Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No.1 in G

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Allegro

1. Allegro (practice)

2. Largo

3. Allegretto

3. Allegretto (practice)

Dmitri Kabalevsky finished his first Cello Concerto in 1949, and despite its date it is a fairly traditional concerto, with melodies based on Russian songs and along typical Romantic lines. The second movement is a beautiful elegy to Russian soldiers killed in the war.

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 performance details for each movement.

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Bars 209-212: dotted crotchet click-beats accompany these four bars

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.

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Cadenza (bar 36): 9 seconds of silence in piano part, followed by 4 crotchet click-beats to indicate re-entry of piano part.

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Bar 28 (Poco piu mosso): Click-beats in this bar help to signify new tempo

Bars 152-159: crotchet click-beats help keep pulse in these bars where piano is silent

Bars 232-234:click-beats help keep pulse

Bars 247-250: crotchet click-beats keep pulse through these allargando bars, indicating the slowing down

Bars 305 and 306 (Piu mosso): crotchet click-beats indicate the faster speed of this 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.