Edvard Grieg - Cello Sonata in A minor op.36 (1883)(with full score)

Mov.I: Allegro agitato 00:07
Mov.II: Andante molto tranquillo 09:48
Mov.III: Allegro molto e marcato 16:16
Vc. Truls Mørk
Pf. Håvard Gimse
Edvard Grieg composed the Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 for cello and piano, and his only work for this combination, in 1882-83, marking a return to composition following a period when he had been preoccupied with his conducting duties at the Bergen Symphony Orchestra as well as illness.
The work borrows themes from Grieg's own Trauermarsch zum Andenken an Richard Nordraak (Funeral March in memory of Richard Nordraak) and the wedding march from his Drei Orchesterstücke aus Sigurd Jorsalfar (Three orchestral pieces from 'Sigurd Jorsalfar'). Grieg dedicated the piece to his brother, John, a keen amateur cellist. Friedrich Ludwig Grützmacher premièred the work with Grieg at the piano on 22 October 1883 in Dresden. (Wiki)
The sonata has three movements:
1.Allegro agitato
2.Andante molto tranquillo
3.Allegro molto e marcato
The work takes approximately 26 minutes to perform.

[@SR-jx8yu]

The best cello/piano sonata ever! The piano part is just amazing ... perfect synergy between the cello and piano. One of THE best performances of this masterpiece!

[@beeshin9945]

I never knew grieg could write the cello part well

[@MusicSmith2]

The end of the first movement has some motives from his piano concerto. The third movement reminds of the concerto as well. Beautiful piece

[@geoffwalker9392]

And the opening of the second movement more or less quotes the 'Sigurd Jorsalfar' March.

[@okb0ss336]

its a common motive in griegs music, it also appears in the string quartet (if my memory serves me right) and in his notturno from op 54 (the main melody is pretty much said melody hidden in plain sight)

[@williamfitzgerald6333]

1:38 duuude that's beautiful

[@benmeitzen4184]

Love this piece. A beautiful interpretation by Truls Mørk and Håvard Gimse as well.

[@awacsmotif9178]

The accompanist’s nightmare

[@MatthieuStepec]

No accompanist involved here!

[@yordankaacosta2849]

I always end up with a big smile!
This is a fantastic performance!!!!❤❤❤ Love it!!!!
Greetings from Miami. 🏖

[@richardcleveland8549]

My first hearing of this work - lovely.

[@richardcleveland8549]

Grieg doesn't get nearly enough air time, and when he does, it's always the same few works - the fate of a lot of composers, alas. I often wonder how classical music programmers I hear on Vermont Public Radio (local and national) make their choices. Thanks to YOU for broadening my musical horizon! I love the cello, so these several sonatas have been balm to my ears!

[@corradoforza]

What a masterpiece!

[@alejandrosotomartin9720]

Wonderful work and wonderful rendition. Bravissimi.

[@jashepoon]

amazing

[@elmiramuradova561]

Grandiose!

[@Queeen7q]

Edward Grieg wrote this Sonata for his brother and himself.

[@Benbeenbee]

17:56 20:48

[@jojo111166]

14:43 my favorite part in this piece

[@uuuggghgh7912]

21:23 the character reminds me the hall of the mountain king :D

[@user-dq5ui5nh5y]

14:16 makes me cry...😢😢❤

[@steveegallo3384]

GRIEG.....alongwith Tschkaikowski, Chopin and Puccini.....the Greatest Melodists of all time......BRAVO from Mexico!

[@dgunde13gunderson78]

My 2 cellists are starting to work on this. REAlly INTENSE~!

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

Norwegian cellist one of the greatast to day. But after my tast not givent the publisity he deserv!

[@helgeevju]

The sonata is an old favourite and I generally love this performance. But, reading the score, I see that at letter E (2.08) Grieg has written "poco animato" and that the performers go against his instruction, slowing slightly down. I would have preferred the "animato"

[@tompianohotmail]

It's interesting, but animato means animated, not necessarily faster - otherwise Greig may have written poco accelerando or stringendo etc - animato affects more of how you play, not just the speed, so the slight slow down and drop in dynamic gives room for the music to develop and become more animated (dynamics, articulation and tempo). If it was marked with a new tempo marking then yes it would be wrong, but poco animato doesn't mean "suddenly go faster" at all.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This is probably the best chamber piece ever written by Grieg. Violence and lyricism are masterfully balanced. Excellent rendition!!!

[@steveegallo3384]

@gerardbegni2806 -- Indeed.....BRAVO & Auguroni.....from Acapulco!

[@dario8220]

What about the G minor String Quartet?

[@yumyum__s2]

1:13
5:23

[@jakubedwardschiffauermedraj]

Wow, this is fabulous! Extremely impressive cello and piano playing! I play both instruments, and hope to be able to play this with another musician one day!
By the bye, it might be only my observation, but has anyone noticed the similarity between the main theme of the first movement of this Sonata and the main theme of the first movement of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto?

[@1nd93dk3]

yeah i also noticed the similarity

[@1nd93dk3]

9:26 was also his piano concerto right?

[@miguelmarquez4192]

This is more like a duo ha!

[@cellokid5104]

That's... Hard

[@user-dq5ui5nh5y]

😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤

[@1nd93dk3]

Tried to sight read movement 1, then came 407.

[@pabloalejandrofranca7691]

6:10

[@pabloalejandrofranca7691]

1:25-2:00
3:30

[@vaslav4171]

First and wonderful

[@pabloalejandrofranca7691]

14:50

[@user-bz5bp6gq8m]

23:35

[@moxinxu]

8:53

[@samyabdelkerim3839]

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