The Recorder Magazine’s autumn issue, just out, investigates how the recorder’s 18th-century heyday intersected with the Transatlantic slave trade. We look at tablature as a notation system, hear from Meng-Heng Chen and Ensemble Gamut! and find out about the 18th-century soprano and actress Kitty Clive. There’s a full report on the SRP Festival at Saltaire and Heidi Fardell takes over ERTA's chair. The free centrespread is Lopsided Groove by James Stringer.
Click here for the contents and here for a list of music reviewed in this issue.
P 885 The New Grammar of Ornament: ornamentation & embellishment in the late Baroque by Eric Haas, £28.00
Revised and expanded from its 1998 edition. Contains an explanatory introduction and chapters on Baroque ornamentation, musical rhetoric, the “Essential Graces”, free ornamentation, 18th-century examples of written out ornamentation, French Baroque ornamentation, an appendix of examples - especially from Telemann’s Sonate Metodiche - and a select bibliography.
PEMS 111 Women’s Work: Music composed by women from the 12th-20th centuries, edited and arranged by Eric Haas for 1-5 recorders, £26.00
This well researched and comprehensive collection of women's music originated in a class on music by female composers given in 2018 by Eric Haas's late wife, Janet Haas, an Early Music expert, bassist and gambist.
Eric Haas collaborated in researching these pieces, and now presents this new collection of music by women composers stretching from Hildegard of Bingen through the centuries to the 1950s. Most of the music was originally for voices, organ or harmonium, and is arranged for 1-5 recorders (SATB various). Ring-bound.
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P 707 Soprano Recorder Solo Book -
Misc. ed. Eric Haas, 1 S (or 1 T), £22.00
130 pages of music from from 13th to 21st Centuries. Plenty to keep people entertained in the lockdown. Spiral-bound to lie flat on the music stand, strong plastic cover for durability and very clear well-set-out print. Tenor recorder could also be appropriate for many of the pieces. Click here and here for contents.
P 714 Alto Recorder Solo Book - Misc. arr. Eric Haas for solo treble, £22.00
Music from from 13th to 21st Centuries. Spiral-bound to lie flat on the music stand, strong plastic cover for durability and very clear well-set-out print.
P 722 Bass Recorder Solo Book -
ed. Eric Haas, £22.00
130 pages of music from from 13th to 21st Centuries. Spiral-bound to lie flat on the music stand, strong plastic cover for durability and very clear well-set-out print. Click here and here for contents.
P 749 Tenor Recorder Solo Book - selected, edited and arranged by Eric Haas, £22.00
Music from from 13th to 21st Centuries. Spiral-bound to lie flat on the music stand, strong plastic cover for durability and very clear well-set-out print. Click here and here for contents. This completes this very comprehensive series for the solo recorder.
Alto Duets
P 688 Alto Recorder Duet Book 1 - Selected. arranged and edited by Eric Haas, £22.00
P 784 Alto Recorder Duet Book 2 - Selected. arranged and edited by Eric Haas, £22.00
Music from the 13th to 21st centuries. 100 pieces in each volume including contemporary works written especially for these books.
P 792 Alto Recorder Duets Book 3 - Selected & edited by Eric Haas, £22.00
Even more duets to keep you happy. Same framework as the other volumes but no overlap of content.
Tenor Duets
P 858 Tenor Duet Book by Eric Haas for TT, £22.00
PEMS 111 Women’s Work: Music composed by women from the 12th-20th centuries, edited and arranged by Eric Haas for 1-5 recorders, £26.00
Researched by Janet and Eric Haas, stretching from Hildegard of Bingen to the 20th century. Ring-bound.
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P 141 Concerto in d min.TWV 52:e1 by Telemann, arr. Joanna Brown for AAATTBGbCb, £15.00
P 604 Suite Francaise by Francis Poulenc, arr. James Kurtz for SATB, £15.00
P 829 Suite No 5: In Sherwood Forest by Raymond Harvey for SATB, £5.75
P 857 Nine Tuneful Duets for Treble Recorder by Richard Kershaw, AA, £7.50
P 865 Winter Wandering by John Hawkes, for SATTB, £9.50
P 866 Josef's Musical Journey by Marg Hall, for SATB, £10.50
P 867 Six Catalan Songs by Marg Hall for SAT, £6.50
P868 The Story of Danny Boy by Guus Haverkate for AATB, £9.50
P869 Two to Tango, Por una Cabeza Volver by Carlos Gardel arr. Sue Handscombe for Alto Recorder & Piano, £5.50
P870 The Bee-loud Glade, A suite for four recorders by Marg Hall for SATB, £8.00
P871 Fanfare for an Ancient City, a celebration in four movements for Recorder Ensemble, by Nicholas Wynne, for SAATTB, £12
P872 Sinfonia-Concertante, Opus 70, 1st Movement, by Franz Krommer (1759-1831), arr. for recorder orchestra by Joanna Brown, SopDDTrTrTTBBGBCB, £14.50
P873 'Oronsay' Idyll for Recorder Orchestra by James Stringer for SoSATBBGBCB £8.00
P874 12 Little Duets for Bass & Great Bass by Nicholas Wynne, £5.50
P875 12 Little Duets for Alto and Tenor by Nicholas Wynne, £5.50
P876 As I Was A-Walking : 5 Traditional folksongs arranged for SAT recorders by Liz Maxwell, £8.50
P877 Those Passing Years by Nicholas Wynne for for SATBGbCb, £8.50
P 878 Dunster Beach - a Tone Poem for Recorder Orchestra by James Stringer for SoSSAATTBBGBCB £15.50
P 879 The Breeze by James Stringer for 4 SATB £9.50
P 880 Celtic Reflections for Tin Whistle by James Stringer for Tin whistle/S ATB £9.50
P 881 Colours by James Stringer for 4 SATB £9.50
P 882 Lighthouses of England by James Stringer for 4 SATB £9.50
P 883 Variations on a Chord by James Stringer for SATTBGb £12.50
P 884 Trad arr Marg Hall - Four Balkan Songs and Dances for 4 SATB £7.50
P 887 James Stringer - The Shipping Forecast for 6 AATTBB (or Cb) £15.50
P 888 Palestrina, transcribed Joanna Brown - Adjuro vos filiae Jerusalem for 5 SATTB £8.50
P 890 Marg Hall - Rag, Blues and Tango for 4 BBBB £7.50
P 891 Nicholas Wynne - Follow my Leader - Nine Little Duets for Two Alto Recorders for 2 AA £6.50
P 892 Nicholas Wynne - Follow my Leader - Nine Little Duets for Two Bass Recorders for 2 BB £6.50
P 893 Nicholas Wynne - Follow my Leader - Nine Little Duets for Two C Recorders for 2 SS £6.50
P 893a Nicholas Wynne - Follow my Leader - Nine Little Duets for Two C Recorders for 2 TT £6.50
P 894 Nicholas Wynne - Follow my Leader - Nine Little Duets for Two Great Bass Recorders for 2 GbGb £6.50
P 895 William Boyce, arr Nicholas Wynne - 12 Trio Sonatas Vol I for 3 ATB £12.50
P 896 William Boyce, arr Nicholas Wynne - 12 Trio Sonatas Vol II for 3 ATB £12.50
P 897 William Boyce, arr Nicholas Wynne - 12 Trio Sonatas Vol III for 3 ATB £12.50
P 898 Ruth Pitts - Wistman's Wood for solo tenor £6.50
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John Turner's Contemporary Recorder Music series
PJT 60 Elgar Tunes by Ian Parrott for 1 A & pno, £5.50
PJT 132 At the Grave of John O'Brien by Robin Walker for two treble recorders and guitar, £8.50
PJT 143. Introduction and Allegro by Michael Nuttall for treble recorder or flute & pno, £5.50
PJT 166. Elegy for Robin by Robert Crawford for solo tenor & organ, £5.00
PJT 199 Christopher Cotton - Overture for St Paul's for recorder/flute, oboe and keyboard, £6.00
A most interesting piece of majestic proportions and changing moods.
PJT 200 Nicholas Marshall - The Birds for High voice, recorder & piano, £10.50
The seven pieces are inspired by the poems of famous poets: 1. Proud Songsters - Thomas Hardy; 2. The Birds - Hilaire Belloc; 3. Leda and the Swan - W B Yeats; 4.Boys Then and Now - Thomas Hardy; 5. Snow - Edward Thomas; 6.The Owl - Tennyson; 7. The Swan - James Reeves. The recorder, as might be expected, often takes on the role of the bird.
PJT 201 Elizabeth Poston - Concertino da Camera on a theme of Martin Peerson, for 1 A, oboe or oboe d'amore, viola da gamba and harpsichord, £10.50
A wonderful work by the composer of the well-known carol "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree", who loved both the recorder and early music. The work is in a tuneful neo-Baroque style, and the composer herself thought it one of her very best works.
PJT 202 George Odam - Sonata Ecologica for recorder & piano, £6.50
A concern for the natural world and its ongoing destruction by man inspires this haunting work. The first movement, a prayerful and mystical introduction leading to an athletic leaping dance, is succeeded by a gentle lament for the leafy trees. The virtuosic finale, in which descant and sopranino recorders take over from treble, is a hectic and primitive-sounding dance for birds, in irregular and teasing rhythms.
PJT 206 Variations on an American Ditty by John Locke for 4 SATB, £8.00
This piece is on the harder side of moderate but well worth working at. All parts are interesting and make up an enjoyable and well-written addition to the quartet repertoire.
PJT 207 Three Cornish Scenes by William Learne Harris for 1 S,A,T & pno, £7.50
This piece uses S, A and T recorders. 1. The Passing of the Great Bird (A); 2. Madonna of Morgan Woods - Passacaglia (T); 3. Choral Prelude on 'Great Soul' (S). Each of these pieces tells a story (found in the preface to the music). Three quite short evocative pieces to be enjoyed by good to advanced players, written by a co-founder of the Cornish Music Guild.
PJT 208 Picnic by Michael Baron, for S&A & pno £6.00
This piece, marked Allegretto scherzoso, is a one-movement, energetic piece, with plenty of banter between the recorder and the piano: very much an equal partnership. It is half for descant and half for treble.
PJT 209 Her Rapture by Robin Walker for solo descant, £5.00
This significant piece, dedicated to Dorothy Pilling, is a very welcome addition to the solo descant repertoire. There are plenty of indications of mood, style and tempo throughout.
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NEW in the York Waits Christmas Collection series:
English Christmas, PTYW 105, £6.25
For 2-5 voices and instruments. Medieval and Renaissance Christmas music restored and arranged for instruments and voices.
Andrew Robinson Editions
The Solo Recorder, ed. Andrew Robinson
A beautifully produced two-volume
set of solo recorder music to enhance the repertoire of
any serious recorder player. It is clearly typeset and
well laid out on larger than A4 paper, with strong
laminated covers, Canadian bound: a spiral to open flat
and a spine to stack neatly. The two volumes, each of 112
pages, represent some of the finest Baroque solo works
ever written.
Book 1: Telemann Fantasias for flute, Quantz
Pieces sans bass; Solo sonatas by J S and C P E
Bach, PAR 108, £20
This core repertoire represents the
major baroque works for solo flute, transposed for
recorder with choices of transposition. Music you come
back to again and again.
Book 2: Telemann Fantasias for violin; Marais
Couplets de Folies (Les Folies d'Espagne); Six movements
from Bach's solo violin partitas; Twenty-nine movements
from Bach's cello suites, PAR 109, £20
Telemann's fantasias for violin are much less well
known than his flute fantasiass but have music of the
same quality and imagination. Marais' Couplets de Folies
are full of ideas, adventure and beauty. Bach's cello
suites must be the best music of the gentre, often
difficult but supremely satisfying. A lifetime's study -
in so few pages.
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Early Music Series
from Peacock Press
The Couranten Lustgärtlein series by Christian Roth is now complete with the addition of Vols. 3 and 5:
PEMS 108 Couranten Lustgärtlein Vol. 3, 31-45 by Christian Roth, ed. George Simmons & Philip Neuman, for 5 SSATB/Cb, £18.00
PEMS 110 Couranten Lustgärtlein Vol. 5, 61-74 by Christian Roth, ed. George Simmons & Philip Neuman, for 5 SSATB/Cb, £18.00
PEMS 113 Jeffrey Grier - Renaissance Suite for 5 SAATB £12.75
Consort Music from the Court of Maximilian I for recorders, viols and other instruments
PEMS 081 Vol. 1, 1-20 for 3, 4 and 5 parts - £20.00
PEMS 082 Vol. 2, 21-40 for 4 and 5 parts - £22.50
PEMS 083 Vol. 3, 41-60 for 3 and 4 parts £22.50
PEMS 084 Vol. 4, 61-86 for 4, 5 and 6 parts £25.00
Edited by viol and recorder player David Hatcher.All four volumes may be purchased for £75.00
Each volume is supplied with a set of parts and extra parts may be purchased separately
This scholarly and beautifully presented music makes a wonderful library of varied secular instrumental music typical of the court of Maximilian and his successor Charles V. Although the manuscript has been available until recently in the Alamire facsimile, errors and anomalies in the part-books mean that a number of the pieces are difficult to perform directly from the original notation. The editor believes that this new edition, published in four volumes, will provide viol and recorder players with a varied collection of secular instrumental music typical of the court of Maximilian and his successor Charles V.
For complete PEMS list, click here
EBBS Bart Spanhove: Practise practising, £25.00
Learn to practise efficiently using 30 practice recipes, deliciously seasoned with tips, quotations, tasks and testimonials.
Polyphonic Publications
PP 152 Thomas Crequillon, arr. Clark - 4 Chansons for 4 SATB £4.50
PP 172 John Bennet - Weep, O mine eyes for 4 SATB £5.50
PP 173 J S Bach arr Luff - Prelude and Fugue for 5 ATBBCb £7.00
PP 174 Thomas Morley - Fyer, fyer! for 5 SSATB £7.00
PP 182 William Byrd - I thought that love had been a boy for 5 SAATB £7.00
PP 183 G F Handel arr Reichental - Handel for Recorder and Guitar - 1 S/T & gtr £8.50
PP 184 Telemann arr Reichental - Telemann for Recorder and Guitar - 1 S/T & gtr £8.50
PP 185 JS Bach arr Reichental - More Bach for Recorder and Guitar - 1 S/T & gtr £9.50
PP 186 Rameau arr Reichental - Rameau for Recorder and Guitar - 1 S/T & gtr £6.00
PP 187 Thomas Morley, arr Andresen - April is in my Mistress’ face for 4 SATB £6.00
PP 188 Thomas Morley, arr Andresen - Now is the Month of Maying for 5 SATTB £7.50
PP 189 Thomas Tallis - If you love me for 4 ATTB £6.75
From Richard Siegel
RSC 004 Le Coucou by Louis-Claude Daquin, arr. for treble recorder, bass & harpsichord, £5.50
This is an arrangement of the well-known keyboard piece by Daquin for treble recorder, bass and harpsichord. Although the harpsichord takes the biggest role, the overall effect is charming.
P-RSC 005 Sonata in Bb by Guiseppe Sammartini (figured bass realised by Richard Siegel) for flute, or treble recorder and harpsichord, £7.50
P-RSC 006 Marche des Marsellois et l’Air Ça-Ira by Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, arr. Siegel for recorder, violin & figured bass, £7.50
P-RSC 009 Trio in A minor TWV 42:a1 by G P Telemann arr. Siegel for Recorder, violin & figured bass, £9.00
P-RSC 017a Suite by Henry Purcell, arr. R. Siegel for treble instrument & keyboard, £6.50
P-RSC 023 Eccho Catch by William Herschel, arr. R. Siegel for 2 AA, contrabass & harpsichord, £6.50
Tom Sears Music
These pieces, printed under licence, are sure to be welcomed by small groups and SRP meetings in particular.
All for SATB and £6.50 unless stated otherwise.
TSM 101 Pavane’s Delight
TSM 102 Something’s Calling for ATTB
TSM 103 Serenade for ATTB
TSM 104 Salt and Pepper
TSM 105 Blue Boat Home
TSM 106 Dance of the Forest Sprites
TSM 107 The Wind Stirs for ATTB
TSM 108 Intermezzo
TSM 109 3 Early American Songs for A, Cello and Piano £ 6.50
TSM 110 Honey Bee Jig: Short duet for AT, £5.00
TSM 111 5 Christmas Carols for soprano recorder & ATB viols, £10.75
TSM 114 Tom Sears - 3 Songs of Celebration (SATB) £6.50|
TSM 115 Tom Sears - Homage to a Blind Piper (SATB) £6.50
This piece is an homage to Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) and was inspired by his Sheebeg Sheemore.
TSM 116 5 Christmas Carols for SATB Recorders, £10.75
TSM 111 arranged for recorder quartet. Carols include Il est ne, le divin Enfant, The Old Year Now Away is Fled, Fum, Fum, Fum, Sussex Carol, and I Saw Three Ships. Level: upper intermediate; Duration: 6’45”
TSM 218 Lord Aboyne's Welcome & The Lass o' Peatie's Mill by Francesco Barsanti, arr. by Tom Sears for Recorder, 2 Violins, Cello and Harpsichord, £10.50
TSM 219 To Danton Me & Lochaber by Francesco Barsanti, arr. by Tom Sears for Recorder, 2 Violins, Cello and Harpsichord, £10.50
TSM 122 2 for 3 Recorders: 1. Heather and the Rose 2. Molly's Madrigal for 3 ATB £6.50
TSM 123 3 for 4 Recorders: 1. Moonlight at Midnight AATB, 2. Gentle Tendrils to the Sun SATB, 3. Sunrise at Dawn for 4 ATTB, £10.75
TSM 313 Two Christmas Carols - A Babe is Born all of a Maid, Ave Maria for Soprano & 3 ATB viols £10.75
Dolmetsch Library - £7.50 each
PDL 68 Gabrieli - Canzon 5 a 7 for 7 AAATTBGb
PDL 69 Boismortier - Sonata in g min Op.34 No 1 for 4 AA/TTB
PDL 70 Boismortier - Sonata in G maj Op.34 No 2 for 4 ATTB
PDL 71 Boismortier - Sonata in e min Op.34 No 3 for 4 AA/TTGb
PDL 72 Boismortier - Sonata in D maj Op.34 No 4 for 4 ATTB
PDL 73 Boismortier - Sonata in d min Op.34 No 5 for 4 AA/TTGb
PDL 74 Boismortier - Sonata in a min Op.34 No 6 for 4 AA/TGb
PDL 75 Bach - St Anne's Fugue for 5 SATBGb
PDL 76 Lully - Chaconne des Africain for 5 AATBGb
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Click here & here for the latest re-set Alex Ayre Editions (CRCS) and here for a complete list
New from Cheap Trills
TR099 Thomas Luis Victoria ed. Charles Nagel: Motets for 4 voices Vol. 1 (ATTB) £7.50
MHE 11024 Ann Marshall - Marine Life Vol 1 for 4 AATB £12.00
MHE 31024 Ann Marshall - Ann's Choice: Volume 14 for 4 AATB £9.50
MHE 41024 Steve Marshall - Court Varieties for 4 SATB £12.50
MHE 21024 Steve Marshall - Six Fughettas for 4 SATB £6.50
MHE 40424 Steve Marshall - Old Dances in New Clothes for 4 SATB £12.50
MHE 91024 Palestrina, arr Marshall - Two Motets for 4 SATB £8.50
MHE 51024 Various, arr Stanford - Six Irish Folksongs for 4 SATB £12.50
MHE 31123 Fauré, arr Marshall - Pavan for 5 SATTB £9.00
MHE 70324 Steve Marshall - The Older Driver for 5 SATTB £9.50
MHE 20323 Steve Marshall - Somerset Pictures for 6 SATBGbCb £17.50
MHE 21123 Steve Marshall - Mini Metro Suite for 6 SATBGbCb £17.50
MHE 10624 Steve Marshall - Stoke Gifford Suite for 6 SAATTB £16.00
MHE 20624 Steve Marshall - Four York Miniatures for 6 SAATTB £16.00
MHE 40424a Steve Marshall - Old Dances in New Clothes for 6 SATBGbCb £15.50
MHE 21023 Scott Joplinarr Marshall - Bethena for 7 AATTBGbCb £10.50
MHE 61024 Steve Marshall - The Cathedral in the Forest for TTBBGbGbCb optCb £21.00
MHE 71024 Steve Marshall - Two Fantasies for Recorder Orchestra (Nos 9 and 8) for AATTBBBGbGbCb £21.00
MHE 81024 Steve Marshall - Two Fantasies for Recorder Orchestra (Nos 13 and 12) for AATTBBBGbGbCb £22.00
MHE 11123 William Munday, arr Marshall - O Mater Mundi for SAATTBBBGbCb £8.50
MHE 10324 Pearsall, arr. Marshall - Lay a Garland for TTBBGtGtCtCt £8.50
MHE 70703a Steve Marshall - Recorder Concerto No 1 (S solo, ATBBGtBCtB) £20
MHE 10118 Steve Marshall - The Dream-Country (SAATTB optGtCtSub £17.00
MHE 21019 Steve Marshall - Three Paintings by Millais (SnoAATTBBGb.Cb in F (Cb in C Opt.) £31.00
MHE 10425 Ann Marshall: Dreamworld for 7 SATTBGbCb £13.00
For complete May Hill Editions list, click here (to be updated) and for more recent May Hill music, click here
New from Dolce Edition, edited and arranged by Bernard Thomas
DOL 151 The Renaissance Duet Book for mixed combinations of two recorders, SA, AT, ST, AA, £20.00
Over 20 Renaissance composers.
DOL 153 The Renaissance Trio Book for mixed combinations of three recorders, 3 S/A/T/B various, £20.00
AK Music
AK-LP05 Sammy Fain, arr. Knight: The Deadwood Stage for SATB, £11.00
From Dohr Editions
DOHR26336 Bernard Wayne Sanders - Suite for recorder and organ (1 S & T, organ) £21.95
DOHR0753 Bernard Wayne Sanders - Sonata in F (1992) for 1 A & organ, £13.30
New from Prima la Musica
PLM-MW Michelene Wandor - Shibboleths and Ploughshares - Music, emotion, meaning, performance, £10.00
By Brian Clark:
La Follia for
4 SAAA, PLM CLA006, £7.50
Composer's comment: "Works based on a known sequence of chords are a challenge to any composer, but I hope I have at least succeeded in exploring part of La Follia's mad side."
Tango for
4 STTB, PLMBC2103, £6.00
A fun piece very suitable for an encore.
Waltz for Michelene for SATTB, PLM CLA005, £9.00
New from PRB Music
PRBCC036 Suite on Early Carol Tunes by Peter Seibert for SATB, £12.75
PRBCC094 Suite on Piae Cantiones Carol Tunes by Peter Seibert for SATB, £16.80
Edition Dohr
DOHR0753 Bernard Wayne Saunders - Sonata in F (1992) for 1 A & organ, £13.30
AK Music, arranged by Annabel Knight
Thomas Arne:
AK-SE10 Under the Greenwood Tree for 4 SATB, £6.80
AK-SE12 When Daisies Pied for 4 SATB, £6.80
George Gershwin
AK-LP03 They all laughed for 3 SS/AT £8.50
AK-SE13 Love is here to stay for 4 SATB £9.20
New from Soren Sieg
Cadiz - Suite for Recorder and piano for
1 A/T & pno, £18.30, code SIEGCAD
5 Movements - The Flight of the Seagull, The Wind from the Sea, Alone on the Shore, The Mermaid's Bath, Carnaval of Cadiz
Ukuvalelisa:
Ten Miniatures for Recorder Solo, £13.80, code SIEGUKU
An Alto and a Tenor version is included.
Uxolo for 8 players, SoSATTBGbCb, £23.40, code SIEGUXO
Suite Siciliano for Recorder, cello and piano (using alto and tenor recorder) £19.50 - code SIEGSS
Score & 3 parts. 1. Dance with Lumière 2. Silver Linings 3. Running through the fields
The Dervish and the Devil for alto & tenor recorder and percussion, £19.50 - code SIEGDD
A fast-paced concert piece, with the irrepressible energy of the dervish dance. The meter constantly shortens from 4/4 to 6/8, 5/8 up to 2/4, so the piece races towards its climax. Passages in which a solo recorder is accompanied by a cajon alternate with passages in which both play the recorder and stamp their feet.Written for Tom and Jori for their new duo.
Karungi - 10 Easier Pieces for solo tenor or descant recorder and keyboard, £23.00 - code SIEG-KARUNGI
A cross-section of his work - 1. Karungi 2. Kinyongo 3. Kuagana 4. Die Begrüßung in Djaboué 5. Das Tal von Djaboué 6. Valse Triste 7. Siko siyo mbali 8. Sula inyembezi 9. The Invitation 10. Starry Sky
African Suite No. 15 by Soren Sieg for SATB, £18.00 - code SIEGAS15
Three Sad Songs by Soren Sieg for A/T & pno, £20.00 - code SIEG3SS
Basilisk
BAS-RM35 Solis Canticum by Raphael Benjamin Meyer for 4 SAAT or TBBGb, £21.50
Raphael B. Meyer's direct answer to his very successful Lunae Canticum (for low instrumentation). Stylistically, Meyer's compositions are kept in a romantic tonality, enriched by influences from Viennese Classicism, the 16th century and contemporary music.
New from Nimbus
NMP 1023 Concerto Incantato by Richard Harvey for one player (modern or baroque sopranino, soprano, alto and tenor recorder) & piano, £8.70
DVD from Zen-on
ZD985253 Sound & Soul: The Recorder Collection of Frans Bruggen - DVD, £49.99
The sound and image of 17 historical masterpieces by 17th-18th recorder makers captured on film. Kees Boeke & Walter van Hauwe perform preludes by Jacques Hotteterre le Romain. A film by Daniel Bruggen
New from Greenblatt & Seay
GS 11 Klezmer Fiddle Tunes for Two Alto Recorders, £14.75
Contains 33 tunes and some programme notes.
Bardic Edition
Alan Gibbs:
BDE 207 Harlequinade for 3 SSS (or more), £11.95
BDE 519 Pipes for 3 SSS (or more), £11.95`
BDE 817 Blithe Spirit for solo treble & pno, £6.95
Thomas Pitfield
BDE 768 Tunes from Down Under for 4 SSAA, £10.95
BDE 915 Rondo alla tarantella for treble, sopranino & pno, £6.95
BDE 1216 Lyric Waltz for soprano or tenor & pno, £5.95
BDE 974 Notturni by Eric Hudes for 1 A & gtr, £12.95
BDE 1217 5 Descant Duets by Christopher Headington, £5.95
BDE 1158 A Wee Holiday Suite by Ronald Stevenson for solo descant & pno, £5.95
BDE 208 Glimpses of a Garden by Malcolm Hawkins for solo treble or flute & piano, £16.50
BDE 649 Tiger-Tiger by P A Grainger for 5 SSSAT, £5.95
BDE 1215 Beata Viscera arr. Grainger for 3 descant recorders, £3.95
New from Moeck
EM 3361 Irmhild Beutler: Mondlied after the melody Der Mond ist aufgegangen by J.A.P Schulz for ST (A) Bb Sb (SCb ad lib.) £18.70
Recorder Orchestra series
EM 3362 Johannes Brahms, arr Sylvia Corinna Rosin : Lieder - All meine Herzgedanken Abendstandchen for S AA T BB Gb Sb Sb, £23.40
EM 3363 Gabriel Faure, arr Sylvia Corinna: Rosin Pavane Op. 50 for SS AAT BBB GB SB (Scb ad lib.) £26.17
EM 2152 Je te veux - Erik Satie arr. Rosin for 1 A & pno, £10.50
EM 3364 J S Bach ed. Bart Spanhove - "Ruht wohl - Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein" from St Matthew Passion, BWV 245 for orch, AATTBBGbGbCb, £26
New from Arcadian, arr. Stan Davis, £6.95
AP 232 Taking a Chance on Love - Duke, Latouche & Fetter - SATB
AP 233 Forty-Second Street - Warren & Dubin - AATB
AP 234 Blues in the Night - Arlen & Mercer - ATTB
AP 235 Chattanooga Choochoo - Harry Warren - AATB
AP 236 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Raye & Prince - ATTB
New from Athem Music
AM 1137 The Elf Lord’s Lament by Elizabeth King for 6 TTBGBCBSGtB, 12.00
AM 1139 A Prayer to St Cecilia by Elizabeth King for 4 SATB, £8.00
New from Dovehouse, Canada
BCMS 3 - Charles Dollé - Six Sonatas Op 1 Nos 5 & 6 for 2 trebles & bc, £20.00
Early intermediate.
BCMS 21 Marin Marais, ed. Beecher, cont. realisation Mageau - La Sonnerie de Sainte-Genevieve du Mont de Paris for treble recorder, bass viol/cello & bc £14.40
BCMS 22 G P Telemann,ed. Kinney & Beecher - Sonata a 3 for treble recorder, viola da gamba & bc £20.80
New from Loux.
LMP 237 To Anacreon in Heaven by John Stafford Smith, arr. Joseph A Loux Jr for 4 SATB, keyboard, voice, £15.00
LMP 237a The Anacreontick Glee by John Stafford Smith, arr. Joseph A Loux Jr 3 ATB recorders and/or voice, £12.00
LMP 75 Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major (Hob. VIIe.1) by Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Loux for 5 SSATB £15.00
Recorder Music Direct
Hugh Gorton's Recorder Practice Books
RMD 556 Waltz No.2 from Jazz Suite No.2 by Shostakovich, S/AAATB, £8.00
RMD 502 Elizabethan Serenade by Ronald Binge for SAATB, £8.00
RMD 115 Sicilienne from Peleas and Melisande by Gabrel Faure for S + piano, £6.00
RMD 413 Stabat Mater Dolorosa by Giovanni Pergolesi for SATB, £5.00
RMD 559 When the Red, Red Robin by Harry Woods for SAATB, & optional piano, £8.00
Hugh Gorton has tried to bring out the big band element of close harmony, 4-note chords and jazzy rhythms
RMD 617 J S Bach - Motet no. 1 Singet Dem Herrn ein Neues Lied for SATB/SATB, £10
RMD 621 J S Bach arr. Hugh Gorton - Motet no 7 "Ich Lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn" (Motet of doubtful authenticity) for two choir SATB/SATB, £10.00
RMD 622 J S Bach arr. Hugh Gorton - Motet no. 8 "Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt" (Motet of doubtful authenticity) for two choir SATB/SATB, £10.00
RMD 623 J S Bach arr. Hugh Gorton - Motet no. 9 "O Jesu Christ, Mein's Lebens Licht" for 10 players SATB/SA/SATB, £10.00
RMD 417 J S Bach arr. Hugh Gorton - Motet no. 10 "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren" for SATB, £10.00
RMD 418 Johann Ernst Bach arr. Hugh Gorton - Motet 11 "Unser Wandel ist im Himmel" for SATB, £10.00
RMD 508 Nun Danket alle Gott by Johann Christoph Altnickol for SSATB, £10.00
The composer was a close colleague and family friend of J S Bach. This Allegro and Chorale have interesting parts and are of moderate difficulty.
RMD 129 Six Treble Solos - Misc. arr. Hugh Gorton for 1 A & pno £7.00
RMD 406 Favourite Ayres & Dances from the 16th Century for SATB various, arr. Hugh Gorton, £9.00
Arranged for SATB - instrumentation varies between descant and bass. Pieces of approx. Grade 1 to 4 level. A really good introduction to playing Renaissance consort music.
RMD 028 Celtic Dances for all C instruments, Book 1: Reels: Over 300 Scotch and Irish reels. Click here for sample titles. (£15.00)
RMD 029 Celtic Dances for all C instruments, Book 2: Jigs (£18.00)
RMD 030 Celtic Airs and Dances for all C instruments, Book 3: Hornpipes, Clog Dances, etc. Click here for sample titles. (£15.00)
RMD 031 Celtic Dances for all C instruments, Book 4: Strathspeys, Highland Airs, Polkas, etc. (£18.00)
For the complete RMD series click here.
From Ut Orpheus
HS 302 Danseries: Progressive Anthology of Dances from the French Renaissance, Vol. 1, ed. Nicola Sansome for 1 S (opt. A/T) & keyboard, £25.50
HS 303 Danseries: Progressive Anthology of Dances from the French Renaissance, Vol. 2, ed. Nicola Sansome for 1 S (opt. A/T) & keyboard, £25.50
From Girolamo
"Bingham Reloaded"
Franz Muller-Busch presents the results of three years' work on George Bingham's Airs Anglois, produced 1702-1705.
G 12045 English Airs Vol. 1 for 1 A (1-20), 2 AA (21-30) & 1 A & bc (31-50), £17.00
G 12046 English Airs Vol. 2 for 1 A & bc (2 AA - 41 & 42), £19.80
G 12047 English Airs Vol. 3 for 1 A & bc , £17.00
G 12048 English Airs Vol. 4 for 1 A & bc, £17.00
G 12.037 Rainer Lischka: In a Good Mood for two trebles, £13.50
G 12.038 Rainer Lischka: The Pleasure of Dancing for three recorders (various), £14.40
G 21.007 Rainer Lischka - In a Groovy Mood for 1 S & pno, £16.00
G12.040 Giuseppe Sammartini - Noch 3 Sonaten (Ms. Parma 2, 6, 14) for 1 A & b. c., ed. Laura Dalla Libera, bc realization Yo Hirano.
Three more sonatas for recorder from the Parma manuscript. The Sonata Parma no. 2 in F Major is one of its few four-movement sonatas. £24.50
Tommaso Albinoni - 12 Sonatas for AAT, bass recorder ad lib. & b. c., ed. Peter Thalheimer.
Sonatas 1-4: G12.039, £28.00
Sonatas 5-8: G12.043, £28.00
Albinoni's 12 sonatas or balletti for two violins, viola and b. c. were composed before 1728. By 1740 they had been adapted by an unknown arranger for three recorders and bass instrument by transposing them upwards, some by a minor third, some by a fourth. This edition adds the original basso continuo part with the original figures, which offers several and colourful combination of instruments for performance.
G12.041 Gioachino Rossini - Opera Melodies, arr. for 2 flageolets (SS) by C. Eugene Roy, ed. Franz Muller-Busch. £17.50
Rossini's melodies from The Barber of Seville, Othello, The Thieving Magpie, etc.: great Italian opera worth discovering: here in arrangements for two flageolets published in Paris ca. 1819.
New from Montem
By Andrew Challinger:
MON 165 Three Autumn Pieces by Andrew Challinger for SA, £6.00
MON 166 J S Bach - Eight Canons from Goldberg Variations arr. Challinger for 3 SAT, £7.20
MON 167 Three Winter Pieces by Andrew Challinger for AB, £6.00
From Orpheus, Australia
Orpheus - Pardalote
PARD01 Six fantasias by Rodney Waterman for solo treble and descant recorder, £18.50
Lance Eccles
OMP-342 Eight Duets for 2 TB £11.25
1. Festival 2. Among the Stars 3. Ballroom 4. Feathers in the Air 5. Frogs in the Rain 6. Kangaroo 7. Thermal Springs
8. Coronation
OMP-334 Animal Heaven for 3 ATB £12.75
1.Porpoises, 2. Peacocks, 3. Zebras, 4. Squirrels
OMP-346 Music Beneath the Trees for 3 ATB £12.75
1. March of the Caterpillars 2. Song of the Cicadas 3. Ants' Chorale 4. Centipedes' Polka
For 3 ATB, £12 each
OMP-343 Lizards
1. Goanna Climbing a Tree 2. Blue-tongue Lizard in the Sun 3. Frilled Lizard Rondo
OMP-345 Leaves
1. Leaves in the Wind 2. Leaves in the Fire 3. Leaves in the Stream
OMP-349 Ghosts
1. Ghosts on the Staircase 2. Ghosts in the Garden 3. Ghosts on the Roof
OMP-357 Butterfly
1. Caterpillar on the Leaves 2. Asleep in the Cocoon 3. Emergence of the Butterfly
OMP-359 All in C for recorder trio, for 3 TTB £14.25
(A) School's out! (B) Dewfall (C) Bicycles (D) The Bell Ringers (E) Fruit Bats (F) Sunrise (G) Baby Bears
OMP-336 Angelic Choirs for 4 ATTB £14.25
1. Seraphim 2. Cherubim 3. Thrones and Dominions 4. Virtues, Powers and Principalities 5. Angels and Archangels
OMP-344 Repose and a Dream for 4 ATTB £13.50
OMP-332 Three Gregorian Melodies for 4 SATB £14.25
These are based on three hymns from `the mediaeval repertoire of ecclesiasical chant.1. Ecce panis angelorum (Bread of Angels) is a stanza from a long hymn, Sion, Praise your Saviour. 2. The Kyrie (Lord have Mercy) is a 15th-century melody for the Mass. 3. Ad regias agni dapes (To the Royal Feast of the Lamb) is an Easter hymn. This setting largely follows the constantly changing rhythms of the original.
OMP-333 In the Nordic Forest for 4 SATB £19.50
This describes five animals to be found in the forests of far northern Europe. The names given to them here (Karhu, Kyy, Ilves, Susi and Ahma) are actually their Finnish names: Bear, Viper, Lynx, Wolf, Wolverine.
For 4 SATB, £13.50 ea.
OMP-337 Dinosauria
Describes animals in the prehistoric landscape. 1. Jurassic Herds on the Plain 2. Hatching of the Baby Dinosaurs 3. Ammonites Drifting in the Sea 4. Pterodactyls in the Sky
OMP-347 Cows in the Meadow
1. Cows and Calves 2. The Bull's Funeral 3. Arrival of the New Bull
OMP-351 Hidden Jewels
Three sparkling pieces inspired by sapphires, pearls and diamonds. Some chromaticism.1. Sapphire in the Crown 2. Pearl in the Oyster 3. Diamonds in the Night Sky
OMP-354 Bush Choruses
“The Bush Choruses represent three animals of the Australian bush. The Tasmanian devils are angry little animals, running back and forth, fighting with one another and screaming. Although dingos are a type of dog, they don’t bark. Rather, they howl (or one could say ‘sing’) together. Rainbow lorrikeets are small, multi-coloured parrots that move in big flocks from tree to tree, all squawking and chattering noisily.”
OMP-355 Taking the dog for a walk
1. Dog's Delight 2. Frequent Pauses 3. Dog's Rest 4. Racing Back to the Kennel
OMP-360 Five More Melodies from Der Fluyten Lusthof
1. Come Again 2. Bravade 3. Prince Robert's Maske 4. Joyful Maytime 5. Psalm 150 (Praise ye the Lord)
OMP-361 Waltzes in the pond
1. Waltz of the Tortoises 2. Waltz of the Tadpoles 3. Waltz of the Frogs
OMP-348 Barnyard for 4 SATB £17.25
1. Mice 2. The Old Dog 3. Fox in the Henhouse 4. In the Horse's Paddock 5. Baby Lambs
OMP-353 Three Advent Hymns for 4 SATB £12.75
Written for gemshorns but work well on recorders. 1. Nun jauchzet, all ihr Frommen 1640; 2. Gott sei Dank durch alle Welt 1744. 3. Wie soll ich dich empfangen, 1653.
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Benjamin Thorn
OMP-335 Red Musings for 3 ATB £12.00
These pieces are arrangements and reworkings of some of the incidental music and songs from a production of Red Riding Hood by High Country Theatre in Armidale. This was not based on the original story but a sequel with an environmental twist and message. The four movements have attractive melodies with a folky feel. The textures vary with all parts featuring the main melody at some point.
OMP-358 Owl Dances for 3 ATB £11.25
There are 3 numbered parts with 1. A lilting melody before 2. which has a mysterious quality and 3. which is light in feel.
OMP-350 Through a Glass Darkly for 4 AATB £13.50
Three attractive pieces reworking the same musical material as a Plaint, March and Jig.
OMP-352 Four Bass in a Pond for 4 BBBB £13.50
The three parts commence with an ominous mood before continuing with a floating feel and ending in a spirited manner.
OMP-331 Bandura Waltz and Kopanitsa for 4 SATB £18.00
Two Eastern European Dances. These two dances, one from Bulgaria and one from Ukraine were arranged for my adult recorder group the Aeolian Players. The both have lively and attractive melodies and Kopanitsa has a fun asymmetrical 11/8 metre. All players have interesting parts and the main melody is shared between all of them.
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OMP-330 Diana Blom - Arcadelt's Bass for 4 ATTB £18.50
Draws a bass line fragment from 1539 by Arcadelt into several contrapuntal moods, reflecting one of the compositional techniques of the fragment’s time. It then moves into a minimalist textured mid-section, before moving back into counterpoint and ending with stretto entries.
OMP-356 Ellliot Leahy - Daintree Wonders for SoSSAATTBCb £17.25
Represents a journey through the Daintree Rainforest. The piece starts with an eerie mood then as the sun rises, birdsong represented through the sopranino recorder, is heard piercing the silence. Other scenes evoked include rain falling on the canopy and life in the rainforest both beautiful as well as dangerous.
OMP-338 Clive Lane - Black Summer/Rising Waters for SAATTBGbCb £18
A response to the NSW bushfires of July 2019-March 2020, and the NSW floods of January to July 2022. The opening of Black Summer portrays the first few flames, growing to an unstoppable conflagration at letter D. The section at letter F is the aftermath of the fire. Rising Waters begins with rain falling, and the rain motive continues throughout the piece. The movement incorporates two fragments from the John Dowland song Go Crystal Tears.
OMP-339 Todd Robinson - The Scent of Honey Gum Past for SoSAAATTBGbCb £19
"I wanted to capture the ever changing landscape of Toolern Creek in this piece: the creek flowing and the hundred year old gumtrees … the sounds of buzzing insects, singing cockatoos, diving wrens, and the brushing of gumleaves against the silky flow of water against the reeds”
From Flautando
FEA023 Six Duets by Thomas Morley, arr. Adrian Wehlte for A/T & B, £14.90
FEM033 March of the Royal Society of Musicians by Joseph Haydn, arr. F Gesell for 7 SoSATTB(Gb)B(Sb) £9.80
FEM093 Jean Hotteterre: La Nopce Champêtre ou l’Himen Pastoral for treble recorder, oboe, violin and bc, £23.50
FEM315 Franz Schubert arr Josef Wilbert von Hermann: 5 Walzer for 4 SATB £11.00
FEA017 Fulvio Caldini: Doruzu for alto doubling tenor & pno, £11.50
FEM232 G F Handel arr Adrian Wehlte - Grave und Sinfonia for 4 SATB £14.90
FEM143 Marin Marais, arr Adrian Wehlte - Les Folies d'Espagne, duet for 2 AA £15.50
FEM110 Klaus Miehling - Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein for 1 A, vdg/B & bc £11.50
FEM104 Klaus Miehling - Orphée op. 25 for Baritone, A & bc £16.80
FEM101 Klaus Miehling - Von des Parnassos grüner Weide op. 13 for Sop voc, A, vdg & bc £21.80
From Instant Harmony
IH 26 - 49 Preludes, Fantaisies, and Caprices for solo treble, collected by Charles Babel, ed. David Lasocki, £21.00
Never published before, not even in the Baroque period! An excellent and fun collection of Baroque pieces: fine practice material, also useful as models for writing or improvising your own preludes, fantaisies, and caprices. The manuscript is preserved in the British Library in London.
IH 33 Edward Blancks ed. Lasocki/Tettamanti - Phancy for 5 AATTB £13.50
Not Just the Alto by David
Lasocki, £18.50 (NJAL)
Sizes and Types of Recorder in the Baroque and Classical Periods. A new view of recorder history, recognising that between 1600 and 1800 many sizes of recorder were employed in a rich and broad repertoire of instrumental and vocal music.
From Edition Tre Fontane
ETF 3138 Klabautermann by Irmhild Beutler for SSAATTBBGbSb, £24.00
Comes with a CD of parts. A Klabautermann is a mythical ship’s goblin who brings protection and good luck.
ETF 3153 Points de Mire (Focal points) by Jean Boisvert for 4 SATGb, £17.00
3 pieces: Point d'equilibre, Point de Vue, Point de non Retour.
ETF 3154 Episoden by René Kuwan for 1 B, £11.00
Based on the Japanese concept of kigo, words associated with different seasons, the piece moves through the entire year, beginning and ending again in winter.
From Jolly Robin
JRMM 001 The Charlton Method: A Manual for the Advenced Recorder Player by Andrew Charlton
This amazing book has been reprinted. 180 pages of information and music. The Contents listing takes up two whole pages! Andrew covers every aspect of technique and provides a wealth of music to put those techniques into practice. There are studies and duos from J S Bach, Characteristic Etudes - 22 extended pieces for various recorders and 15 duos by composers from over three centuries.
This volume is very good value for money at £26.00
New from Peters
Light Dance by Jonathan Dove for SnoSAATBGbCb
P 72408 score, £4.95
P 72408 set of parts, £14.95
The piece was commissioned by the SRP to celebrate the Society's 75th birthday
From London Pro Musica
LPM 529 John Wilbye - Down in the Valley for 5 voices or instruments, £5.50
New from Schott
ED 3361 Irmhild Beutler - Mondlied for recorder orch, after the Melody by J A P Schulz, £17.00
ED 3362 J. Brahms - Lieder, adapted by Sylvia Corinna Rosin for recorder orchestra, £21.20
New from Edition Walhall.
EW 1272 Sonata in F major by J S Bach, arr. Hofman for 1 A & bc £14.90
EW 1004 Five pieces from “Pieces de Clavecin by Francois “Le Grand" Couperin, arr. D. Wilgo for 1 S/T & harpsichord £13.80
EW1265 Johann Daniel Pucklitz: Herr, dessen Majestät weit über alle Himmel geht for sop voc, Sopranino rec, violin & bc, £21.80
EW 1279 Daniel Bollius arr. Klaus Hofmann - Terita Symphonia for 3 SAA & bc £14.90
EW 1291 Daniel Bollius arr. Peter Thalheimer - Sonata a tre Fiauti for 3 SAA & bc £13.80
About Fretwork Editions
This purpose of this series is to make available to recorder players some of the finest English consort music of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Fretwork Editions has been publishing large bodies of this repertoire for viol players in authoritative editions since 1990, and now has a substantial catalogue of music by the greatest composers of the period: Byrd, Dowland, Coprario, Gibbons, Lupo, Jenkins and William Lawes. In our new series of recorder consort music we aim to select pieces from several of our published collections, having regard to range and key, and produce new editions suited to recorder consort with appropriate clefs and, where necessary, alternative parts for high and low consort. The first publications in this series are of consort music by John Coprario in 2, 3 and 4 parts, and of consort songs by William Byrd for voice and 4-part consort.
This is all great music, and recorder players deserve to enjoy it as much as viol players, so don't miss out - there is much more where this came from! - William Hunt
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