Barber: Cello Sonata, Op.6

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro ma non troppo

1. Allegro ma non troppo (practice)

2. Adagio

2. Adagio (practice)

3. Allegro appassionato

3. Allegro appassionato (practice)

These high-quality 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 play along to the piano part for this work.

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.

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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.

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4 quaver click-beats set pulse at beginning before cello enters.

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.

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Bars 65-71: dlick-beats (1 every 2 bars) accompany these bars where piano is silent.

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.