Music Minus One
are recordings of musical works without the
soloist. They
are very
useful for practicing purposes, before a performance, or exam or
audition, especially in case of a concerto,
where it's
quite difficult to have an orchestra at hand, for you to rehearse
all the time you want. Here there are also some chamber music works
where the viola has a prominent part and viola solos, that is pieces for
viola and orchestra or viola and piano. They come in a sheet
music/book-CD set.
You
can also use them to have your
own complete performance (to
play solo accompanied by a real
orchestra), just for fun!
Music
Minus One is actually a brand name, a company that started to produce
recordings of orchestral works without the soloist, to be used
as accompaniment. However, now there are more companies producing
this sort of recording and often music minus one is used generically to
refer to them. Another term for them is play along (or play-along), used also
for recording of one solo instrument, especially for beginners to
practice. So, if you look for these recordings, it's better to use both
expressions to get more results.
Luckily for you, here you don't
need to spend a lot of time searching your music minus one recordings.
Here is a wealth of music for all levels and tastes, from modern movie
themes, songs, classical music,
chamber music with piano, trios, quartets, quintets, sonatas, viola
concertos. I'm sure you'll find something you like!
Famous tunes for solo viola or accompanied with
piano or orchestra
The
following ones are Music Minus One recordings that play the viola solo
part, exactly what you will
play. You can listen to them and play on your own or play along with
the CD. Both are good ways to practice. A lot of popular themes from
songs, movies, very useful also for beginners of all ages!
Kurt
Weill Songs(Viola
and Piano with a CD of Performance and Play-Along Tracks). By Kurt
Weill (1900-1950). Arranged by Martin Reiter. For Viola, Piano
Accompaniment. String Solo. Book with CD. Universal Edition #UE34325.
Published by Universal Edition (HL.49019700)
Lennon
and McCartney Solos - Viola By The Beatles. Viola solo
songbook and accompaniment CD for solo viola. 12 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard.
Contents
All
My Loving, And I Love Her, Can't Buy Me Love, Come Together, Eleanor
Rigby, Lady Madonna, The Long And Winding Road, Maxwell's Silver
Hammer, Oh! Darling, Ticket To Ride, Yesterday
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customer rating:
Volume
100 - St. Louis Blues - Dixieland Classics Book and
accompaniment CD for singers, vocalists, drums, bass,
guitar, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, piano, keyboard, organ,
saxophone, trombone, trumpet harmonica. Celebrate the music of great
innovators who started in all with these Dixieland favorites. Level:
Intermediate/Advanced. Series: Jamey Aebersold Standards Play-Along.
Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz.
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Disney
Solos - Viola Instrumental solo book and accompaniment CD for viola. 12
Disney favorites with a CD that lets you play along with a full band.
24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. Contents
Just
Can't Wait To Be King, Can
You Feel The Love Tonight,
Colors Of The Wind, You've
Got A Friend In Me, The
Bells Of Notre Dame, Zero To Hero, Reflection, You'll Be In My Heart
(Pop
Version), Be Our Guest, Friend Like Me, Part Of Your World, Under The
Sea
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customer rating:
Pirates
of the Caribbean (Viola) Instrumental solo book and
accompaniment CD for viola solo.
Series: Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along.
24 pages. Published by Hal
Leonard.
16 pieces Contents
The
Medallion Calls, The Black Pearl, To The Pirate's Cave!, One Last Shot,
He's A Pirate, Blood Ritual, Moonlight Serenade, Underwater March, Davy
Jones, Davy Jones Plays His Organ, Dinner Is Served, I've Got My Eye On
You, Jack Sparrow, The Kraken
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Essential
Elements 2000 for Strings Plus DVDViola. By Various. EE2000. Play
Along. Book & CD & DVD Package. 48 pages. Published by
Hal
Leonard Corporation.
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Beauty
And The Beast By Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman.
Book and accompaniment CD for solo violin, solo viola
(optional), solo cello (optional) and orchestra accompaniment (on audio
CD only). From the Disney animated motion picture "Beauty And The
Beast". 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.
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The
Lord of the Rings - Instrumental Solos (Viola/Piano) By Howard
Shore, edited by Bill Gallifor, Jeannette DeLisa.
Instrumental solo/piano book and accompaniment CD for viola solo and piano accompaniment.
Level 2-3. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. Contents
The Prophecy, In Dreams, Concerning Hobbits, Many Meetings, The Black
Rider, Gollum's Song,
Rohan, Evenstar, Forth
Eorlingas, Into the West, The Steward of Gondor, Minas Tirith
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customer rating:
English
& Irish Duets For Violin with Optional Second Part for
Viola. This edition:
1023198401. De Haske Play-Along Book. Play Along. 24 pages. Published
by DeHaske Publications.
My
Very Best Christmas, Viola Edition17 Viola Solos,
Duets, and a play-along CD on
Christmas favorites. Arranged and
edited by Karen Khanagov. Level: Beginning. Book/CD Set. 88 pages.
Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Contents
Joy
to the World, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Deck the Halls, Angels From
the Realms of Glory, Away in a Manger, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Hark,
the Herald Angels Sing, It Came
Upon a Midnight Clear, What Child is This?, Angels We Have Heard
on High, Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, We Three Kings, O
Holy Night
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customer rating:
Star
Wars - Episodes I, II & III (Viola/Piano) Music by John
Williams. Instrumental solo book and accompaniment
CD for viola solo and piano
accompaniment. Level 2-3. 66 pages.
Published by Alfred Publishing. Contents
Star Wars (Main Title), Duel of the Fates, Qui-Gon's Funeral, Augie's
Great Municipal Band, Across
the Stars, The Imperial March,
The Meadow Picnic, May the Force
Be With You, Princess Leia's Theme, Battle of the Heroes, The Throne
Room
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customer rating:
Harry
Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets (Viola/Piano) By John
Williams, arranged by Bill Galliford, Ethan Neuburg, Tod Edmondson. Viola solo
book and piano accompaniment CD. 72 pages.
Published
by Alfred Publishing. Contents
The
Chamber of Secrets, Dobby the House Elf, Family Portrait, Fawkes the
Phoenix, Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry's Wondrous World, Hedwig's Theme,
Moaning Myrtle, Nimbus 2000
Average
customer rating:
Essential
Rock for Viola By Various. Instrumental Folio. Play
Along. Softcover with CD. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. Contents
Low
Rider, Don't Stop, Best Of My Love, Jump, La Grange, Aqualung, Brown
Eyed Girl, Crocodile Rock, Fly Like An Eagle, Free Bird, I Want
You To Want Me, Maggie May, Walk This Way, You May Be Right, White
Wedding
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customer rating:
English
& Irish Duets For Cello with Optional Second Part for
Viola. This edition:
1023199. De Haske Play-Along Book. Play
Along. 24 pages. Published by
DeHaske Publications.
Wicked
(Viola) Viola Play-Along
Pack. By Stephen Schwartz.
Instrumental Folio.
Play Along. Softcover with CD. Published by Hal Leonard.
13 songs
from the Broadway sensation arranged for solo viola with a great
accompaniment CD. Contents
Wonderful,
No One Mourns The Wicked, The Wizard And I, What Is This Feeling?,
Dancing Through Life, Popular, I'm Not That Girl, One Short Day,
Defying Gravity, I Couldn't Be Happier, As Long As You're Mine, No Good
Deed, For Good
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customer rating:
14
Easy Tunes for Viola Arranged by Colin Cowles. This edition:
F830. Fentone Play Along
Books. Play Along. BOOK W/CD.
32 pages. Published by Fentone Music/De
Haske.
Selected
Studies (Viola) For the Beginner Viola Player. Arranged by
Gunter Van Rompaey,
Nico Dezaire. This edition: 1043672. De Haske Play-Along Book. Play
Along. BOOK W/CD. 64 pages. Published by De Haske Publications.
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Movie
Instrumental Solos for Strings - Viola (Book and CD)
Instrumental solo book and accompaniment CD for viola. Level 2-3.
19 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. Contents
In Dreams, Across the Stars, Duel
of the Fates, Fawkes the
Phoenix, Gollum's Song, Goldfinger,
Hedwig's Theme, October Sky,
Theme from Jurassic Park, James Bond Theme
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Selections
from Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (Instrumental Solos)
Music by Patrick Doyle. Set of performance
parts and accompaniment CD for viola and piano accompaniment. 66
pages.
Published by Alfred Publishing. Contents
Death
of Cedric, Foxtrot Fleur, Harry in Winter, Potter Waltz, The Quidditch
World Cup (The Irish), Hogwarts' March, Neville's Waltz, Hogwarts'
Hymn, Hedwig's Theme
Christmas
Instrumental Solos - Viola (Book & CD) (Carols And
Traditional) Arranged by Bill Galliford, Ethan
Neuburg, Tod Edmondson. Instrumental solo book and
examples/accompaniment CD for viola. 96 pages. Published by Alfred
Publishing.
Music Minus One of Classical chamber music
with viola
Here
are some chamber music works where the viola has an important part,
with the play along CD you'll be able to practice with all the rest of
your ensemble. Duos viola and piano, trios, quartets, quintets.
Classical
Favorites for Viola by Various. Instrumental Folio. Play
Along. Softcover with CD. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. Contents 15
classic solos. Includes: Ave Maria (Schubert), Blue Danube Waltz
(Strauss, Jr.), Fur Elise (Beethoven), Largo (Handel), Minuet in G
(Bach), Ode to Joy (Beethoven), Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (From the New
World), Second Movement Excerpt (Dvorak), Morning,
Pavane, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, First Movement Excerpt, Habanera,
Triumphal March, The Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Can Can, La donna è mobile
A
beautiful and wide-ranging
collection of music written or arranged for viola and piano. These
sixteen concert pieces include every
musical style from Baroque to
Romantic, and include a number of beautiful instrumental arrangements
of lieder and traditional songs. Contents
Tema
con variazioni (couplets des Folies d'Espagne) by Marais, Choral
Prelude (O Mensch bewein Dein Sunde gross) by Bach, Johann Sebastian,
Menuetto by Handel, Georg Friedrich, Allegretto Grazioso by Bach, Carl
Philipp Emanuel, Tambourin by Hervelois, Louis de Caix, Violin-Viola
Duo No. 2 (Andante) by Mozart, W.A., German Dance (Landler) by
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von, Romance by Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas,
Notturno, op. 42 (March) by Beethoven, Ludwig van, Arpeggione Sonata
(Adagio) by Schubert, Franz, Von ewiger Liebe (Love Is Forever), op.
43, no. 1 by Brahms, Johannes, Verborgenheit (Renunciation) by Wolf,
Hugo, I'm Just A-goin' over Jordan by Traditional (Spiritual), Were You
There? by Traditional (Spiritual), Shenandoah by Traditional (American
folk song), Boston Fancy (Hornpipe) by Traditional (American folk dance)
Three
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). For Cello/Viola da gamba, Piano.
Play Along. Sheet music and accompaniment CD. Published by Music
Partner CD (PE.Q09853)
BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in A minor, op. 132 (2 CD Set) By Ludwig van
Beethoven. The Vieuxtemps String Quartet - Soloist:
Linda Lawrence, viola; Ensemble: Masako Yanagita, violin; Marnie Hall,
violin; Evalyn Steinbock, cello. Instrumental Solo Part for
Viola and 2 CDs.
Published by Music Minus One.
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Johannes Brahms, Sonatas
op.120. Edited by
Bading / C. Herrmann. For Viola, Piano. Play Along.
CD/DVD. Published by Edition Peters.
No.
1 in F minor; No. 2 in Eb.
Antonin Dvorak,
Quintet in A major, op. 81 Ensemble: Harriet Wingreen, piano;
Manhattan String
Quartet. For Viola.
Instrumental Solo Part and CD. Published by Music
Minus One.
Listen to the beautiful
second movement with the viola starting the theme
Play
Puccini (Viola) 10 Arias Transcribed for Viola & Piano. By Giacomo
Puccini. Play Along. Softcover with CD. 40 pages. Published by Ricordi.
Who
needs a singer?
Puccini sounds great on the viola, you can enjoy his luxurious Italian
melody! These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous
ones, here transcribed for intermediate level solo and piano. The book
includes a biography of Puccini, notes
about the plot of each opera, more...and
the dramatic context of the selected aria.
Includes arias from: La Boheme, La Fanciulla Del West, Gianni Schicchi,
Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca and Turandot. Contents
Nessun
Dorma, In Quelle Trine Morbide, Vissi D'arte, Ch'ella mi creda, Senza
mamma, E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, Recondita Armonia, O Mio
Babbino Caro, Quando Men Vo (Mussetta's Waltz), Un Bel Dì Vedremo
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Adagio
and Allegro for Horn and Piano By Robert Schumann (1810-1856).
Set of performance parts for horn
(or
violin, viola, cello) and
piano. Op.70. 27 pages. Published by Edition
Peters. Sheet
Music & CD Play-along Pack available.
Viola concertos
Here
are some viola concertoswhere
the viola is missing in the recording
(that's why they are called music
minus one)
so with the play-along CD you, the soloist, will be able to practice
with a real
orchestra.
Johann Christian Bach, Viola
Concerto Edited by H. Casadesus. For Accompaniment CD for Viola
(Violin / Cello). Play Along. CD/DVD. Published by Music Partner CD.
HOFFMEISTER,
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major By Franz Anton
Hoffmeister. Soloist: Elissaveta Staneva, viola;
Ensemble: Plovdiv Youth Orchestra; Conductor: Nayden Todorov.
Instrumental Solo Part and CD. Published by Music Minus One.
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Joseph
Schubert, violinist, violist, and violoncellist (of no relation to
Franz) was born in Warnsdorf, Germany, in 1757; he died in Dresden in
1837.
This
is a really lovely classical viola concerto, I have an old LP of it,
very rare, so if you want somenthing really unique, try this.
Concerto
in C MajorViola and Piano.
By Joseph Schubert. Arranged by
Karlheinz
Schultz-Hauser. (Viola). This edition: VAB27. Viola-Bibliothek (Viola
Library). Piano Reduction with Solo Part. 60 pages. Published by Schott
Music.
Concerto
C MajorScore. By
Joseph Schubert. (Score). This edition:
CON132.
Concertino (Chamber Orchestra). Score. 52 pages. Published by Schott
Music.
and tastes, from modern movie
themes, songs, classical music,
chamber music with piano, trios, quartets, quintets, sonatas, viola
concertos. I'm sure you'll find something you like!
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