Strauss: Oboe Concerto

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro moderato

2. Andante

3. Vivace

3. Vivace (practice)

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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.

Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto was one of the final pieces he wrote, in 1945, after reaching his 80th birthday. It has three movements which are linked by bridging passages and also by underlying thematic and rhythmic ideas. It holds a key place in the concerto repertoire for oboists.

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Cadenza section at end is omitted, so track ends at the ad lib section 'frei im Vortrag'

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3 click-beats at beginning to set pulse. The oboe begins on the third click-beat.

Cadenza - click beats indicate the start of each of these solo bars, then 2 click beats accompany the final bar to indicate the pulse and introduction of the next Allegro section.

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.