Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 (Beethoven)

The Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor op 5.2 is a sonata for cello and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Formation

Beethoven felt inspired by an encounter with the cellist Jean -Louis Duport at the Prussian court of King Friedrich Wilhelm II in Berlin to the composition of the Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor op 5.2 as well as in the Cello Sonata No. 1.

About the Music

The falling in Beethoven's first creative period Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor op is 5.2, as well as its sister plant, the first plant of its kind in which the cello plays an equal role alongside the piano. It follows the same concept, which may be borrowed on Mozart's C major Violin Sonata KV 303, but still shows significant differences from the Cello Sonata No. 1

1st movement: Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo - Allegro molto più presto tosto

In contrast to Beethoven's First Cello Sonata, the introduction of the G minor Sonata occupies a much weightier room, also contributes each instrument, this time in front of their own topics. Almost the whole set on the piano part of rolling triplets, the part of the cello, however, of long melody trains is marked with extensive Legato points. Major and minor themes are developed in detail; midst of the implementation is presented a new topic.

Already the reconciliations have the character of an implementation; the implementation itself processed as a result the material of reconciliation on.

2nd movement: Rondo: Allegro

A contrast to the first set is designed as the G major rondo finale in the style of a Kontretanzes. The beginning of the subdominant and his character reminiscent of the finale of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op 58

Effect

Both the King Frederick William II of Prussia dedicated cello sonatas were printed in February 1797 and published in the Artaria Publishing House. Jean -Louis Duport is delighted when he a copy of the two cello sonatas by Beethoven, Op received 5.

In the context of an encounter with Beethoven bassist Domenico Dragonetti in Vienna a performance of the G minor Sonata by both musicians is known, with visible enthusiasm, according to Samuel Appleby of Dragonetti playing skills Beethoven.