Journey from the Middle Ages to the Present Day - Recorder

This album includes over sixty compositions, taking players on a musical journey through the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque period right up until our time. The pieces include works by old masters such as Vivaldi, Bach, Hotteterre, Dowland and Telemann, as well as folk songs and thirteen original compositions by British flautist Alan Davis. A variety of styles including blues, jazz, and Latin are covered.

The pieces of medium technical difficulty were selected by renowned Czech flautist Jan Kvapil who is known for his recorder school methods. They are suitable for recorder solo, recorder with accompaniment (guitar, piano/harpsichord) and can also be played with 2-3 recorders. Free supplementary materials are available for this edition: There are 32 audio examples which can be downloaded. One can listen to the pieces unaccompanied or accompanied by various instruments (harpsichord, piano, lute, viola da gamba, percussion) and in various tempos.

Table of Contents:

• Anonymus: La Manfredina / La Rotta della Manfredina
• Anonymus: La quinte estampie real
• Anonymus: Estampie
• Anonymus: Salterello
• Dowland, John: Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part (The Frog Galliard)
• Anonymus: Eerste Petit Brande
• Bonzanini, Giacomo: Gagliarda seconda
• Bonzanini, Giacomo: Gagliarda terza
• Calestani, Vincenzo: Damigella tutta bella
• Anonymus: Tweede Nachtegaeltje
• Falconieri, Andrea: Corrente detta l'Avelina
• Delalande, Michel-Richard: Passepied
• Coperario, John: Almain (Cupararee)
• Anonymus: Sir Francis Bacon's Masque
• Purcell, Henry: Hornpipe
• Carolan, Turlough: Fanny Power
• Carolan, Turlough: Variations on When She Cam Ben
• Táimse im Chodhladh
• Barsanti, Francesco: Dumbarton's Drums
• Anonymus: Tunes for the Canary Bird
• A Tune for the Linnet
• A Tune for the Starling
• A Tune for the East India Nightingal
• A Tune for the Bullfinch
• Vivaldi, Antonio: Siciliana
• Chédeville, Nicolas: Allegro
• Vivaldi, Antonio: Aria di giga
• Demoivre, Daniel: Allemande
• Demoivre, Daniel: Sarabande
• Demoivre, Daniel: Round O
• Telemann, Georg Philipp: Aria 4
• Telemann, Georg Philipp: Aria 1
• Couperin, François: Le Petit Rien
• Couperin, François: La Linote éfarouchée
• Händel, Georg Friedrich: Andante
• Händel, Georg Friedrich: Jigg
• Händel, Georg Friedrich: Boure
• Davis, Alan: Hirundo rustica
• Davis, Alan: The Voice of the Turtle
• Davis, Alan: Turdus merula
• Davis, Alan: Bees' Knees
• Joplin, Scott: Maple Leaf Rag
• Davis, Alan: Fies
• Davis, Alan: Diana's Daydream
• Anonymus: Stella splendens for 2 or 3 recorders
• Anonymus: Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa for 2 or 3 recorders
• Giamberti, Giuseppe: Ballo di Mantua for 2 or 3 recorders
• Morley, Thomas: Goe yee my canzonets for 2 or 3 recorders
• Anonymus: Ballet for 2 or 3 recorders
• Anonymus: Doodendans for 2 or 3 recorders
• Gletle, Johann Melchior: Pan for 2 or 3 recorders
• Gletle, Johann Melchior: Kirke for 2 or 3 recorders
• Lavigne, Philibert de: Le Muguet for 2 or 3 recorders
• Lavigne, Philibert de: Les Renoncules for 2 or 3 recorders
• Lavigne, Philibert de: Les Renoncules for 2 or 3 recorders
• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Musette for 2 or 3 recorders
• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Polonaise for 2 or 3 recorders
• Bach, Johann Sebastian: Menuet for 2 or 3 recorders
• Davis, Alan: Pentacle for 2 or 3 recorders
• Davis, Alan: Duet for 2 or 3 recorders
• Davis, Alan: Blues in G for 2 or 3 recorders
• Iron Bar for 2 or 3 recorders
• Kvapil, Jan / Kvapilová, Eva: Létající koberec for 2 or 3 recorders
• Fireworks for 2 or 3 recorders
• Davis, Alan: Enchanted Forest
• Davis, Alan: March of the Goblins

Publisher:	Bärenreiter
Composer/Author:	Various
Arranger/Editor:	Kvapil, Jan
Catalog Number:	BA11544