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Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in G minor K 90, No. 90
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):  Adagio from Sonata in G major - HWV 363b
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 9
scoring: AB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):  Sonata in Bb major - HWV 363b
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 8
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637 - 1707):  Passacaglia in D minor - BuxWV 161
scoring: SSTBB
What is the meaning of these icons?   3
Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706):  Suite in G minor - P 373
scoring: AA (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 7
scoring: AB or TB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Nicola Matteis (c. 1650 - post 1713):  Preludio
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 6
scoring: AB
The original solo line is from Nicola Matteis, Ayrs for the violin (London 1676–85)
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Psalm 118 - Nun saget Dank und lobt den Herren
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 5
scoring: AB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Gottfried Finger (c. 1660 - 1730):  Duo
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 4
scoring: AAB
The AA duo is from Gottfried Finger, A Collection of Musick in Two Parts (London 1691)
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Gottfried Finger (c. 1660 - 1730):  Andante
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 3
scoring: AAB
The AA duo is from Gottfried Finger, A Collection of Musick in Two Parts (London 1691)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Antoine Boësset (1586 - 1643):  Object dont les charmes
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 2
scoring: CB
The top line is from Antoine de Boësset, Neusiéme livre d’airs (Paris 1688)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Anonymous (XVII cent.):  Air
source: TheLeadingBass: for bass recorder players who occasionally want to take the lead, No. 1
scoring: AB
The top line is from George Bingham, 50 Airs anglois (Amsterdam c. 1702).
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):  Pursue thy conquest, Love
source: Dido and Aeneas (1688) - Z 626, No. 10
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Variations on «O du fröhliche»
scoring: AATB
What is the meaning of these icons?    4
Antonio Francesco Tenaglia (c. 1620 - 1672):  Sta’ in tono, mio core
source: Torr. Ms. B. 21. Manuscript preserved in the music conservatories of Venice: Fondo Torrefranca, No. 2
scoring: C (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
Naomi Shemer (1930 - 2004):  Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)
scoring: ATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?     8
Johann Gottfried Keller (1657 - 1704):  Sonata II in F major
source: VI Sonate a tre. Due flauti e basso continuo (Amsterdam 18th cent.), No. 2
scoring: AA (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Variations on «Adeste Fideles»
scoring: AB (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?   8
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Variations on Once in Royal David’s City - Tune by Henry Gauntlett (1848)
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?   3
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Andante in F major
source: Sinfonia – TWV 50:3
scoring: SAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Adagio in G minor
source: Concerto a 4 Violini senza Basso – TWV 40:204
scoring: ATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Traditional:  Moreen aka The Minstrel Boy, Irish folk song
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Fantasia N° 1 - TWV 33:1
source: Fantaisies pour le clavessin (Hamburg c. 1733)
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
I have arranged this piece by adding a treble recorder part to the original score for solo harpsichord.
4
Traditional:  Lady Anne Bothwell’s Lament, Scottish folk song
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Variations on «Jesu, meine Freude»
source: Tune by Johann Crüger (1653)
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Variations on «Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr»
source: Tune by Nikolaus Decius (1523)
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   6
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr - TWV 31:4
source: Fugierende und verändernde Choräle (1735), No. 4
scoring: STB
Heavily arranged from the two–line keyboard score.
What is the meaning of these icons?   6
Anonymous (XV cent.):  Agincourt Carol
scoring: AAB or ATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692):  Trio Sonata 4 in C major
source: Sonate da camera a tre. Due violini e violone. Op. 14 (Modena 1692), No. 4
scoring: AAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
Billy Joel (1949 - ):  Uptown Girl
scoring: SB (Piano)
The first line can be played on a descant or tenor recorder.
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1589 - 1657):  Blydschap van myn vliedt with an editorial continuo
source: Der Fluyten Lust-hof (Amsterdam 1649-54)
scoring: A (Bc)
These are the theme and variations of a piece published in van Eyck’s collection. I transposed van Eyck’s work to fit it to a treble recorder and added at it a continuo part of mine.
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Giovanni Bononcini (1670 - 1747):  Divertimento in D minor
source: Divertimenti da camera pel violino o flauto (London 1722)
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764):  La Boiteuse
source: Pièces de Clavessin (Paris 1724)
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?   6
Traditional:  Dei jeu pia cun tristezia, Traditional song from Switzerland arranged by A. Bornstein
source: Duos for treble recorders from well-known ancient and modern melodies, No. 33
scoring: AA
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Traditional:  La Mastralia, Traditional march from Switzerland arranged by A. Bornstein
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Dan Coates (XXI cent.):  Love Solo
scoring: A (Piano)
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):  One charming night
source: The Fairy-Queen (1692) - Z 629
scoring: AAB (Bc)
The two alto recorder parts are original, while the bass recorder part was originally intended for an alto singer.
The singer rests from bar 43, so the bass recorder part from there to the end of the piece is editorial and ad libitum.
What is the meaning of these icons?    3
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):  Next, Winter comes slowly
source: The Fairy-Queen (1692) - Z 629
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):  Be to one another true
source: The Fairy-Queen (1692) - Z 629
scoring: ATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1589 - 1657):  d’Lof-zangh Marie a 4
source: Der Fluyten Lust-hof (Amsterdam 1649-54), No. 12
scoring: SATB
This is the theme and variations of a piece published in Eyck’s collection. The four–part arrangement is mine.
What is the meaning of these icons?   8
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in G minor K 88, No. 88
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
A great sonata that works very well for treble recorder and concertato harpsichord.
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Jacob van Eyck (c. 1589 - 1657):  Engels Nachtegaeltje a 4
source: Der Fluyten Lust-hof (Amsterdam 1649-54)
scoring: SATB
This is the theme and a variation of a piece published in Eyck’s collection. The four–part arrangement is mine.
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in G major K 86, No. 86
scoring: SATTL
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in F major K 85, No. 85
scoring: AA
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Minuetto in C major - K 83, No. 83
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in D minor K 87, No. 87
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Traditional:  Ah, schi di’m ün pô, Traditional song from Switzerland arranged by A. Bornstein
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916):  Sogno
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Traditional:  Bonny Jean, Scottish folk song
source: Duos for treble recorders from well-known ancient and modern melodies, No. 32
scoring: AA
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
Burke Thumoth (flourished 1720-47):  Bonny Jean
source: Twelve Scotch and Twelve Irish Airs with Variations (London 1748), No. 9
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Yoko Kanno (1964 - ):  The Real Folk Blues
scoring: A (Piano)
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Lento in D minor
source: Trio Sonata TWV 42:A2
scoring: SSATB or SSAAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Pëtr Ilič Čajkovskij (1840 - 1893):  Swan Lake - Op. 20
scoring: SATTBB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Gregorio Strozzi (c. 1615 - post 1687):  Euphonia. Aria con partite
source: Capricci da sonare cembali et organi (Naples 1687), No. 28
scoring: SATB or SAAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Gregorio Strozzi (c. 1615 - post 1687):  Corrente Quarta
source: Capricci da sonare cembali et organi (Naples 1687), No. 22
scoring: ATB (Bc)
The score by Strozzi consists of only two lines. I have arranged this corrente for three ATB recorders and continuo, adding some variations.
What is the meaning of these icons?    3
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856):  Kleiner Morgenwanderer - Op. 68, No. 17
source: Album for the Young (1848)
scoring: SATTB or SAAAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):  Die Forelle - D.550
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?   6
Antonio Sartorio (1630 - 1680):  Aria di Tetide: «Numi ondosi festeggiate»
source: L’Orfeo (1672)
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  A l’agnello quel pensiero
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: TTTB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Johan Helmich Roman (1694 - 1758):  Sonata in G minor
source: Statens musikbibliotek - The Music Library of Sweden, ms. BeRI 224
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (XX cent.):  All I Have to Do Is Dream
scoring: TTB (Piano)
What is the meaning of these icons?   3
Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (c. 1690 - 1757):  Trio Sonata Ottava in G minor
source: Dodici sonate da Chiesa a 3, con due Violini o Basso ad imitazione di quelle di Arcangelo Corelli. (XVIII cent.). Manuscript preserved in Bologna: Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, No. 8
scoring: AAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Johann Gottlieb Graun (c. 1702 - 1771):  O Bacchis! laß Sorgen und Grillen [O Bacchis! Give up worries and gloomy thoughts]
source: Oden mit Melodien (Berlin [1753]), No. 31
scoring: AA
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  Va superbo quel vassallo
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: SSATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788):  Die Küsse [The kisses]
source: Oden mit Melodien (Berlin [1753]), No. 14
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643):  Son ferito, son morto, Aria a voce sola
source: Arie musicali per cantarsi nel gravicimbalo e tiorba a una, a dua, e a tre voci (Florence 1630)
scoring: C (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   3
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1643):  Dunque dovrò, Aria di Romanesca
source: Arie musicali per cantarsi nel gravicimbalo e tiorba a una, a dua, e a tre voci (Florence 1630)
scoring: C (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   3
Michel Richard Delalande (1657 - 1726):  Passacaille ou Grande Pièce
source: Première Suite pour le Souper du Roy (1720)
scoring: AB (Bc)
The upper part was originally intended for a violin or flute, while the solo bass instrument is specified as a bassoon. Transposing the score to G minor makes it perfect for a treble recorder and a bass recorder. The latter can play the continuo part when not occupied with its solo part.
What is the meaning of these icons?    9
John Dowland (1563 - 1626):  M. John Langton’s Pavan
source: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares (London 1604), No. 10
scoring: SAATB or SATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Chicago (1967 - ):  Hard to Say I’m Sorry
scoring: AB (Piano)
The bass recorder is optional.
What is the meaning of these icons?   4
John Dowland (1563 - 1626):  Mistresse Nichol’s Almande
source: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares (London 1604), No. 20
scoring: SATTB or SAATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
John Dowland (1563 - 1626):  Sir Henry Umpton’s Funerall
source: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares (London 1604), No. 9
scoring: TTBBL or ATBBL
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in G minor K 89, No. 89
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
Among the more than two hundred sonatas for solo harpsichord by Domenico Scarlatti, there are a few that are divided into movements and include some continuo figures throughout.
They were probably conceived as continuo exercises for students; in any case, they are well suited to a solo instrument playing the right hand of the score while the harpsichord plays the bass and its realisation.
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Allegro staccato in F major
source: Sinfonia No. 2 – Ms. Rés. 2634. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France
scoring: ATTB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725):  Sonata in G major
source: MS. SANT Hs 3975 (No. 14). Manuscript preserved in Münster: Diözesanbibliothek, Santini-Collection
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?    36
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sinfonia in C major
source: Ms. Rés. 2634. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, No. 15
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
4
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725):  Sonata in F major
source: MS. SANT Hs 3975 (No. 13). Manuscript preserved in Münster: Diözesanbibliothek, Santini-Collection
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?    39
Traditional:  אני ואתה (You and I), Traditional Jewish dance
scoring: ATB
What is the meaning of these icons?   8
Amanda McBroom (1947 - ):  The Rose
scoring: TTBL or ATBL
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):  Chaconne for Flutes: Two in one upon a Ground
source: The Prophetess (The History of Dioclesian) (1690) - Z 627
scoring: AA (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?     60
Tarquinio Merula (c. 1594 - 1665):  Ciaccona a 2 violini, ed a 3 col violone - Op. 12, No. 20
source: Canzoni overo sonate concertate per chiesa e camera a due et a tre. Op. 12 (Venice 1637)
scoring: SSB (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?     47
Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745):  Agitata freme l’onda, Air
source: La Cassandra indovina (Naples 1711)
scoring: ABBB (Harpsichord)
This aria is interesting for its particular scoring: bass singer, violin, three real viola parts and continuo.
The viola parts are well suited to bass recorders, and the bass part can be played with good results on a treble recorder.
The divisions on the Da capo are editorial.
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  Chi vuol goder d’Amor
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  Pupille del mio ben
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: AAB
This vocal piece has a peculiar scoring: the bass plays very few bars and the lowest part is played by the viola. The other two parts are soprano and violin respectively. Our arrangement is therefore quite faithful to the original, since the bass recorder is, for once, at the right distance from the treble recorders.
What is the meaning of these icons?  5
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  Ride il fior, canta l’augello
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: SSSAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  3
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):  Sonata in G minor K 9, No. 9
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Raphael Courteville (c. 1675 - 1772):  A lass there lives upon the green
source: Deliciae musicae. The fourth book (London 1696)
scoring: A (Bc)
This air is part of the incidental music for the performance of the play Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave in 1695, which also includes pieces by Henry Purcell (Z 584).
What is the meaning of these icons?   7
Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (c. 1690 - 1757):  Trio Sonata Settima in F major
source: Dodici sonate da Chiesa a 3, con due Violini o Basso ad imitazione di quelle di Arcangelo Corelli. (XVIII cent.). Manuscript preserved in Bologna: Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, No. 7
scoring: AAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Ciaccona from Bach motet BWV 230
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
This ciaccona is based on the last twenty bars of the «Alleluia» from the motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – BWV 230 by J.S. Bach.
All the contrapuntal material is taken from the choral score: I have simply arranged it for treble recorder and concertato harpsichord.
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):  Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden - BWV 230
scoring: SATB
This motet, in its original form, is perfectly suited to a SATB group of recorders.
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):  Komm, Jesu, komm - BWV 229
scoring: SSAATTBB
What is the meaning of these icons?   6
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  D’Imeneo la bella face
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: SATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Andrew Parcham (flourished 1700):  Aria in G major
source: Sonate à un Dessus et une Basse - 40 Airs anglois […] Livre second (Amsterdam c. 1702)
scoring: AAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Andrew Parcham (flourished 1700):  Sonate à un Dessus et une Basse in G major
source: 40 Airs anglois […] Livre second (Amsterdam c. 1702), No. 43
scoring: A (Bc)
What is the meaning of these icons?   14
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):  Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr - TWV 31:3
source: Fugierende und verändernde Choräle (1735), No. 3
scoring: SAB
What is the meaning of these icons?  4
Jim Brickman (1961 - ):  Valentine
scoring: A (Piano)
What is the meaning of these icons?   5
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ):  Parson’s Farewell - early English dance tune
scoring: SATB or STTB
The plain melody of this dance is found in The English Dancing Master, published in London in 1651 by John Playford.
What is the meaning of these icons?  6
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  Un certo non so che
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: A (Harpsichord)
What is the meaning of these icons?  7
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):  La tiranna avversa sorte
source: Arsilda, Regina di Ponto (1716) – RV 700
scoring: SSATB
What is the meaning of these icons?  7