Sonata, Op. 4 ' played by Norina Semino (cello) and Harry Isaacs (piano)
Kodaly's Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 4, was composed during the years 1909-10, at the same time as the First String Quartet. Kodaly was then twenty-eight. The music is dramatic. in character and varied in mood. The first of its two movements is entitled ' Fantasia ', while the finale, which is in sonata form, is imbued' with the spirit of Hungarian folk dance.