Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro moderato

2. Canzonetta

3. Allegro vivacissimo

3. Allegro vivacissimo (practice)

Tchaikovsky wrote his violin concerto in 1878, and it has become one of the best-loved concertos in the entire repertoire. The first movement is typically expansive for Tchaikovsky, lasting over fifteen minutes in performance - after an exciting orchestral introduction the violin commences one of the composer's most Romantic melodies. The lyrical second movement Canzonetta then leads straight into one of the most exciting of all Russian concerto movements.

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.

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Bars 23-27: click-beats help indicate pulse

Bars 37-40 (before rehearsal mark A): click-beats help indicate pulse

Cadenza: 8 seconds of silence in piano part before 4 crotchet click-beats introduce re-entry of Tempo I at rehearsal mark K

Before Rehearsal Mark L: 8 crotchet click-beats indicate the pulse of the two bars before L, where piano is silent.

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Bars 17-53 (between rehearsal marks F and G): click-beats indicate the start of some of these bars to help keep pulse where piano is silent

Bars 235-243: click-beats indicate the start of these bars where piano is silent, and help indicate the accel back to Tempo I

Bars 448-460 (poco string. leading to Tempo I): click-beats indicate the start of these bars where piano is silent

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.