Popper: Elfentanz, Op.39

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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.

Popper wrote his Elfentanz in 1881 and despite being brief it is a very technically demanding work for cello. To evoke an "Elf's Dance", Popper instructs the soloist to play the entire work spiccato with the bow.

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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.