A fantastic collection of favourite melodies by Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Handel, Chopin, Mozart, Rossini, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Elgar, Paganini, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Strauss and more, arranged especially for the intermediate to advanced soprano/descant recorder player, starting with the easiest. All are in easy keys. Great for sight reading practice or just for fun.
Assuming a good knowledge of the recorder and music reading, some pieces are one page, others longer; the music ranges across three octaves although the easier pieces range up to second octave A; with plenty of familiar melodies.
50+ Greatest Intermediate Classics for Recorder follows on from our popular 50+ Greatest Classics for Recorder which is much easier, contains different repertoire and shorter pieces. This, latest, book is for the more advanced player and includes extracts from:
Adagio – Albinoni; Alla Turca – Mozart; Autumn – Vivaldi; Ave Maria – Schubert; Bist du bei mir – Stölzel; Caprice – Paganini; Carol of the Bells – Leontovych; Clog Dance – Hertel; Colonel Bogey – Alford; Csárdás – Monti; Donauwellen Waltz – Ivanovici; Danse macabre – Saint Saëns; Entry of the Gladiators – Fučík; Frühlingsstimmen – J. Strauss; Funiculì, Funiculà – Denza; Für Elise – Beethoven; Garland Waltz – Tchaikovsky; Gliding Dance of the Maidens – Borodin; Gran Valse – Tárrega; Hungarian Dance No. 5 – Brahms; La Campanella – Paganini; Lacrimosa – Mozart; Largo al Factotum – Rossini; Light Cavalry Overture – Suppé; Marche Funèbre – Gounod; Marche Slave – Tchaikovsky; Mazurka – Chopin; Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven; Nimrod – Elgar; Nocturne – Chopin; Overture – Mozart; Pizzicati – Delibes; Prelude – Bizet; Rigaudon – Grieg; Romanze – Mozart; Russian Dance – Tchaikovsky; Sarabande – Handel; Scheherazade – Rimsky-Korsakov; Sheep May Safely Graze – J. S. Bach; Si un jour, La forza del destino – Verdi; Sleepers, Awake – J.S. Bach; Ständchen – Schubert; Te Deum – Charpentier; Theme, Pastoral Symphony – Beethoven; Theme, Piano Concerto No. 1 – Tchaikovsky; Three Little Maids – Sullivan; Toccata and Fugue – J.S Bach; Traümerai – Schumann; Tritsch Tratsch Polka – J. Strauss; Va, Pensiero – Verdi; Vltava – Smetana; Waltz no. 15 – Brahms.
If you're looking for recorder duets, you may like our Intermediate Classic Duets for Recorder or Wicked Duets; Devilish Duets; Shanties and Sea Songs; all books are available for two descants, and descant and treble. Look out for our instrument specific music theory books, recorder theory for very young children and for our vast array of music arranged for mixed instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Mini-Bassoon, Tenoroon, Oboe, Saxophone, Recorder, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, French Horn, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass!
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