Fifteenth-Century Music. '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 a valuable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant, Treble, Tenor, Bass in various combinations./ Recueil / 2-4 Flûtes à Bec

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.'

Leslie Winters. Words and music to 13 carols for Christmas and the rest of the year. For unison recorders two three or four part ensemble. Optional part for treble tenor bass recorders with or without piano.

CONTENU : JOHANN PETER GUZINGER: SÜßE LIPPEN, HOLDE WANGEN REINHARD KEISER: KLEINE VÖGLEIN, EURE SCHERZE IHR FLIEGENDEN SÄNGER GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN: GEHT, IHR HEIßEN SEUFZER, HIN