Cello: Beethoven: Symphony 5, mvt. II (3 excerpts)

Measures 1-10:

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Recordings:

Riccardo Muti: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1998

Eighth Note = 81

Michael Tilson Thomas: San Francisco Symphony, 2011

Eighth Note = 77

Josef Krips: London Symphony Orchestra, 2008

Eighth Note = 68

Midi Practice Tracks:

*These were created using MIDI with the cello part removed (in the following excerpts). I intensely dislike the midi orchestral instrument sounds, so I changed many of the instruments to the piano patch. Playing along with them provides the rhythmic stability of using a metronome while adding the framework for what else is happening in the orchestra.

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(Also, don’t play the last note FF. This Midi Orchestra is not very sensitive to dynamics)

Eighth Note = 60

Eighth Note = 70

Eighth Note = 80

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Arturo Toscanini: NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1952

Measures 49-60:

Recordings:

Riccardo Muti: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1998

Eighth Note = 92

Michael Tilson Thomas: San Francisco Symphony, 2011

Eighth Note = 88

Josef Krips: London Symphony Orchestra, 2008

Eighth Note = 77

Midi Practice Tracks:

Eighth Note = 70

Eighth Note = 80

Eighth Note = 90

Measures 98-106:

Recordings:

Riccardo Muti: Philadelphia Orchestra, 1998

Eighth Note = 81

Michael Tilson Thomas: San Francisco Symphony, 2011

Eighth Note = 83

Josef Krips: London Symphony Orchestra, 2008

Eighth Note = 68

Midi Practice Tracks:

Eighth Note = 60

Eighth Note = 70

Eighth Note = 80