Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata no. 2 in F major op. 123: Cello: Score and Parts

for Violoncello and Piano-Camille Saint-Saëns' Sonata For Violoncello And Piano No. 2 In F Op. 123. Henle urtext edition with marked and unmarked string part. After Camille Saint-Saëns' firstCello sonata of 1872 (HN1057) gained fast popularity the publisher requested a second sonata for this scoring. It was only in March 1905 in the mild climate of Algeria that Saint-Saëns finally relented andcomposed a large sonata with four movements.  Saint-Saëns personally believed his Sonata For Violoncello And Piano No. 2 In F Op. 123 to be superior to his first and even thought itsthird movement the “Romanza” was an equivalent to the famous “Swan” in the “Carnival of the Animals” (HN943). Despite this the work is still overshadowed by the first sonata not leastbecause the second places greater technical and artistic demands on cellists. This Henle Urtext edition is the first ever text-critical edition of the work and offers cellists a chance to rediscover this composition.