Boccherini's style spread throughout Europe and his Cello Concerto in D G.479 became the model for W.A. Mozart's Violin Concerto in D K.218 (1775).Boccherini's Concerto In D For Cello And String Orchestra is a beautiful piece and this is an arrangement for Cello with Piano Reduction. The solo cello part is also included on a separate insert.

Boccherini one of the greatest violoncellists of the 18th century left numerous concertos for his favourite instrument. In the very first of these works the personal style of the composer is unmistakable. Transparency and classical sense of form easily remembered melody in which the tendency of Boccherini towards brilliant form is at once recognizable as well as the masterly perfect compositional technique are some of the most important features of his art.The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

Two volumes entitled Cello Meets Piano edited and published by Árpád Pejtsik were issued many years ago by the Könemann Music Budapest. The first edition was quickly sold out and no further editions followed. EMB has undertaken to issue a new edition entitled Cello & Piano with the content unchanged. The two volumes contain a selection from 200 years of music. Eight Baroque sonatas are included apart from the famous D minor one by Corelli there are some that are appearing in a modern edition for the first time in 300 years. In addition to cyclical works (Haydn: Sonatina Mozart: Divertimento Vivaldi: Concerto)and sets of variations (Beethoven Tartini) there are many shorter pieces as well not only the famous minuets by Boccherini Mozart and Beethoven but also works published for the first time here. Virtuoso pieces are represented by Goltermann's Etude-caprice and Jenkinson’s Dance of the sylphids the lighter kind include Joplin's Ragtime. Book II Contents: 1. Aldrovandini G. A. V.: Sonata2. Bella Domenico dalla: Sonata 3. Boni Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano: Sonata Op. 1 No. 5 4. Passionei Carlo: Sonata 5. Bach Johann Sebastian: Air BWV 1068/II 6. Tartini Giuseppe: L'arte del arco 7. Haydn Joseph: Sonatina Hob. XI:101 5 108 8. Albrechtsberger Johann Georg: Scherzando 9. Boccherini Luigi: Minuetto 10. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento from KV 487 11. Beethoven Ludwig van: Andante con variazioni WoO 44b 12. Schubert Franz: Ave Maria Op. 52 No. 6 13. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Felix: Lied ohne Worte Op. 19 No. 4 14. Schumann Robert: Schlummerlied Op. 124 No. 16 15. Goltermann Georg: Étude-caprice Op. 54 No. 4 16. Tchaikovsky P. I.: Chanson triste Op. 40 No. 2 17. Dvorák Antonín: Appassionato Op. 75 No. 3 18. Massenet Jules: Air de Ballet (Scene pittoresque)

Classical Play-Along Volume 16-The Hal Leonard Classical Play-Along(TM) series will help you play great classical pieces. Listen to the full performance tracks to hear how the piece sounds with an orchestra and then play along using the accompaniment tracks. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac computer users the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch.