Advanced cello pieces
198 documented work(s) with difficulty and progression paths.

At the advanced level, thumb position generalises across the full range, double stops and expressive vibrato become constant, and virtuoso bow strokes (ricochet, jeté) are necessary. Pieces demand stamina and musicality across extended forms (concerto, sonata).

Well-documented works at this level

Cello Sonata no. 1 in E minor, op. 38
Johannes Brahms · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 70/100
Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, op. 102, no. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 73/100
Cello Sonata no. 3 in A major, op. 69
Ludwig van Beethoven · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 73/100
Cello Sonata in F major, op. 6, TrV115
Richard Strauss · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 70/100
Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 65
Frédéric Chopin · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 77/100
Cello Sonata no. 2, op. 58
Felix Mendelssohn · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 69/100

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Fratres, for cello and piano
Arvo Pärt · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Sonata, for cello and piano in D minor, H.32
Arthur Honegger · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Kleine Suite, for cello and piano, op. 23, KiV 215
Ferruccio Busoni · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Ruralia Hungarica: Andande rubato, alla zingaresca, for cello and piano, op. 32d
Ernst von Dohnányi · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 119
Camille Saint-Saëns · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Sonata for cello and piano in A major, op. 80
Charles-Marie Widor · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Sonata in E flat major, op. 64
Ludwig van Beethoven · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Largo, for cello and orchestra
Krzysztof Penderecki · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto, op. 3
Paul Hindemith · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto no. 2 in E minor, op. 30
Victor Herbert · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 8
Victor Herbert · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq.170, H.432
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Shakespearean Cello Concerto, op. 136
Malcolm Arnold · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
'tis like the distance
Barnaby Priest · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 65/100
Pro et contra: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Arvo Pärt · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra
William Schuman · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto no. 5 in C major, Hob.VIIb:5
Franz Joseph Haydn · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Cello Concerto
Elliott Carter · Cello and Orchestra
Advanced · 65/100
Appraesentation
Nobuyoshi Tanaka · Cello and Piano
beta Advanced · 65/100
Sonata for Piano and Cello no. 1 in E minor, op. 38: I. Allegro non troppo
Johannes Brahms · Cello and Piano
beta Advanced · 65/100
Sonata for Piano and Cello no. 1 in E minor, op. 38: III. Allegro
Johannes Brahms · Cello and Piano
beta Advanced · 65/100
Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 4
Zoltán Kodály · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Sonata in E-flat major, op. 64: I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Suite pour violoncelle et piano, op. 16 : V. Finale
Camille Saint-Saëns · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 5: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
Max Reger · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 1. Fuga. Andante moderato
Benjamin Britten · Cello solo
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Sonata, op. 6: II. Adagio
Samuel Barber · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat major, BWV.1010
Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello solo
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV.1009
Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello solo
Advanced · 66/100
Caprice and Elegy
Frederick Delius · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Adagio and Allegro, Op.70
Robert Schumann · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Caprice sur un motif espagnol, Op.10
Jules de Swert · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Sonata for Cello Solo, op. 28: III. In modo di recitativo: Adagio
Eugene Ysaÿe · Cello solo
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Concerto after Cello Sonata, op. 36: III. Introduzione - Allegro
Edvard Grieg · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Cello Concerto after Cello Sonata, op. 36: I. Allegro agitato
Edvard Grieg · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Sonata Movement, for cello and piano
Zoltán Kodály · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Nocturne et Saltarello, for cello and piano
George Enescu · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 66/100
Ballade for Cello and Piano in C minor, op. 15
Sergei Prokofiev · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Theme and Variations in D minor, for solo cello, JS 196
Jean Sibelius · Cello solo
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Suite no. 1, op. 72: 3. Serenata. Allegretto pizzicato
Benjamin Britten · Cello solo
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Sonata in A minor
Edouard Lalo · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
4 Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 70
Max Bruch · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Sonata no. 2 in D major, op. 58: I. Allegro assai vivace
Felix Mendelssohn · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Le grand tango, for cello and piano
Astor Piazzolla · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Polonaise, for cello and piano in A major, B.94
Antonín Dvořák · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Polonaise in A major, for cello and piano, B.94
Antonín Dvořák · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Sonata, H.20
Arthur Honegger · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: II. Fuga. Andante
Benjamin Britten · Cello solo
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Sonata no. 2 in G minor, op. 28: II. Prestissimo assai
Max Reger · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 67/100
Cello Suite no. 2, op. 80: IV. Andante lento
Benjamin Britten · Cello solo
Advanced · 67/100
Ballade and serenade, for cello and piano, op. 3
Josef Suk · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Cello Sonata in E-flat major, op. 64: VI. Finale. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Cello Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 5: III. Finale. Allegro (un poco scherzando)
Max Reger · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Variations on a Slovak Folksong, for cello and piano, H.378
Bohuslav Martinů · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Meditation Hébraïque, for cello and piano
Ernest Bloch · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Capriccio, H.247
Fanny Hensel · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
2 Pieces for Cello and Piano, op. 2
Rachmaninoff · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Cello Sonata
Anton Webern · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
7 Arabesques, H.201/201a
Bohuslav Martinů · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100
Caprice on 'Zuizui-zukkoro-bashi'
Jun Yamamoto · Cello and Piano
Advanced · 68/100

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