Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 4 played by Norina Semino (cello) John Pauer (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.