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Piano accompaniment backing tracks

Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major


Price:  £9.50 / ($11.59 / €11.31 )

Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D major
Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro (version 1)
1. Allegro (version 2)
2. Moderato
3. Rondo - Allegro
3. Rondo - Allegro (practice)



Please note, there are two versions of the 1st movement included, as editions differ slightly. Please use whichever track best suits your edition - the IMSLP copy suits version 2.


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.



Other viola concertos


1. Allegro

Price:  £4.50 / ($5.49 / €5.36 )

Includes accompaniments for:
✓ Performance version

✓  Version 1
✓  Version 2



Audio sample:

There are TWO versions included here for you to download.
Please use whichever one that best suits your edition of the 1st movement.

Please click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats

Opening tutti cut to 6 bars of piano solo before viola enters.

Bar 90: long tutti passage is reduced to 4 bars of piano solo

Cadenza (bar 213): 8 seconds of silence in piano before 4 click-beats indicate re-entry of piano.


2. Moderato

Price:  £4.00 / ($4.88 / €4.76 )

Includes accompaniments for:
✓ Performance version


Audio sample:

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Cadenza (bar 76): 5 seconds of silence in piano part before 4 click-beats indicate return of piano.


3. Rondo - Allegretto

Price:  £4.50 / ($5.49 / €5.36 )

Includes accompaniments for:
✓ Performance version

Practice version (optional)



Audio sample:

Please click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats

4 click-beats at beginning to set pulse. Viola enters after 4th click-beat

Bar 35: quaver click-beats accompany last three beats of bar.

Cadenza (bars 95-102): click-beats indicate start of each of these bars where piano is silent, before 3 quaver click-beats indicate re-entry of piano.


3. Rondo - Allegretto (practice)


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.

Audio sample: