It must be jinxed! The little witch Valentina leads the young students in an age-appropriate manner through all three volumes of the method which was conceived for children at pre-school age or for young primary-school pupils. As a consequence, the learning rate is rather moderate. The method does without long explanatory texts, focusing instead on motivating exercises, music riddles and illustrations for colouring in. Vol. 1 focusses on left-hand fingering and notes g' to d''. Volumes 2 and 3 will be published in 2016. / Flûte A Bec

16 short and easy compositions with strong melodies. Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. Colours that mix, shades that change and rhythms that develop are just some of the aspects that make Dehnhard's compositions so special. The short, light miniatures are small, self-contained works of art with great melodic expressiveness, which are not only fun to work on in class, but also convincing on the concert stage. In gentle images that tell of our world's treasures, positive feelings, quiet experiences or silent moments, each piece traces moments that show themselves with each breath in a new light and change from all sides. Whether it is the spray of the waves, the sparkle of a gemstone or a dragon in the sky, there are always new nuances in color and sound, and thus infinite possibilities that are composed kaleidoscopically before our eyes. As if by itself, it carries on one piece by piece, creating moods and igniting images in front of the inner eye. In addition to their inspiring melodies, the miniatures focus on a characteristic rhythm whose timing, in combination with the jazzy harmonies, turns them into little pearls of modern flute literature. They almost exclusively use traditional playing techniques and rarely exhaust the range of the recorder in the high register. The enclosed CD of full, play-along recordings supports and completes the edition./ Répertoire / Flûte à Bec Soprano et Piano

Markus Zahnhausen b. 1965 is one of the leading recorder players of our time. In his works for recorder he combines traditional and modern sounds. The central theme of his works is a love of Nature. ???The Horns of Elfland??? (1999) is based upon a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). The composer writes: ???I have taken Tennyson???s picture of the clear and tender notes of the horns of the imaginary magical world of Elfland and attempted to translate it into music. The very essence of this work is its quietness. The central focus of the composition is the echo in its multiple aspects. This echo is often not an exact reproduction of the notes but a deliberate variation analysisor reinterpretation of their original form.???

A book intended primarily for players who would like to attain sufficient technical ability to explore lots of repertoire. Part 1 is concerned with the basic technique of the modern treble recorder and consists of elementary graded exercises scales and arpeggios and advanced technical studies. Part 2 focuses on the more specialised techniques of the renaissance and baroque recorder and also introduces avant-garde technique.