Music Minus One (MMO)

In a world where the trombone is mostly considered just a background instrument, Alan Kaplan stands out. Growing up in Los Angeles he began playing at the age of eight. He tried to prepare for a 'real...

Accompaniment: The Chamber Brass Players: Jay McAllister, tuba; Maurice Peress, trumpet; Alan Raph, trombone; James Spear, trumpet; Brooks Tillotson, horn - A superior collection of brass classics, pe...

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra - This energetic and thrilling collection of marches for trumpet by the great John Philip Sousa is complemented by other march classics by such greats as Lu...

Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano - Virtuoso trumpeter (and famous American conductor) Gerard Schwarz plays each of these powerful beginning-level solos on trumpet. Listen to this modern icon's i...

Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano - Listen as master Armando Ghitalla of the Boston Symphony takes you through this second volume of beginning-level accompanied solos on trumpet. Fully annotated...

Accompaniment: State Wind-Orchestra of the Ukraine - This great 20th-century concerto by Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian has become one of the essential elements of all trumpeters' repertoire....

A collection of magical classics for trumpet and wind ensemble; the great Richard Steuart demonstrates, then you walk under the spotlights and make great music! Includes classics from Herbert Clarke,...

This famous concerto was originally written for three violins, strings and continuo, but today is known in a version reworked by Bach for three harpsichords. Music Minus One proudly presents it as clo...

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra - Max Bruch's sumptuous Romantic masterpiece has remained an audience favorite since it was published in 1868. Its dedicatee, the great violinist Joseph Joa...

Accompaniment: Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Felix Mendelssohn worked on this concerto for six years. It is truly one of the most beautiful and popular in concerto literature??eloquent, passionate, loft...

Accompaniment: Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Little need be said for what may be the most beautiful violin concerto ever put to paper. With its soaring melodies, broad lyricism beyond compare, this mast...

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra - This album contains two of the Romantic Era's neglected treasures. Henryk Wieniawski, though little known today, was a potent figure in the 19th century,...

Beethoven composed this work, his only violin concerto, in 1806, in the same year that he composed the Symphony No. 5, the Rasoumowsky Quartets, and the Piano Concerto No. 4. It was dedicated to Franz...

Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra - Here, in a special album designed specifically for the violinist in the earlier stages of technical mastery, we have compiled much of the best literature...

Now in a deluxe 2-CD set with slow-tempo practice accompaniments! This new package features a beautiful, newly-engraved solo part. Here is the classic which sits atop the Baroque literature for violin...

Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano - These charming short sonatas, written by Schubert at age 19 over the course of several weeks, are among the most popular of MMO's violin offerings, judging by...

Accompaniment: Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius' 20th-century masterpiece is unique in its beauty, and is a favorite in concert halls worldwide, with its Scandinavian Romantic themes. A must for t...

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...

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....