Fauré - Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op.108

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op.108 (1916) Analysis below ↓ MVT I EXPOSITION 00:00 - Theme 1, E minor 00:33 - Transition theme 1 00:46 - Transition theme 2 01:35 - Theme 2, G major. The rising two note motif from T1is in the left hand of the piano DEVELOPMENT 02:09 - Beginning of the development section. T1 treated sequentially 02:43 - Transition theme 1 03:16 - Transition theme 2 03:59 - T2, E major 04:45 - T1 04:55 - Sequence using T1, T2, and transition theme 1 05:33 - Retransition RECAPITULATION 05:45 - T1 played canonically 06:29 - Transition theme 1 in the piano and Transition theme 2 in the violin 06:55 - T1 treated sequentially 07:24 - T2 played canonically CODA 08:05 - Beginning of the coda. T1 played canonically 08:40 - Transition theme 2 played canonically 08:55 - T2 09:18 - T1 MVT II 09:45 - Theme 1 11:34 - Theme 2 12:34 - Development 14:01 - Recapitulation 16:14 - Coda MVT III EXPOSITION 18:24 - Theme 1 19:14 - Theme 2 19:42 - Theme 3 20:16 - Codetta DEVELOPMENT 20:27 - Beginning of the development section. 20:33 - Fragments of T1 in augmentation 21:05 - T2 21:39 - Fragments of T1 21:51 - T3 in the piano played alongside the downward leap of an octave motif from T2 in the violin. The roles are reversed at 22:03 22:20 - T2 RECAPITULATION 22:34 - T1 22:50 - T2 23:32 - Fragments of T1 in the piano played alongside the downward leap of an octave motif from T2 in diminution in the violin CODA 23:41 - T2 from mvt 1 24:03 - Fragments of T1 played in imitation between both instruments 24:15 - T2 24:18 - Fragments of T1 in the piano played alongside more fragments of T1 in the violin but in augmentation 24:30 - T2 in the violin. Still fragments of T1 in the piano Augustin Dumay, violin Jean-Philippe Collard, piano