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Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2

179623 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2 (1796) in two parts: Adagio sostenuto e espressivo – Allegro molto più tosto presto (sonata form) and Rondo. Allegro (rondo).

Recording: Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) (1970)

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I e – · Sonata form
  2. II. · Rondo
I e – Sonata form0:17–14:17

A slow in G minor opens the : the piano begins on a dotted, falling figure, the cello takes up a singing , and the ends in long silences. The fast starts with a rising shared equally by cello and piano over flowing triplets. Look for the , then the and the in the . In the the cello holds a long G under the piano's triplets.

II. Rondo14:17–23:23

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 periodG minorSonata formRondo

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