What are the best editions of Cello Sonata in F major by Richard Strauss?

Universal Edition (Original publication, 1883): Original Aibl edition, later acquired by Universal. The standard source text. Henle Verlag (Norbert Gertsch, 2015): Urtext edition based on the autograph and first edition. Clean engraving with a short critical commentary.

Pieces/Richard Strauss/Cello Sonata in F major

Cello Sonata in F major1883Op. 6

by Richard Strauss

cellopianolate romanticsonata~28 min

Strauss's only cello sonata, written at nineteen and published in 1883. The work sits just before his turn to the tone poems: it is still in the conservative Brahmsian vein, with a first movement built on broad lyrical themes, a brooding slow movement in F minor, and a dashing finale. Cellists value the sonata as one of the major late-Romantic German chamber works for the instrument, sitting in repertoire alongside the Brahms sonatas and predating the Rachmaninoff.

Movements

I. Allegro con brio

F major · 4/4

II. Andante ma non troppo

F minor · 4/4

III. Finale: Allegro vivo

F major · 4/4

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External references

IMSLP — Strauss Cello Sonata
Wikipedia — Strauss Cello Sonata

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