Cello Sonatas
Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Lynn Harrell & Vladimir Ashkenazy
Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 is a cello sonata by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1934. The work, a staple of 20th-century chamber music, blends classical sonata form with stark rhythmic accents, brooding lyricism and characteristic harmonic ambiguity, and occupies an important place in Shostakovich's early middle-period output as a bridge between his more conservative 1920s compositions and the darker, more ironic style that emerged later.
First released: 1989
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- 1.Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo - Largo11:16
- 2.Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: II. Allegro3:08
- 3.Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: III. Largo8:01
- 4.Cello Sonata in D minor, op. 40: IV. Allegro3:51
- 5.Sonata for cello and piano in C major, op. 119: I. Andante grave - Moderato animato9:31
- 6.Sonata for cello and piano in C major, op. 119: II. Moderato4:28
- 7.Sonata for cello and piano in C major, op. 119: III. Allegro ma non troppo7:53
- 8.Moderato for Violoncello and Piano2:41
