Brahms Cello Sonata No.1 - Orchestration (Caleb Hu)

Here's my orchestration of Brahms' Cello Sonata No.1, commonly considered to be one of the greatest cello sonatas ever written. I highly encourage listening to the original if you haven't already (I'd recommend Mørk) as it is, in my opinion, almost as perfect as a sonata can get. The first movement is this big warm thing, dark in places but reaches an empyrean depth of serenity. The second is a brief minuet that contains some of Brahms' quaintest writing, and the third is a fugue of near apocalyptic intensity.

Like with the Schumann Fantasy, I kept the instrumentation contained to that of an era-appropriate symphony orchestra. I found this piece a lot easier to orchestrate than the Schumann Fantasy, because it's already written so symphonically.

0:00 I. Allegro non troppo (Exposition)
3:46 (Expositional repeat)
7:29 (Development)
10:22 (Recapitulation)
13:28 (Coda)

15:46 II. Allegretto quasi Menuetto (A section)
17:56 Trio
19:48 (Return of the A section)

21:59 III. Allegro (Exposition)
23:18 (Development)
26:01 (Recapitulation)
27:21 (Coda)

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Listen to the original work here:    • Brahms - Cello Sonata No. 1 in E mino...