Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op.102 No.2

Introduction

The Sonatas for cello and piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1, and No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven were composed simultaneously in 1815 and published in 1817 with a dedication to the Countess Marie von Erdődy (de), a close friend and confidante of Beethoven's.

Structure

Sonata No. 5, Op. 102, No. 2

This sonata consists of three movements:

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto – Attacca
3. Allegro – Allegro fugato

While this sonata is more accessible and conventionally structured, the concluding fugue prefigures the fugal finales of the Hammerklavier Sonata and the late string quartets.