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)
60
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Chord progression in C
To a German friend of mine
To a German friend of mine
scoring:
AB (Ukulele ad libitum)
59
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Four chord progression
scoring:
AB (Harmonic Instrument)
55
Nicola Fiorenza (? - 1764): Concerto in A minor
source: Ms. 2210-17 (1726). Manuscript preserved in the Music conservatories of Naples
scoring:
G or A (2 Violins, Bc)
51
Johann Guth (c. 1675 - 1710): Chiacon a 2 Violini, canon at the unison a 2
source: Novitas musicalis. Allerhand Canones und Fugen von 2. 3. und 4 Stimmen sampt dem General Bass (Frankfurt 1675), No. 9
scoring:
AAB (Bc ad libitum)
49
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)
48
Jan Jaap Langereis (1962 - ): Raindance
scoring:
AATTBF
The title came while recording it (the piece was finished already); it was raining outside – a very common thing in autumn in the Netherlands – and I heard the drops of tones falling on the floor, more and more, on which the melody starts dancing: Raindance.
The piece is written especially for my Recorder Orchestra in Castricum (Holland) of which I am the director. It is easy to play, so very suitable to do with a wide range of skills. It is written for low recorders (from alto to great bass) because of the warm and beautiful sound of greater recorders. There is an extra seventh part to be played on a bass recorder in C, especially if the great bass recorder is not able to reach the highest notes.
Please, do not play it on a sopranino and have fun!
Jan Jaap Langereis
Heiloo, 8.11.2012
46
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Schaff ’s mit mir, Gott - BWV 514
source: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Leipzig 1725), No. 32
scoring:
A (Bc)
46
Louis-Antoine Dornel (c. 1685 - 1765): III Suitte in D minor - Op. 1, No. 3
source: Livre de simphonies contenant 6 suittes en trio pour les flutes, violons, hautbois, etc. (Paris [1709])
scoring:
AA (Bc)
45
Diego Ortiz (c. 1519 - c. 1570): Recercada primera [Passamezzo antico]
source: El primo libro: Nel quale si tratta delle glose sopra le cadenze et altre sorte de punti in la musica del violone (Rome 1553), No. 1
scoring:
AAATB
45
Carlo Donida (1920 - 1998): Le Colline Sono in Fiore
scoring:
STB
44
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Lascia ch’io pianga
source: Rinaldo (1711) - HWV 7
scoring:
SSAB
42
Gary Brooker (1945 - ): A Whiter Shade of Pale
scoring:
SATB
41
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Sonata in G minor (A minor) - H 542.5 (formerly BWV 1020)
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
41
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 - BWV 1047
scoring:
A (Trumpet, Oboe, Violin, Strings, Bc)
41
40
ABBA (flourished 1973-82): I Have a Dream
scoring:
SSTB or SSAB
40
Jacob Arcadelt (c. 1504 - 1568): Il bianco e dolce cigno, madrigal a 4
source: Il primo libro de madrigali a quattro voci (Venice 1539)
scoring:
ATTB
40
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)
39
Ignazio Pollice (flourished 1684-1705): Sinfonia a 3 flauti in C major
source: Manuscrit musical 161. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothéque Municipale de Versailles, No. 9
scoring:
AAAB or GGGB (Bc)
39
ABBA (flourished 1973-82): Our Last Summer
scoring:
SATB
38
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)
37
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): The Grand Dance
source: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) - Z 628
scoring:
ATB (Bc)
37
Gottfried Finger (c. 1660 - 1730): A Ground [Passacaglia]
source: 40 Airs anglois pour la flute […] Livre troisieme (Amsterdam c. 1704), No. 6
scoring:
A (Bc)
37
Anonymous (XVI cent.): La paduana del re
source: Ms. Royal Appendix 59-62. Manuscript preserved in London: British Library
scoring:
ATTB
37
Johann Guth (c. 1675 - 1710): Chiacon a 2 Violini, canon by inversion
source: Novitas musicalis. Allerhand Canones und Fugen von 2. 3. und 4 Stimmen sampt dem General Bass (Frankfurt 1675), No. 33
scoring:
AAB or ATB (Bc ad libitum)
37
Benedetto Marcello (1686 - 1739): Sonata II in D minor - Op. 2, No. 2
source: Suonate a flauto solo con il suo basso continuo per violoncello o cembalo (1712)
scoring:
A (Bc)
36
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): Wiegenlied - D.498
scoring:
TTTB or AATB
35
Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 - 1594): Matona mia cara
source: Libro de villanelle, moresche et altre canzoni a 4. 5. 6 et 8 voci (Antwerp 1582)
scoring:
SATB
35
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Meine Seele hört im Sehen - HWV 207
source: Neun Deutsche Arien (1724-27), No. 6
scoring:
AA (Bc)
35
Johannes Touront (flourished 1450-75): O florens rosa
scoring:
ATB
35
Johann Gottfried Keller (1657 - 1704): A Ground [Chaconne]
source: 50 Airs anglois [… Book 1] (Amsterdam c. 1702), No. 50
scoring:
A (Bc)
35
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713): Sonata VI. Follia in G minor
source: Six solos for a flute and a bass […] Being the second part of his fifth opera (London [1702]), No. 6
scoring:
A (Bc)
35
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Variations on «Geordie»
scoring:
STB (Harmonic Instrument ad libitum)
34
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto in A minor - RV 103
scoring:
AAB
34
Giorgio Pacchioni (1947 - ): Ciaccona a due flauti in canone - Op. 4
scoring:
AAB
34
Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745): Agitata freme l’onda, Air
source: La Cassandra indovina (Naples 1711)
scoring:
A (Strings)
34
33
Uzi Hitman (1952 - 2004): Adon Olam (אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם)
scoring:
ATB (Harmonic Instrument ad libitum)
33
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687): Chaconne
source: Phaëton - LWV 61 (1683)
scoring:
SSATB or ATB (Harpsichord)
33
Nicolaus Craen (c. 1445 - 1507): Ecce video celos apertos
source: Motetti A. Numero trentatre (Venice 1502)
scoring:
GTB or STB
33
Daniel Purcell (c. 1664 - 1717): Sonata Seconda in D minor
source: Six sonata’s or solos, three for a violin and three for the flute (London 1698), No. 2
scoring:
A (Bc)
32
32
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Follia - RV 63 - Op. 1, No. 12
source: Suonate da Camera a tre. Op. 1 (Amsterdam c. 1712)
scoring:
AA (Bc)
32
The Beatles (flourished 1960-70): Blackbird
scoring:
SATB
32
32
Alexander Agricola (c. 1445 - 1506): Fortuna desperata
scoring:
ATTBBB or ATTBBL
32
31
31
Giovanni Battista Stefanini (1574 - 1630): Beata es Virgo Maria, Motet a 7
source: Promptuarium musicum (Strasbourg 1611–17)
scoring:
SSSAAAT or GGGTTTB
31
Pelham Humfrey (c. 1647 - 1674): Wherever I am, and whatever I doe
source: Musica Antiqua, ed. by John Stafford Smith (London 1812)
scoring:
A or AB (Bc or Guitar)
31
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata V in C major / F major / D major - BWV 529
source: Sechs Orgel-Trios für zwei Manuale mit dem obligaten Pedal (Autograph manuscript, c. 1727-31), No. 5
scoring:
T or A (Harpsichord)
31
Billy Joel (1949 - ): Piano Man
scoring:
STB (Harmonic Instrument ad libitum)
30
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620 - 1680): Intrada con Treza
source: IMhs 8:17. Manuscript preserved in Uppsala: Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala University Library
scoring:
ATBL
30
30
Anne Danican Philidor (1681 - 1728): Sonate pour la Flute à bec in D minor
source: 1er Livre de pieces pour la flute traversiere, flute a bec, violons et haut-bois avec la basse continuë (Paris 1712)
scoring:
A (Bc)
30
Robert Parsons (c. 1535 - 1572): The Song called Trumpets
source: Ms. Add. 31390 (c. 1578), Manuscript preserved in London: British Library
scoring:
SSTTBB
30
Nino Rota (1911 - 1979): Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
scoring:
SATBL
30
Paul Simon (1941 - ): Bridge Over Troubled Water
scoring:
AATB (Piano)
30
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata in E minor (G minor) - BWV 1034
scoring:
A (Bc)
30
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto per Flauto in C minor - RV 441
source: Giordano 31, Manuscript preserved in Turin National University Library
scoring:
A (Strings, Bc)
30
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto in G minor - RV 103
source: Giordano 31, Manuscript preserved in Turin National University Library
scoring:
A (Oboe, Bassoon)
30
Diego Ortiz (c. 1519 - c. 1570): Recercada segunda [Passamezzo moderno]
source: El primo libro: Nel quale si tratta delle glose sopra le cadenze et altre sorte de punti in la musica del violone (Rome 1553), No. 2
scoring:
AAATB
30
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767): Concerto in C major - TWV 51:C1
source: Mus. ms. 1033/23. Manuscript preserved in Darmstadt: Hessische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
scoring:
G (Strings, Bc)
30
Jacob Arcadelt (c. 1504 - 1568): O felici occhi miei, madrigal a 4 with divisions of the upper line by Diego Ortiz (1555)
source: Il primo libro de madrigali a quattro voci (Venice 1539)
scoring:
ATTB
30
29
29
Ben E. King (1938 - 2015): Stand by Me
scoring:
SATB (Harmonic Instrument ad libitum)
29
Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 - 1594): Chi chi li chi Cu cu ru cu, Villanella a 6
source: Libro de villanelle, moresche et altre canzoni a 4. 5. 6 et 8 voci (Antwerp 1582)
scoring:
SSATTB
29
Jean Baptiste [John] Loeillet of London (1680 - 1730): Sonata in D minor - Op. 1, No. 3
source: Sonatas for variety of instruments. Op. 1 (London 1722)
scoring:
SAB
29
Johann Guth (c. 1675 - 1710): Chiacon a 2 Violini e Braccio, canon at the unison a 2
source: Novitas musicalis. Allerhand Canones und Fugen von 2. 3. und 4 Stimmen sampt dem General Bass (Frankfurt 1675), No. 21
scoring:
SSTB (Bc ad libitum)
29
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ich steh’ an deiner Krippen hier - BWV 469
scoring:
SB (Bc)
1. Adapted for SB recorders and continuo;
2. Adapted for treble recorder and continuo with editorial divisions.
29
Innocenzo Fede (c. 1660 - 1732): Ouverture in C major
source: Manuscrit musical 161. Manuscript preserved in Paris: Bibliothéque Municipale de Versailles, No. 8
scoring:
AAA
29
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto per Flautino in A minor (E minor) - RV 445
source: Giordano 31, Manuscript preserved in Turin National University Library
scoring:
N or S (Strings, Bc)
29
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Sonata in D minor, HWV 367
source: Mu. Ms. 261. Manuscript preserved in Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum
scoring:
A (Bc)
29
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612 - 1675): Intrada (1)
source: ’t Uitnement Kabinet. 2 vols (Amsterdam 1646-49)
scoring:
CB (Bc)
28
Johann Christian Schickhardt (c. 1681 - 1762): Folia in D minor - Op. 6, No. 6
source: Sonates pour la chambre à deux flutes et une basse continue. Op. 6 (Amsterdam 1710)
scoring:
AA (Bc)
28
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Variations on «L’amour de moy»
scoring:
SAB (Bc)
28
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1555 - 1612): «Lieto godea» per cantar e sonar a 8
source: Concerti: Libro primo et secondo (Venice 1587)
scoring:
SSAATTBB
28
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 - BWV 1049
scoring:
AA (Violin, Strings, Bc)
28
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695 - 1750): Trio Sonata VI in D minor
source: XII sonatas for two German flutes or violins with a thorough bass (London c. 1727), No. 6
scoring:
AA (Bc)
28
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata I in Eb major / Bb major / G major - BWV 525
source: Sechs Orgel-Trios für zwei Manuale mit dem obligaten Pedal (Autograph manuscript, c. 1727-31), No. 1
scoring:
A (Harpsichord)
28
John Dowland (1563 - 1626): Awake Sweet Love
source: The first booke of songes (London 1597), No. 19
scoring:
SATB
27
Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio
source: Ms. mus.f.1146 Manuscript preserved in Modena: Biblioteca estense universitaria
scoring:
AAA (Bc)
27
Alessandro Marcello (1673 - 1747): Concerto di Flauti
scoring:
SGTB or SATB
27
27
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Variations on «The First Nowell»
scoring:
SATB
27
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Variations on «Stille Nacht»
scoring:
SATB
27
27
27
Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1532 - 1585): Angelus ad pastores ait, Motet a 7
source: Concerti: Libro primo et secondo (Venice 1587)
scoring:
SATTTBB or SGTTTBB
27
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Variations on «Michael Row the Boat Ashore»
scoring:
AB (Harmonic Instrument)
27
Johann Guth (c. 1675 - 1710): Gique a 2 Violini, canon at the unison a 2
source: Novitas musicalis. Allerhand Canones und Fugen von 2. 3. und 4 Stimmen sampt dem General Bass (Frankfurt 1675), No. 2
scoring:
AAB (Bc ad libitum)
27
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 - c. 1535): Acqua non è l’umor che versan gli occhi
source: Frottole. Libro undecimo (Petrucci, Fossombrone 1514)
scoring:
ATTB
27
Marco Uccellini (c. 1603 - 1680): Aria Quinta sopra la Bergamasca
source: Sonate arie et correnti a 2 e 3 per sonare con diversi instromenti (Venice 1642), No. 5
scoring:
SSB
27
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Sonata a 2 Flauto Traverso et Basso Continuo in G minor - RV 51
source: PM 6099. Manuscript preserved in Leipzig: Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig
scoring:
A (Bc)
Divisions of the slow movements are editorial.
27
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Duetto - HWV 190
scoring:
TT (Bc)
26
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Sarabande
source: Rodrigo - HWV 5
scoring:
ATB (Bass instrument)
26
Andrea Bornstein (1956 - ): Progression in G
scoring:
AB (Kalimba, Ukulele ad libitum)
26
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620 - 1680): Sonata a 7 flauti
source: IMhs 58:8a. Manuscript preserved in Uppsala: Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala University Library
scoring:
SSAATTB
26