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- Nikolai Rakov
- Waltz for solo cello
- Shulamit Ran
- Fantasy Variations (2003)
- Alexander Raskatov
- Dramatic Games for solo cello (1979)
- Kyrie Eleison (1992)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Sonata (14 min) (1969)
- Max Reger
- Suite No 1 in G major Suites (3), Op. 131c (1914)
- Suite No 2 in D minor Suites (3), Op. 131c
- Suite No 3 in A minor Suites (3), Op. 131c
- Aribert Reimann
- Solo II (1981)
- Heiner Reitz
- 12 Caprices für Violoncello Solo (recorded on Telos TLS 025)
- Phillip Rhodes
- Three Pieces (6 min)
- Alan Ridout
- Partita (1959)
- Wolfgang Rihm (*1952)
- Great (1972)
- Joaquin Rodrigo
- Como una fantasía (8 min) (1979)
- Scott Roller
- Mutamusic (1983)
- Ned Rorem
- After Reading Shakespeare Nine movements alone (written for Sharon Robinson) (21 min) (1980)
- Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
- Intermezzo (1974)
- Bruce Craig Roter
- Sonatine Solo Cello
- Miklos Rozsa
- Toccata capricciosa op. 36 (in memory of Piatigorsky) (1979)
- Edmund Rubbra
- Improvisation, Op. 124 (published in 1967)
- Peter Ruzicka
- Sonata Op. 9 (12 min) (1969)
- Stille Four Epilogues (10 min) (1976)
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