Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Album by Johannes Brahms & Yo‐Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax

Sonatas for Cello and Piano is a set of two sonatas by Johannes Brahms, composed in 1865 and 1886. They exemplify Romantic chamber music, combining lyrical melodies, dense harmonic language and closely interwoven cello-piano textures, and they bridge Brahms's early and mature compositional phases within his chamber oeuvre.
First released: 1985

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 38: Allegro Non Troppo
    14:43
  2. 2.
    Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 38: Allegretto Quasi Menuetto
    5:58
  3. 3.
    Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 38: Allegro
    6:37
  4. 4.
    Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99: Allegro Vivace
    9:22
  5. 5.
    Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99: Adagio Affettuoso
    7:45
  6. 6.
    Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99: Allegro Passionato
    7:20
  7. 7.
    Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, Op. 99: Allegro Molto
    4:32

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