The Music Minus One collection provides the saxophonist the opportunity to play 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 performer. We are also introducing play along CDs from other companies.
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S477: Alto Saxophone Contest & Festival Performace Solos with Piano Accompaniment arranged by Larry Teal, Sigurd M. Rascher, and Daniel Dorff. Presser, 2009, SS, 45 + 17 pages + CD of piano accompaniment. This is a new publication of easy (E) and intermediate (I) solos from the Presser archives, most arranged by Teal. They are: Johann Sebastian Bach Gavotte (I), Muzio Clementi Presto from Sonatina Op. 37 No. 1 (I), Gabriel Faure Elegie Op. 24 (E), Frederic Chopin Mazurka Op. 67 No. 2 (E), Cesar Cui Berceuse Op. 20 No. 8 (I), George Frideric Hande Bourree from Organ Concerto No. 7 (I), Michel Blavet Adagio and Gigue from Sonata No. 3 (I), Edward German Valse Melancolique from the Suite Lonely Life (E), Johann Pachelbel Canon (E), Jean Marie LeClair Aria from Sonata No. 7 (E), Henri Eccles Sonata, and Joseph Haydn Andante from Sonata No. 1 (I). (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.) | |
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PA042: Concert and Contest Collection for Alto
Saxophone Performance/Accompaniment
CD. Rubank. This CD includes performances of the pieces from the
Concert
and Contest Collection for Alto Saxophone (S054)
by saxophonist Nicholas Brightman
and
piano accompaniment tracks alone. Ten pieces can
be played from the CD with any CD player while the other four 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: At The Hearth
(Gretchaninoff), Evening Waltz (Gretchaninoff), Menuet from
Divertimento in D K.334 (Mozart), Canzonetta and Giga (Ostransky),
Andante and Allegro (Chailleux), Largo and Allegro (Handel), Recitative
and Allegro (Koepke), Concertante (Paladilhe) and First Concertino
(Guilhaud). In MP3 format are: Sonatina
from Trio V (Haydn), Elegie (Barat), Canzonetta and Rondo (Ostransky),
and
Fantaisie Mauresque (Combelle). |
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PA042: Concert and Contest Collection for Tenor Saxophone Performance/Accompaniment CD. Rubank. This CD includes performances of the pieces from the Concert and Contest Collection for Tenor Saxophone (S243) by saxophonists Laura Haines and Nicholas Brightman and piano accompaniment tracks alone. Eight pieces can be played from the CD with any CD player while the other six 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 (Arensky), Two Little Tales (Desportes) Piece in G Minor (Pierne) Premier Etude de Concours (Petit), Prelude and Allegro (Ostransky), Novelette (Sporck) First Concertino (Guilhaud), and Adagio and Allegro from Sonata No. 6 (Handel). In MP3 format are: Contradance (Mozart), Sinfonia (Arioso) from Cantata No. 156 (J.S. Bach), Valse Nouvelle from Album for the Young (Tchaikovsky) Menuetto and Presto from Trio V (Haydn), The Old Castle (Mussorgsky), and Gigue from Partita III (J.S. Bach). | |
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M4101: Easy Alto Sax Solos Vol. I - Student Level. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano. A wide-ranging collection of pieces for the beginning saxophonist with piano accompaniment, suitable for roughly first through third year of study. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, To a Wild Rose, Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Pomp and Circumstance, Mighty Lak' a Rose, Kentucky Babe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, After the Ball, Santa Lucia, Red River Valley, Kathleen Mavourneen, America, the Beautiful, Hatikvoh (The Hope), American Patrol, The Band Played On, I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby, In Old Madrid, 'O Sole Mio!, La Paloma, La Spagnola, La Cumparsita, Adios Muchachos, El Choclo, O Promise Me, Because, The Rosary, Just A-wearyin' for You, I Love You Truly, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): 'Vilja', The Holy City, The Fortune Teller: 'Gypsy Love Song', Marche Slave, Martha: 'Ah, So Pure' ('Ach, so Fromm'), Eili, Eili, Who Is Sylvia?, Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 16 (main theme), Song of India, Serenade, Finlandia, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 (theme), Für Elise, Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 (theme), Mexican Hat Dance, and The Glow Worm. Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.) | |
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M4201: Easy Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 1 - Student Series. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen, piano. An impressive collection of solos for the beginning saxophonist. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, To a Wild Rose, Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two), Sweet Rosie O'Grady, Pomp and Circumstance, Mighty Lak' a Rose, Kentucky Babe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, After the Ball, Santa Lucia, Red River Valley, Kathleen Mavourneen, America, the Beautiful, Hatikvoh (The Hope), American Patrol, The Band Played On, I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby, In Old Madrid, 'O Sole Mio!, La Paloma, La Spagnola, La Cumparsita, Adios Muchachos, El Choclo, O Promise Me, Because, The Rosary, Just A-wearyin' for You, I Love You Truly, Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow): 'Vilja', The Holy City, The Fortune Teller: 'Gypsy Love Song', Marche Slave, Martha: 'Ah, So Pure' ('Ach, so Fromm'), Eili, Eili, Who Is Sylvia?, Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 16 (main theme), Song of India, Serenade, Finlandia, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 (theme), Für Elise, Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 (theme), Mexican Hat Dance, and The Glow Worm. Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.) | |
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M4202: Easy Tenor Sax Solos Vol. 2 - Student Series. This second volume of accompaniments from piano great Harriet Wingreen will bring continued enjoyment and a perfect introduction to ensemble playing. I Ain't Gonna Study War No More, The Sidewalks of New York, Brahms Cradle Song, On Top of Old Smoky, Mr. Frog Went a'Courtin'!, When I Was Single, Fireproof Polka, Old Paint, Greensleeves, You Tell Me Your Dream, Far Above Cayuga's Waters, Spanish Guitar, Careless Love, When the Saints Go Marching In, Little Brown Jug, Jay Arnold Blues in E-flat, Hello! My Baby, Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair, Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, H.M.S. Pinafore (excerpt), Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, The High School Cadets, Manhattan Beach, The Rifle Regiment, The Cossack, Recruiting Song from The Gypsy Baron, Smetana The Moldau (theme), Borodin Prince Igor: Melody, Offenbach Bluebeard (scene), Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade and The Young Prince and the Young Princess, The Stars & Stripes Forever, Bizet Toreador Song, Stravinsky The Firebird: Berceuse, Mendelssohn Nocturne, Schubert Valse Noble Op. 77, J.S. Bach Das Orgelbüchlein: In Dulci Jubilo (chorale) and Chorale No. 83. Includes a high-quality printed music score and compact disc featuring stereo accompaniments to each piece. (This CD does not include example saxophone playing.) | |
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M4111: Music for Alto Saxophone & Piano.
Saxophone 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; and a
compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano
accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist. Johann Sebastian Bach
Clavier Suite in G minor: Gavotte, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr.
Sigurd M. Rascher Ave verum KV618, Carl Maria von Weber arr.
Rascher Der Freischütz: Hunters' Chorus, Franz Josef Haydn
Andante (arranged from the Violin Sonata No. 1), Georges Bizet
transcr. Harry Gee L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Intermezzo, Frederic
Chopin transcr. Eugene Rousseau Largo (from the Violoncello Sonata),
Edvard Grieg Lyrische stücke Op. 12: Albumblatt (album
leaf), Antonin Dvorák Sonatina Op. 100: Larghetto,
Alexander Gretchaninov transcr. Himie Voxman Suite Miniature: Evening
Waltz, Fritz Kreisler Rondino (on a Theme by Beethoven). |