Top 10 Favorite Cello Sonatas

[kyjo]

Time for another poll My choices:

Rachmaninoff
Poulenc
Grieg
Brahms 2
Mendelssohn 2
Shostakovich
Ornstein 1
Miaskovsky 2
Bridge
Alkan

[North Star]

Kodály Sonata for Solo Cello
Chopin
Alkan
Debussy
Rachmaninoff
Poulenc
Schnittke No. 1
Prokofiev
Brahms No. 1
Beethoven Op. 102/1

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Crumb
Weinberg 1
Brahms 1
Schoeck
Alkan
Miaskovsky 2
Debussy
Weinberg 2
Carter
Previn

[kyjo]

Kodály Sonata for Solo Cello

Nooooo I forgot this one

[kyjo]

So far, Alkan is winning

[Spineur]

By order of preference

1 Eugène Ysaye, sonata for solo cello Op. 28 (a fantastic piece)
2 Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello
3 Claude Debussy, Sonata for cello and piano
4 Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello
5 Ludwig van Beethoven, Op 69, A major
6 Sergei Rachmaninov, Op 19, G minor
7 Fréderic Chopin, Cello Sonata
8 Benjamin Britten Cello suite no 3
9 Ernest Bloch suite for solo Cello no 1
10 Alberto Ginastera Panpeana

[kyjo]

1 Eugène Ysaye, sonata for solo cello Op. 28 (a fantastic piece)

I must check this out!

[North Star]

By order of preference

1 Eugène Ysaye, sonata for solo cello Op. 28 (a fantastic piece)
2 Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello
9 Ernest Bloch suite for solo Cello no 1
10 Alberto Ginastera Panpeana

I didn't think the Ravel would count here - might have listed it too otherwise.. The others I don't know but will look into.

[Spineur]

I must check this out!

Not too many recordings.  I enjoy this one a lot

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[springrite]

I didn't think the Ravel would count here - might have listed it too otherwise.. The others I don't know but will look into.

If the Ravel counts, I'd certainly pick the Duo by Kodaly, which is for me better than both the Ravel and the Kodaly Cello Sonata (with or without the piano).
Regardless, check it out.

[North Star]

If the Ravel counts, I'd certainly pick the Duo by Kodaly, which is for me better than both the Ravel and the Kodaly Cello Sonata (with or without the piano).
Regardless, check it out.

Interesting, the Kodály Duo never impressed me nearly as much.

[André]

That's a lot of cello sonatas !

Just a few lesser known ones that I think stand out:

Koechlin
Pierné
Rozycki
Ginastera
Magnard

[Spineur]

That's a lot of cello sonatas !

There are !  I had to leave out the Brahms, Schubert Arpeggione, Shotakovich Op 40 (perhaps his most famous work), Weinberg Op 21 & 63, Fauré 1&2 and it goes on and on..

[kyjo]

Not too many recordings.  I enjoy this one a lot

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Thanks!

[kyjo]

That's a lot of cello sonatas !

Just a few lesser known ones that I think stand out:

Koechlin
Pierné
Rozycki
Ginastera
Magnard

I don't know any of those - thanks! I've heard great things about the Magnard in particular.

[North Star]

Schubert Arpeggione

Technically it's an arpeggione sonata.

Shotakovich Op 40 (perhaps his most famous work)

I find this hard to believe.

[André]

I don't know any of those - thanks! I've heard great things about the Magnard in particular.

The Koechlin and Pierné are conveniently paired here:



The coupled Chansons bretonnes are pure delight.

[SymphonicAddict]

Nice poll. I'm a big fan of cello sonatas.

Any by Beethoven, they are an utmost achievement by one of my favorite composers. Let's say the Op. 102 No. 2...
... and the Op. 69
Shostakovich
Brahms 1
Magnard
Martucci
Saint-Saëns 2
Grieg
Alkan
Britten

[amw]

Fauré 1 & 2
Beethoven 2, 3 & 5
Brahms 1 & 2
Ligeti
Poulenc
Ustvolskaya

Order of preference would put Fauré's Op. 117 and Brahms's Op. 38 at the top followed by the Grand Duet, the rest in.... some order.

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In no particular order:

Shostakovich
Rachmaninov
Barber
Debussy
Poulenc
Janáček (Pohádka)
Schnittke (1st)
Fauré (1st/2nd)
Prokofiev