Mozart Violin Sonata In A K526: Transcribed For Cello

Although there are two Mozart Violin Sonatas with higher Köchel numbers (composed supposedly after this one), this is in fact Mozart’s last “great” violin sonata, those other later works being a sonata for beginners (K 547) and an arrangement of a piano sonata (K570). Not only is this sonata “great” in every sense of the word, it is also one of his most difficult and complex. Although difficult, it is definitely playable in its original key of A major but is considerably easier for the cellist when played one tone lower, in G major. The cello part is presented here in both keys however the piano part has not been transposed.

The play-along piano accompaniment audio files (all in the original key) have been taken from the YouTube channel of PianoAccompanimentConcerts, to whom we offer many thanks.

FIRST MOVEMENT

This is quite a virtuoso movement, even in the Easier Version. No notes have been changed in the concert versions.

Here are two downloadable audio files of a play-along accompaniment for this movement (in the original key). The first is at a slower practice tempo. Each has a four-bar introduction so that we can know when to start playing:

SECOND AND THIRD MOVEMENTS

These movements are presented together here simply for page-layout reasons.

In the third movement, half of the following phrase has been taken down an octave to avoid unnecessary difficulty:

Here is a downloadable audio file of a play-along piano accompaniment for the second movement:

Here are two downloadable audio files of a play-along accompaniment for the third movement. The first is at a slower practice tempo. Each has a four-bar introduction so that we can know when to start playing: