Progetto Martha Argerich

italiano

Works

Edward Elgar

Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

 

Towards the end of the First World War, Edward Elgar began to compose almost simultaneously three chamber works, at his home, Brinkwells, in Sussex: the String Quartet, Op. 83, the Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 82, and the Quintet for piano and strings, Op. 84. The string quartet was the first of the compositions to be initiated, but the sonata was completed first – in less than a month in the autumn of 1918. The first performance took place at London’s Aeolian Hall on 21 March 1919, and it was received rather coldly by the public and the critics; indeed, the work has never entered the popular chamber music repertoire. The Sonata in E minor is in three movements, and its language is late romantic, with obvious references to Brahms that are especially evident in the opening Allegro.

1. Allegro
2. Romance. Andante
3. Allegro non troppo

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