The magic continues: Valentina, the little witch, and her friend Chebby the Fox have returned, bringing with them many things for the little musicians to discover and to learn in Vol. 2 of the recorder method Flötenzauber. Following up on the first volume, the method has been designed carefully and in a manner suitable for children, gradually involving the right hand and extending the tonal range to the low C. The lovely illustrations can be coloured by the children, e.g. during a short break from learning, and serve as guidance in this volume. The teacher is again given opportunities to motivate the children and recognize their performance of individual pieces with a smiley, for example.The edition is available with or without CD. It contains both a slow and a faster version of the pieces in order that the children can improve their performance and not get discouraged by a fast tempo. The first verse of each song is sung by the children. This helps the little recorder players to find the right entrance and better understand melody and rhythm.Volume 3 in preparation. / Flûte A Bec Soprano

Performance score with basso continuo (without figured bass realisation). At the beginning of the 18th century, the recorder enjoyed great popularity as a solo instrument for amateurs. Among these were also the princesses of the English court, for whose musical entertainment and training Handel?s six recorder sonatas were probably written in 1725/26. Only four of them appeared shortly thereafter in print and thus also reached a broader audience: the other two were first discovered for the recorder in the 20th century. Thanks to their melodic and rhythmic incisiveness, the pieces, whose recorder parts are relatively easily mastered, number among the most beautiful written for this instrument. Owing to wide-ranging bass lines and copious figures, the continuo instrument requires a rather well-versed player./ Répertoire / Flûte à Bec Alto et Basse Continue

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Six Sonatas for recorder (transverse flute) and harpsichord, edited as facsimile and new edition by Paul Wåhlberg. The Sonatas by the Zerbst composer (born in Wittenberg) were composed for recorder and published in 1716 in Köthen. Only the Sixth Sonata in G Major could have been intended for the then increasingly popular transverse flute, since it clearly differs in various ways from the other five sonatas. The only completely preserved copy was recently discovered by Pavel Serbin in the Russian State Library in Moscow. A rewarding discovery of Central-German flute music. ' CD recording by Paul Wåhlberg (Euridice EUCD 63).