Francis Poulenc - Cello Sonata [With score]

Composer: Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (7 January 1899 -- 30 January 1963) Performers: Pierre Fournier (cello), Jacques Février (piano) Sonata for cello and piano [Sonate pour violoncelle et piano], FP 143, completed in 1948 00:00 - I. Allegro - Tempo di marcia 05:48 - II. Cavatine 13:06 - III. Ballabile 16:46 - IV. Finale Woodwind pieces dominate Poulenc’s chamber music oeuvre, but the Cello Sonata, like the somewhat earlier Violin Sonata, is a substantial work finding the composer at the height of his powers, and his tongue planted less firmly in his cheek. Despite a rather rude initial outburst from the piano, the sonata-form first movement, Allegro (tempo di marcia), leavens its fragmentary fanfare-like motifs with lyrical, good-humored material for the cello. One important theme is especially broad, romantic, and bittersweet, although much of the development section is given over to playful treatments of the melodies, with staccato piano accompaniment to cell