Chronology of Major Cello Sonatas
The following list (inevitably incomplete) tries to place the major sonatas and equivalent works for cello and piano or cello solo in chronological order of completion. It will be susceptible to uncertainty of dates, and whether original or revised versions are definitive.
| Year | Composer | Work | Key | Opus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1717-23 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites | G, D minor, C E♭, C minor & D |
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| early 18th century - 1739 | Benedetto Marcello | At least 12 Cello Sonatas | ||
| early 18th century - 1741 | Antonio Vivaldi | At least 9 Cello Sonatas | ||
| 1760s - 1805 | Luigi Boccherini | At least 19 Cello Sonatas | ||
| 1796 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 1 | F major | Op. 5, No. 1 |
| 1796 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 2 | G minor | Op. 5, No. 2 |
| 1807-8 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 3 | A major | Op. 69 |
| 1815 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 4 | C major | Op. 102, No. 1 |
| 1815 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Cello Sonata No. 5 | D major | Op. 102, No. 2 |
| 1838 | Felix Mendelssohn | Cello Sonata No. 1 | B♭ major | Op. 45 |
| 1842-3 | Felix Mendelssohn | Cello Sonata No. 2 | D major | Op. 58 |
| 1846 | Frédéric Chopin | Cello Sonata | G minor | Op. 65 |
| 1856 | Édouard Lalo | Cello Sonata | A minor | |
| 1862-5 | Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 1 | E minor | Op. 38 |
| 1872-3 | Camille Saint-Saëns | Cello Sonata No. 1 | C minor | Op. 32 |
| 1883 | Edvard Grieg | Cello Sonata | A minor | Op. 36 |
| 1883 | Richard Strauss | Cello Sonata | F major | Op. 6 |
| 1886 | Johannes Brahms | Cello Sonata No. 2 | F major | Op. 99 |
| 1892 | Max Reger | Cello Sonata No. 1 | F minor | Op. 5 |
| 1898 | Max Reger | Cello Sonata No. 2 | G minor | Op. 28 |
| 1899 | Ernő Dohnányi | Cello Sonata | B♭ major | Op. 8 |
| 1901 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Cello Sonata | G minor | Op. 19 |
| 1904 | Max Reger | Cello Sonata No. 3 | F major | Op. 78 |
| 1905 | Camille Saint-Saëns | Cello Sonata No. 2 | F major | Op. 123 |
| 1907 | Zoltán Kodály | Cello Sonata | Op. 4 | |
| 1907 | Charles-Marie Widor | Cello Sonata | A major | Op. 80 |
| 1910 | Max Reger | Cello Sonata No. 4 | A minor | Op. 116 |
| 1910-11 | Albéric Magnard | Cello Sonata | A major | Op. 20 |
| 1911 | Nikolai Myaskovsky | Cello Sonata No. 1 | D major | Op. 12 |
| 1912 | Max Reger | Cello Suites 1, 2 and 3 | G, D minor & A minor |
Op. 131 |
| 1915 | Claude Debussy | Cello Sonata | D minor | L. 135 |
| 1915 | Zoltán Kodály | Solo Cello Sonata | Op. 8 | |
| 1916 | Frederick Delius | Cello Sonata | D minor | |
| 1913-17 | Frank Bridge | Cello Sonata | D minor | |
| 1917 | Gabriel Fauré | Cello Sonata No. 1 | D minor | Op. 109 |
| 1921 | Gabriel Fauré | Cello Sonata No. 2 | G minor | Op. 117 |
| 1923 | Paul Hindemith | Solo Sonata for Cello | Op. 25 No. 3 | |
| 1923 | John Ireland | Cello Sonata | G minor | |
| 1929 | Béla Bartók | Rhapsody for Cello and Piano | Sz 87 | |
| 1932 | Samuel Barber | Cello Sonata | C minor | Op. 6 |
| 1932-33 | Igor Stravinsky | Suite Italienne for cello and piano | ||
| 1934 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Cello Sonata | D minor | Op. 40 |
| 1938 | Nikolai Myaskovsky | Cello Sonata No. 2 | Op. 81 | |
| 1939 | Bohuslav Martinů | Cello Sonata No. 1 | ||
| 1941 | Bohuslav Martinů | Cello Sonata No. 2 | ||
| 1948 | Francis Poulenc | Cello Sonata | Op 143 | |
| 1949 | Sergei Prokofiev | Cello Sonata | C major | Op. 119 |
| 1949 | Alan Rawsthorne | Cello Sonata | ||
| 1952 | Bohuslav Martinů | Cello Sonata No. 3 | ||
| 1956-57 | Ernest Bloch | Cello Suites 1, 2 and 3 | ||
| 1961 | Benjamin Britten | Cello Sonata | C major | |
| 1962 | Dmitry Kabalevsky | Cello Sonata | B♭ major | Op. 71 |
| 1964 | Benjamin Britten | Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 | G major | Op. 72 |
| 1966 | Karen Khachaturian | Cello Sonata | ||
| 1967 | Benjamin Britten | Suite for Cello Solo No. 2 | D major | Op. 80 |
| 1971 | Benjamin Britten | Suite for Cello Solo No. 3 | Op. 87 | |
| 1978 | Alfred Schnittke | Cello Sonata |
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