Sheet Music for Modern Recorders

64842Jutta Michel-Becher (*1965)

Engellieder (Angel Songs), after a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (2019)

for recorder (tenor, alto, soprano or sopranino) and organ
Aura-Edition AE 040-MB, score and recorder part, € 14,00

 

This musical contemplation of a relationship to an angel is set in three movements which develops empathetically in a dialogue between the recorder and the organ. Far from any modernism, it accessibly follows the literary source into an appropriate tonal and comprehensive atmosphere.

 

 

Sound Sample:

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Divertimento (ca. 1810) After the first edition of the Divertimento per Pianoforte e CzakanErnest Krähmer (1795–1837)

Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)c
Volume 2: Rondo no. 3 C minor & Rondo no. 4 C major

 

for alto recorder and piano

Aura-Edition AE 035-MB, piano score and part for alto recorder, € 22,00

 

Central and demanding work of the Csakan repertoire in concertante form, presented in a transposed version for alto recorder.
The long-lost piano part has been rediscovered 2017 – the rondos can be now published in their original texture.

Volume 2 comprises the touching Rondo no. 3 in C minor, which is without doubt one of the most substancial works of Krähmer: the lamenting main theme is juxtaposed with other emotional and cantabile or dance-like episodes. But not enough: the main theme mutates into a relaxed major key and ends by an energetic coda. The multi-level Rondo no. 4 in C major works like a recollection of most popular musical thoughts of these days. After a general pause, the piece ends in an almost symphonic manner, and, as often the case in Krähmer’s oeuvre, in a Mozart-like finale.

 

 

 Sound Samples No. 1:

 Sound Sample No. II:

 

Link to the sheet-music example No. 1

Link to the sheet-music example No. 2

Link to the foreword (in German)

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Ernest Krähmer (1795–1837)  Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)  Volume 1: Rondo no. 1 C major & Rondo no. 2 F majorErnest Krähmer (1795–1837)

Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)

Volume 1: Rondo no. 1 C major & Rondo no. 2 F major

 

for alto recorder and piano

Aura-Edition AE 034-MB, piano score and part for alto recorder, € 22,00

 

Central and demanding work of the Csakan repertoire in concertante form, presented in a transposed version for alto recorder.
The long-lost piano part has been rediscovered 2017 – the rondos can be now published in their original texture.

Volume 1 contains the charming Rondo no. 1 in E-flat major in a pastoral-like gesture, which finishes in a dance-like finale, briefly citing elements from Spanish national dances admired in these days. Rondo no. 2 in A-flat major is one of the most thrilling and sparkling works from Krähmer’s oeuvre. The repeating march-like main theme is bursting with energy; the musical interludes are varying from a dramatic section to extremely playful and virtuoso passages.

 

 

 

Sound Samples No. 1:

 Sound Sample No. II:

 

Link to the sheet-music example No. 1

Link to the sheet-music example No. 2

Link to the foreword (in German)

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Divertimento (ca. 1810) After the first edition of the Divertimento per Pianoforte e CzakanValentin Czejka (1769–ca. 1834)

Divertimento (ca. 1810)
After the first edition of the Divertimento per Pianoforte e Czakan

 

for piano and alto recorder

Aura-Edition AE 033-MB, piano score and part for alto recorder, € 20,00

The demanding piano part of this duo with the recorder is a concertante work, dating probably from around 1810 and performed only at court, which is the reason it has not been printed before.

These days it still requires a versatile pianist for the virtuosic passages but also for performing the sections that enter into a dialogue with the melody instrument.
Valentin Czejka was one of the best professional musicians of Vienna, favoured by Beethoven as a bassoon virtuoso, and a prolific composer.

 

 

 Sound Sample:

 

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Franz Schubert (1797–1828)  Sonate a-Moll »Arpeggione« (1824)Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Sonata in a minor »Arpeggione«

for alto recorder with E-foot extension and piano

Aura-Edition AE 022-MB, recorder part & piano score, € 22,00


Schuberts »Arpeggione«-Sonata is among the best and most popular works – in consequence, it already appears in a wide range of arrangements. Luckily one circumstance (the fact that the tone E is the lowest note of the melody instrument in Schubert’s composition) makes it particularly suitable for a modern alto recorder with E-foot extension. Editor Nik Tarasov explains in the foreword period and modern aspects connected to this surprising version of a real musical gem.

 

Sound Sample:

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Link to the foreword (in German)

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Ernest Krähmer (1795–1837)  Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)

Ernest Krähmer (1795–1837)


Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)

 

Volume 1: Rondo no. 1 G major & Rondo no. 2 C major.

for soprano recorder and piano

 

Aura-Edition AE 018-MB, recorder part & piano score, € 22,00

Central and demanding work of the Csakan repertoire in concertante form.
The long-lost piano part has been written by the editor in the sense of period accompaniments to other woodwind works.

Volume 1 contains the charming Rondo no. 1 in G major which reflects the pastoral setting of Beethoven’s violin sonatas and chamber music, finishes in a dance-like finale, briefly citing elements from Spanish national dances admired in these days. Rondo no. 2 is one of the most thrilling and sparkling works from Krähmer’s oeuvre. The repeating march-like main theme is bursting with energy in the highest possible register; the musical interludes are varying from a dramatic section to extremely playful and virtuoso passages in the sense of Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda.

 

 

Two Sound Samples:



 

Link to the sheet-music example no. 1

Link to the sheet-music example no. 2

Link to the foreword (in German)

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Ernest Krähmer (1795–1837)    Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)Ernest Krähmer (1795–1837)

 

Quatre Rondeaux op. 33 (1834)

 

Vol 2: Rondo no. 3 in g minor & Rondo no. 4 in G major

for soprano recorder and piano

Aura-Edition AE 019-MB, recorder part & piano score, € 22,00

 

Central and demanding work of the Csakan repertoire in concertante form.
The long-lost piano part has been written by the editor in the sense of period accompaniments to other woodwind works.

Volume 2 comprises the touching Rondo no. 3 in g minor, which is without doubt one of the most substancial works of Krähmer: the lamenting main theme reminds on the musical language of Schumann, the other emotional and cantable or dance-like episodes sound like Schubert. But not enough: the main theme mutates into a relaxed major key and ends by an energetic coda. The multi-level Rondo no. 4 in G major works like a recollection of most popular musical thoughts inspired by the early Mendelssohn, Carl Maria von Weber and Bernhard Molique. After a general pause, the piece ends in an almost symphonic manner, and, as often the case in Krähmer’s oeuvre, in a Mozart-like finale.

 

Two Sound Samples):



 

Link to the sheet-music example no. 1

Link to the sheet-music example no. 2

Link to the foreword (in German)

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 Il Extremelo Charakterstücke und technische Studien von Instrumentalvirtuosen aus fünf Jahrhunderten

Il Extremelo

Character pieces and technical studies by instrumental virtuosos over five centuries


for alto/ treble recorder with E-foot extension, collected and edited by Karel van Steenhoven

Aura-Edition AE 016-MB, solo part, € 22,00

A collection of ambitious studies with concert solo studies from different stylistic periods for owners of a modern extended alto/treble recorder (e.g. Helder alto, Modern alto). Karel van Steenhoven has contributed several of his own compositions to this comprehensive collection.
A supplement offers his own informative synopsis of different scales suitable to the various styles and within the range of the modern recorder.

 

Sound Sample:

Link to the sheet-music example

Link to the foreword (in German)

Index of contents (in German)

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Carlo Domenichini (1790)  Sei Duetti   a flauto dolce e violoncello

Carlo Domenichini (1790)


Sei Duetti

 
a flauto dolce e violoncello

First Edition

Aura-Edition AE 013-MB, two playing scores, € 25,00

The late-classical feel of these pieces is a welcome enrichment of the original recorder repertoire – this is also due to its unusual instrumentation. The interpretative challenge, raising questions about the violoncello part, has been taken into account in this edition by offering two different versions: one giving the original text, the other a more congenial playing version that reduces the, in places very extensive, range of the violoncello part to that which is essential.

 

Sound Sample:

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Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf (1787–1840)  Largo et Rondo   Trio für Sopran-, Alt- und Tenorblockflöte

Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf (1787–1840)


Largo et Rondo

 
Trio for soprano (descant), alto (treble) and tenor recorders.

First Edition

Aura-Edition AE 005-MB, score and three parts, € 19,00

This is the first edition of this trio, set for three recorders – it was originally scored for csakan and two flauti d’amore (see AE 003-CB). This pleasant and technically demanding work, from the repertoire of a Viennese flute ensemble from around 1800, deserves to be revived in recorder circles, having lain dormant for almost 200 years.

 

Sound Sample:

 

Link to the sheet-music example

Link to the foreword (in German)

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