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A cello sonata usually denotes a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven Some of the earliest cello sonatas were written in the 18th century by Francesco Geminiani and Antonio Vivaldi.

(The following list includes only well-known sonatas, with or without accompanying instruments. See the See also list for more comprehensive lists divided up into solo and accompanied works.)

List of Cello Sonatas

Samuel Barber
Cello Sonata Op. 6 in C minor (1932)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 in F major (1796)
Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2 in G minor (1796)
Cello Sonata Op. 69 in A (1808)
Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 1 in C (1815)
Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 2 in D (1815)
Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata Op. 38 in E minor (1862–5)
Cello Sonata Op. 99 in F (1886)
Violin Sonata "Rain" Op. 78 (1878–9) is sometimes transcribed for cello.
Frank Bridge
Cello Sonata in d minor
Frédéric Chopin
Cello Sonata Op. 65 in G minor (1845–6)
Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata in D minor (1915)
Gabriel Fauré
Cello Sonata Op. 109 in D minor (1917)
Cello Sonata Op. 117 in G minor (1921)
Edvard Grieg
Cello Sonata Op. 36 in A minor (1883)
Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata Op. 45 in B-flat (1838)
Cello Sonata Op. 58 in D (1842–3) ([1])
Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata Op. 119 in C (1949)
Sonata for Solo Cello in C# minor, Op. 134 (unfinished)
Sergei Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata Op. 19 in G minor (1901)
Franz Schubert
Sonata for Arpeggione D.821 in A minor is often transcribed for cello.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Sonata Op. 40 in D minor (1934)

External links

• Repertoire for Solo Cello
• Some Composers of Cello Works Dates need to be double-checked against other sources as they do not always agree.

See also

• Bassoon sonata
• Clarinet sonata
• Piano sonata
• Viola sonata
• Violin sonata