Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745): Dida il monte ti prepari, Air
source: Le quattro monarchie (Naples 1705)
scoring:
ATTB (Bc)
10
Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745): Sinfonia
source: Le quattro monarchie (Naples 1705)
scoring:
AAAATTBF
6
Andrea Falconieri (c. 1585 - 1656): Fantasia echa para el muy Reverendo Padre Falla [Fantasia made for the very Reverend Father Falla]
source: Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonie, fantasie […] a uno, due e tre con il basso continuo (Naples 1650)
scoring:
TTB (Bc)
6
Gian Maria Tasso (XVI cent.): Duo 28 Sopra la Battaglia
source: Il primo libro a due voci (Venice 1559)
scoring:
ST or TB
6
Bernardino Carnefresca [Lupacchino dal Vasto] (XVI cent.): Duo 27 Sopra la Battaglia
source: Il primo libro a due voci (Venice 1559)
scoring:
ST or TB
9
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Führ auch mein Herz und Sinn, Chorale
source: Cantata BWV 5, «Wo soll ich fliehen hin»
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
8
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): O Welt, ich muß dich lassen, Chorale prelude - Op. 122, No. 3
scoring:
SAATB
6
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): «Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir» - Op. 113, No. 2
scoring:
BBB
8
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Sonata in C minor K 11
source: Duos for treble recorders from well-known ancient and modern melodies, No. 35
scoring:
AA
10
Pietro Locatelli (1695 - 1764): Minuetto e variazioni
source: Concerto grosso IV (Amsterdam 1735)
scoring:
SAAATTBB
8
Leonardo Leo (1694 - 1744): Solfeggio 1
source: Solfeos de Leo para los principiantes de musica. Por direccion de Dn. Ferdinando Blumenstein (c. 1760)
scoring:
A (Bc)
10
James Paisible (c. 1656 - 1721): A Scotch Tune
source: The Sprightly Companion (London 1695)
scoring:
AAB
8
Richard Leveridge (1670 - 1758): Smile, my fair, and take the prize
source: A collection of songs (London 1727)
scoring:
AB (Bc)
6
Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020): Carillon
source: from the musical score of Per qualche dollaro in più – For a Few Dollars More (1965)
scoring:
SSATB
10
Francesco Mancini (1672 - 1737): Andante e Fuga in A minor from Concerto XVII
source: Concerti di Flauto, Violini, Violetta, e Basso di Diversi Autori (Naples 1725). Manuscript preserved in the Music conservatories of Naples, No. 17
scoring:
AATB
8
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Sonata in D minor K 52, No. 52
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
8
Domenico Modugno (1928 - 1994): Notte di luna calante
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 14
scoring:
AB
10
Francesco Mancini (1672 - 1737): Fuga in G minor from Concerto XIV
source: Concerti di Flauto, Violini, Violetta, e Basso di Diversi Autori (Naples 1725). Manuscript preserved in the Music conservatories of Naples, No. 14
scoring:
AATB (Bass instrument)
10
Francesco Mancini (1672 - 1737): Larghetto in F major from Concerto XIV
source: Concerti di Flauto, Violini, Violetta, e Basso di Diversi Autori (Naples 1725). Manuscript preserved in the Music conservatories of Naples, No. 14
scoring:
SATB (Bass instrument)
4
Francesco Mancini (1672 - 1737): Largo in A minor from Concerto XIII
source: Concerti di Flauto, Violini, Violetta, e Basso di Diversi Autori (Naples 1725). Manuscript preserved in the Music conservatories of Naples, No. 13
scoring:
SATB
6
Johann Heinrich Müller (c. 1780 - 1826): Canon No. 3 «Wann das Jahr vollendet seinen Lauf»
source: Zwölf Canons […] für drei Singstimmen ohne Begleitung (Leipzig [XIX cent.]), No. 3
scoring:
AAB
11
Anonymous (XVI cent.): Polnischer Tantz
source: Mus.ms. 1516. Teutsche, Französische und Lateinische Lieder mit 4 Stimmen (Augsburg c. 1540), Manuscript preserved in Munich: Bavarian State Library, No. 180
scoring:
ATTB
10
Antonio Mortaro (? - 1619): La Cornala
source: Primo libro de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci (Venice 1600), No. 6
scoring:
SATB
8
Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 - 1653): Passacaille in D minor
scoring:
B (Harpsichord)
8
Michel Richard Delalande (1657 - 1726): Chaconne in C major
scoring:
SATB
6
John Baptist Grano (c. 1692 - c. 1748): Sonata III in G major
source: Solos for a German flute (London c. 1728), No. 3
scoring:
A (Bc)
8
Johann Melchior Pichler (1695 - 1776): Adagio in G minor from Concertino No. 110
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 10
scoring:
AATB or AAAB
8
Johann Melchior Pichler (1695 - 1776): Concertino No. 109 in Bb major
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 9
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
Dolly Parton (1946 - ): I Will Always Love You
scoring:
A (Piano)
6
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 - 1704): Adagio in C major from Sonata I - C 78
source: Fidicinium sacro-profanum (Nuremberg c. 1683)
scoring:
SSTTB or SSATB
8
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757): Sinfonia in F major
source: Ms. Rés. 2634. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France
scoring:
AA (Bc)
6
Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 - 1653): Peccantem me quotidie et non poenitentem
scoring:
TTT
6
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Wheat and Water
scoring:
SAAB
12
John Baptist Grano (c. 1692 - c. 1748): Sonata I in F major
source: Solos for a German flute (London c. 1728)
scoring:
A (Bc)
8
Antonio Mortaro (? - 1619): La Morona
source: Primo libro de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci (Venice 1600), No. 5
scoring:
ATTB
6
John Baptist Grano (c. 1692 - c. 1748): Sonata II in G minor
source: Solos for a German flute (London c. 1728)
scoring:
A (Bc)
12
Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (1699 - 1758): Minuet in F major
source: A choice collection of aires and duets for two German flutes (London n.d.)
scoring:
AA
11
John Eccles (1668 - 1735): A song on a lady’s drinking (London c. 1700)
scoring:
A (Bc)
7
Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (1699 - 1758): Sonata 12 in F major
source: XII Sonates en trio. Book 2 (Paris 18th cent.)
scoring:
AA (Bc)
6
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 - 1775): Adagio sempre piano in A minor from Concertino No. 105
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 5
scoring:
ATB
13
Pierre Bonnet (? 1538 - ? 1608): Bien heureux qui se peut dire
scoring:
ATTB
8
Eric Clapton (1945 - ): Layla
scoring:
A (Piano)
6
Antonio Mortaro (? - 1619): La Pera
source: Primo libro de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci (Venice 1600), No. 4
scoring:
ATTB
10
6
6
Ferdinando Galimberti (flourished 1730-51): Sinfonia No. 102 in Bb major
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 2
scoring:
AATB
6
Eagles (XXI cent.): Desperado
scoring:
A (Piano)
8
Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640 - 1708): Scocca pur tutti tuoi strali
source: The second part of Musick’s Handmaid (London 1689)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
10
Anonymous (XVII cent.): Motley’s Maggot
source: The second part of Musick’s Handmaid (London 1689)
scoring:
STB
8
Henry Carey (1687 - 1743): Cantata V - «The sun was in his highest strength»
source: Six cantatas (London 1732)
scoring:
TT (Bc)
8
Giovanni Battista Riccio (flourished 1609-21): Canzon La Grileta a doi Violini in Ecco
source: Il terzo libro delle divine lodi musicali (Venice 1620)
scoring:
AA (Bc)
6
Anonymous (XVIII cent.): Dijn toen oend dijn lassen
source: Musyk Voor De Fluyt Anno 1739. Manuscript preserved in Boston: Harvard Musical Association Library
scoring:
TTB
8
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Cantata «Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen» - BWV 175
source: Recorder Parts in Bach’s Sacred Music
scoring:
GGGB or AAAB (Bass instrument)
Bach clearly requires three treble recorders in G. I have transposed the score from the original key of G major to F major so that the arrangement can be played on ordinary treble recorders and at the same time the three original recorder parts can be played in a philological performance of this cantata.
Antonio Mortaro (? - 1619): La Fachinetta
source: Primo libro de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci (Venice 1600), No. 3
scoring:
SATB
13
Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782): Se infida tu mi chiami - Canzonetta VI - WH 23 - Op. 6, No. 6
source: Six Canzonets. Op. 6 (London [1767])
scoring:
AA (Bc)
6
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732 - 1795): Mein Herz fleucht ihr entgegen
source: Die Amerikanerin. Ein lyrisches Gemälde (Riga 1776) - BR-JCFB G 47
scoring:
S (Bc)
10
Tommaso Albinoni (1671 - c. 1750): Allegro finale from Concerto VI - Op. 2
source: Sinfonie e concerti a 5. Op. 2 (Venice 1700)
scoring:
AAB
10
Tommaso Albinoni (1671 - c. 1750): Follia from Concerto II - Op. 2
source: Sinfonie e concerti a 5. Op. 2 (Venice 1700)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
Gary Brooker (1945 - 2022): A Whiter Shade of Pale
source: Duos for treble recorders from well-known ancient and modern melodies, No. 34
scoring:
AA
9
Anonymous (XVIII cent.): Allegro in C major
source: Ms. Musica 2-N-13,2. Manuscript preserved in Saxon State and University Library Dresden, No. 30
scoring:
STB
6
Antonio Mortaro (? - 1619): La Bertozza
source: Primo libro de canzoni da sonare a quattro voci (Venice 1600), No. 1
scoring:
ATTB
8
Artemio Motta (1661 - post 1717): Concerto Secondo in F major
source: Concerti a cinque. Op. 1 (Modena 1701), No. 2
scoring:
ATBL (Bass instrument)
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Largo from Sonata TWV 41:a6
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 14
scoring:
B (Bc)
6
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Solo 3 in D minor - TWV 41:a6
source: Essercizii musici, overo dodeci soli e dodeci trii à diversi stromenti (Hamburg [1740])
scoring:
A (Bc)
8
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Partia 6 in G major - TWV 41:Es1
source: La Petite Musique de Chambre; Die kleine Kammer-Musik. Hautbois, ou Violon, ou Flute traverse, Ou Clavessin, avec la Basse chiffrée (Hamburg 1728), No. 6
scoring:
A (Bc)
8
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 - 1775): Concertino No. 107 in G major
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 7
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
13
Johann Melchior Pichler (1695 - 1776): Largo in F major from Concertino No. 108
source: Fonds Blancheton, Op. 3. Ms. RES F–443. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 8
scoring:
AATB
10
Peter Gabriel (1950 - ): Washing of the Water
scoring:
SATB
8
Santo Lapis (1699 - 1765): Sonata I in F major
source: Sei duetti per due flauti o violini o fagotti (Paris c. 1740-48)
scoring:
AA
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1589 - 1657): Onder de Linde groene a 4
source: Der Fluyten Lust-hof (Amsterdam 1649-54), No. 100
scoring:
AAAB
The four–part arrangement is mine.
8
The Beatles (flourished 1960-70): Hey Jude
scoring:
SSAA
10
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Partia 5 in E minor - TWV 41:e1
source: La Petite Musique de Chambre; Die kleine Kammer-Musik. Hautbois, ou Violon, ou Flute traverse, Ou Clavessin, avec la Basse chiffrée (Hamburg 1728), No. 5
scoring:
C (Bc)
6
William Topham (flourished 1701-09): Sonata VI in C major
source: Six sonatas compos’d in imitation of Arcangelo Corelli. Op. 3 (London [1709])
scoring:
SSTTL (Bass instrument)
6
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692): Suite in C major
source: Varie sonate alla francese, et all’itagliana a sei stromenti. Op. 11 (Modena 1684)
scoring:
ATTBB (Bass instrument)
12
Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994): Anywhere the Heart Goes - Meggie’s Theme from The Thorn Birds
scoring:
ATBB
14
Domenico Galli (1649 - 1691): Sonata X - First movement - Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a’ solo (Modena 1691)
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 13
scoring:
B (Harpsichord)
8
Domenico Galli (1649 - 1691): Sonata X in Bb major
source: Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a’ solo (Modena 1691), No. 10
scoring:
A
Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841): Solfège 61
source: Solféges et vocalises, op. 195 (Paris 1826) - Trosiéme Partie: Solfége progressif dans tous les tons, et dans toutes les mesures, No. 61
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
6
King Crimson (XXI cent.): Islands - Final section (1971)
scoring:
SATTTB
In the seventies, progressive musicians like Yes and especially Gentle Giant played great parts for the recorder.
This wonderful piece by King Crimson was recorded in 1971 and there is no recorder, just a glorious solo by Mark Charig on a trumpet. And yet the piece works very well in a recorder ensemble, sharing the trumpet solo and the harmonium part.
This is a real ensemble piece: solo parts can be boring, especially for the bass player. You have to think as a whole and taste the overall effect.
8
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 - 1766): Fugue from Sonata III
source: Sonate per gravicembalo (London 1739)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
12
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 - 1766): Menuett from Sonata I
source: Sonate per gravicembalo (London 1739)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
12
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 - 1766): Non so frenar il pianto, Air
source: Demetrio (Florence 1732)
scoring:
STTB (Bass instrument)
5
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 - 1630): Adiuro vos, filiae Hierusalem
source: Concerti ecclesiastici (Milan 1610), No. 1
scoring:
A (Bc)
7
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Dieu mercy, j’ay bien labouré
source: Fantasies on Norman Songs from the Bayeux Manuscript, No. 9
scoring:
ATB
5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Le bon espoir que mon cueur a
source: Fantasies on Norman Songs from the Bayeux Manuscript, No. 5
scoring:
ATB
6
Jim Brickman (1961 - ): Angel Eyes
scoring:
A (Piano)
5
Giovanni Bassano (c. 1560 - 1617): Divisions on «Vestiva i colli e le campagne intorno»
source: Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese diminuiti per sonar con ogni sorte di stromenti (Venice 1591)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
Giovanni Bassano (c. 1560 - 1617): Divisions on «Vestiva i colli e le campagne intorno»
source: Motetti, madrigali et canzone francese diminuiti per sonar con ogni sorte di stromenti (Venice 1591)
scoring:
SATTB (Harpsichord)
5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): A la duche de Normandie
source: Fantasies on Norman Songs from the Bayeux Manuscript, No. 4
scoring:
STB
5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Follia alla parmigiana
scoring:
ATTB
4
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 - 1630): Sonata per il violino, cornetto e violone a 3
source: Concerti ecclesiastici (Milan 1610), No. 49
scoring:
AA (Bc)
10
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 - 1630): Sonata per violino e violone
source: Concerti ecclesiastici (Milan 1610), No. 48
scoring:
STB
I have arranged the sonata heavily, adding a third voice and changing the original parts slightly.
6
Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 - 1766): Pensa che sei crudele, Air
source: Demetrio (Florence 1732)
scoring:
AA (Harpsichord)
7
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627 - 1693): Capriccio sopra il cucu
scoring:
SATB
7
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706): Aria Quarta - P 196
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
5
Giuseppe Giamberti (c. 1600 - c. 1663): Duo XXXI. Cucù
source: Duo tessuti con diversi solfeggiamenti, scherzi, perfidie, et oblighi (Rome 1657), No. 31
scoring:
TB
5
Anonymous (XVIII cent.): The Cuckoo Minuet
source: The delightful pocket companion for the German flute (London c. 1763)
scoring:
AAB or ATB
3
Anonymous (XVIII cent.): A Favourite Minuet
source: The delightful pocket companion for the German flute (London c. 1763)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): En amours n’a sinon bien
source: Fantasies on Norman Songs from the Bayeux Manuscript, No. 6
scoring:
A (Guitar)
6