Masterworks for cello
The ones you know or you must know.
Other renowned works
1934 - Cello Sonata in D minor Dmitri Shostakovich
1918 - Cello Concerto in E minor Edward Elgar
1915 - First Sonata Claude Debussy
1887 - Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor Johannes Brahms
1872 - Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Camille Saint-Saëns
1860 - Cello Concerto in A minor Robert Schumann
1846 - Cello Sonata in G minor Frédéric Chopin
1828 - Quintet in C major Franz Schubert
1824 - Octet in F major Franz Schubert
1805 - Triple Concerto in C major Ludwig van Beethoven
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
1710 .. 1960 : the essential composers
1756-1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart °
1685-1750 Johann Sebastian Bach °
1770-1827 Ludwig van Beethoven °
1810-1849 Frédéric Chopin °
1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °
1833-1897 Johannes Brahms °
1732-1809 Joseph Haydn °
1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °
1797-1828 Franz Schubert °
1685-1759 George Frideric Handel °
1840-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky °
1843-1907 Edvard Grieg °
° : Masterpieces listed
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Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.
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