Beethoven composed his fourth and fifth cello sonatas together in 1815. The fifth sonata is the more conventional of the two, but is perhaps most notable for concluding with a monumental fugue in the third movement, with a very taxing piano part. The sonata lasts around 20 minutes in performance.
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