Our springtime issue of Recorder Magazine hosts Thiemo Wind’s reconstruction of van Eyck’s first 30 years, hitherto a mystery. And there’s the story of the flageolet, Ars Subtilior in modern editions, a new library of authentic recorder samples, the Teahouse Baroque Network; and Bach's lessons, the Eagle recorder, the Royal Wind Music, the English Waits and more, including the SRP and ERTA. The free centrespread is Missing by Riko Suzuki.
Click here for the contents and here for a list of music reviewed in this issue.
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JACKS, PIPES & HAMMERS
for all your Early Music needs! - click here: https://www.jackspipesandhammers.co.uk
MAY HILL EDITIONS
Peacock Press now publish under licence and supply all May Hill titles.
Click here to read Ann and Steve Marshall talking about their decision.
GREEN MAN PRESS
On Cedric Lee's retirement from publishing, Peacock Press have taken over Green Man Press. Cedric is to continue as the Editor in Chief for the series and should be contacted on editorial matters. Otherwise all enquiries and requests should be directed to Peacock Press.
ORIEL LIBRARY
Peacock Press have acquired the music and assets of Oriel Library.
We are honoured to have the opportunity to continue the work of Theo, Cathy and Ian.
PROVINCETOWN BOOKSHOP EDITIONS
Peacock Press have purchased all publishing rights.
Ruth is particularly pleased as she has very happy memories of music visits, over many years to Dr Joel Newman in Provincetown on Cape Cod.
Click here for a full list in pdf.
ALEX AYRE MUSIC
All of the pieces published by Alex Ayre have now been typeset and are available under the code CRCS. They are sold as score and parts; extra parts are available on request. They are now listed on the Recordermail website and a list is available here. Congratulations to Moira Usher and her helpers for bringing this mighty undertaking to fruition.
RECORDER MUSIC DIRECT
Peacock Press now distribute Recorder Music Direct including Hugh Gorton's Recorder Practice series and a number of classical and light works edited for recorder and piano.
CHEAP TRILLS MUSIC
Peacock Press have taken on the distribution of Cheap Trills for England and large parts of the world, printing under licence here in the UK. Music in the Cheap Trills catalogue ranges from Baroque to Modern via folk and Spirituals. The arrangements and editions of Charles Nagel are of the highest quality.
ABRSM RECORDER EXAMS
These listings are still current: descant and treble
TRINITY RECORDER EXAMS
The new syllabus from September 2024 is available here
All pieces can be ordered from Recorder MusicMail
For Recorder MusicMail's online shopping site, click here
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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.
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New music from Peacock Press
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 743 Cambridge in Summer by Elizabeth Alexander, for SATB £7.50
P 747 Harry Dacre, arr Susan M Francis: Bicycle Made for Two for 4 SATB £6.00
P 748 J S Bach, arr Susan M Francis: Capriccio from keyboard Partita No. 2 for 3 ATB £6.00
P 790 Various arr Susan M Francis: Songs from World War I for 5 SA(A)T(T)B £7.50
Anchors away (AATTB), I'm for ever blowing bubbles (SAATB), If you were only girl in the world (AATTB), Its a long way to Tipperary (SATTB)
P 829 Suite No 5: In Sherwood Forest by Raymond Harvey for SATB, £5.75
P 845 Airs for the Seasons by James Oswald arr. Sue Handscombe for treble recorder & piano, £6.50
One from each season: Narcissus, Foxglove, Amaranthus, Snowdrop.
P 846 Airs for the Seasons - Winter by James Oswald, arr. Sue Handscombe for descant or tenor with piano, £6.50
Persian Iris, Golden Rod, Bears Foot
P 847 Chips off the Block by John Hawkes for SATB, £8.50
P 848 Elise in Elysium by Glen Shannon for SATB, £6.50
P 849 Guus Haverkate - Riff Away. Improvisations on popular Bass riffs. Duets for 2 Tr recorders or flutes, £7.50
Nicholas Wynne: 24 Duets series, £7.50 each
P 851 24 Duets for Alto Recorders - AA
P 852 24 Duets for Bass Recorders - BB
P 853 24 Duets for Great Bass Recorders - GbGb
P 854 Yellow Bird: 5 Caribbean Songs arr. Marg Hall for SATB, £6.75
P 855 Three Edwardian Songs arr. Nicholas Wynne for SATB, £8.50
P 856 Symphony No. 40 in G Min K550 by Mozart, arr Joanna Brown for SSAAATTBBBGbCb, £15.50
P 857 Nine Tuneful Duets for Treble Recorder by Richard Kershaw, AA, £7.50
P 858 Tenor Duet Book by Eric Haas for TT, £22.00
P 859 Jerusalem by Blake/Parry, arr. Jane Minns for SATTB,GB, with some divisi, £5.50
The full orchestrated version from The Last Night of The Proms and the London Olympics 2012.
“Would to God that all the Lord’s people were Prophets. Numbers, XI.ch 29.v"
P 860 A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson, arr. Jane Minns for 8 Parts: G or S, S (with some divisi), A/S, TT, B, GB, CB, £14.50
10 well-known traditional carols including Jingle Bells for a festive overture: approximately 6 minutes duration.
P 861 “Jack’s the Lad”, traditional hornpipe arr. Jane Minns for 7 Parts: SoSA/TTBBGB, with some divisi in Bass instrument parts only, £5.50
Annually performed at The Last Night of The Proms, finishing as fast as possible. :-)
P 862 J S Bach - Trio in D minor BWV 583, original for organ arr. Susan M Francis for 3 TTB, £6.50
P 863 Liz Maxwell - Let Us Play: six popular hymns for SATB, £8.00
P 864 Liz Maxwell - Sarah's Song for SATB, £6.50
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
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
Click here for full Peacock
series
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.
Click here for full series.
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.
Click here for full series.
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
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
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
Click here for complete list.
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
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
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
New from Saraband, Australia
SAR 70 Duets for Bass Recorders Vol. 2 £16.00
Music of Lassus, Gibbons, Thomas Morley and Anon. Six Fantasias and three Ricercari.
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
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
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.
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.
ETF 3051 Kopf-Stucke by Agnes Dorwath for headjoint of S, A or T £11.50
New playing techniques on headjoints.
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 3148 I fiori avvelenati (Die schönen Blumen) op. 163 by Fulvio Caldini for 1 T/A & pno, £17.00
Existing compositions rearranged for different instrumentations. The pieces are named after poisonous plants. 1. Daphne Cneorum; 2. Colchicum Autuunale;
3. Conitum Napellum; 4. Datura Stramonium (Alto); 5. Anemone Coronaria (Alt).
ETF 3149 Klezmer Sonatina by Bobby Rootveld for 2 SA & harp/pno/accordion, £17.00
1. Chutzpah Freilach, based upon an old Jewish klezmer theme. Played with confidence! 2. Eishes Chayil, a special tribute to the Jewish woman. 3. New fast klezmer melody. Feel free to add your own dynamics and there is space for improvisation, both recorders taking turns to improvise while the other plays the steady accompaniment.
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.
ETF 3157 5 Register by Norbert Laufer for solo player on T S So A B, £15.00
Referring to members of the recorder family: one instrument is used in each of the five movements: I. tenor recorder, II. sopranino, III. alto, IV. soprano and V. bass recorder. In the fifth movement, the alto and soprano recorders are added again. At the end they are played simultaneously. In the course of the piece, noisy elements and humming are used, mostly as a transition between the movements. About 13 minutes.
ETF 3159 Rituals by Matthias Heep for solo player on B T A So S Gb, £16.50
Inspired by the eight Orixá sculptures in the lake in in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. This was the centre of the slave trade, and Orixás are all-pervading gods of nature in Afro-Brazilian religions.
ETF 3165 Concerto No. 6 in D Major by Francesco Mancini, arr Kinga Lutvai for 4 AATB £23.00
From a Neapolitan collection of 1725, containing 24 compositions by various composers. The movements are Amoroso, Allegro, Largo, Allegro.
ETF 2189 Musica liquida by Victor Fortin, for 5 SAATB, £14.65
ETF 3149 Klezmer Sonatina by Bobby Rootveld for 2 SA & harp/pno/accordeon, £17.00
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.
New from Con Moto
CMT7706 Theo and Edward Richens: Recorder Rocks for solo descant and piano, £9.95
Fun pieces for the intermediate player.
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 1264 G P Telemann arr. Hofman - Concerto G-Dur TWV43:G6 for 1 A, oboe, violin & bc, £17.80
It may be helpful to imagine that the programme of the whole is the emulation of a “conversation galante et amusante” between three people.
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
New from Universal
UE 31482 Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin Recorder - Trios a la Carte: Irish Tunes for 3 SAB, £13.50
UE 38077 Misc. arr. Beutler and Rosin : Lieblingsduette for SA or ST, £15.99
UE 38101 Misc. arr. Beutler and Rosin : Lieblingsduette for TB or SB, £15.99
Duets from the 16th to 19th centuries.
UE 38022 World Music: Celtic arr Martin Tourish for solo S, A or T with piano, £14.85
A collection from the Celtic tradition. The accompanying CD includes traditional Celtic instrument sounds.
Fantasias by John Coprario (1575 - 1626) for Viols adapted for Recorders
ECR 01 Six Two Part Fantasias, £7.50
This edition is an arrangement for recorders of Coprario's six part fantasias that he may have composed for his tuition of William Lawes. Four have been arranged for either descant & treble or tenor and bass and two are for treble and tenor. Two playing scores + bass clef part are included.
ECR 02 Five Four Part Fantasias, £8.50
Arranged for SATB Coprario was employed by the courts of James I and Charles I and had the reputation of being one of the leading instrumental composers. His works enjoyed considerable popularity in the early to mid-17th century.
ECR 03 Five Consort Songs by William Byrd, £9.50
William Byrd composed over 100 consort songs, both sacred and secular. Although viols would have been a common choice for the instrumental accompaniment, recorders are also well suited. The five songs in this edition have been taken from a manuscript in the British Library and have been selected so that the top line can either be sung or played on a descant recorder:
My mistress had a little dog; O Lord, how vain; In angel's weed;
Out of the orient crystal skies; Ye Sacred Muses
ECR 04 Six Three Part Fantasias, £9.50
A lovely clear edition of these wonderful pieces. All the parts you need in the appropriate clefs to play these fantasias on S.A.B or T.B.Gb (Gb in treble and bass clef)
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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