Ann – Two Recorders

Two-Tone Suite (TrT) MHE 50221 £8.00
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Two-Tone Suite comprises five duets. The pieces are tuneful but moderately difficult. The suite also works well played an octave lower, on bass and great bass. Total playing time is about eight minutes.

November Suite (TrT) MHE 70522 £10.00
Intrada 
Andante 
Allegretto 
Jig 
Lullaby 
Allegro 
I wrote this suite at the request of Jo Greer and Teresa Savage, who wanted some agreeable music for their favoured instruments. The result is a set of six pieces, in friendly keys and in various moods. Total playing time is about seven minutes.

Suite for Two Recorders (TrTr) MHE 10312 £5.50
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Ann Marshall wrote this suite at the request of Felicity Kimpton, who wanted some duets for grade 5 or 6 players. Total playing time is about seven minutes. This suite is also available for two basses (MHE 10312a) and two descants (or tenors) (MHE 10312b).

Ann's Choice: Volume 3 (DD Duets) (DD) MHE 30311 £5.00
Herr Christ, Der Einig Gotts Sohn 
All Morgen Ist Ganz Frisch Und Neu 
Now Is The Month Of Maying 
Confirma Hoc O Deus 
Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern 
Ballo di Mantua 
Perfidia 
Echo Song 
There is not much music for adults that is both interesting and easy. I hope that 'Ann's Choice' will help to fill the gap. Volume 3, for two descants (or tenors), offers nearly a quarter of an hour of music by well-known figures such as Morley and Praetorius, as well as lesser-known composers such as Othmayr and Gumpelzhaimer. Whatever the original forces, I have arranged all of the music for two descants (or tenors). The keys are friendly and, other than a single top A, there are no notes higher than a G. There are eight sound files above; these are played on two tenors. The published music has a total of eleven pieces.

Ann's Choice: Volume 3 (TrTr Duets) (TrTr) MHE 30311a £5.00
This is the version for two trebles of MHE 30311, described above.

Ann's Choice: Volume 3 (BB Duets) (BB) MHE 30311b £5.00
This is the version for two basses of MHE 30311, described above.

Ann's Choice: Volume 4 (DTr Duets) (DTr) MHE 40311 £5.00
The Nightingale 
Je Cherche Autant Amour 
Mon Coeur Se Recommande A Vous 
Esurientes Implevis Bonis 
Beata Cujus Brachiis Secli Perpendit 
La Rondinella 
Canon (Minuet) 
Skye Boat Song 
There is not much music for adults that is both interesting and easy. All too often music that is easy is also a bit childish. I hope that the series 'Ann's Choice' will help to fill the gap. This fourth volume is of duets for unequal instruments. It contains nine pieces (nearly a quarter of an hour) of proper adult music from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. The pieces are by a variety of composers, from the better-known (Telemann) to the more obscure (Gardane). The famous 'Anon' is also represented. The sound files above are played on treble and tenor.

Suite for Two Recorders (BB) MHE 10312a £5.50
This is the version for two basses of MHE 10312, described above.

Ann's Choice: Volume 4 (TrT Duets) (TrT) MHE 40311a £5.00
This is the version for treble and tenor of MHE 40311, described above.

Suite for Two Recorders (DD) MHE 10312b £5.50
This is the version for two descants (or tenors) of MHE 10312, described above.

Contraband (C^tBC^tB) MHE 10519 £6.00
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Steph Sutherland asked me if I could write something for her, using the unusual instrumentation of two contrabasses. The result is this five-movement, six-minute suite. The most obvious problem with music for two contrabasses is that simple human need to breathe, and reasonably often too. There are a reasonable number of short rests built into the music, but in any case contrabass players are a resourceful lot, and will no doubt find a way to make it work. Unsurprisingly the piece also works fine on two basses.