Fauré - Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117

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Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 (1921)
Analysis below ↓

MVT I
EXPOSITION
00:00 - Theme 1
00:48 - Transition theme
01:25 - Theme 2
DEVELOPMENT
02:13 - Fragments of T1 played canonically between cello and piano
02:39 - Transition theme
02:45 - Fragments of T1
RECAPITULATION
03:23 - T1
03:39 - T2
04:10 - Fragments of T1
04:37 - Transition theme
04:45 - T2 played canonically
05:35 - CODA played in the tonic major

MVT II
EXPOSITION
06:08 - Theme 1
09:10 - Theme 2
DEVELOPMENT
10:10 - Beginning of the development section
11:00 - T1 in augmentation
RECAPITULATION
11:44 - T1
12:27 - T2

MVT III
14:12 - Theme 1
14:59 - Theme 2
15:44 - Fragments of T1
16:00 - T1
16:14 - New material
17:01 - T2
17:25 - T1
17:54 - N
18:06 - Fragments of T1 and N


Steven Isserlis, cello
Pascal Devoyon, piano