Baerenreiter Verlag Sonata - Janacek - Cello/Piano - Book

Composer: Leos Janacek
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Cello/Piano

• Janacek's masterful violin sonata in a compelling arrangement for violoncello
• An enrichment of the 20th-century cello repertoire
• With a commentary on the arrangement of the work by Jiri Barta (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Leos Janacek's only completed work for violoncello and piano is the "Fairy Tale". The arrangement of his violin sonata for violoncello provides cellists with another work by this composer - a valuable addition to the concert repertoire for this instrument. The arrangement was made by renowned Czech cellist Jiri Barta, who recorded the version for the first time together with pianist Terezie Fialova (label Animal Music, 2024).

Barta approached the arrangement with extraordinary sensitivity to Janacek's original. The violin part remains largely unchanged, adapted only to accommodate the technical possibilities and timbre of the cello; in some passages, the cello even plays in the same register as the violin. For a particularly challenging passage in the fourth movement, the arranger offers an ossia alternative. The piano part is identical to the original, except for an octave transposition.