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Sonata no. 2 in g minor op. 117 for Violoncello and Piano

score and parts

Edited by Kolb, Fabian
Setting: Violoncello and Piano
Length: 56 pages
Weight: 0.234 kg
Published: 2020
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1358
Other reference: HN 1358
ISMN: 9790201813585
In contrast to the first cello sonata (HN 1357) composed four years earlier, this substantially more catchy and playful second sonata enjoyed great success with audiences and critics right from the start. Friend and associate Vincent d’Indy wrote to Fauré the day after the premiere in May 1922: I would like to tell you how much I am still charmed by your so beautiful sonata. In it I found what is seemingly forgotten these days: music.'' It therefore comes as no surprise that the sonata rapidly f
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