I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Largo
IV. Finale. Allegro
January 20, 2020 Philharmonie de Paris
The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote). The last three movements were first publicly performed by Franchomme and Chopin at the composer's last public concert, at the Salle Pleyel on 16 February 1848. Work on the G minor Sonata took up the autumn days of 1846 at Nohant. It was work filled with doubts and hesitation, difficult decisions and arduous labours. Those labours are attested by almost two hundred pages of sketches for this work, not counting the thirty-page manuscript. It was not until the summer of 1847 that Chopin considered work on the G minor Sonata to be completed.
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