Sonata for violin and piano

composer

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

1943

Recordings

Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music

The Nash Ensemble

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Movement 1: Allegro con fuoco

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Track 4 on CDA67255/6 CD1 [6'31] 2CDs

Movement 2: Intermezzo: Très lent et calme

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Track 5 on CDA67255/6 CD1 [6'38] 2CDs

Movement 3: Presto tragico – Strictement la double plus lent

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Track 6 on CDA67255/6 CD1 [5'22] 2CDs

Sonata for violin and piano

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Poulenc wrote his two string sonatas in wartime. The first, a Sonata for violin and piano, was begun in 1942, completed in 1943 and published in 1944, dedicated to the memory of the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca (1899-1936) – a victim of the Spanish Civil War. It was first played in Paris on 21 June 1943 by the young Ginette Neveu and Poulenc. Between a ‘fiery’ Allegro and a ‘tragic’ Presto of Stravinskian parentage comes an Intermezzo evoking guitar music.

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