Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Variations sur un thème rococo pour violoncelle et orchestre. Version originale. op. 33. cello and orchestra. Partition de direction.

This homage of Tchaikovsky to the great admired example of Mozart and a challenge to the solo cellist : 'Rokoko-Variationen', the theme of which closely follows the style of 18th-century music, demands a maximum of performing and technical brilliance from the solo cellist. The variations are musically connected by orchestral ritornellos which, with regard to music and substance, almost form a second sequence of variations.
Instrumentation : cello and orchestra op. 33