Joannes Collette: 12 Melodic Exercises for Descant Recorder Advanced players of the descant recorder will make a great find of this sheet music edition on their search for melodic studies for their instrument. Contents - 12 Melodious Exercises for descant recorder Legato and portato with expression / Ausdrucksvolles Legato und Portato Interval leaps and triads with single tongueing / Intervallsprünge und Dreiklänge mit einfachem Zungenstoß Difficult rhythm with soft tongueing slurring and study in tone production / Schwierige Rhythmen mit weichem Zungenstoß Bindungen und Übung in der Tongebung Mixed rhythms / Verschiedene Rhythmen Combination of different types of tongueing / Kombination verschiedener Arten von Zungenstoß Single tongueing and ornaments / Einfacher Zungenstoß und Verzierungen Movement of the thumb / Beweglichkeit des Daumens Legato playing (slurring) / Legatospiel (Bindungen)

Christmas Carols-A total of 35 solos for soprano recorder (advanced) or flute (intermediate). Introduction includes hints for performance in school or church use with a sound system fingering chart for recorder high notes and notes regardingspecial techniques such as double tonguing vibrato and recorder glissando. Final pages are a unique section of carol-specific historical notes including Internet addresses. Includes all favorite Christmas carols as well as gemsfrom The Oxford Book of Carols. Ideal for use in church services and Christmas-season concerts or with carolers. These instrumental solos give new meanings to age-old expressions of the Christmas spirit.

With these new editions all six recorder concertos of John Baston are now available each with score piano score and parts. The thor-oughly edited scores follow essentially the first edition printed by John Walsh in London in 1729. Baston was regarded as an excellent recorder and flute player who worked with London opera orchestras in the early 18th century. His easy concertos anticipating the elegant melody of the early classical period enjoy great popularity representing a rewarding task for music school orchestras and advanced recorder players.

Orchestral excerpts by Handel Purcell Bach Britten and others. Part of the training of the instrumentalist consists of the study of extracts from orchestral works - characteristic solos and difficult passages for the isntrument. This edition holds numerous examples for the advanced player.