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.

The best way to learn any instrument is to have lessons from a good experienced teacher. Although happily the number of such teachers is constantly growing the recorder is still frequently taught by enthusiastic but inexperienced teachers and many players start by teaching themselves. This series of books sets out to help learners of all ages in all three situations. Experienced teachers who may choose to disregard much of the text as personal demonstration is always clearer than the written word will find exercises and fine tunes a-plenty to support their own mathod at each stage. The less experienced willbenefit from many valuable teaching hints culled fromlong experience and may rely on the books to lead to a sound playing technique and a mastery of simple notation. Those learning by themseves - and I started in this way - are urged to work carefully and systematically through the books taking plenty of time to assimilate each point before moving on. For them without the personal model provided by a live teacher it is vitally important to listen as often as possible to fine players in person or on record so that they have in their mind's ear a clear notion of the kind of sound they would like to produce. But however they start I can only wish that all who use these books will derive as much pleasure and musical satisfaction and gain as many lasting and valued friendships as I have through this most subtle delightful and sociable of instruments. (Brian Bonsor)“...this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken“ (Oliver James Contact Magazine) Descant Tutors provide a sound-playing technique a mastery of simple notation and contain 570 tunes including concert pieces by Bonsor carols attractive rounds and melodies by 'early music' composers. Clear line drawings greatly assist the pupil making them especially suitable for self-instruction.

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.

25 easy pieces for recorder-My First Solos est un recueil de charmantes pièces à interpréter dans le cadre de la pratique quotidienne ou lors d?un concert avec un superbe accompagnement aux sonorités actuelles. Les pièces sont écrites dans des styles très variés : des tangos des valses une marche nuptiale des musiques aux saveurs orientales des gigues des ballades des rondes du blues et des pièces au caractère humoristique.

This anthology contains pieces by seventeenth and eighteenth-century composers in a variety of different styles. The repertoire includes works by major composers such as Telemann and Purcell as well as lesser-known composers including amongst others Daquin van Eyck Hotteterre and Lully. This collection is ideal for recorder teachers looking for additional repertoire for their teaching practice as well as developing players looking to expand their repertoire and for use in school or music centre concerts.