Music Minus One (MMO)

Accompaniment: Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra - Mozart's third violin concerto, KV216, sometimes called the 'Strassburg' for a 'Strassburger' tune in its Rondo, is scored for a rather simple, chamber-sized...

Accompaniment: Joseph Seiger, piano - Jascha Heifitz, great violinist of the 20th century, was renowned for his encores, and here is an incredible collection of these exciting pieces. Your accompanist...

Accompaniment: Joseph Seiger, piano - Fritz Kreisler, one of the most popular and revered violinists of the last century, was also a great transcriber and arranger of music for the violin. This collec...

In late 1779, Mozart penned this delectable classic, which stands as the only remaining Mozart composition in this form, incorporating both symphonic and concerto styles. It features wonderful parts f...

Music Minus One presents a masterpiece concerto by Bach, who originally composed this classic 'triple' concerto for three violins, strings and continuo. We are happy to offer it as closely as possible...

Accompaniment: LaNoue DavenportMark Davenport, alto recorders; Judith Davidoff, viola da gamba; Edward Smith, harpsichord - This makes an ideal introduction to Baroque chamber music for the amateur or...

Accompaniment: New York Consort of Viols: Fortunato Arico, bass viols; Lucy Bardo, treble viol; Judith Davidoff, treble viol; Grace Feldman, tenor viol; Alison Fowle, tenor viol; Ben Harms, percussion...

Accompaniment: The Rameau Trio - Here are three marvelous baroque trio sonatas for flute or violin from the masters of the era. Flute virtuoso Katarzyna Bury lends a masterful interpretation of each s...

These two seminal violin sonatas sit atop Beethoven's compositions for the instrument, and indeed of all violin works. Presented here in pristine new performances with Mario Hossen and Sung-Suk Kang....

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra - Bach's beautiful and noble D-minor concerto is a testament to this master's abilities at the keyboard. It is actually a transcription of one of his violin...

Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano - This second volume in MMO's highly popular series of outstanding songs and themes selected for their beauty and ease of performance. An excellent practice albu...

Extraordinary virtuoso Paul Brodie plays each of these wonderful beginning-level solos on alto saxophone. Includes printed music score containing the solo part, annotated with performance suggestions:...

Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano - Listen as extraordinary virtuoso Vincent Abato of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra takes you further into the advanced repertoire with these spectacular sax se...

This Collection of works for alto sax and piano represents a fine collection of elegant classical masterpieces by such renowned composers as Gluck, Rachmaninov, and Schubert, combined with composition...

There have been few musicians in jazz history who have successfully played the trumpet and saxophone - two unrelated instruments - at an equally high level and the great Benny Carter comes to mind as...

Forty-one selections from around the world, chosen for their beauty and ease of performance. Certain to delight the beginning student. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano.

Along with Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke was one of the first jazz musicians to become renowned for his improvised solos. His unique style comes out of an interesting mixture of musical influences,...

The collaboration between composer Burt Bacharach and lyricist Hal David produced some of the most memorable songs of the twentieth century. From their first hit 'The Story of My Life, ' to classics l...

Another eagerly awaited Music Minus One release! Here's your chance to play along with one of the greatest sax players ever, Boots Randolph. With songs like I'm Beginning to See The Light, Dream Danci...

I realized that this second volume of Signature Series of songs associated with great singers is really an expansion of some of the concepts presented in my earlier MMOs and specifically the Seven Ste...

This volume 3 of the Signature Series will lean towards a jazzier concept than the previous volumes and to set that tone, I chose Lullaby Of Birdland as the first song! And who better to place in that...

Joseph Robinson of The Double Reed says of Elaine Douvas in this recording: Eschewing overt expression in favor of implication and subtlety, she offers performances that are stylish and full of passio...

The inspiration to write this book came from the realization that there was no current method that presented the essential piano improvisor's tool kit in an integrated, carefully planned step by step...

One only has to watch any episode of American Idol to figure out that every female vocalist on the show believes they are the next Beyonce, Pink, Mariah, Lady Gaga, or Rihana. Years ago it was Aretha,...

This album, filled with some of the greatest banjo classics, is designed to help musicians develop basic bluegrass techniques, based on the styles of groups such as Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys...