Sonates pour violoncelle

Album by Gabriel Fauré & Claude Debussy & Paul Tortelier & Jean Hubeau

Sonates pour violoncelle is a set of cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1917 and 1921. They exemplify Fauré's late style within the French chamber music tradition, combining lyrical, song-like melodies with modal harmonies, economy of texture and moments of introspective restraint that point towards early 20th-century modernist tendencies.

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  1. 1.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 1, op. 109: I. Allegro
    5:09
  2. 2.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 1, op. 109: II. Andante
    7:17
  3. 3.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 1, op. 109: III. Final. Allegro commodo
    6:31
  4. 4.
    Élégie, op. 24
    6:59
  5. 5.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 2, op. 117: I. Allegro
    5:56
  6. 6.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 2, op. 117: II. Andante
    7:36
  7. 7.
    Sonate pour violoncelle & piano no. 2, op. 117: III. Allegro vivo
    4:51
  8. 8.
    Sonate pour violoncelle et piano: I. Prologue
    4:16
  9. 9.
    Sonate pour violoncelle et piano: II. Sérénade
    3:19
  10. 10.
    Sonate pour violoncelle et piano: III. Finale
    3:17

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