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Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75

188523 min

This guide follows Saint-Saëns’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 (1885) in four parts: Allegro agitato (sonata form), Adagio, Allegretto moderato and Allegro molto.

Recording: Mayumi Kanagawa (violin), Wataru Hisasue (piano) (2024)

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
I Sonata form0:06–7:11

The first alternates between 6/8 and 9/8, which gives it a restless drive. A follows, and the simpler enters: written in 6/8, it sounds like four beats. The starts with the first , leads to a (a fugue-like passage), and turns to the . The and the follow, and a last leads to the without a pause.

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II7:12–12:46
III 12:53–16:57
IV 16:59–22:57

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

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Camille Saint-SaënsChamber musicRomantic periodD minorSonata form

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