Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one o ...
's Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano,
Op. 19 was completed in November 1901
[ and published a year later.
Rachmaninoff regarded the role of the piano as not just an accompaniment but equal to the cello. Most of the themes are introduced by the piano, while they are embellished and expanded in the cello's part.]
Premiere
Rachmaninoff dedicated the work to Anatoliy Brandukov
Anatoly Andreyevich Brandukov (russian: Анато́лий Андре́евич Брандуко́в) ( – February 16, 1930) was a Russian cellist who premiered many cello pieces of prominent composers including Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rac ...
, who gave the first performance in Moscow[Classical Archives]
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Structure
As typical of sonatas in the Romantic period, it has four movements:
# Lento – Allegro moderato (G minor)
# Allegro scherzando (C minor)
# Andante (E-flat major)
# Allegro mosso (G major)
The work takes approximately 35 minutes to perform.
Notable recordings
*1956 Daniil Shafran
Daniil Borisovich Shafran (russian: Даниил Борисович Шафран, January 13, 1923February 7, 1997) was a Soviet Russian cellist.
Biography
Early years
Daniil Shafran was born in Petrograd (later Leningrad, then Saint Petersburg ...
, Yakov Flier
*1956 Zara Nelsova
Zara Nelsova (December 23, 1918October 10, 2002) was a prominent cellist.
Biography
Nelsova was born as Sara Katznelson in Winnipeg, Canada, to parents of Jewish-Russian descent. Nelsova first performed at the age of five in Winnipeg. She eventu ...
, Arthur Balsam
*1958 Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was wel ...
, Alexander Dedyukhin (Repeat in the 1st movement is omitted)
*1967 Paul Tortelier, Aldo Ciccolini
*1984 Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy (Repeat in the 1st movement is omitted)
*1990 Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
*1994 Truls Mørk, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
*2002 Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough
*2004 Natalia Gutman, Eliso Virsaladze
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She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent doctor an ...
*2005 Mischa Maisky, Sergio Tiempo
*2006 Gautier Capuçon, Gabriela Montero
*2006 Alexander Kniazev
Alexandre Alexandrovitch Kniazev (russian: Александр Александрович Князев) (born 26 April 1961 in Moscow) is a Russian cellist and organist. He was named best musician of the year in Russia in 1999.
Kniazev studied m ...
, Nikolai Lugansky
*2008 David Geringas
David Geringas ( lt, Dovydas Geringas; born 29 July 1946 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. He also plays the b ...
, Ian Fountain
*2012 Yuki Ito, Sofya Gulyak
Sofya Gulyak (born 29 December 1979) is a Russian classical pianist. She was the first woman to win the Leeds Piano Competition.
Gulyak was born in Kazan. She studied at the Kazan State Conservatoire, Piano Academy Incontri col Maestro, and the R ...
(Complete Rachmaninov Cello Works)
*2012 Steven Doane
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, Barry Snyder
*2012 Sol Gabetta
Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist.
Career
Gabetta began to learn violin at ...
, Olga Kern
*2013 Julian Steckel
Julian Steckel (born 1982) is a German cellist and academic teacher.
Life
Steckel was born in 1982 in Pirmasens as the son of piano teacher Vilja Steckel and violin teacher and Conducting, conductor Helfried Steckel. He completed the Abitur at ...
, Paul Rivinius
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
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Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
*2022 Jean-Guihen Queyras
Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 11 March 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule F ...
, Alexander Melnikov
Arrangement
*Arcadi Volodos
Arcadi Arcadievich Volodos (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Володось, links=no, ''Arkadij Arkadjevich Volodos''; born 24 February 1972) is a Russian pianist and composer. His first name is sometimes transliterated Arcady or Ar ...
transcribed the Andante of the work for piano solo and recorded it on Sony Classical.
References
External links
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Chamber music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
1901 compositions
Compositions in G minor
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