The Music Minus One collection provides the
clarinetist the opportunity to play many popular classical and jazz
pieces
with accompaniment. All of the albums include printed music and a CD.
Most
also include a full recording of all the pieces on the CD played by a
well
known clarinetist. We are also introducing play along CDs from other
companies.
The prices of many
of the MMO CDs have been reduced (especially the jazz and swing
volumes).
You may search for a composer, title,
clarinetist,
or any other text on this page by using the
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Classical (including Intermediate and Advanced Students) Jazz Student (Beginning)
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PA01: 32 Rose Etudes Piano Accompaniments by
John Walker.
Carl Fischer. John Walker has composed and recorded piano
accompaniments
for the 32 Rose Etudes. This CD may be used with all editions of the 32
Rose Etudes (does not include music). We also have a recording of the
accompaniments with clarinet. Click on the CD below. Private
individuals may purchase the piano parts for up to three of these
arrangements directly from John Walker. Please contact me at info@vcisinc.com and I will
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MMOCD3206: Art of the Solo Clarinet: Orchestral Excerpts. Laurence Liberson, clarinet with the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major excerpt 1 (Andante con moto) and excerpt 2 (Menuetto), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Symphony No. 3 'Scottish': I. Allegro un poco agitato and II. Vivace non troppo, Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor: III. un poco allegretto e grazioso and Haydn Variations, Franz Schubert Marche Militaire, Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6, op. 68 'Pastoral' (2nd movement Andante con moto two excerpts, Richard Wagner Siegfried Idyll exerpt 1 (con moto) and excerpt 2 (Animato), Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 'Nutcracker' Suite excerpt 1 (Danse IV: 'Danse Arabe') and excerpt 2 ('Waltz of the Flowers'). (1 CD) | |
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MMOCD3240: The Virtuoso Clarinetist: Baermann Method Op. 63. John Cipolla, clarinet with piano accompaniment. Contains the complete opus 63 plus extensive notes on performance. Produced by John Cipolla, teacher, soloist and recitalist. A primary tool for teaching the clarinet - a master class! (4 CDs) | |
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MMOCD3241: The Art of the Clarinet: Baermann Method Op. 64. John Cipolla, clarinet with piano accompaniment. Contains the complete opus 64 plus extensive notes on performance. Produced by John Cipolla, teacher, soloist and recitalist. A primary tool for teaching the clarinet - a master class! (4 CDs) | |
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MMOCD3230: Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115. Collete Galante, clarinet with the Classic String Quartet. Includes printed music (with both the original A clarinet part and a transposed version for Bb) and recordings both with and without the soloist, and a repitched version for Bb clarinet (so the Bb clarinet can use the original A clarinet part). (Digitally remastered version - 2 CD set.) | |
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MMOCD3208: Brahms Sonata in F minor Op. 120 No. 1; Sonata in E-flat major Op. 120 No. 2. Jerome Bunke, clarinet with Hidemitsu Hayashi, piano. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist. | |
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PA03: Sonata No. 1 in F Minor Op. 120 No. 1 by Johannes Brahms. Carl Fischer. For clarinet in B-flat. Includes piano accompaniment on CD and printed music for both clarinet and piano (score). | |
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MMOCDG1203: Christmas Memories. A collection of seasonal favorites arranged for all vocal or instrumental ranges with sumptuous accompaniments. Step in and take center stage with such all-time classics as Joy to the World; It Came Upon a Midnight Clear; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; O Holy Night; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Jingle Bells; and Auld Lang. Includes a music book containing solo parts for vocals/C instruments in both treble and bass-clef versions; B-flat instruments; E-flat instruments; and F instruments; plus a compact disc containing complete versions of each tune with full vocals; followed by accompaniment versions minus soloist. Limited supply. | |
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![]() C996: Clarinet Album: Eleven well-known pieces for clarinet and piano or two clarinets arranged by Peter Hodgson. Peters, 2007, 32 + 24 pages and play along CD. This book is an unusual combination that includes both a second clarinet part and a piano accompaniment (not intended to be used together) plus a CD of the piano part. These pieces are at the intermediate and upper intermediate level and some of the second parts are more difficult than the melody part. The pieces are: Mendelssohn On Wings of Song and Spring Song, Brahms Lullaby, Schuman "Chopin" from Carnaval, Schubert Impromptu, Tchaikovsky Chanson Triste, Haydn Serenade (from String Quartet in F), Dvorak Largo (from the "New World" symphony), Boccherini Menuett (from the String Quartet), Mozart Menuett (from Symphony No. 39), and MacDowell To a Wild Rose. C924: Clarinet Album: Eleven well-known pieces for clarinet and piano or two clarinets arranged by Peter Hodgson. Peters, 2007, 32 + 24 pages. Same book but without the play along CD. |
No CD
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PA027: Concert and Contest Collection for Clarinet Performance/Accompaniment CD. Rubank. This CD includes performances of the pieces from the Concert and Contest Collection for Clarinet (C191) by clarinetist Michael Borschel and piano accompaniment tracks alone. Ten pieces can be played from the CD with any CD player while the other five are in MP3 format and require a computer or other MP3 player. Software for adjusting the tempo is also included (but no sheet music). These pieces are in CD format: Allegretto Fantasia (Miskow), Allegretto Grazioso (Brahms), Ballade Op. 43 No. 3 (Gade), Chanson Op. 35 No. 3 (Gliere), Fantasy-Piece Op. 73 #1 (Schumann), Menuet (from Divertimento in D, K334 - Mozart), Nocturne (Bassi), Nocturne (from Concerto in G minor - Verhey), and Romance Op. 3 (Becker). In MP3 format are: Adagio from the Clarinet Concerto K622 (Mozart), Aria and Scherzo (Gabucci), Canzonetta Op. 19 (Pierne), Promenade (Delmas), and Scene & Air from Luisa Di Montfort (Bergson). | |
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MMOCD3205: First Chair Clarinet Solos. Laurence Liberson, clarinet with the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn. Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Larghetto (two excerpts) and Three Country Dances, Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 excerpts from first and second movements, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March No. 1 KV408, Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' excerpts from first and second movements, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hebrides Overture Op. 26 Fingal's Cave (excerpt), and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64 first movement (excerpt). Includes a high-quality printed music score for both B-flat and A clarinets and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist, in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel); then a second version in full stereo of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist. | |
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PA04: Introduction, Theme and Variations from
Sehnsuchts-Walzer by Franz Schubert
by Ferdinand David. Carl Fischer. For clarinet in B-flat. Includes
piano accompaniment
on CD and printed music for both clarinet and piano (score). This is a
popular piece Op 8, by Ferdinand David (1810-1873) that is now
available only in this format. About the same difficulty level as the
Weber Concertino. |
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C762:
Rivages I, II, III for clarinet and piano
by François Grosborne. International Music Diffusion, 2000,
SS, 15 + 4
pages (includes CD). Three relatively short related works at the
college level. The first is mostly in 5/8 and the last mostly in 7/8
but they are quite accessible and rhythmic. The included CD has
versions with clarinet (Marie-Cécile
Courcier) and piano and with piano alone (played by the
composer). |
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MMOCD3238: Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major KV622. Denitza Lavchieva, clarinet, with the Tempi Concertati Chamber Ensemble conducted by Nayden Todorov. Includes printed music (with both the original A clarinet part and a transposed version for Bb) and recordings both with and without the soloist, and a repitched version for Bb clarinet (so the Bb clarinet can use the original A clarinet part). | |
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MMOCD3207: Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major KV581. Keith Dwyer, clarinet with the Cassini Ensemble. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist, and a repitched version for Bb clarinet. (Digitally remastered version - 2 CD set.) | |
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MMOCD3210: Schumann Phantasiestücke Op. 73; 3 Romanzen Op. 94. Jerome Bunke, clarinet with Hidemitsu Hayashi, piano. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist. | |
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MMOCD3203: Spohr Clarinet Concerto in C minor No. 1 Op. 26. Collete Galante, clarinet with the Stuttgart Festival Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn. Includes a high-quality printed music score for B-flat clarinet and a digitally remastered compact disc containing a complete version with soloist, then a second recording of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist; and a second compact disc featuring the complete version again, followed by a -20% slow-tempo accompaniment for practice purposes. | |
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PA019: C. Stamitz Concerto No. 3 in B-flat major. Dowani
International, 2005, 23 + 8 pages + CD. For B-flat clarinet. The CD
contains a piano reduction of the accompaniment to this concerto
performed at normal tempo and two slower tempos. The music (which
includes both the piano reduction and the clarinet part) is very well
printed. |
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MMOCD3217: Igor Stravinsky L'Histoire du Soldat. Performed by Parnassus, Robert Yamins, clarinet, conducted by Anthony Korf. Stravinsky wrote this septet, one of the twentieth century's groundbreaking musical compositions, in 1917. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. | |
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MMOCD3204: Weber Clarinet Concertino Op. 26; Beethoven Piano Trio No. 4, "Street Song" Op. 11. Keith Dwyer, clarinet with (Weber Concertino) the Stuttgart Festival Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn and (Beethoven Trio) Richard Mattson violoncello, Robert Conway piano. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist. | |
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PA02: Clarinet Concertino Op. 26 by Carl Maria von Weber. Carl Fischer. For clarinet in B-flat. Includes piano accompaniment on CD and printed music for both clarinet and piano (score). |
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MMOCD3202: Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor Op. 73; Stamitz Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat major. Keith Dwyer, clarinet with the Stuttgart Festival Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn. Includes a printed solo part for B-flat clarinet and two compact discs containing a complete version with soloist, in digitally remastered stereo; then a second version of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist; and a -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniments for practice purposes. | |
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MMOCD3209: Weber Grand Duo Concertant. Jerome Bunke, clarinet with Hidemitsu Hayashi, piano. Carl Maria von Weber Grand Duo Concertant in B-flat major for Clarinet & Piano Op.48, J204. This MMOCDalso includes Heinrich Baermann's Adagio in D which was former attributed to Wagner. Includes printed music and recordings both with and without the soloist. |