Here are free downloads of piano accompaniments for duets for Viola and Piano in MP3 format.
These recordings were made in my living room for my own personal study, using higher class amateur recording equipment. They are in fairly high quality MP3 format.
Please note that I am not a professional pianist, so don't expect international concert standard. But the recordings are quite good enough for study purposes or just for having good fun.
I make these files freely available at no cost. They are not intended - or suitable - for commercial use.
You can make a CD from these files if you wish. Most newer CD-players will play a CD with MP3 files. Alternatively you can convert them to another format (WAV, for example) and then make the CD. There are several free programs available in the internet to convert music file formats and to 'burn' CD-R's.
The contents:
Tuning
My piano is tuned to a' = 440 Herz.
| Description | File name |
| The note A for tuning your viola | Kammerton-A.mp3 |
Kalliwoda, 6 Nocturnes opus 186, for Viola and Piano .
The sheet music is available as Peters Edition No. 2104.
| Description | File name | Tempo |
| Movement 1, Larghetto | kalliwoda-op186-1-v72.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 72 |
| kalliwoda-op186-1-v84.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 84 | |
| kalliwoda-op186-1-v96.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 96 | |
| Movement 2, Allegretto, ma un poco vivo | kalliwoda-op186-2-pv40.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 40 |
| kalliwoda-op186-2-pv50.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 50 | |
| Movement 3, Poco Adagio | kalliwoda-op186-3-v60.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 60 |
| kalliwoda-op186-3-v69.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 69 | |
| kalliwoda-op186-3-v80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 | |
| Movement 4, Allegretto, ma un poco vivo | kalliwoda-op186-4-pv66.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 66 |
| Movement 5, Adagio con molta esspressione | kalliwoda-op186-5-v60.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 60 |
| Movement 6, Allegro moderato | kalliwoda-op186-6-v72.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 72 |
| kalliwoda-op186-6-v80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 | |
| kalliwoda-op186-6-v92.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 92 | |
| kalliwoda-op186-6-v104.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 104 |
Glasunow, Elegy opus 44, for Viola and Piano .
The sheet music is available as Belaieff No. 200. Alternatively you can download an older edition from imslp.org.
| Description | File name | Tempo |
| Elegy, Allegretto | glasunow-op44-60.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 60 |
| glasunow-op44-66.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 66 | |
| glasunow-op44-72.mp3 | Dotted quarter-note/crotchet = 72 |
The sheet music I used specifies tempo 72 which may or may not be from the composer. For me it fits in quite well with "Allegretto", although "Allegretto" seeems to me to be a rather unusual attribute for an elegy.
Schubert, Arpeggione Sonata D821 .
| Description | File name | Tempo |
| 1. Allegro Moderato | schubert-arpeggione-1-80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 |
| schubert-arpeggione-1-100.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 100 | |
| 2. Adagio | schubert-arpeggione-2-50.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 50 |
| 3. Allegretto | schubert-arpeggione-3-80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 |
| schubert-arpeggione-3-100.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 100 | |
| schubert-arpeggione-3-120.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 120 |
I have ignored all tempo changes, keeping strictly to the metronome.
Not all versions of the various publications of this music are identical; it is worth consulting a facsimile of Schuberts original manuscript to understand why; a copy of the facsimile can be found at International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) / Petrucci Library .
Schumann, Märchenbilder (Fairy-Tale Pictures) opus 113, for Piano and Viola .
The sheet music I used is available as Henle No. 632.
| Description | File name | Tempo |
| Märchenbilder, I. Nicht schnell (not fast) | schumann-op113-I-50.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 50 |
| schumann-op113-I-60.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 60 | |
| schumann-op113-I-69.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 69 | |
| schumann-op113-I-80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 | |
| schumann-op113-I-88.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 88 | |
| Märchenbilder, II. Lebhaft (lively)
See the notes below | schumann-op113-II-60.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 60 |
| schumann-op113-II-72.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 72 | |
| schumann-op113-II-80.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 80 | |
| schumann-op113-II-92.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 92 | |
| schumann-op113-II-100.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 100 | |
| schumann-op113-II-108.mp3 | Quarter-note/crotchet = 108 | |
| Märchenbilder, III., Rasch (fast) | schumann-op113-III-100.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 100 |
| schumann-op113-III-118.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 118 | |
| schumann-op113-III-132.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 132 | |
| schumann-op113-III-152.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 152 | |
| schumann-op113-III-176.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 176 | |
| Märchenbilder, IV.
Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck (slow, with melancholy expression) | schumann-op113-IV-60.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 60 |
| schumann-op113-IV-69.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 69 | |
| schumann-op113-IV-80.mp3 | Eighth-note/quaver = 80 |
Some notes on the recordings of Schumann Opus 113: