Minus One

Bellini fans rejoice! We have collected here great scenes and arias from two of Bellini's masterpieces: 'Norma' and 'I Puritani.' Learn from opera great Zvetelina Maldjanska as she sings these magnificent and challenging pieces with orchestra, then learn them yourself with your own personal orchestra.

A collection of the greatest oratorio arias for basso. Including selections from 'The Messiah' and 'The Creation, with John Wustman, your master accompanist.

John Wustman brings you a collection of truly awe-inspiring oratorio ariasincluding selections from 'The Creation' and 'Elijah.'

Tremendous oratorio arias for tenorincluding arias from 'The Messiah' and 'Elijah.'

Here is much of the best literature and favorite selections for the violin, suitable for intermediate-level violinists. They will challenge and delight the performer. Geoffrey Applegate, noted American violinist, performs these pieces, then stands aside so you can step in and perform with the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn.

This album of pieces for violin and orchestra is aimed at the upper intermediate to advanced player. A full range of challenging repertoire, Baroque to Late Romantic, awaits your participation. Your accompaniment, the Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra conducted by Emil Kahn. The solo reference versions are performed by noted American violinist Geoffrey Applegate.

Here is a beautiful collection of shorter pieces for guitar and orchestra. Gorgeously orchestrated to take full advantage of the guitars unique qualities when set against an orchestral background, these pieces are a joy to play. This album makes a perfect choice for the early intermediate player who wants to advance technique in an orchestral setting. Never has the guitar been this much fun!

These four moderately long pieces, composed from 1886-1889, are in Debussy's early style, which is less impressionistic. They are only moderately difficult and run the gamut from the magnificent Ballet with its lovely 'Tempo di Valse' section to the animated 'Cortege.' Fun and rewarding music in the French nineteenth-century idiom. Recommended.

This album of unparalleled pieces by the great Romantic master, Robert Schumann, provides the less experienced clarinetist with a diverse collection of nineteenth-century musical perfection. Highly recommended.