Trios Uit de Renaissance

The volume for intermediate players in the Ad libitum series offers duos from the Renaissance to the Late Romantic Period, which can be performed in a varied ensemble of instruments. The publication also contains works by less well-known composers, including two pieces by Bertalotti which were originally written for solfege yet are valuable as concert pieces and can be well played, as well as a composition by Jacques-Christophe Naudot and one by Carl Friedrich Weidemann. / Ensemble Mixte

Bassoon trios selected and arranged from the Renaissance Baroque Classical Romantic and Modern eras by Graham Sheen (principal bassoon B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra). Seven substantial new pieces comprising score parts and detailed notes which teachers will find provide a wide range of technical and musical challenges while bon viveurs will enjoy an amusing and not too taxing prelude to the easing of the corks. Above all great fun! '... Splendid stuff Spartan!' - Double Reed News.Grade: 5 - 8

German and Dutch 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 avaluable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant Treble Tenor Bass in various combinations.