List of compositions for cello and piano

• Carl Friedrich Abel
  • Several sonatas
• Thomas Adès
  • Lieux retrouvés (2009)
• Miguel del Águila
  • Silence
• Franco Alfano
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1925)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • Cello sonata "Sonate de concert", Op. 47 in E (1857)[1]
• 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)
• Tanya Anisimova
  • Icelandic Ballad (2007)
  • Mexico-Mexico (2005)
• 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)
• Valery Arzoumanov
  • Six Waltzes for cello and piano opus 170A
• 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)
• Vaja Azarashvili
  • Cello Sonata No. 1 (1961-99)
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (1976)
  • Five Preludes (2006) 

• Milton Babbitt
  • Dual for cello and piano (1980)
• 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)
• 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)
• Sally Beamish
  • Iasg (1993)
  • Gala Water (1994)
  • Bridging the Day (1998)
  • Sonata (2000)
• 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)
  • 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
  • Seven Variations for cello & piano in E flat major on Mozart's "Bei Männern," WoO 46
• Karol Beffa
  • "Marmor" for cello and piano
• Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1991)[2]
• William Sterndale Bennett
  • Cello Sonata Op. 32 (1852)
• Erik Bergman
  • Quo Vadis Op.102
• Michael Berkeley
  • Etude des fleurs (1979)
  • At A Solemn Wake (2015)
• Adolphe Biarent
  • Cello sonata in F-sharp minor (1915) ()
• Harrison Birtwistle
  • Lied (7 min) (2006)
  • Bogenstrich (2006-2009)
• Felix Blumenfeld
  • Two Morceaux for cello and piano, opus 19 (1894)
• Luigi Boccherini
  • 19 sonatas for cello and bass, two sonatas for two cellos ()
• 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)
• Corentin Boissier
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 21 (2017)
• William Bolcom
  • Decalage (1969)
  • Capriccio (1985)
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1989)
• Antonio Maria Bononcini
  • 12 sonatas, a sonata da camera and a sinfonia for cello and figured bass[3]
• 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, Op. 38 in E minor (1862–65)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 99 in F (1886)
  • Violin sonata No 1 in G major Rain, Op. 78 (1878–79) transcribed by Paul Klengel
  • Violin Sonata in A, Op. 100 (transcribed for cello by Varga)
  • Violin Sonata in d minor, Op. 108 (transcribed for cello by Varga)
  • Brahms-Piatti: Twenty-One Hungarian Dances (1881)
• Frank Bridge
  • Two Short Pieces(1912)
  • Cello Sonata in D minor (1913–17) ()
• Jean-Baptiste Bréval
  • Cello Sonata in C Major
• Benjamin Britten
  • Cello sonata, Op. 65 in C (1960–61) ()
• Earle Brown
  • Music for Cello and Piano (1955)
• James Francis Brown
  • Prospero's Isle (2006). Also symphonic poem version[4]
• 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) de:Vier Stücke, Op. 70 (Bruch)
• 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)

• 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)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
  • Cello sonata, Op. 50(1928)
  • Toccata op. 83, per violoncello e pianoforte (1935)
  • Meditation 'Kol Nidre' for cello and piano (1941)
• 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
• 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)
• Jérôme Combier
  • Freezing Fields (2017) for Cello and Piano
• David Conte
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2015) (written for cellist Emil Miland)[5]
• 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)

• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Sonata for ‘Cello & Piano (2007) "Sequentia Serpentigena"
• Gualtiero Dazzi
  • Petite suite de voyage (1997)
• Claude Debussy
  • Intermezzo
  • Scherzo
  • Cello sonata in D minor (1915)
• Frederick Delius
  • Cello sonata (1916)
• 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)
• Ernő Dohnányi
  • Cello Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 8 (1899)
• Franco Donatoni
  • Sincronie
• Felix Draeseke
  • Cello sonata, Op. 51 in D (1890)
• 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)

• 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) ()
• 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)

• Sebastian Fagerlund
  • Silent Words, (2013)
• Louise Farrenc
  • Cello sonata, Op. 46 in B-flat (published 1861)
• Gabriel Fauré
  • Petite Pièce in G major op. 49 (LOST) (1888)
  • Elegie, 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)[6]
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1972)[6]
• Richard Festinger
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1990)
• Michael Finnissy
  • Chi Mei Ricercari (2015)
• Lukas Foss
  • Intermezzo for cello and piano (1940)
  • Duo (Fantasia) for cello and piano (1941)
  • Capriccio for cello and piano (1948)
• John Foulds
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 6 (around 1905, revised 1927)
• Jean Françaix
  • Sérénade (1934)
  • Mouvement perpétuel (1944)
  • Nocturne (1951)
  • Berceuse (1953)
  • Rondino staccato (1953)
  • Fantaisie (1962)
• César Franck
  • Violin Sonata in A major, arranged for cello and piano by Jules Delsart and approved by the composer
• Eduard Franck
  • Cello Sonate, No.1 in D major, Op. 6 (1846)
  • Cello Sonata, No.2 in F major, Op. 42 (1882)
• Richard Franck
  • Cello Sonata, No.1 in D major, Op. 22 (1894)
  • Cello Sonata, No.2 in E flat major, Op. 36 (1903)
  • Serenade for cello in C major, Op. 24 (1896)
• Peter Fribbins
  • Sonata for 'Cello and Piano (2004 - 2005)
  • "...that which echoes in eternity" (2002 - 2003). Also version for violin and piano[7]
• 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

• 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)[8]
• 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
• Alberto Ginastera
  • Cello Sonata (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)
• 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)
• Paul Graener
  • Suite, Op. 66 (1924)[9][10]
• Percy Grainger
  • The Maiden and the Frog
  • The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol
• 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

• Kimmo Hakola
  • Consolation (2004)
  • Appasionato Op. 76 (2009)

• Ernesto Halffter
  • Fantasie Espagnole (1952)
• Paavo Heininen
  • Deux Chansons
• 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
• 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)[11]
• Jennifer Higdon
  • Nocturne
• John S. Hilliard
  • Cello sonata[12]
• 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)
• York Höller
  • Pas de deux (1993)
• Arthur Honegger
  • Cello sonata, H32 (à René Gosselin) (1920)[9]
  • Sonatina (1921)[9]
• Toshio Hosokawa
  • Lied III
• Hans Huber
  • Cello Sonata, No.1 in D major, Op. 33 (1878)
  • Cello Sonata, No.2 "Pastoral Sonate" in A major, Op. 84
  • Suite in d minor, Op. 89 (1886)
  • Cello Sonata, No.3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 114 (1900)
  • Cello Sonata, No.4
  • Romance for Cello and Piano
• Bertold Hummel
  • Sonata in F, Op. 2 (1950)
  • Sonata brevis, Op. 11a (1955)
  • Little Suite, Op. 19a (1956)
  • Sonatina N°1, Op. 35c (1969)
  • Sonatina N°2, Op. 52a (1973)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Cello sonata, Op. 104 in A (1824) ()
• Jean Huré
  • Sonata No. 1 in F♯ minor for cello and piano (1903; Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1914)
  • Sonata No. 2 in F major for cello and piano (1906)
  • Sonata No. 3 in F♯ major for cello and piano (1909)
• William Hurlstone
  • Cello sonata in D ()
• Eero Hämeenniemi
  • Cello Concerto (2011)

• Vincent d'Indy
  • Cello sonata, Op. 84 in D (1924–25)
• John Ireland
  • Cello sonata in G minor (1923)
• Yoshirō Irino
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1945)

• Marie Jaëll
  • Cello Sonata in A minor (1881, rev. 1886)
• Leoš Janáček
  • Pohádka or Fairy Tale (1910, rev. 1923)
  • Presto
• Betsy Jolas
  • Quatre pièces en marge (1983)
  • Femme le soir (2018) for Cello and Piano
• André Jolivet
  • Nocturne (1943)
• Joseph Jongen
  • Cello sonata, Op. 39 (1912)[13]
• Paul Juon
  • Cello sonata, Op. 54 in A minor (1913)

• Dmitri Kabalevsky
  • Cello sonata, Op. 71 in B-flat (1962)
  • Cello Concerto No.1, op.49 in G minor
  • Cello Concerto No. 2, op.77 in C minor
• Robert Kahn
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 37 in F[14]
• Jouni Kaipainen
  • Trois morceaux de l'aube (1980)
  • Elegia (1983)
• Vitezslava Kapralova
  • Deux ritournelles pour violoncelle et piano, Op. 25 (1940)[15]
• Louis Karchin
  • Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1990)
• Minna Keal
  • Ballade in F minor (1929)
• Karen Khachaturian
  • Sonata for cello and piano
• Tikhon Khrennikov
  • Cello sonata, Op. 34 (1989)[16]
• Friedrich Kiel
  • Cello sonata in A minor, Op. 52 (1868)[9]
• Zoltán Kodály
  • Cello sonata, Op. 4 (1909–10)
  • Dances of Galanta for cello and piano (arr. Varga)
  • Three chorale preludes on
    • "Ach was ist doch unser Leben"
    • "Vater unser im Himmelreich"
    • "Christus der uns selig macht"
  • Prelude and fugue for cello and piano (Bach, tr. Kodály)
  • Sonatina for cello and piano
  • Adagio for cello and piano
  • Hungarian rondo for cello and piano
• Charles Koechlin
  • Cello sonata, Op. 66 (1917)
  • Chansons bretonnes Op.115
• Ernst Krenek
  • Phantasiestück
• Hans Kronold
  • Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 57
  • Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 58
• Larysa Kuzmenko
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano, “A Dream Within A Dream” (1992)

• László Lajtha
  • Cello sonata
• Édouard Lalo
  • Cello sonata in A minor (to Anton Rubinstein), 1856[9]
  • Allegro in E-flat, Op. 16 (to Léon Jacquard)[9]
• David Lang
  • undanceable (2010)
• Thomas Larcher
  • Mumien (2002)
  • ”Splinters” Sonata (2012)
• Vadim Larchikov
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1992)
• Kenneth Leighton
  • Elegy for 'cello and piano, Op. 5 (1950)
  • Partita for 'cello and piano, Op. 35 (1959)
  • Alleluia Pascha Nostrum for 'cello and piano, Op. 85 (1981)
• Guillaume Lekeu
  • Cello sonata in F (finished by Vincent d'Indy)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo
  • Serenade
• Fred Lerdahl
  • Duo (2017)
• Peter Lieberson
  • Three Variations
  • Remembering Schumann
• Hélène Liebmann
  • Grande Sonate Op.11 (1813)
• Magnus Lindberg
  • Moto (1990)
  • Dos Coyotes (2002)
  • Santa Fe Project (2006)
• Franz Liszt
  • Élégie No. 1 [first/second/third version] S.130 (1874)
  • Duo in G (1875)[17]
  • 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)[18]
  • 7 pieces for cello and piano Op. 25 (1978)[18]
  • Sonata No.2 for cello and piano Op. 54 (1989)[18]
• Pietro Antonio Locatelli
  • Cello sonata in D major
• Witold Lutoslawski
  • Grave

• James MacMillan
  • Cello Sonata No. 1
  • Cello Sonata No. 2 (15 min) (2000)
• Leevi Madetoja
  • Suite Lyrique
• Michio Mamiya
  • Cello Sonata
  • 5 Finnish Folk Songs (1977)
  • 6 Japanese Folk Songs (1972)
• Juan Manén
  • Sonata di concerto for cello and piano Op. A-42 (1947)
• Albéric Magnard
  • Cello sonata, Op. 20 in A (1911)
• Benedetto Marcello
  • 12 sonatas (1730s)
• Andrew March
  • Ephemeral Nymphs, for Cello and Piano (2015) ()
• Frank Martin
  • Chaconne for Cello and Piano
  • Ballade for Cello and Piano
• Bohuslav Martinů
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (1939)
  • Cello sonata, No. 2 (1941)
  • Cello sonata, No. 3 (1952)
  • Variations sur un thème Slovaque, H.378
  • Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H.290
  • Ariette, H 188B (1930 Paris)
  • Nocturnes, H 189 (1931 Paris)
  • Pastorals, H 190 (1931 Paris)
  • Miniature Suite, H 192 (1931 Paris)
  • 7 Arabesques, H. 201
• Zoe Martlew
  • Berceuse
• Giuseppe Martucci
  • Cello Sonata Op. 52 in F sharp minor (1880)
  • 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (1888)
  • 2 Romances for Cello and Piano, Op. 72 (1890)
• Joseph Marx
  • Pastorale (1914)
  • Suite (1914)
• Colin Matthews
  • Three Enigmas
  • Five Duos
• Usko Meriläinen
  • Meditation
  • Paripeli
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Cello sonata No. 1, Op. 45 in B flat major (1838)
  • Cello sonata No. 2, Op. 58 in D major (1842–43) ()
  • Variations concertantes, Op. 17
  • Song Without Words in D major, Op. 109
  • Andante Cantabile from "Sonata No. 3" for Organ (Calamosca)
• Darius Milhaud
  • Élégie for cello and piano, Op. 251 (1945)
  • Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 377 (1959)
• Eric Moe (1954–?)
  • Variations (1985) for cello and piano
  • Mud Wrestling at the O.K. Corral (2007) for cello and piano
• Ernest John Moeran
  • Cello sonata in A minor (1947)
• Ignaz Moscheles
  • Grande sonate concertante, Op.34 (1814)
  • Cello Sonata, Op.121 (1850)
  • Melodic-Contrapuntal Studies, Op. 137 (After Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier)
• Alexander Mosolov
  • Elegy for cello and piano, Op.2
  • Legend for cello and piano,Op.5 (1924)
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1927)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Sonata in G major, K379 for Cello and Piano, transcribed by Alexander Kniazev
  • Sonata in G major, K301 for Cello and Piano, transcribed by Alexander Kniazev
  • Sonata in F major, K376 for Cello and Piano, transcribed by Alexander Kniazev
  • Sonata-Rondo from Mozarts Fragment KV Anh. 46 (374g) for cello and piano 1782 (completed by John Hilliard)
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
  • Sonata for violoncello and piano in E major, Op. 19 (published in 1820)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky
  • Cello sonata, Op. 12 in D (1911)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 81 in A minor (1948–49)

• Nicolas Nabokov
  • Prelude, Four Variations and Finale
• Lior Navok
  • Fluctuations
• Marc Neikrug
  • Petrus (2001)
• Andrew Norman
  • Sonnets
• Ludvig Norman
  • Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 28[19]
• Jan Novák
  • Rotundelli for cello and piano, 1981[20]
• Vítězslav Novák
  • Cello sonata, Op. 66 in G minor

• Maurice Ohana
  • Noctuaire
  • Syrtes
• 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
  • 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)

• Paul Paray
  • Cello Sonata (1921)[21]
• Hubert Parry
  • Cello sonata in A (1879) ()
• Thierry Pécou
  • 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)
• 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
• Ástor Piazzolla
  • Tres piezas Breves
  • Le Grand Tango for cello and piano
• Gabriel Pierné
  • Cello sonata, Op. 46 in F-sharp minor (1919)
• Willem Pijper
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (1919)
  • Cello sonata, No. 2 (1924) ()
• Walter Piston
  • Duo for Cello and Piano (1972)[22]
• Ildebrando Pizzetti
  • Cello sonata in F (1921)
• Manuel Ponce
  • Sonata for cello and piano (1922)
• Miroslav Ponc
  • Five short pieces Op. 9 (1927)
• David Popper
  • Elfentanz, Op.39
  • Hungarian Rhapsody, Op.68
• Francis Poulenc
  • Cello sonata (1948)
• Nikolai Potolovsky
  • Cello Sonata Op.2 (1905)
• Gerhard Präsent
  • Sonata al dente for cello and piano op.23 (1988–90) ()
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Ballade for Cello and Piano Op 15 (1912)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 119 (1949)

• 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)
• 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?)
• Aribert Reimann
  • Cello Sonata (1965)
• Carl Reinecke
  • Cello sonata, Op. 42 in A minor (1847/8)[23]
  • Cello sonata, Op. 89 in D (1866)[24]
  • Drei stücke, Op. 146 (1878)
  • Cello sonata, Op. 238 in G
• 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
• 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 )
• 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)
• Edmund Rubbra
  • Cello sonata, Op. 60 in G minor (1946)
• Anton Rubinstein
  • Cello sonata, Op. 18 in D (1852)[25]
  • 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)

• 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 Appasionato 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
• 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
• Philipp Scharwenka
  • Cello Sonata in G minor (op. 116)[26]
• 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)
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (2006)
• Alfred Schnittke
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (1978)
  • Cello sonata, No. 2 (1993–94)
• Ruth Schonthal
  • Sonata concertante: for cello, viola or clarinet and piano (1973)[27]
• 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
  • Fantasiestücke, Op.73
  • 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)
• Bright Sheng
  • Northern Lights (2009)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Cello sonata, Op. 40 in D minor (1934)
• Jean Sibelius
  • Malinconia Op.20 (1900)
  • Cantique & Devotion op.77 (1915)
  • Four Pieces Op. 78 (1915-17)
• 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
  • Sonatina
  • Bolero
  • Largo
  • Tender Melody
• 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)
• Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Cello Sonata, No. 1, Op. 9 in A major (1877)
  • Cello Sonata, No. 2, Op. 39 in D minor (1889) ( (Hyperion Records gives 1893 for their recording of the same work however.))
• Zygmunt Stojowski
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 18 in A (1894)[28]
• 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)

• Alexander Taneyev
  • Bagatelle and Serenade for cello and piano, Op.10
• Toru Takemitsu
  • Orion (1984)
• Otar Taktakishvili
  • Poem and Allegro for cello and piano (1969)
• Jan Tausinger
  • Suite-sonata for cello and piano (1974–75)[29]
• 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
  • Cantos for Slava (2007)
• Virgil Thomson
  • Four Portraits, for cello and piano (arranged in 1942 by Luigi Silva)
• Ludwig Thuille
  • Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 22 (1902)[30]
• Ernst Toch
  • Cello sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
• Donald Tovey
  • Cello sonata, Op. 4 in F (before 1911)[30]
  • Elegiac Variations for cello and piano, Op. 25 (1909)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage
  • Sleep on... for cello and piano (1992)
  • Two Vocalises
• Joan Tower
  • Très lent (Hommage à Messiaen) (1994)
• Arnold Trowell
  • Cello Sonata No.2, Op. 30 (1915)[31]
• 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)

• Galina Ustvolskaya
  • Grand Duet (1959)

• Moisei Vainberg see Mieczysław Weinberg
• Antonio Vandini
  • Two Sonatas in F major and G major
• Giuseppe Valentini
  • Sonata in E major
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Six Studies in English Folksong (1926)[32]
• Matthijs Vermeulen
  • Two cello sonatas (1918, 1938)[33]
• Louis Vierne
  • Cello sonata, Op. 27 in B minor (1910)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • Pequena Suite (1913)
  • Capriccio Op. 49 (1914)
  • Elegia (1916)
  • Cello sonata, No. 1 (score missing)[34]
  • Cello sonata, No. 2, Op. 66, 1916 ()
  • Song of the Black Swan (1917)
  • Divagacao (1946)
  • Pequena Sonata
• Antonio Vivaldi
  • at least nine sonatas
• Claude Vivier
  • Pièce pour violoncelle et piano

• 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)
• Felix Weingartner
  • Cello Sonata (1892)
• 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)
• Charles Wuorinen
  • Duuiensela (1962)
  • Adapting to the Times (1969)
  • Fast Fantasy (1977)
  • An Orbicle of Jasp (1999)
  • Andante Espressivo (2001)
• Josef Wölfl

Duet Op. 31 (1805)

• Iannis Xenakis
  • Paille in the wind

• Joji Yuasa
  • Projection
  • Cosmos Haptic IV
• Isang Yun
  • Nore (1964)
  • Intermezzo (1988)
  • Espace I (1992)

• Alexander von Zemlinsky
  • 3 pieces (1891)
  • Cello sonata in A minor (1894)[35]
• Edson Zampronha
  • Between the Thunder and the Echo (premiered 2011)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Intercommunicazione (1967)
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
  • Lament for cello and piano (2000)

• Cello sonata
• String instrument repertoire
• 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

• Repertoire for Solo Cello
• Some Composers of Cello Works