Title: | The Cello Sonatas |
Otros títulos: | Die Cellosonaten Les Sonates pour Violoncelle Las Sonatas para Violonchelo |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Johannes Brahms; Mstislav Rostropovich; Rudolf Serkin |
Código CDU: | Bra.01 |
Forma Musical: | Sonatas (Violoncello and piano) |
Abstract: | Brahms' First Cello Sonata is a product of the same period (1862-1865) as the Piano Quintet, Op. 34, and is cut from much the same musical cloth—it is moody, powerful, and grandly structured. The opening movement (Allegro non troppo), with a long exposition repeat, takes up more than half the 25- to 30-minute playing time. Its long, elaborate opening theme establishes the nocturnal and introspective tone of the entire work. The second subject group expands the scope of the work by introducing a great, soaring theme in the minor between two calmer ones in the major. The development builds to a great climax in which it is the cello that accompanies the piano, reminding us that the work is titled Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello rather than the other way around. The coda somehow finds its way to a hard-won peace in the major. In this imposing movement, which obviates the need for a slow movement, might be found the origin of the great slow opening-movement structures of Mahler and Shost ... |
Files | Length | Size | Format | View | Description |
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1. Sonata for P ... 8 - Allegro non troppo.mp3 | 15:04 | 20.67Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
2. Sonata for P ... egretto quasi Menuetto.mp3 | 5:38 | 7.731Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
7. Sonata for P ... Op. 99 - Allegro molto.mp3 | 4:27 | 6.097Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
Sonata for Pian ... ajor Op. 99 - Completo.wav | 30:17 | 305.6Mb | WAV audio | wav | |
3. Sonata for P ... minor Op. 38 - Allegro.mp3 | 6:36 | 9.056Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
4. Sonata for P ... p. 99 - Allegro vivace.mp3 | 9:30 | 13.03Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
5. Sonata for P ... 99 - Adagio affettuoso.mp3 | 8:27 | 11.60Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
6. Sonata for P ... 9 - Allegro passionato.mp3 | 8:00 | 10.98Mb | Unknown | mp3 | |
Sonata for Pian ... inor Op. 38 - Completo.wav | 27:13 | 274.7Mb | WAV audio | wav |