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Piano accompaniment backing tracks
Barber's Cello Sonata, written in 1932, is a substantial and dramatic work, despite lasting less than twenty minutes in performance. Barber uses the particular drama of the key of C minor to good effect, with both performers having to commit to the technically challenging score.
These piano accompaniment tracks help make practising more effective and enjoyable! They are recorded by a professional accompanist and can help you keep in tune and in time, as you listen to the piano part for this work. Please scroll down for samples and details of each movement.
4 crotchet click-beats at beginning to set pulse. Cello enters just after 4th click-beat
This practice version slows down the quicker sections of the 'performance' track above, by around 15-20%. It is included for free with that version if selected.
4 quaver click-beats set pulse at beginning before cello enters.
Bars 65-71: dlick-beats (1 every 2 bars) accompany these bars where piano is silent.
Massenet: Meditation from 'Thais'
Saint-Saens: The Swan
Rachmaninov: Vocalise Op.34 No.14 in E
Elgar: Salut d'Amour
Faure: Sicilienne, Op.78
Franck: Violin Sonata
Faure: Elegie for Cello
Monti: Czardas
Poulenc: Flute Sonata
Williams: Theme from 'Schindler's List'
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata D.821
Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op.73
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro (in style of Pugnani)
Brahms: Clarinet (Viola) Sonata No.1