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Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op 117
Composer: Gabriel Faur茅
Performer: Andreas Brantelid (Cello)
Performer: Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Recording date: 28 June 2008
Date of broadcast: 09 August 2009
Faur茅 was commissioned by the French government to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Napoleon. He wrote a funeral march for the occasion, which was then turned into this sonata. Despite the inspiration, the sonata has moments of great beauty and vitality.
Composer: Gabriel Faur茅
Performer: Andreas Brantelid (Cello)
Performer: Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Recording date: 28 June 2008
Date of broadcast: 09 August 2009
