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| (Children's Traditional Songs) | The Alphabet Song Alouette Bingo Eensy Weensy Spider I've Been Working on the Railroad My Darling Clementine |
Solo | Piano | Easy CD #100 | Easy to play but very high quality. These songs are NOT suitable for a child's first recorder lessons. |
| (English Traditional) | Greensleeves | Solo | Lute | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
Composer unknown. Probably 15th or 16th century |
| (Irish Traditional) | Londonderry Aire | Solo | Harp | Easy CD #100 | What's with Danny Boy? |
| (Russian Traditional) | Song of the Volga Boatmen | Solo | Strings, Accordians, Balalaikas, Percussion | Easy CD #100 | |
| * | Meadowlands | Solo | * | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Kalinka | Solo | * | Advanced CD #102 | Speed Demon. Try it! |
| John Adson (d. 1640) | Three Country Ayres | Trio | Cello - Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1750) | Adagio | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | Big, bold and beautiful tune. |
| Nicholas Ammerbach (1530 - 1597) | Pazzamezzo Antico | Duet | Strings | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 | |
| Felice Anerio (1560 - 1614) | Al Suon | Solo | Violin - Cello- Lute - Harpsichord | Easy CD #100 | An easy piece in a large setting. A challenge for the beginner and fun for the more advanced player. |
| Thoinot Arbeau (1520 - 1595) | Pavana | Trio | Cello | Easy CD #100 | |
| Jacob Arcadelt (1505 - 1568) | Ave Maria | Solo | Strings | Easy CD #100 | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) | Arioso | Solo | Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Fugue in G minor (The Little) | Duet | Two Bassoons | Advanced CD #102 | Fun and challenging |
| * | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | Solo | Organ | Advanced CD #102 | Excellent piece for breath control and fingering practice. |
| Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) | Two Melodies (from Norma) | Duet | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | Charming |
| Adriano Bianchieri (1568 - 1634) | Fantasia Seconda | Solo | Oboe - Bassoon | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Carl Bohm (1844 - 1920) | Still as the Night | Solo | Piano | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
A beautiful melody. |
| Louis Bourgeois (1510 - 1561) | Qui au Conseil | Quartet | (none) | Easy CD #100 | |
| Antonio de Cabazon (1510 - 1566) | Diferencias Cavallero | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) | Followe Thy Sainte | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | Followe Thy Faire Sunne | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | Fyre, Fyre | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | What Harvest Half So Sweet | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | When Thou Must Home | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | Never Weather Beaten Sayle | Solo | Harpsichord | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| Gene Casti (b. 1945) | Etude Suite #1 Pavane Estampie Saltarello |
Solo | (unaccompanied) | Pavanes - Intermediate Estampies - Intermediate/Advanced Saltarelli - Advanced All on CD #101 |
Structured studies in the most commonly used keys. Designed to rapidly advance the student. |
| * | Etude Suite #2 Pavane Estampie Saltarello |
Solo | (unaccompanied) | * | |
| * | Etude Suite #3 Pavane Estampie Saltarello |
Solo | (unaccompanied) | * | |
| * | Etude Suite #4 Pavane Estampie Saltarello |
Solo | (unaccompanied) | * | |
| * | Etude Suite #5 Pavane Estampie Saltarello |
Solo | (unaccompanied) | * | |
| * | Excursions into the Past #1 (Andante) . | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | A concert suite in four movements. Suitable for performance. |
| * | Excursions into the Past #2 (Allegro) | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| * | Excursions into the Past #3 (Intermezzo) | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| * | Excursions into the Past #4 (Vivace) | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | If you can play this one, you're good! |
| * | Heroic Notions | Solo | Strings, Brass | Advanced CD #102 | Big and bold. A little hard to play with a rousing tune. |
| * | New Orleans Fantasy | Solo | Brass, Clarinet, Banjo | Advanced CD #102 | Ragtime recorder, anyone? A real New Orleans style Dixieland piece. Somewhat hard but lots of fun. |
| * | Pop Goes the Weasel (A Musical Joke) | Solo | Piano, Sound effects | Intermediate CD #101 | Put a little humor into your life. |
| Archangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) & Gene Casti | Variations on La Folia | Solo | Harpsichord | Advanced CD #102 | Extremely difficult,. For those who aspire to greatness. Super concert piece. Based on a 15th/16th century Spanish melody. Adapted from a famous Corelli violin piece |
| Francois Couperin (1668 - 1733) | Gavotte . | Solo | Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | La Florentine | Solo | Cello | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Cesar A. Cui (1835 - 1918) | Orientale | Solo | Shanai - Koto | Intermediate CD #101 | An exotic mix of east and west. Good for your snake charming act. |
| John Danyel (c.1565 - 1630) | Stay, Cruel, Stay | Solo | Lute - Cello | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) | Clair de Lune | Solo | Piano | Advanced CD #102 | |
| * | Reverie | Solo | Harp | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Gaetano Donezetti (1797 - 1848) | Chi Mi Frena (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Sextet | Piano | Advanced CD #102 | |
| John Dowland (1563 - 1626) | What If I Never Speed | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Who Ever Thinks or Hopes of Love | Solo | Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Auguste Durand (1830 - 1909) | Chaconne | Solo | Piano | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924) | Pavane | Solo | Guitar | Advanced CD #102 | Great melody |
| * | Sicilienne | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | Emotionally moving, another of the Prof's favs. |
| Alfonso Ferrabosco (1578 - 1628) | Dovehouse Pavan | Trio | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | Beautiful tune, one of the old Prof's personal favs. |
| Costanzo Festa (d. 1545) | Quando Ritrova | Quartet | (none) | Easy CD #100 | |
| Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1650 - 1746) | Ballet Anglois | Trio | (none) | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Giacomo Fogliano (1473 - 1548) | Ave Maria | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890) | Panis Angelicus | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864) | Concert Medley | Solo | Piano, Fiddle, Banjo | Intermediate CD #101 | Concert medley of Foster favorites arranged for intermediate players. Uses true Appalation instrumental sounds and styles. |
| Andrea Gabrieli (1520 - 1586) | Ricercar del 12 Tono | Duet | Brass | Advanced CD #102 | (Giovanni's Uncle) |
| Giovanni Gabrieli (1557 - 1612) | In Ecclesiis | Solo | Orchestra - Organ | Advanced CD #102 | The recorder in a large, late renaissance, orchestral setting. |
| * | Sonata for Recorder and Brass Choirs (Sonata pian e forte) | Quartet | Brass | Advanced CD #102 | |
| (Glogauer Liederbuch) (c. 1460) | Two Dances | Trio | (none) | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Cristolph von Gluck (1714 - 1787) | Dance of the Blessed Spirits | Duet | Bassoon, French Horn, Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) | Alerte! (from Faust) | Trio | Brass, Strings | Advanced | Very rousing. |
| George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) | Air (from the Water Music Suite) | Solo | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Largo (from Xerxes) | Solo | Piano | Easy CD #100 | |
| * | Sarabande | Duet | Strings | Easy CD #100 | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921) | Prayer (from Hansel und Gretel) | Solo | String Orchestra | Intermediate CD #101 | No, not the pop singer. (His real name is Dorsey.) |
| Johann Kuhnau (1660 - 1722) | Aria | Duet | Strings | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| Edward MacDowell (1861 - 1908) | To a Wild Rose | Solo | Electric Piano | Easy CD #100 | |
| Giovanni Maque (1584 - 1613) | Consonanze Stravaganti | Duet | Oboe, Bassoon | Easy CD #100 | |
| Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945) | Selections from Cavalleria
Rusticana. 1. Chorus and Brindisi |
Ensemble | Orchestra | Advanced CD #102 | Four selections from one of the most melodic operas ever written. |
| * | 2. Duet | Duet | Orchestra | Advanced CD #102 | |
| * | 3. Prologue | Solo | Harp | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | 4. Regina Coeli (Easter Hymm) | Ensemble | Orchestra, Organ | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Florentio Maschera (1540 - 1584) | Canzona per Strumenti | Duet | Oboe - Bassoon | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) | May Breezes | Solo | Harp | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Sadness of Soul | Solo | Piano | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) | Two Pieces from L'Orfeo | Duet | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Thomas Morley (1557 - 1602) | Cease Mine Eyes | Trio | (none) | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | My Bonny Lass She Smileth | Duet | Strings | Easy/Intermediate CD #100 |
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| * | Now is the Month of Maying | Trio | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Wither Away So Fast? | Trio | (none) | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) | Ave Verum Corpus | Quintet | (none) | Easy CD #100 | Had to throw some Mozart in. He wasn't known for his recorder stuff. Transcribed from a vocal piece. |
| George Muffat (1645 - 1704) | Adagio from Toccata No. 11 | Quartet | (none) | Easy CD #100 | |
| Luis de Narvaez (c. 1538) | Diferencias sobra O Gloriosa Domina | Solo | Lute | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Jacob Obrecht (1430 - 1505) | Tsaat Een Meskin | Duet | Lute | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706) | Canon | Quartet | (none) | Advanced CD #102 | Very big, over 7 mins. This well known piece is a challenge. |
| Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736) | Dolorosa (from Sabat Mater) | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Jacopo Peri (1550 - 1625) | Invocatione di Orfeo | Solo | Harp | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Perotinus (c. 1160 - c. 1220) | Beata Viscera | Solo | Percussion | Intermediate CD #101 | Attributed to Perotinus because of the style. Only an educated guess. |
| Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621) | Ballet du Roy pour sonner a'pres | Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Bouree | Duet | Strings | Intermediate/Advanced CD #101 | Another personal fav. |
| Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924 ) | Flower Duet (from Madam Butterfly |
Duet | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) | Ayre | Solo | Cello | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Hornepype | Solo | Cello | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Marche | Solo | Cello | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Sarabande | Solo | Cello | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882) | Cavatina Romantica | Solo | Piano | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Romance | Solo | Piano | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868) | Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti (Comical Duet of Two Cats) | Duet | Harpsichord | Advanced CD #102 | Great musical humor. |
| Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921) | Le Cygne (The Swan from Carnival of Animals) | Solo | 2 Harps | Intermediate CD #101 | A beautiful tune. |
| Eric Satie (1866 - 1925) | Gnossienne #1 | Solo | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | The works of Satie are sometimes weird, mostly strange and always charming. |
| * | Gnossienne #2 | Solo | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Gnossienne #3 | Solo | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Gymnopedie #1 | Solo | Harp | Easy CD #100 | |
| * | Gymnopedie #2 | Solo | Harp | Easy CD #100 | |
| * | Gymnopedie #3 | Solo | Harp | Easy CD #100 | |
| * | Pieces Froides, Dances de Travers I | Solo | Guitar | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Pieces Froides, Dances de Travers II | Solo | Guitar | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Pieces Froides, Dances de Travers III | Solo | Guitar | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Prelude de la Porte Heroique du Ciel | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Antonio Scandello (1517 - 1580) | Vorria ce tu Canta | Duet | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725) | Rugiadose, Odorose | Solo | Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) | Ave Maria | Solo | Organ | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) | Traumerei | Solo | Electric Piano | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Tielman Susato (? - c. 1571) | Pourquoi Donc | Quartet | Woodwinds, Percussion | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770) | Aria | Solo | Harpsichord | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) | None but the Lonely Heart | Solo | Piano | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Thomas Tomkins (1573 - 1656) | In Nomine | Solo | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) | Bella Figlia del Amore (from Rigoletto) | Quartet | Strings | Advanced CD #102 | |
| * | Va Pensiero (from Nebucco) | Trio | Orchestra | Intermediate CD #101 | There was a movement in Italy to make this tune their National Anthem. |
| Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) | Courante | Solo | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| * | Pastorale | Solo | * | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| Thomas Weelkes (1575 - 1623) | Harke, All ye Lovely Saintes | Trio | Strings | Intermediate CD #101 | |
| John Wilbye (1574 - 1638) | Oh, What Shall I Do? | Trio | (none) | Advanced CD #102 | |
| Sebastian Yradier (1809 - 1865) | La Paloma | Solo | Guitar | Advanced CD #102 | |