A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for solo cello with piano accompaniment. The most famous Romantic-era cello 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 contains cello sonatas with or without accompanying instruments. See the See also list for more comprehensive lists divided up into solo and accompanied works. List of major cello sonatas Charles-Valentin Alkan Sonate de Concert, Op. 47 (c. 1857) Samuel Barber Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6 (1932) Arnold Bax Cello Sonata (1923) Cello Sonatina (1933) Legend-Sonata (1943) Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5/1 (1796) Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5/2 (1796) Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (1808) Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102/1 (1815) Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102/2 (1815) Easley Blackwood Jr. Cello Sonata, Op. 31 Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 (1862–5) Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 (1886) Violin Sonata No. 1, "Rain", Op. 78 (1878–9), transcribed for cello Frank Bridge Cello sonata in D minor, H. (Hindmarsh) 125 (1913-7) Benjamin Britten Sonata in C for Cello and Piano, Op. 65 (1961) Elliott Carter Cello Sonata (1948) Frédéric Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (1845–6) George Crumb Sonata for Solo Cello (1955) Claude Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor (1915) Frederick Delius Cello Sonata (1916) Felix Draeseke Cello Sonata in D major, Op. 51 (1890) Antonín Dvořák Cello Sonata in F major (1871) lost (cello part extant) George Enescu Cello Sonata in F minor, Op. 26/1 (1898) Cello sonata in C major, Op. 26/2 (1935) Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 (1917) Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 (1921) César Franck Violin Sonata in A major, transcribed with the composer's approval for cello by Jules Delsart. See John Foulds Cello Sonata (1905, rev. 1927) François Francoeur (attrib.) Sonata for Cello and Piano in E major (actually a cello arrangement of a Louis Francoeur violin sonata) Peter Racine Fricker Cello Sonata (1956) Zoltán Gárdonyi Cello Sonata (1944) Edvard Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (1883) Paul Hindemith Cello Sonata, Op. 11/3 (1919) Sonata for Cello Solo,