DCCLXXXIV. FRANCK, César (1822-1890)
Violin Sonata (1886)
1. Allegretto ben moderato
2. Allegro
3. Ben moderato: Recitativo-Fantasia
4. Allegretto poco mosso
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Martha Argerich, piano
(30:40)
Franck -- 63 years old -- wrote this as a wedding present for the great violinist and composer, 28-year-old Eugène Ysaÿe.
Like the D Minor Symphony, the work is cyclical -- the theme appearing throughout the piece.
1. Allegretto ben moderato
The theme is introduced after four bars of piano, teasingly playing two notes broken down from the theme, which is immediately introduced by the violin.
The rest of the movement is pure development with several breaks for the piano solo.
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2. Allegro
Perhaps the first movement was merely an introduction to this stormy, turbulent -- and above all -- passionate Allegro which begins in the dominant minor, but goes through several key changes:
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Like the D Minor Symphony, the work is cyclical -- the theme appearing throughout the piece.
1. Allegretto ben moderato
The theme is introduced after four bars of piano, teasingly playing two notes broken down from the theme, which is immediately introduced by the violin.
The rest of the movement is pure development with several breaks for the piano solo.
_for_cello_and_piano_in_A_major_score_Page_3.jpeg)
Perhaps the first movement was merely an introduction to this stormy, turbulent -- and above all -- passionate Allegro which begins in the dominant minor, but goes through several key changes:
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Free; improvisatory; fantasia ... and that cyclical theme is plainly heard again:
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Franck now presents the main melody in canon throughout the movement -- ending in triumphant satisfaction:
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