
  • Andante Sostenuto Op.16
  • José Luis Campana
  • Tangata IV (1994)
  • Regis Campo
  • Deux mouvements (2004)
  • Matilde Capuis
  • Sonata No. 1 in C Minor for cello and piano
  • Sonata No. 2 in D Minor for cello and piano
  • David Carlson
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1991) (Carl Fischer Music)
  • Elliott Carter
  • Elegy
  • Cello Sonata (1948)
  • John Casken
  • Stolen Airs (2015)
  • Alfredo Casella
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1906)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1926)
  • Notturno (1934)
  • Tarantella (1934)
  • Gaspar Cassadó
  • Toccata "After Frescobaldi" 1925
  • Minuetto "After Paderewski"
  • Allegretto Grazioso "After Schubert"
  • Rapsodia del Sur
  • Pastorale "After Couperin"
  • La Pendule, la Fileuse et le Galant 1925
  • Serenade 1925
  • Sonata in A minor 1925
  • Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo (Sonata in an "Old Spanish Style") 1925
  • Danse du diable vert (Dance of the Green Devil) for violin or cello 1926
  • Lamento de Boabdil 1931
  • Requiebros 1934
  • Partita 1935
  • Archares 1954
  • Morgenlied 1957
  • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • I Nottambuli. Variazioni Fantastiche for cello and piano, Op. 47
  • Sonata per violoncello e pianoforte, Op. 50 (1928)
  • Chant Hébraique: Vocalise, Op. 53 (1928), arranged for cello and piano (1930)
  • Toccata op. 83, per violoncello e pianoforte (1935)
  • Meditation 'Kol Nidre' for cello and piano (1941)
  • "Figaro," from The Barber of Seville by Rossini (1943) for violoncello and piano
  • "Don Giovanni" (Serenade), from Don Giovanni by Mozart (1943) for violoncello and piano
  • "La Vallée des Cloches" from "Miroirs" by Ravel, a concert transcription for cello and piano (1944)
  • "Alborada del Gracioso," from "Miroirs" by Ravel, a concert transcription for cello and piano (1944)
  • Bernard Cavanna
  • Alte Musik (2020)
  • Raphaël Cendo
  • Furia (2009–2010)
  • Friedrich Cerha
  • Drei Stücke (2013)
  • Fünf Sätze (2013)
  • Jordi Cervelló (1935–?)
  • Sonata In Memorian Pau Casals for cello and piano (10 min) (1976)
  • Un Cant a Pau Casals for cello and piano (1991)
  • George Chadwick
  • Romanza (1883)
  • Easter Morn (1914)
  • Cécile Chaminade
  • Romanza for cello and piano Op. 31a (unpublished)
  • La Chaise à Porteurs for cello and piano Op. 55b (Enoch) 1896
  • Sommeil d'Enfant for cello and piano )p. 125 (Enoch) 1907
  • Yves Chauris
  • D’arbres, de ténèbres, de terre (2016)
  • Daniel Chazanoff
  • Leaves of a Hebrew Calendar for Cello and Piano (Allentoff Music)
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Introduction et polonaise brillante, Op.3
  • Cello sonata, Op. 65 in G minor (1845)
  • Grand Duo concertant, E major, B. 70 (1832) (together with Auguste Franchomme)
  • Francesco Cilea
  • Cello sonata, Op. 38 in D (1888)
  • Rebecca Clarke
  • Sonata (1919)
  • Epilogue (1921)
  • Rhapsody for Cello and Piano (1923)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  • Variations for Cello and Piano
  • Jérôme Combier
  • Freezing Fields (2017) for Cello and Piano
  • David Conte
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2015) (written for cellist Emil Miland)
  • Aaron Copland
  • Waltz and Celebration
  • John Corigliano
  • Phantasmagoria (1993)
  • Henry Cowell
  • Cello sonata
  • Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 9 for cello & piano, HC 758
  • Four declamations with return (1949)
  • Jean Cras
  • "La Chair", Cello Sonata (1901)
  • Largo (1903)
  • Légende (1930)
  • César Cui
  • Scherzando, Op. 36 No. 1 (1886)
  • Cantabile, Op. 36 No. 2 (1886)
  • Barcarolle, Op. 81 (1910)

D

  • Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Sonata for ‘Cello & Piano (2007) "Sequentia Serpentigena"
  • Gualtiero Dazzi
  • Petite suite de voyage (1997)
  • Claude Debussy
  • Intermezzo
  • Scherzo
  • Cello Sonata (1915)
  • Thomas de Hartmann
  • Sonate for Cello and Piano Op. 63 (1941)
  • Two Preludes od J.S. Bach (1947)
  • Frederick Delius
  • Romance (1896)
  • Cello sonata (1916) [http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/delius/cello_sonata.html]
  • Caprice and Elegy (1930)
  • Norman Dello Joio
  • Duo Concertato (1949)
  • Edison Denisov
  • Suite for cello and piano (1961)
  • Three Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 26 (1967)
  • Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40 (1971)
  • Variations on a Theme of Schubert for cello and piano (1986)
  • Albert Dietrich
  • Sonate in C major Op. 18, for cello and piano
  • Intermezzo for Cello and Piano, Op. 116/4
  • Ernő Dohnányi
  • Cello Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 8 (1899)
  • Ruralia Hungarica Op.32d
  • Franco Donatoni
  • Sincronie
  • Felix Draeseke
  • Cello sonata, Op. 51 in D (1890) [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916083548/http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=12550&highlight=1&timeline=1&highlightterms=%28%22draeseke%22%20OR%20%22%20%22%29]
  • Marcel Dupré
  • Sonata for Cello and Organ A minor (1964)
  • Pascal Dusapin
  • Slackline for Cello and Piano (2015)
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Polonaise in A major, B.94 (1879)
  • Rondo in G minor, Op. 94, B.171 (1891)
  • Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B.172 (1891)
  • No.3 in A major, Polka : Allegretto
  • No.8 in G minor, Furiant : Vivace
  • Silent Woods, Op. 68.5, B.173 (1891)

E

  • Moritz Eggert
  • Fast Forward (for Cello and Piano, 1999)
  • Continuum (for Cello and Piano, 2000)
  • La Risposta (2002)
  • Brian Elias
  • L’innominata (2018)
  • Jose Elizondo
  • Danzas Latinoamericanas (Latin American Dances) (1997)
  • Otoño en Buenos Aires (Autumn in Buenos Aires) (1997)
  • Pan de Azúcar (Sugar Loaf mountain) (1997)
  • Atardecer Tapatío (Sunset in Guadalajara) (1997)
  • La alborada de la esperanza (The Dawn of Hope) (2018)
  • Limoncello (2018)
  • Crepúsculos (Twilights) (2018)
  • Princesa de hadas (Fairy Tale Princess) (1995)
  • George Enescu
  • Nocturne et Saltarello
  • Cello sonata, Op. 26, No. 1 in F minor (1898)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 26, No. 2 in C major (1935)
  • Einar Englund
  • Cello sonata (1982) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071010060202/http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/0/9568b94f4c109947c22566a5003f77c3?OpenDocument])
  • Iván Erőd
  • "Köszönet Bartóknak" (Thanks to Bartók) Op.81 (2006) (3 min)
  • Thierry Escaich
  • Nocturne (1997)
  • Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1990) (25 min)

F

  • Sebastian Fagerlund
  • Silent Words, (2013)
  • Ferenc Farkas
  • Alla danza ungherese No. 2 (1934)
  • Sonata (1932)
  • Folksong Sonatina (1955)
  • All’antica (1962)
  • Ballada (1963)
  • Quattro pezzi (1965)
  • Louise Farrenc
  • Cello sonata, Op. 46 in B-flat (published 1861)
  • Gabriel Fauré
  • Petite Pièce in G major op. 49 (LOST) (1888)
  • Élégie, Op. 24 (1883)
  • Romance in A major, Op. 69 (1894)
  • Papillon, Op. 77 (1894)
  • Sicilienne, Op. 78 (1898)
  • Sérénade, Op. 98 (1908)
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 109 in D minor (1917)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 117 in G minor (1921)
  • Jindřich Feld
  • Three pieces for cello and piano (1954–55)
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1972)
  • Joel Phillip Friedman
  • Pas de Deux (1994, Rev. 2001)
  • Robert Fuchs
  • Cello sonata, Op. 29 in D minor
  • Cello sonata, Op. 83 in E-flat minor
  • 7 fantasieën Op. 78
  • Sandro Fuga
  • 3 Sonatas for cello and piano (1936, 1973 e 1989)
  • Dai Fujikura
  • Distorting rage (2000)
  • Flicker (2011)

G

  • Domenico Gabrielli
  • Two sonatas for cello and basso continuo
  • Magí Garcías
  • Crui II: Santa Catalina
  • Zoltán Gárdonyi
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1944)
  • Valeri Gavrilin
  • Kholeovliya for cello and piano (2003)
  • Jiří Gemrot
  • Sonata for cello and piano (published 2003 by Český rozhlas
  • Roberto Gerhard
  • Cello Sonata (1956 originally for viola and piano (1948), transcription by the composer for cello and piano)
  • Friedrich Gernsheim
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 Op. 12 in D minor
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 79 in E minor
  • Cello Sonata No. 3 Op. 87 in E minor
  • Ruth Gibbs
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 63 (1978)
  • Alberto Ginastera
  • Cello Sonata Op. 49 (1979)
  • Pampeana No. 2 for cello and piano, op. 21
  • Detlev Glanert
  • Serenade Op.13 (1986)
  • Alexander Glazunov
  • Arabic Melody for cello and piano, Op. 4 No. 5; from Five Romances (songs) (1882–85)
  • Elegy in D flat major for cello and piano (Une Pensee a F. Liszt), Op. 17 (1888)
  • Two Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 20A (1888) (Melodie; Spanish Serenade)
  • Chant du Ménestrel for cello and piano, Op. 71 (1900)
  • Reinhold Glière
  • Ballade
  • 12 Album Leaves for cello and piano, Op. 51 (1910)
  • Vladimír Godár
  • Sonata in memory of Viktor Shklovsky for cello and piano (1985)
  • Emmeleia for cello and piano (1994)
  • Alexander Goehr
  • Sonata (1984)
  • Fantasie (2005)
  • Karl Goldmark
  • Cello sonata, Op. 39 in F (1890)
  • Evgeny Golubev
  • Cello sonata op. 60 (1972)
  • Paul Graener
  • Suite, Op. 66 (1924)
  • Percy Grainger
  • The Maiden and the Frog
  • The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol
  • Enrique Granados
  • Madrigal for Cello and Piano
  • Trova for cello and piano
  • Olivier Greif
  • Deux Pièces pour violoncelle et piano - 1
  • Deux Pièces pour violoncelle et piano - 2
  • En rêve pour violoncelle et piano
  • Oi Akashe pour violoncelle et piano
  • Shylock funèbre pour piano et violoncelle
  • Sonate de Requiem pour violoncelle et piano
  • Sonate de Requiem pour violoncelle et piano
  • Veni Creator pour violoncelle et piano
  • Mark Gresham
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1993)
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Cello sonata, Op. 36 in A minor (1883)
  • Jorge Grundman
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano. Those Who Couldn't Wave Goodbye (2020)
  • Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903)
  • Hungarian Fantasy for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 7

H

  • Alois Hába
  • Fantasy for cello & quarter-tone piano Op. 33, (1927)
  • Kimmo Hakola
  • ...La nuit n'est pas
  • Consolation (2004)
  • Appassionato Op. 76 (2009)
  • Ernesto Halffter
  • Fantasie Espagnole (1952)
  • Lou Harrison
  • Suite pour violoncelle et piano (1995)
  • Jonathan Harvey
  • Dialogue and Song (1977)
  • Paavo Heininen
  • Deux Chansons
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano — Bassosonaatti/Sonata Basso
  • Elegie X - Mourning bells (2019)
  • Fanny Hensel
  • Fantasia G minor
  • Capriccio A Major (H247)
  • Swan Hennessy
  • Rapsodie gaélique, Op. 63 (1925), Paris: Max Eschig & Cie.
  • Pièce celtique, Op. 74 (1928), Paris: Éditions Max Eschig
  • Sonatine, Op. 81 (1929), Paris: Propriété de l'auteur
  • Philippr Hersant
  • Dreaming Tracks (2013)
  • Heinrich von Herzogenberg
  • Cello Sonata, No.1 in a minor, Op. 52 (1886)
  • Cello Sonata, No.2, Op. 64 (1889)
  • Cello Sonata, No.3, Op. 94 (1895)
  • Kenneth Hesketh
  • Cantilena
  • Kurt Hessenberg
  • Sonata, Op. 23 (1941)
  • Jennifer Higdon
  • Nocturne
  • Anders Hillborg
  • Duo (2013)
  • John S. Hilliard
  • Cello sonata
  • Paul Hindemith
  • 3 pieces Op.8 (1917)
  • Sonata Op. 11, No. 3 (1919)
  • Drei leichte Stücke for Cello and Piano (1938)
  • Variations on "A Frog He Went a Courting" for Cello and Piano (1941)
  • Kleine Sonata (1942)
  • Sonata (1948)
  • Alistair Hinton
  • Cello sonata, Op. 39 (1999)
  • Heinz Holliger
  • Romancendres (2003)
  • York Höller
  • Pas de deux (1993)
  • Arthur Honegger
  • Cello sonata, H32 (à René Gosselin) (1920)
  • Sonatina (1921)
  • Paul Juon
  • Cello sonata, Op. 54 in A minor (1913)

K

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Cello sonata, Op. 71 in B-flat (1962)
  • Robert Kahn
  • Three Pieces, op. 25 (1897)
  • Cello Sonata 1, op. 37 (1903)
  • Cello Sonata 2, op. 56 (1911)
  • Jouni Kaipainen
  • Trois morceaux de l'aube (1980)
  • Elegia (1983)
  • Vitezslava Kapralova
  • Deux ritournelles pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 25 (1940)
  • Nikolai Kapustin
  • Sonata No. 1, Op. 63
  • Sonata No. 2, Op. 84
  • Elegy, Op. 96
  • Burlesque, Op. 97
  • Nearly Waltz, Op. 98
  • Louis Karchin
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1990)
  • Leokadiya Kashperova
  • 2 Sonatas Op.1
  • Minna Keal
  • Ballade in F minor (1929)
  • Karen Khachaturian
  • Sonata for cello and piano
  • Tikhon Khrennikov
  • Cello sonata, Op. 34 (1989)
  • Friedrich Kiel
  • Cello sonata in A minor, Op. 52 (1868)
  • Passacaille (Vocalise) (1946)
  • Trois pièces de concert (1933/1935)
  • Édouard Lalo
  • Cello sonata in A minor (to Anton Rubinstein), 1856
  • Élégie No. 2 S.131 (1877)
  • Romance oubliée S.132 (1880)
  • La lugubre gondola S.134, [first/second version] (1883?, 1885?)
  • Vasily Lobanov
  • Sonata No.1 for cello and piano Op. 14 (1971)
  • 7 pieces for cello and piano Op. 25 (1978)
  • Vítězslav Novák
  • Cello sonata, Op. 66 in G minor

O

  • Maurice Ohana
  • Noctuaire
  • Syrtes
  • Samir Odeh-Tamimi
  • Jabsurr (2009)
  • Georg Onslow
  • Cello Sonata, Op.16 No.1
  • Cello Sonata, Op.16 No.2
  • Cello Sonata, Op.16 No.3
  • Peter van Onna
  • Geographies: Kyoto Anmintaku, for Cello and Piano
  • Leo Ornstein
  • Six Preludes
  • Two pieces Op. 33
  • Cello Sonata No.1, Op. 52 (1918)
  • Cello Sonata No.2 (1920)
  • Composition I
  • Charles Wilfred Orr
  • Carmen Fantasy for cello and piano
  • Pablo Ortiz
  • Mid-century (2019)

P

  • Paul Paray
  • Cello Sonata (1921)
  • Hubert Parry
  • Cello sonata in A (1879) ([https://www.recordsinternational.com/RICatalogDec99.html])
  • Thierry Pécou
  • Traversée du rêve (1988)
  • Suite aquatique (1994)
  • Soleil-Tigre
  • Dora Pejačević
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor Op. 35 (1913)
  • George Perle
  • Lyric Piece (1946)
  • Sonata (1985)
  • Vincent Persichetti
  • Vocalise, op.27 (1945)
  • Goffredo Petrassi
  • Preludio, Aria, e Finale for Cello & Piano (1933)
  • Wayne Peterson
  • Rhapsody for Cello and Piano (1976)
  • Hans Pfitzner
  • Cello sonata, Op. 1 in F-sharp minor
  • Carlo Alfredo Piatti
  • Air Baskyrs, Op. 8
  • Am Meer, Serenade, Ave Maria (Franz Schubert / Alfredo Piatti)
  • Canto di primavera for cello and piano
  • Canzonetta for cello and piano
  • Danza moresca for cello and piano
  • Elegia per la morte di Cavour for cello and piano
  • Entreaty / Supplication / Bitte for cello and piano
  • Follia su un’aria di Geminiani for cello and piano
  • Gagliarda for cello and piano
  • Impromptu sopra un’aria di Purcell nella “Regina Indiana for cello and piano
  • Introduction and Variations on a theme from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Op. 2 for cello and piano
  • Introduzione e Allegro alla Spagnuola for cello and piano
  • La Bergamasca, Op. 14 for cello and piano
  • Gita in gondola / La Danza for cello and piano
  • Les Fiancés, Op. 7 for cello and piano
  • Mazurka Sentimentale, Op. 6 for cello and piano
  • Notturno, Op. 20 for cello and piano
  • Ossian's song, Ballad for cello and piano
  • Passetemps Sentimental, Op. 4
  • Pioggia d’Aprile for cello and piano
  • Sérénade Italienne, Op. 17 for cello and piano
  • Siciliana, Op. 19 for cello and piano
  • Souvenir de la Sonnambula, Op. 5 for cello and piano
  • Tarantella, Op. 23 for cello and piano
  • Tema e Variazioni for cello and piano
  • The race – La corsa for cello and piano
  • Twenty-One Hungarian Dances (1881, Brahms-Piatti)
  • Ástor Piazzolla
  • Tres piezas Breves
  • Le Grand Tango for cello and piano
  • Gabriel Pierné
  • Cello sonata, Op. 46 in F-sharp minor (1919) [https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/66979.asp]
  • Willem Pijper
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (1919)
  • Cello sonata, No. 2 (1924) ([https://www.recordsinternational.com/RICatalogJuly97.html])
  • Matthias Pintscher
  • Uriel (2011–2012)
  • Walter Piston
  • Duo for Cello and Piano (1972)
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti
  • Cello sonata in F (1921)
  • Tre Canti per violoncello e piano
  • Manuel Ponce
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1922)
  • Miroslav Ponc
  • Five short pieces Op. 9 (1927)
  • Enno Poppe
  • Schweiss (2010)
  • David Popper
  • Op. 3, Scenes From a Masked Ball, cello and piano
  • Op. 5, Romance, cello and piano
  • Op. 10, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 11, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 12, Mazurka in D minor, cello and piano
  • Op. 14, Polonaise de concert, cello and piano
  • Op. 18, Sérénade orientale, cello and piano
  • Op. 22, Nocturne in G major, cello and piano
  • Op. 23, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 28, Concert-Polonaise No. 2 in F major, cello and piano
  • Op. 32, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 33, Tarantella, cello and piano
  • Op. 35, Four Mazurkas, cello and piano
  • Op. 38, Barcarolle in G major, cello and piano
  • Op. 39, Dance of the Elves, cello and piano
  • Op. 41, Nocturne, cello and piano
  • Op. 42, Three Nocturnes, cello and piano
  • Op. 43, Fantasy on Little Russian Songs, cello and piano
  • Op. 46, 2 Transcriptions for Cello and Piano
  • Op. 47, Nocturne No.4 in B Minor for cello and piano
  • Op. 48, Menuetto in D major, cello and piano
  • Op. 51, Six Mazurkas, cello and piano
  • Op. 54, Spanish Dances, cello and piano
  • Op. 55, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 60, Walzer Suite, cello and piano
  • Op. 62, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 64, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 65, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 67, Pieces for cello and piano
  • Op. 68, Hungarian Rhapsody, cello and piano
  • Op. 69, Suite for cello and piano
  • Op. 71, Scottish Fantasy, cello and piano
  • Op. 75, Serenade, cello and piano
  • Op. 81, Gavotte in A Major for Cello and Piano
  • Alberto Posadas
  • Proemio (2011)
  • Francis Poulenc
  • Cello sonata (1948)
  • Henri Pousseur
  • Petit Mausolee ambulant (2005)
  • Nikolai Potolovsky
  • Cello Sonata Op.2 (1905)
  • Gerhard Präsent
  • Sonata al dente for cello and piano op.23 (1988–90) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025853/http://www.alea.at/page58.html])
  • Sergei Prokofiev
  • Ballade for Cello and Piano Op 15 (1912)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 119 (1949)
  • Marta Ptaszynska
  • Kwiat Ksiezyca / Moon Flowers

R

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (1901)
  • Horatiu Radulescu
  • L'exil Intérieur 1997
  • Joachim Raff
  • Cello Sonata in D, Op. 183 (1873)
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • 2 Preludes & Fugues (1955)
  • Music for Upright Piano and Amplified Cello (1977)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1974/1991)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2
  • Polska (Polka)
  • Sydämeni laulu / Song of My Heart (2000)
  • Matti Rautio
  • Divertimento 1
  • Divertimento 2
  • Max Reger
  • Cello sonata, Op. 5 in F minor (1892)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 28 in G minor (1898?)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 78 in F (1904)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 116 in A minor (1910?)
  • Two pieces for cello and piano, Op. 79e (1904)
  • Aribert Reimann
  • Cello Sonata (1965)
  • Carl Reinecke
  • Cello sonata, Op. 42 in A minor (1847/8)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 89 in D (1866)
  • Drei stücke, Op. 146 (1878)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 238 in G
  • Henriette Renié
  • Sonate pour piano et violoncelle
  • Roger Reynolds
  • A Crimson Path (2000)
  • Josef Rheinberger
  • Cello sonata, Op. 92 in C
  • Ferdinand Ries
  • Cello sonata, WoO. 2 in C minor
  • Cello sonata, Op. 20 in C
  • Cello sonata, Op. 21 in A
  • Cello sonata, Op. 125 in G minor
  • Wolfgang Rihm
  • Von weit (1993)
  • 2 Stücke (2022)
  • Yann Robin
  • Con Fuoco (2011)
  • Lucia Ronchetti
  • Ravel Unravel for cello and piano, (2012)
  • Sites auriculaires, for cello and piano, (2012)
  • Julius Röntgen
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 3 (1872–73)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 41 (1900)
  • Cello Sonata No. 3 in G minor (1905)
  • Cello Sonata No. 4 in C minor (1906)
  • Cello Sonata No. 5 in B minor, Op. 56 (1907–10)
  • Cello Sonata No. 6 in D (1914–15)
  • Cello Sonata No. 7 in F-sharp minor (1917)
  • Cello Sonata No. 8 in D minor (1926)
  • Cello Sonata No. 9 in E minor (1927)
  • Cello Sonata No. 10 in C minor (1927)
  • Cello Sonata No. 11 in D minor (1930)
  • Cello Sonata No. 12 in A minor (1930)
  • Cello Sonata No. 13 in C-sharp minor (1931)
  • Cello Sonata No. 14 in C major (1931)
  • and many variation sets and other works (source [https://web.archive.org/web/20090915223958/http://www.juliusrontgen.nl/composities.html])
  • Joseph Guy Ropartz
  • Cello sonata, Op. 119 in G minor
  • Cello sonata in A minor
  • Nikolai Roslavets
  • Dance of the White Girls (1912)
  • Meditation (1921)
  • Sonata No. 1 (1921) — published 1924
  • Sonata No. 2 (1921–1922)
  • Miklós Rózsa
  • Duo, Op. 8 (about 1931)
  • Ludomir Różycki
  • Cello Sonata op. 10
  • Nocturne op 30/2
  • Edmund Rubbra
  • Cello sonata, Op. 60 in G minor (1946)
  • Anton Rubinstein
  • Cello sonata, Op. 18 in D (1852)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 39 in G (1857)
  • Joseph Ryelandt
  • Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 (1898)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 66 (1917)
  • Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 132 (1944) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080624014229/http://www.cebedem.be/composers/ryelandt_joseph/nl.html]

S

  • Kaija Saariaho
  • Im Traume (1980)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
  • Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 16 (1866)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 32 in C minor (1872–73)
  • Allegro Appassionato Op.43
  • Romance Op.67
  • Chant Saphique Op.91
  • Cello sonata, Op. 123 in F (1905)
  • Priére Op.158
  • Gavotte Op. posth.
  • Aulis Sallinen
  • Metamorfora (1974)
  • Cello Sonata Op.86 (2004)
  • Baumgesang mit Epilog
  • Timothy Salter
  • Cantus for cello and piano (1975)
  • Georgina Sánchez Torres
  • Elegía Rapsódica
  • En la Holgura de la abstrusa noche
  • Hirundo Rustica
  • La Ciudad del Cielo
  • El Sollozar del Guerrero
  • Cuando los rescoldos se volvieron llamas
  • El Eslabón del afecto eterno
  • Ahmet Adnan Saygun
  • Sonata Op.12 (1935)
  • Giacinto Scelsi
  • Dialogo for cello and piano (1932)
  • Ballata for cello and piano (1943)
  • To the master "Two improvisations" for cello and piano (1974)
  • Philipp Scharwenka
  • Cello Sonata in G minor (op. 116)
  • Asbjørn Schaathun
  • Stilleben (1976 -1978)
  • Xaver Scharwenka
  • Cello Sonata in E minor (op. 46) (1877) (score available at IMSLP)
  • Rodion Shchedrin
  • Quadrille (from opera Not Love Alone)
  • Sonata (1996)
  • Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk Songs (2007)
  • Alexander Shchetynsky
  • Antiphons for Cello and Piano (1983)
  • Message from A.W. for Cello and Piano (1996)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (2006)
  • Franz Schmidt
  • Drei Kleine Fantasiestücke (1892)
  • Alfred Schnittke
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1978)
  • Musica nostalgica for cello and piano (1992)
  • Peer Gynt: Epiloque for cello, piano and tape (1993)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1993–94)
  • Ruth Schonthal
  • Sonata concertante: for cello, viola or clarinet and piano (1973)
  • Franz Schubert
  • Sonata for the Arpeggione D.821 in A minor
  • Fantasy in F minor, D.940, orig. piano four-hands (Varga)
  • Robert Schumann
  • Adagio und Allegro, Op. 70 (originally for horn and piano)
  • Fantasiestücke, Op.73 (originally for clarinet and piano)
  • Fünf Stücke im Volkston (Five Pieces in Folk Style), Op.102
  • Camillo Schumann
  • Cellosonate Nr. 1 op. 59
  • Cellosonate Nr. 2 op. 99
  • Cellosonate Nr. 3 op. 118a
  • Erwin Schulhoff
  • Cello sonata
  • Vissarion Shebalin
  • Cello sonata in C
  • Salvatore Sciarrino
  • Melencolia I
  • Matyas Seiber
  • Phantasy (1944)
  • Nina Šenk
  • Inner Weather - Hidden thoughts (2003)
  • Bright Sheng
  • Northern Lights (2009)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Cello sonata, Op. 40 in D minor (1934)
  • Alan Shulman
  • Lament for cello and piano (1939)
  • Serenade for cello and piano (1941)
  • 3 – 4 – J ("Three for Jay") for cello and piano (1960)
  • Suite for the Young 'Cellist for cello and piano (1961)
  • Kol Nidre for cello and piano (1970)
  • Lament II for cello and piano (1983)
  • Andriy Shtoharenko
  • Sonata for cello and piano
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Malinconia Op.20 (1900)
  • Cantique & Devotion op.77 (1915)
  • Four Pieces Op. 78 (1915–17)
  • Arlene Sierra
  • Counting-Out Rhyme for Cello and Piano (2002)
  • Valentin Silvestrov
  • Sonata
  • Hans Sitt
  • Romanze Op. 17
  • Scherzo Op.35
  • Fredrik Sixten
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1986)
  • Epilogue for cello and piano (2002)
  • Emil Sjögren
  • Cello sonata in A major, Op. 58 (1912)
  • Nikos Skalkottas
  • Largo for cello and piano (c. 1940)
  • Sonatina for cello and piano (1949)
  • Bolero for cello and piano (1948–9)
  • Tender Melody for cello and piano (1948–9)
  • Serenata for cello and piano (1948–9)
  • Tender Melody for cello and piano (1948–9)
  • Dave Smith
  • Kaivopuisto (1996)
  • David Stanley Smith
  • Cello sonata, Op. 59
  • Ethel Smyth
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor (1880)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 5 (1887)
  • Eliodoro Sollima
  • Cello Sonata (1948)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Cello Sonata, No. 1, Op. 9 in A major (1877)
  • Cello Sonata, No. 2, Op. 39 in D minor (1889) ([http://shop.castleclassics.co.uk/acatalog/Stanford___Instrumental.html] (Hyperion Records gives 1893 for their recording of the same work however.))
  • Ernstalbrecht Stiebler
  • Duo '90
  • Richard Stöhr
  • 4 Phantasiestücke Op.17 (1907)
  • Cello sOnata Op.49 (1915)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 18 in A (1894)
  • Fantaisie for Cello and Piano in E Major, Op. 27
  • Romance sans paroles in A Major for Cello and Piano
  • Richard Strauss
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 6 in F (1883)
  • Romance
  • Rita Strohl
  • Great Dramatic Sonata, "Titus et Bérénice" (published 1898)
  • Josef Suk
  • Ballade and Serenade Op. 3
  • Stjepan Šulek
  • Cello Sonata (1974)
  • Piet Swerts
  • Promenade (2021)
  • Witold Szalonek
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1958)

T

  • Alexander Taneyev
  • Bagatelle and Serenade for cello and piano, Op.10
  • Alexander Tansman
  • Partita
  • Deux Pièces
  • Fantaisie
  • Sonata for cello and piano
  • Quatre Pièces Faciles
  • Toru Takemitsu
  • Orion (1984)
  • Otar Taktakishvili
  • Poem and Allegro for cello and piano (1969)
  • Jan Tausinger
  • Suite-sonata for cello and piano (1974–75)
  • Boris Tchaikovsky
  • Cello sonata in E minor (1957)
  • Alexander Tcherepnin
  • Ode für Violoncello und Klavier
  • Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano Op.29 (1924).
  • Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano Op.30 No.1 (1924)
  • Sonata No. 3 for cello and piano Op.30 No.2 (1919–26)
  • Mystère op. 37 Nr.2
  • 12 Preludes (Violoncelle bien tempéré)Op.38 (1925–26)
  • Songs and dances op. 84 (1953)
  • Mikis Theodorakis
  • East of the Aegean, Suite for cello and piano
  • Augusta Read Thomas
  • Chant, for cello and piano (1991; revised 2002)
  • Cantos for Slava (2007)
  • Bebop Riddle II (2022)
  • Virgil Thomson
  • Four Portraits, for cello and piano (arranged in 1942 by Luigi Silva)
  • Ludwig Thuille
  • Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 22 (1902)
  • Ernst Toch
  • Cello sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
  • Variations for cello and piano (2004)
  • Donald Tovey
  • Cello sonata, Op. 4 in F (before 1911)
  • Sulkhan Tsintsadze
  • Five Pieces on Folk Themes for cello and piano
  • Georgian Melodies for cello and piano (1967) (26 min)
  • Twenty-Four Preludes for cello and piano (1980)
  • Helena Tulve
  • To Night-Travellers, the Light (2009)

U

  • Galina Ustvolskaya
  • Grand Duet (1959)

V

  • Moisei Vainberg see Mieczysław Weinberg
  • Antonio Vandini
  • Two Sonatas in F major and G major
  • Giuseppe Valentini
  • Sonata in E major
  • Sovet (Sergey) Afanasyevich Varelas
  • Rondo
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)
  • Sándor Veress
  • Sonatina per violoncello e pianoforte(1933)
  • Matthijs Vermeulen
  • Two cello sonatas (1918, 1938)
  • Gabriel Vicéns
  • La Esfera (2021)
  • Louis Vierne
  • Cello sonata, Op. 27 in B minor (1910)
  • Henri Vieuxtemps
  • Elegie Op. 30
  • Sonata Op. 36
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Pequena Suite (1913)
  • Capriccio Op. 49 (1914)
  • Elegia (1916)
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (score missing)
  • Cello sonata, No. 2, Op. 66, 1916 ([https://www.recordsinternational.com/RICatalogJuly98.html])
  • Song of the Black Swan (1917)
  • Divagacao (1946)
  • Pequena Sonata
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • at least nine sonatas
  • Claude Vivier
  • Pièce pour violoncelle et piano

W

  • Errollyn Wallen
  • Dervish
  • Huw Watkins
  • Sonata (2000)
  • Blue Shadows Fall (2013)
  • Franz Waxman
  • Carmen Fantasy based on themes from the Bizet Opera (arr. David Grigorian )
  • Anton Webern
  • Two Pieces (1899)
  • Cello sonata (1913)
  • Three Little Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 11 (1914)
  • Karl Weigl
  • Cello Sonata (1923)
  • Two Pieces for cello and piano (1940)
  • Menuetto for cello and piano (1948)
  • Kurt Weill
  • Cello sonata
  • Mieczysław Weinberg
  • Cello sonata, Op. 21 in C (1945)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 63 in G minor (1958–59)
  • Leo Weiner
  • Romance for Cello and Piano Op.14 (1949)
  • Felix Weingartner
  • Cello Sonata (1892)
  • Judith Weir
  • Three Chorals
  • Lotta Wennäkoski
  • Sydänkuu (2000)
  • Foliage for cello and piano (2017)
  • Charles-Marie Widor
  • Cello sonata, Op. 80 in A (1907)
  • Adrian Williams
  • Spring Requiem for cello and piano (15 min) (1993)
  • 4 Cantilenes for cello and piano
  • Images of a Mind (16 min) (1986)
  • Richard Wilson
  • Motivations for cello and piano (2000)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
  • Cello Sonata, Op.30 (1945)
  • Charles Wuorinen
  • Duuiensela (1962)
  • Adapting to the Times (1969)
  • Fast Fantasy (1977)
  • An Orbicle of Jasp (1999)
  • Andante Espressivo (2001)
  • Ivan Wyschnegradsky
  • Méditation sur deux thèmes de la Journée de l'existence Op. 7 (1918–1919)
  • Josef Wölfl

Duet Op. 31 (1805)

X

  • Iannis Xenakis
  • Paille in the wind

Y

  • Victoria Yagling
  • 4 Sonatas
  • Larghetto and Siciliana
  • Vocalise (1985)
  • Chen Yi
  • Romance of Hsiao and Ch’in
  • Joji Yuasa
  • Projection
  • Cosmos Haptic IV
  • Du Yun
  • Hong dou-dou
  • Isang Yun
  • Nore (1964)
  • Intermezzo (1988)
  • Espace I (1992)

Z

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky
  • 3 pieces (1891)
  • Cello sonata in A minor (1894)
  • Edson Zampronha
  • Between the Thunder and the Echo (premiered 2011)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Intercommunicazione (1967)
  • John Zorn
  • Occam's Razor (2013)
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
  • Lament for cello and piano (2000)
  • Otto Zykan
  • Cello Sonata (1958)

See also

  • List of solo cello pieces
  • List of compositions for cello and orchestra
  • List of compositions for cello and organ
  • Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
  • Triple Concerto for Violin Cello and Piano
  • Cello sonata
  • String instrument repertoire

References