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Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76

192220 min

This guide follows Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76 (1922) in two parts: Molto moderato (sonata form) and Allegretto.

Recording: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Ferenc Rados (piano)

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Follow all 9 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
I Sonata form0:19–8:45

A single low piano note opens the , and then the violin enters in a free, improvising style that recalls the Romanian hora lunga, a long-drawn song. The writing is heavily ornamented and flexible in . The plan is like a (a small-scale ), with an and a but no : the presents the first and second , and they , much varied, in the . A follows.

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II8:47–20:03

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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