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Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax: Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69, I. Allegro ma non tanto
Beethoven is a master of suspense. You can hear it in the first movement of his third cello sonata, which takes almost 15 minutes to answer the opening question.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69, III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Emanuel Ax, piano