Concertos for four Treble Recorders and Basso continuo I (Score & Parts)

Schickhardt Concertos for four Treble Recorders and Basso continuo I (Score & Parts)

Johann Christian Schickhardt (1680-1762) was a German composer and woodwind player.  Known almost exclusively today to recorder players, he was constantly on the move but never fortunate to gain a position in an important court or major city.  Although a minor figure of the late Baroque his compositions were surprisingly well-known and popular.  He player the recorder, flute and oboe (and composed almost exclusively for these instruments) which, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, were the most popular instruments for the gentleman amateur musician.

The six recorder concertos presented here in two volumes for the first time in score were published in parts by Roger in Amsterdam around 1715, under the title VI Concerts à 4 flutes et basse continue dediez (sic!) à Mr. de Brandt, Chambellan et Directeur General de la Musique de Sa Majesté le Roy de Prusse, IX. Ouvrag.
  
Conceived for four treble recorders – the range and voice-leading make this unmistakably clear – these pieces will be greeted by recorder players with particular interest, since this scoring is rarely encountered in original literature for the recorder, but especially since the composer lets each player participate in the musical activity with rewarding roles of more or less equal value.  The original parts were unfortunately lost during the Second World War.