Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Includes accompaniments for:

✓ Performance version

Practice version (optional)

Martinu composed his Variations on a Theme of Rossini in 1942, based on a theme from Rossini's opera Moses in Egypt. It is now a staple work in the cello repertoire.

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 click here to see if this track contains clicks/cuts/repeats

Between end of Var 1 and start of Var 2: 4 click-beats used to keep pulse during the transition between variations.

Var 2: part of this variation is repeated, as heard in most recordings

Var 4: repeat is included in Vivo section

Learn how to change the tempo of these tracks

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.