The Music Minus One series of solo sheet music publications with recorded accompaniments dates back to the vinyl LP era of forty years ago and has been vastly upgraded and expanded since the advent of compact disc recordings. The concept is as successful as it is simple: a given title includes the printed sheet music plus a CD recording. The solo part is recorded in one channel and the accompaniment is in the other channel; the player can use the balance control to listen to the entire performance, just the solo part, or play along with the recorded accompaniment. The Music Minus One catalogue has five titles specifically intended for the recorder: three methods for beginning soprano recorder and two sets of baroque solo sonatas for more advanced alto recorder players. However, a number of baroque and classical solo and chamber music titles from their flute and oboe catalogues are also well-suited for the recorder.
| Composer | Title | Solo Part Accompaniment |
Order No. | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erich Katz | Folk Songs of Many Nations A Method for the Soprano Recorder |
soprano recorder soprano and alto recorder |
MMO CD 3337 | 24.98 |
| Burakoff | Let's Play the Recorder A Method for the Young Beginner |
soprano recorder recorder/guitar/bass/percussion |
MMO CD 3338 | 24.98 |
| Burakoff | You Can Play the Recorder A Method for the Adult Beginner |
soprano recorder recorder/guitar/bass/percussion |
MMO CD 3339 | 24.98 |
| Telemann Telemann Handel |
Trio Sonata in F major Trio Sonata in Bb major Sonata in C major |
alto recorder harpsichord & viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3340 | 24.98 |
| Handel Telemann Marcello |
Sonata in F major Sonata in F major Sonata in F major |
alto recorder harpsichord & viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3341 | 24.98 |
| Composer | Title | Solo Part Accompaniment |
Order No. | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Praetorius, Attaingnant, Banchieri | Renaissance Dances & Fantasias | soprano recorder or other instruments New York Renaissance Band |
MMO CD 3356 | 24.98 |
| Agricola, Brumel, Compere, Isaac, Josquin, Obrecht, Ockeghem, Susato |
Echoes of Time | soprano recorder or other instruments New York Renaissance Band |
MMO CD 3357 (2 CD set) |
29.98 |
| Telemann, Loeillet, Sammartini | 18th Century Recorder Music | alto recorder & alto/tenor recorder harpsichord & viola da gamba LaNoue & Mark Davenport |
MMO CD 3358 (2 CD set) |
29.98 |
| Coperario, Dowland, Brade, Lawes, Schein, Byrd, Woodcock |
English Consort Music | soprano/alto recorder or treble viol New York Consort of Viols |
MMO CD 3359 (2 CD set) |
29.98 |
| various | Dances of Three Centuries | soprano recorder or other instruments Davenport/Davidoff/Evans |
MMO CD 3360 | 24.98 |
| Composer | Title | Solo Part Accompaniment |
Order No. | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handel Telemann |
Three Solo Sonatas Three Duets |
flute (alto/tenor recorder) harpsichord and viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3343 (2 CD set) |
29.98 |
| Various | Flute and Guitar Duets, Vol. 1 Renaissance and Baroque Pieces |
flute (soprano/alto/tenor recorder) lute/guitar |
MMO CD 3319 | 24.98 |
| Pepusch Telemann |
Trio Sonata in C major Trio Sonata in C minor |
flute (alto recorder) oboe, harpsichord, and viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3346 | 24.98 |
| Quantz J. S. Bach Abel |
Trio Sonata in C major Gigue from Trio Sonata in C major Trio Sonata in F major |
flute (alto recorder) oboe, harpsichord, cello |
MMO CD 3347 | 24.98 |
| Composer | Title | Solo Part Accompaniment |
Order No. | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach / Telemann / Loeillet Handel / Fasch / seven others |
Classic Solos for the Oboe | oboe (soprano/tenor recorder) piano |
MMO CD 3404 (2 CD set) |
29.98 |
| Pepusch Telemann |
Trio Sonata in C major Trio Sonata in C minor |
oboe (tenor recorder) flute, harpsichord and viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3407 | 24.98 |
| Quantz J. S. Bach Abel |
Trio Sonata in C major Gigue from Trio Sonata in C major Trio Sonata in F major |
oboe (tenor recorder) flute, harpsichord, and viola da gamba |
MMO CD 3408 | 24.98 |
| Albinoni | Three Oboe Concerti Op. 7, No. 3 & 6; Op. 9, No. 2 |
oboe (soprano/tenor recorder) orchestra |
MMO CD 3400 | 24.98 |
| Handel Telemann Vivaldi |
Three Oboe Concerti | oboe (soprano/tenor recorder) orchestra |
MMO CD 3401 | 24.98 |
| Mozart Stamitz |
Two Quartets for Oboe and String Trio | oboe (soprano/tenor recorder) violin, viola, & cello |
MMO CD 3402 | 24.98 |
| Bach Telemann |
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F major Oboe Concerto in A minor |
oboe (soprano/tenor recorder) orchestra |
MMO CD 3403 | 24.98 |