20th Century Music For Recorder & Piano

Original music from the first decade of the 20th century through the 1960s composed for recorder and piano. Works by Jacob, Bartok, Leigh and others.

Group - Anita Randolfi

Performers - Anita Randolfi, recorders; Marcia Eckert, piano; Douglas Lima, piano; Mary Barto, flute.

Label - Randolfi

Yr. Recorded - 2002

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A Journey Among Travellers

Peter Bowman & Kathryn Bennetts perform Donald Bousted's 26-minute quarter-tonal piece for two alto recorders, which had its U.S. premiere at the 1998 Berkeley Festival.

"...a phenomenal pair on their range of recorders, coaxing the most weird & wonderful sounds from their instruments, with great control & power."—Harry Partch Society Newsletter.

Group - Ensemble QTR

Performers - Peter Bowman & Kathryn Bennetts, recorders

Label - Ensemble QTR

A Medieval Pilgrimage - A Musical Tour of the Middle Ages

You will experience the excitement of rustic peasant dances, songs of the trouveres, troubadours & minnesingers, the ethereal beauty of plainsong, charming melodies of the Cantigas de Santa Maria, the intricate polyphony of the English Dunstable and much more.

Group - American Recorder Orchestra of the West

Performers - American Recorder Orchestra of the West

Label - Village & Early Music Society

Alla Turca

Alla Turca features the radiant German soprano Monika Mauch and celebrates the music of the Austrian court during the reign of Charles VI. The program includes instrumental and vocal music by three composers of the period: Johann Noseph Fux, Antonio Caldara, and Carlo Agostino Badia, whose cantata La Fenice receives its world premier recording. Montreal's Ensemble Caprice joins Mauch under the direction of Matthias Maute.

Group - Ensemble Caprice

Performers - Monika Mauch, soprano; Matthias Maute, recorder

Label - ATMA Classique (ACD2 2347)

An Early American Quilt

In town hall and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachian mountains to the great concert halls, this recording celebrates the diversity of early American music in a musical patchwork that reflects a time of new ideas and vitality.

Group - Hesperus

Performers - Tina Chancey, Scott Reiss, Grant Herried, Mark Cudek, Robert Eisenstein, and Peter Marshall with guests Melissa Weaver Dunning, the Hesperus Shape-Note Chorus, Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansone, William Taylor, and Phillippe Varlet on recorders, whistles, viola da gamba, and other early and traditional instruments.

Label - Maggie's Music.

An Evening with Bach

The music on this recording reflects both the lyrical side of Bach's compositional genius as well as the wide variety of his musical invention.

Group - Voices of Music

Performers - Susanne Ryden, soprano; Jennifer Lane, alto; Joanna Blendulf, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Louis Carslake, Rodney Gehrke, Lisa Grodin, Katherine Kyme, Dan Laurin, Victoria Gunn Pich, Hanneke van Proosdij, William Skeen David Tayler, director

Label - Pandore (PAN7104)

Archipelago

Sonatas and concerti by Hotteterre, Bach, Stanley, Boismortier and others.

Group - Melville & Friends

Performers - Alison Melville, recorder & traverso, Michael Jarvis, Charlotte Nediger, & Borys Medicky; harpsichord, Derek Conrod; natural horn, Mary Cyr;bass viol

Label - Verdandi Music

Arias, Duets & Ballet Music from Handel Operas

This new live recording features a wide selection of excerpts from the operas of G. F. Handel, including "Alcina" and "Giulio Cesare in Egitt"

Group - Carolina Baroque

Performers - Dale Higbee; director and recorders, Teresa Radomski; soprano, Lee Morgan; alto, John Pruett; baroque violin, Holly Maurer; viola da gamba, Daniel Hannemann; harpsichord

Label - White Sound Studio
 

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Baroque Music from England & Scotland

Baroque music from Scotland & England, including Purcell & Oswald, & arrangements of music from The Beggar's Opera by Pepusch.

Group - Musick Fyne

Performers - Alison Melville & Colin Savage, recorders; with other members of Musick Fyne.

Label - EBS recording

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Bach Arias, Duets and Chamber Music

Recorded live in 2003, this CD features Bach cantatas and other works, including the Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns di Stimme”.

Group - Carolina Baroque

Performers - Dale Higbee, recorders Teresa Radomski, soprano John Williams, bass-baritone John Pruett, baroque violin Holly, Maurer, viola da gamba Daniel Hannemann, harpsicord & organ

Label - White Sound Studio

Bach: Music to Challenge the Intellect and Touch the Heart

J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 21, Part One and Cantata No. 182.

Group - Carolina Baroque

Performers - Dale Higbee, recorders Teresa Radomski, soprano Lee Morgan, alto Richard Heard, tenor John Williams, bass-baritone John Pruett, baroque violiln Doris Powers, baroque violin & viola Mary Frances Boyce, baroque viola Holly Maurer, viola da gamba

Label - White Sound Studio

Buried Treasure: Topaz & Sapphire

Transcriptions from Dietrich Buxtehude's Opus 1 and additional pieces by Buxtehude and works by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Johann Schop, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer.

Group - Ensemble Vermillian

Performers - Frances Blaker, recorders; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, baroque cello; Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord and organ.

Label - Fafarela (FA-12072)

Carols for Dancing focuses on the intimate connection between familiar holiday music and Medieval and Renaissance dance. These instrumental arrangements were made by Renaissonics for the public radio special hosted by Sound & Spirit's Ellen Kushner.

Group - Renaissonics

Performers - John Tyson

Label - WGBH

Celtic Roots

17-18th century Scottish, Irish, English, American traditional & parlor music from the earliest written sources.

Group - Hesperus

Performers - Scott Reiss, recorders, whistle, hammered dulcimer; & Hesperus, featuring award-winning Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout; Philippe Varlet, Irish fiddle; Bill Taylor, harps; Grant Herreid, lutes, guitars, recorder; Tina Chancey, viol, Irish fiddle, recorder.

Label - Maggie's Music.

Medieval & Renaissance music

Group - Charleston Pro Musica

Performers - Marsha Evans, Lewis Fitch & others, recorders, gemshorns, guitar & voice

Label - Millenium Music/Charleston SC.

Charleston Pro Musica on Tour

Medieval & Renaissance music with consort & singers.

Group - Charleston Pro Musica

Performers - Marsha Evans, Lewis Fitch & others, recorders, gemshorns, guitar & voice.

Label - Millenium Music/Charleston SC.

Five centuries of holiday music from many lands; a Christmas concert set in a castle, played & sung by 17 musicians on recorders, strings, percussion & voice.

Group - Blue Oak Consort & guests

Performers - Blue Oak Consort & guests, Richard Geisler, director.

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Concerti di Napoli

Sonatas by Francesco Mancini, Roberto Valentini and Alessandro Scarlatti.

Group - Jorg-Michael Schwarz

Performers - Rebel: Matthias Maute, Recorders; Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, Violin; John Moran, Violincello; Dongsok Shin, Harpsichord.

Label - Dorian

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerti Grossi Opus 6

Premiere recording of the transcriptions for recorders includes the "Christmas Concerto" featuring the unique 1725 London version with solos transcribed for two recorders, instead of the customary two solo violins, in three of the six concertos.

Group - American Bach Soloists

Performers - Jeffrey Thomas, conductor; Dan Laurin, Hanneke van Proosdij, recorders; Elizabeth Wallfisch, Katherine Kyme, violins; Tanya Tomkins, violoncello; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord.

Label - Delos

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerti Grossi Opus 6

Trio sonata of arrangement by Johann Christian Schickhardt.

Performers - John Daniels and Sonja Lindblad, recorders; Peter Sykes, harpsichord.

Label - Self-produced

Dancing Day

Medieval, Renaissance & traditional Christmas music spanning about 500 years--from the British Isles, Italy, France, Spain, Germany & America.

Group - Rosa Lamoreaux

Performers - Scott Reiss, Tina Chancey & Jane Hershey, recorders & other early instruments; Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano; Mark Cudek, lute & cittern; Joshua Lee & Daniel Rippe, bass viol & percussion.

Label - Koch Int'l.

Distribution of Flowers

Latin CD featuring works by Argentinian accordion virtuoso Astor Piazzolla, The History of Tango, & Brazilian composers including Villa Lobos, Pixinguinha, Hermeto Paschoal, Waldir Azevedo.

Group - Clea Galhano

Performers - Cléa Galhano, recorder; Tony Hauser, guitar.

Label - Ten Thousand Lakes

Dolce Musica - A Contemplative Journey

Celtic, Renaissance and Medieval melodies for recorder and flute with Celtic harp.

Group - Dolce Musica

Performers -Eileen Hadidian, Flutes and Recorders Natalie Cox, Harps

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