The Virtuoso Recorder, Vol. 3

Following collections of virtuosic German and Italian Baroque recorder concertos Michael Schneider now turns to Baroque England. In respect to number and quality of performers and superior instrument construction, London can be termed the world capital of the recorder in this epoch. Mr. Schneider endeavors for the greatest possible tonal variety and highest quality of the individual pieces within this repertoire. The concertos, based on anthologies by William Babell, Robert Woodcock, and John Baston, have in common the use of ‘small flutes’, that is, recorders in the descant register.