One of the nice features of IMSLP is that it has the option of uploading backing tracks as well as musical scores, and there are at least two excellent pianists (Héctor Valls and Roman Richards) who have recorded backing tracks on piano, intended for vocalists to use in practicing.
I first started playing around with these backing tracks a couple of years ago to see which ones work with mandolin instead of vocals -- just playing the piano recording through HiFi speakers and playing along from the score. Here is a batch I've tried out over the last few days, all featuring my 1898 Giuseppe Vinaccia bowlback:
Johannes Brahms (1833-97): Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84
4. Vergebliches Ständchen (Futile Serenade), Niederrheinisches Volkslied
This is my instrumental recording of this unusually lively Brahms song, played on mandolin to a pre-recorded piano accompaniment by Roman Richards (used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). Score and the mp3 of the accompaniment are at IMSLP:
https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Romances_an...s%2C_Johannes)
This is the version for high voices, in A major.
https://youtu.be/7JSXyACx1dA
Richard Strauss (1886): 8 Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op.10
1. Zueignung ("Dedication" or "Devotion")
Piano accompaniment by Roman Richards, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0.
This is one of the earliest Strauss songs, at the age of 22: the opening piece from his first published collection of songs. I am playing it in C major:
https://imslp.org/wiki/8_Gedichte_au...auss,_Richard)
https://youtu.be/o0IQB1oVKwo
Ottorino Respighi (1906): Nebbie
Piano accompaniment by Roman Richards, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0.
This is my instrumental version of Respighi's song "Nebbie", played in F# minor:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Nebbie_(Respighi%2C_Ottorino)
https://youtu.be/B-LyJyG3_R0
Martin
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