Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op.134

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Andante

2. Allegretto

2. Allegretto (practice)

3. Largo - Andante

Dmitri Shostakovich composed his violin sonata in 1968, dedicating it to the great violinist David Oistrakh. The first movement has moments of lyricism but is in general a rather desolate work, while the second movement is a highly virtuosic piece for both performers, containing elements of burlesque. The final movement is an extended set of variations on a theme which the violin sets out in an eleven-bar solo pizzicato passage. The sonata lasts around half an hour in performance, with the final movement taking up nearly half this duration.

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.

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Bars 155-158: 4 minim click-beats, followed by 6 crotchet click-beats, help to keep pulse through this passage.

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4 minim click-beats set pulse at beginning

Bars 131-133 (figure 39): click-beats used to keep pulse

Bars 155-166 (figure 41): click-beats accompany these 12 bars where piano is silent

Bars 247 and 248 (figure 49): click-beats help keep pulse

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Bars 1 and 2: crotchet click-beats used to help keep pulse

Bars 6-19: minim click-beats used to keep pulse through this passage

Bars 85-89: click-beats used to keep pulse through held piano chord

Bars 182-199 (figures 75-76): click-beats used throughout this passage where violin has solo passage