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Play — Piano Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: IV. Rondo. Presto · Robert Schumann, Martha Argerich (the player loads on click)
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This Rondo alternates very rapid outbursts with more songful episodes, including abrupt breaks and a quasi-improvisatory cadenza that requires both energy and clarity in detail. You will need to use your Knowledge of forms (3.6/5) to pinpoint reprises and contrasting episodes and to make clean transitions without losing momentum, and your Harmonic analysis (3.6/5) to anticipate modulations and adjust fingering and pedaling in chromatic passages to preserve the inner line. The piece belongs to the Romantic period and, within Schumann's output, the sonata shows his taste for dramatic contrasts and formal freedom in piano writing. I do not provide a reference performance here because I prefer to cite only recordings I can identify with complete certainty to avoid mistakes.