Barenreiter - Recorder, Piano

Beginning in 1651 John Playford released a series of dance instructions with corresponding melodies. After their initial success he named them ?The Dancing Master?. Editions continued to be published up until 1728. They incorporated traditional as well as new song themes of the day with powerful and memorable Baroque melodies.The most beautiful of these songs have been arranged here for descant or treble recorder and piano accompaniment. Included among others are ?Newcastle? ?Black and Gray? and ?Nobody?s Jigg?.The arrangements include an optional part for a second flute. The editorNikolaus Newerkla is a cembalist arranger and ensembledirector. He founded and directs the internationally-renowned early music ensemble ?Quadriga Consort?.

Sonata in D major TWV 41:D9 - Sonata in G major TWV 41:G9-These three editions (BA 5880 BA 5889 BA 5890) each comprising two solo sonatas with basso continuo are all taken from Telemann’s famous Essercizii musici; a collection of 24 sonatas including 12 solo sonatas and 12 trio sonatas. These were moulded after Corelli’s Sonata da Chiesa and have four movements: slow-fast-slow-fast. The sonatas long thought to stem from the late 1730s are now believed to have first been published by the composer in approx. 1729. The main sources are the three part-books from the original edition of 1729.This first ever Urtext edition edited by the Bach and Telemann scholar Klaus Hofmann is taken from the Telemann Musical Works. Thecontinuo realizations are by the editor. First ever Urtext editions of these sonatasCharming works of easy to moderate technical difficultyStraight forward clear continuo realizations