Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 "Arpeggione" - Cello and Piano

Sonata in A minor, D. 821 "Arpeggione"

Version for cello and piano

It is argued that the arpeggione (think: bowed guitar) would have been left as a trivia question for historians had Schubert not written this particular Sonata. By the time this 1824 composition was first published in 1871, the arpeggione had already fallen out of favor and out of use. Even the first publication indicated the violoncello as the viable alternative solo.

The editors have gone back to the autograph, which resides at the National Library of France, together with the contemporary arrangement for violin by Diabelli, in creating this critical edition. The history of the sonata and this edition, together with performance notes and critical commentary, are included.

Edited and with notes on interpretation by Christa Jost and Gerhart Darmstadt. Urtext edition.