Sonata in F Op. 6
by STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949)
STARKER, Janos (b. 1924) (Editor), COLON, Emilio (b. 1967) (Editor)
The Op. 6 Sonata of Richard Strauss is a marvelous glimpse of the genius of the man who wrote Salome, Rosenkavalier and the tone poems Zarathustra, Don Juan and others. At age 17, his writing shows the seeds of much of his later writing. In order really to understand the Sonata, one should familiarize oneself with at least some of Strauss’s operatic and symphonic catalog. The astonishing depth of the slow movement can be related to the Adagio of Beethoven’s Fifth Sonata. The omissions in the piano part of the unison Ds are dictated by practicality.
M3971
Year: 1882
Period: Romantic, Post-Romantic
Category: Violoncello(s) & Keyboard, Violoncello, Strings, Instrumental
Genre: Original Works, German
Series: Starker Performance Editions
Copyright Year: 2006