CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL (1723-1787):
Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo in G major [WKO 147] (1782)
Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo in A major [WKO 148]

JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH (1732-1795):
Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo in A major (1770) - [HW X.3
extract from Musicalisches Vielerley, published by C.P.E. Bach in Hamburg]

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788):
Claviersonata in G Major [Wq 62/19]

FRANZ BENDA (1709-1786):
Progressive Exercise n° 25:
Allegro moderato - (from “Exercises progressifs”, pub. post., Leipzig, 1814)

Caprice n° 16:
Moderato - (from “Étude de Violon ou Caprices”, pub. post., Leipzig, 1800/04)

JOHANN PHILIPP KIRNBERGER (1721-1783):
Sonata for violoncello and basso continuo in C major (1769)

CARL HEINRICH GRAUN (1704-1759):
Sonata for violoncello solo in C major [GraunWV B:XVII:53]

Today, the five-string cello is treated as an exotic and rarely-played cousin of the standard cello. Its appereances in concert halls are usually limited to serving particular obbligato cantata movements of J.S. Bach, and to ‚historically informed‘ renditions of Bach‘s famous Sixth unaccompanied cello suite (BWV 1012). Elinor Frey and Lorenzo Ghielmi present pieces from different composers, which show that the usage of a five-string cello is worth listening to.