The Schott Recorder Consort Anthology presents a wealth of music from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Although the bulk of the collection is laid out for a variety of four-part ensembles there are also duets and trios as well as five- and six-part pieces.The repertoire includes both original instrumental works and transcriptions of vocal pieces. There are lively and stately dances fantasias and arrangements of expressive madrigals catchy chansons and more restrained religious pieces; all are chosen for their effective realization by recorder consorts. 136 Renaissance pieces with notes on sources editorial technique and interpretation. Volume I contains avaluable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant Treble Tenor Bass in various combinations.

The Schott Recorder Consort Anthology presents a wealth of music from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Although the bulk of the collection is laid out for a variety of four-part ensembles there are also duets and trios as well as five- and six-part pieces.The repertoire includes both original instrumental works and transcriptions of vocal pieces. There are lively and stately dances fantasias and arrangements of expressive madrigals catchy chansons and more restrained religious pieces; all are chosen for their effective realization by recorder consorts. 136 Renaissance pieces with notes on sources editorial technique and interpretation. Volume I contains avaluable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant Treble Tenor Bass in various combinations.

Easy recorder quartets Band 7-Containing works ranging from pre-Baroque to contemporary music the popular series Easy Recorder Quartets is intended for both students at music schools and music ensembles of all age groups. All editions are published in the form of playing scores.

Hans-Martin Linde (b. 1930) is not only one of the best-known recorder players of the twentieth Century but has enriched the contemporary recorder repertoire with significant works for concert performance and tuition purposes. The composition Reminiscences for Quartet for the unusual and delightful-sounding combination A[treble]/T/T/B uses musical themes from the 15th to 17th Centuries: from a ?Prélude l?imitation? by Froberger a melody by Claudio Saraceni ?Da te parto? themes from keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti the Chanson ?Adieu mes très belles? by Binchois and a ground bass from Purcell?s harpsichord collection ?Musik?s Handmaid?. The composer writes: ?Inmany of my compositions a meeting takes place between old and new. In this Suite too present events unfold against the background of the past. Models from early music are mirrored in the present.?

This series of three books is designed to fill a need for a repertoire (pentatonic and diatonic) for beginning and intermediate recorder players both musically demanding and rewarding sequentially arranged and parallel to the basic progression of the American Orff-Schulwerk series. Most of the pieces are intended to be both played and danced and simple accompaniements for various combinations of Orff instruments (with cello and guitar) are provided.

Quiet sustained chords accompany this tender melody which is arranged with Bonsor's usual devoted care. Very easy. (The Recorder)

No. 1-3-Michael East's Twelve Ayerie Fancies (volume 1) for SSAT Recorder Quartet.

These four suites are attractive easy pieces from the first half of the 18th century.