Cello Sonata (Rachmaninoff)

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op.

Most of the themes are introduced by the piano, while they are embellished and expanded in the cello's part.

[2] Rachmaninoff dedicated the work to Anatoliy Brandukov, who gave the first performance in Moscow[3] with the composer at the piano, on 2 December 1901.

Rachmaninoff seems to have made some last-minute alterations after the premiere, as he wrote the date "12 December 1901" on the score.

[1] As typical of sonatas in the Romantic period, it has four movements: The work takes approximately 35 minutes to perform.