Gabriel Fauré - Cello Sonata No. 2 op. 117(1921)(with full score)

Mov.I: Allegro 00:13 : Andante 07:21 : Finale-Allegro vivo 15:21 Vc. Maurice Gendron Pf. Jean Françaix The Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 is the second of the two cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré. In early 1921 Fauré had been commissioned by the French government to write a funeral march for a ceremony to be held on 5 May at Les Invalides to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Napoleon. The sombre theme he composed for it remained in his mind and, as he said, “turned itself in