Philipp Scharwenka - Cello Sonata, Op. 116 (1909)

Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (16 February 1847, Samter, Grand Duchy of Posen – 16 July 1917, Bad Nauheim) was a German composer and teacher of music. He was the older brother of Xaver Scharwenka. Please support my channel: Cello Sonata in g minor, Op. 116 (1909) Dedicated to Jacques van Lier (1875-1951) 1 movement a. Lento patetico - Tranquillo - Cadenza - (0:00) b. Andante (3:45) c. Allegro con spirito (10:04) Michael Groß, cello & Friedemann Rieger, piano Details: Edition Silvertrust Scharwenka’s Cello Sonata in g minor, composed around 1898, is, from a compositional standpoint, quite daring. In the first place the work is formally in one movement, although there are several subsections which could themselves be considered movements. It begins with a slow and darkly colored Lento pathetico introduction which has the quality of a recitative and is quite passionate and as the title suggests full of pathos. A brief cadenza leads to the middle subsection, Andante, which is h