Recorder Quartets 5 Vol. 5: Recorder Ensemble: Score

Recorder Quartets - Volume 1 - Vocal Music of the Renaissance   Contents:   Now o now I need must part - John Dowland (SATB)   Fair Phyllis I saw sitting alone - John Farmer (SATB)   Come lovers follow me - Thomas Morley (AATB)   I will no more come to thee - Thomas Morley (AATB)   Motet 'Ecce iam venit plenitudo' - Gioseffo Zarlino (ATTB)   Si el pastorcicos es neuvo - Juan Vásquez (ATTB)   Dizen a mi que los amores é - Jaun Vásquez (ATTB)   Par amores lo maldixo - JuanVásquez (SATB)   Zagaleja de lo verde - Juan Vásquez (SATB)   Quando? quando? - Juan Vásquez (SATB)   Il est bel et bon? - Passereau (SATB)   Allon gay gay gay bergerès - Guillaume Costeley (SATB)   Orsus orsus vous dormez trop - Clement Jannequin (AATB)   El grillo - Josquin des Préz (AATB)

Mozart-Arien-Recorder Quartets 6 - Selected Opera Arias of Mozart arranged for Recorder Quartet by Fumio Kitamika.   Arias from:   Die Zauberflote   Don Giovanni   Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail   Le Nozze di Figaro

10 Fugues For String Quartet Vol. 2-The idea for these arrangements came to me whilst listening to the Hagen Quartet's beautiful recording of the fugues that form part of Haydn's 'Sun Quartets' Op. 20. The spirit and influence of J.S. Bach in particular his Well Tempered Clavier Book II courses through these three miraculous Haydn fugues. Like the viol consort the string quartet suits this kind of composition (the fugue) with all four instruments sufficiently similar in character to each other to match the extraordinary unity and economy of the counterpoint. A string quartet playing Bach fugues is a good example of a harmonious relationship between form andcontent: just as there is a unifying principle behind the construction of the four string instruments so there is (usually) a single theme or subject that unifies the construction of a four-part fugue. Thus the form enacts the content telling you something about the text and message within. Apart from Haydn's and a handful of other composers' wondrous creations there's little fugal writing for string quartet at least in comparison with the abundance of other forms. This was another reason to make these arrangements. The quartet offers a melodic independence impossible to achieve on a single instrument. And I believe the technical and interpretative challenges posed by this repertoire – lightness of sound and rhythmic fluidity for example - will be very valuable to quartets seeking the holy grail: a unified sound. Perhaps the simplest and most compelling reason for this work is that I just love this music more than I can say. These dazzling pieces mostly fast bright and in major keys show Bach at his most playful funny and mischievous composing for an instrument rarely associated with these qualities. And so I'm very happy to offer string quartets these little know fugues written by my favourite composer - a violinist and violist himself but above all a master

No. 1-3-Michael East's Twelve Ayerie Fancies (volume 1) for SSAT Recorder Quartet.

Maja S. K. Ratkje's Tale Of Lead And Light for String Quartet. Study score. The piece was commissioned by the Engegård Quartet in 2011. On the record String Quartets Vol IV: Schubert-Ratkje-Britten-Haydn. A later piece is made for string orchestra  Tale of Lead and Frozen Light (2014).