The first part of a two-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted and idiomatic arrangements for Treble/Alto Recorder and Piano. All the works ranging from 14th century Renaissance music to contemporary pieces have been selected and edited by Kathyrn Bennetts and Peter Bowman.

Markus Zahnhausen’s Lux Aeterna belongs to a very special category in my repertoire. The tender and dangerous beauty of his music has fascinated me for years. In a contemporary musical language Zahnhausen has managed to bring theinstrument back to what it once was: flauto - the flute! His expressive music never takes the instrument beyond its limits thus avoiding the trap of many a modern work. There is a perfect balance between form content andidiomatic writing that places both his music and the recorder where they belong: in the hearts of the listeners! I have had a tremendous time when studying Lux Aeterna. I sometimes wondered whether I played the piece or the piecewas playing me ... Dan Laurin