Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini

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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.

Martinu composed his Variations on a Theme of Rossini in 1942, based on a theme from Rossini's opera Moses in Egypt. It is now a staple work in the cello repertoire.

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Between end of Var 1 and start of Var 2: 4 click-beats used to keep pulse during the transition between variations.

Var 2: part of this variation is repeated, as heard in most recordings

Var 4: repeat is included in Vivo section

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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.