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Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1

179625 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 (1796) in two parts: Adagio sostenuto – Allegro (sonata form) and Allegro vivace (sonata-rondo).

Recording: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) (1985)

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I – · Sonata form
  2. II · Sonata-rondo
I – Sonata form0:08–18:18

The slow is long and rhapsodic. It ends with a pause on a tense chord, the seventh, which leads into the . The piano states the first, with the cello supporting, and then they swap roles. The begins in A major and travels as far as D-flat before the in the home in the . Near the end the slow unexpectedly , and a short rushes into a last of the (in the ).

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IISonata-rondo18:27–25:29

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

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Ludwig van BeethovenChamber musicClassical periodF majorSonata formSonata-rondo

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