Clarke Viola Sonata - MP3 download

Piano accompaniment backing tracks

Clarke: Viola Sonata

Price: £9.50 / ($12.67 / €11.40 )

Rebecca Clarke wrote her monumental viola sonata in 1918/19, and it has since become a mainstay of the viola repertoire. The sonata is full of chromatic invention and utilises many viola effects such as pizzicatos and harmonics. While showing influences of Vaughan-Williams and Debussy, the piece is highly original and expertly written. Here you can purchase and download the piano parts to play along to, recorded by a professional accompanist.

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1. Impetuoso

Price: £4.50 / ($6.00 / €5.40 )

Includes accompaniments for:

✓ Performance version

Practice version (optional)

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Please click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats: 2 crotchet click-beats indicate pulse at beginning before viola enters

Bars 1-12 approx 35 seconds of silence in piano part to allow for viola solo

1. Impetuoso (practice)

Price: £4.00 / ($5.33 / €4.80 )

Note: This practice version is included for free when the movement above is purchased

Audio sample:

Please click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats: Extra click-beats help keep pulse

2. Vivace

Price: £4.50 / ($6.00 / €5.40 )

Includes accompaniments for:

✓ Performance version

Practice version (optional)

Audio sample:

Please click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats: 2 dotted-crotchet click-beats at beginning indicate pulse before viola enters

2. Vivace (practice)

Price: £4.00 / ($5.33 / €4.80 )

Note: This practice version is included for free when the movement above is purchased

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