Sonata for Violin and Cello and composed by Luigi Boccherini was transcribed and annotated by Paul Bazelaire a professor at the National Conservatoire. Ideal for a recital or for a contest this sonata in four parts is quite challenging for both instruments and would require advanced skills. The Cello score is written over the C and the F key and each of the four parts includes numerous repetitions and fast sections. These four parts are 1. Allegretto Spiritoso 2. Vivace 3. Grave and 4. Allegro Assai. This really nice Sonata will be a delight to play and to listen to. LuigiBoccherini (1743-1806) composed numerous pieces for various instruments including Cello duets chamber music cantatas ballets orchestral music masses and a large amount of music for strings.

Maurice Ravel's 1922 composition Sonate In Four Parts for Violin and Cello was dedicated to the memory of Claude Debussy.

In 1920 Maurice Ravel was asked by his publisher Durand to contribute to an issue of La Revue Musicale dedicated to Claude Debussy. A supplement included the first movement of Ravel?s Sonata as well as works contributed by Debussy?s friends Stravinsky Satie Dukas Bartok and de Falla to name only a few. This 1st movement of Ravel?s Sonata of which the autograph is lost then developed into a large scale four movement chamber music work utilizing a more modern music vocabulary than found in almost any other Ravel composition. Bärenreiter?s scholarly-critical edition the first ever of this masterpiece presents the work in two performing scores. It contains anintroduction on the history of the work reflecting Ravel?s work and rehearsals with violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and cellist Maurice Maréchal. Sources for this new edition include the engraved copy the personal autograph scores (with earlier versions of some passages) which were used to rehearse the work and the first edition scores with emendations by Jourdan-Morhange and Maréchal. Included in the appendix are the original fingerings by the performers which are not found in the first edition. They reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. First Urtext edition of this workTwo performing scores (format 25 5 x 32 5 cm)The violoncello part does not allow for page turns in the first movement; therefore the edition includes an additional violoncello part in small print presenting the entire first movement on a double page without a page turnInformative introduction to the genesis of the work (Ger/Eng/Fr)Critical commentary with facsimiles and appendices

La sonate pour violon et violoncelle a été écrite en 01/01/12 à l'intention de la violoniste suédoise Cecilia Zilliacus et la violoncelliste finlandaise Katti Raitinen, qui l'ont créée cette même année, Elle pourrait porter le sous-titre faisant référence au cinéaste suédois Ingmar Bergman : 'Scènes d'une vie conjugale', puisqu'il s'agit d'un dialogue entre deux personnages, l'un féminin (violon) et l'autre masculin (violoncelle), Durant ce dialogue, avec ses convergences et ses divergences, certaines idées thématiques circulent entre les deux instruments tandis que d'autres sont propres à chacun d'eux, Par un hasard curieux et tout à fait involontaire, le thème des variations qui constitue la dernière partie de l'oeuvre présente le motif du début de l'opéra 'Tristan et Iseult' de Richard Wagner,,, Collection Le Violon Rouge / Violon Et Instruments Divers

Par GAGNEUX RENAUD. Opus 52, duo pour violon et violoncelle (ecrit lorsque j'ai eu 52 ans !!), est une parenthèse dans ma production. C'est une fantaisie qui debute par l'utilisation de la tessiture commune aux deux instruments (4ème corde du violon, 1ère corde du violoncelle), traitee chromatiquement par 'frottements' sonores. S'ensuivent des series d'harmoniques naturels (sons etheres obtenus en effleurant les cordes à des endroits precis) et d'arpèges serres interrompus à deux reprises par des reminiscences de musiques populaires evoquant ces 'violoneux' jadisjuches sur un tonneau pour faire danser la foule. ' Renaud Gagneux Opus 52 a ete enregistre par Nathanaë lle Marie et Christophe Beau sur le CD 'Renaud Gagneux oeuvres pour cordes'/ Répertoire / Violon et Violoncelle

Fragment-Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Duo For Violin And Violoncello whilst he was still in Bonn perhaps in 1792 the year he departed for Vienna. It is not known whether he completed his work as only thebeginning of a fast sonata movement has survived. It is on a page in a collection of sketch leaves that is today known as the ?Kafka Miscellany?. Robert D. Levin has completed this fragment in the same style and thus for the firsttime it is in a version that can be performed.This Henle Edition contains two performance scores of the lively showpiece thus guaranteeing an optimal duo experience. A welcome addition to the repertoire.

Par CURTIS MIKE. The huapango is a popular dance originating on the east coast of Mexico. Its subtle alternation of 2 and 3 can be demonstrated in this recitation: MEX-ico, EC-uador, CHI-le, COS-ta, RI-ca. These dances can be likened to diarist entries written during an extended stay in Mexico's west coast state of Nayarit. Following each sultry day of exploring the beaches, I would come back to the bungalow and seek out a spezial cool corridor to put pencil to staff. The titles reveal favorite places and the name of our esteemed bungalow manager, Ofelia Silva. The addition of an improvising percussionist could enhance performance./ Répertoire / Violon et Violoncelle