Nocturnes: quatre études pour violoncelle avec accompagnement de piano

"Nocturnes" is a set of four studies for Cello and Piano by Bohuslav Martinu. These four pieces can be played for a recital or a contest, separately or following one another, by upper-intermediate players and above.

This volume features:
I. Andantino moderato - two first parts starting with a solo of Piano, including many accidentals, some trills and some pizzicatos
II. Lento- starts by an exchange of sets of chords between the Piano and the Cello, which is played a second time at the end of the piece
III. Moderato -starts by the Piano on its own which is the joined by the Cello
IV. Allegretto moderato - swapping from pizzicato to bow few times in the suite

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) is a Czech composer and a violinist. Even though he was interested in different genres (including Romanticism, Jazz and Expressionism), he wrote mainly neo-classical pieces, including 16 symphonies, 14 ballets and 15 operas.