The Clark Collection
Music for Recorders
Catalogue 1999
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OUR THIRD CATALOGUE adds twelve new titles to those advertised before. Most items are supplied as full type parts with small-type score. Nos 3, 53, 56 and 57 come as three playing-scores, Nos 11 and 35 as two playing-scores. Large-type scores can be provided if required, details on request, as can bulk orders for parts for larger ensembles.
The number in brackets after each entry gives a notional estimate of difficulty from (1) easiest to (5) hardest. We hope you will enjoy playing our publications, which are all arranged, composed, set or transcribed by Paul Clark.
| SOLOS | ||
| CC1a | 34 Sight Reading Exercises, for soprano recorder Originally composed for auditions, examinations, festivals and fun, these progressively ordered pieces still find employment! (1-4) |
£2.00 |
| CC1b | 34 Sight Reading Exercises, for alto recorder The same as the above, transposed for treble. (1-4) |
£2.00 |
| DUETS | ||
| CC2 | Baroque Duets, for recorders SA A baker's dozen from the boulangeries of d'Aquin and Louis Couperin. (2) |
£2.00 |
| TRIOS | ||
| CC3 | Try a Trio! for recorders SAT Three easy contrasted pieces for elementary players. (1) |
£1.75 |
| CC4 | Orlando Gibbons: Two Fantasias, for recorders STGb Extended and complementary works for this unusual combination. (3) |
£2.25 |
| CC5 | Padre Martini: Gavotte, for recorders STB A light-hearted effusion from the 18th-century's most learned and best-loved Bolognese composer. (3) |
£1.25 |
| CC6 | James Nares: Fugue in F, for recorders ATB An invigorating prescription from an 18th-century doctor (of music) from the Chapel Royal. (3) |
£1.50 |
| CC53 | Two Songs from Piae Cantiones (1582), for recorder
trio Simple modern setting sof two fine old meoldies that were presented monophonically in Piae Cantiones. (1) |
£1.40 |
| CC54 | Four Traditional Carols, for recorders SAT Composed to order for some pupils at a summer school, these settings have dash and panache (2) |
£1.60 |
| CC55 | A.A. Klengel: Fugue XIII from Canons & Fugues,
for recorders SST This cheeky fugue comes from a less well-known '48' for piano, by a composer who lived a century after Bach. (3) |
£1.60 |
| CC56 | Anon.: In vernale tempore, for recorders SAT An easy setting of a Springtime song from Piae Cantiones in which each player in turn has the tune while the others provide flowering, flowering counterpoints. (2) |
£1.40 |
| CC57 | Two Bulgarian Folksongs, for recorders SAT Stirring settings in easy keys (G, g-a) and simple rhythms for elementary players. (1) |
£1.40 |
| QUARTETS | ||
| CC7 | Clark's Hornpipe, for recorders SATB A lively setting of a traditional Irish fiddle tune, at which everybody gets a crack. (3) |
£1.50 |
| CC8 | Four Greek Dances, for recorders SATB Demanding but rewarding settings of traditional melodies that never fail to please! (4) |
£2.25 |
| CC9 | Thomas Augustine Arne: Overture to Thomas and Sally,
for recorders SATB A brief, bright and breezy beginning to a popular 18th-century nautical escapade. (3) |
£1.25 |
| CC10 | Charles Avison: Two Concertos, for recorders SATB Charming examples from the long-popular series originally written both for string ensemble and for organ solo, one in G-major, t'other in g-minor. (3) |
£2.50 |
| CC11 | J.S. Bach: Ten Christmas Chorales, for recorders
SATB Enjoy Bach's masterly part-writing, in a variety of keys. (Two playing-scores) (2-4) |
£2.25 |
| CC12 | J.S. Bach: Meine Seele, auf! from Cantata 69, for
recorders AATB Florid lines for all, in a lovely lilting 9/8 rhythm, full of joy. (3) |
£2.00 |
| CC31 | J.S. Bach: Fugue No. XVIII (48 Bk. I), for recorders
SATB Comes in a-minor, for those who take life easy, and again in g#-minor for those whose thirst for 'authenticity' is undeterred. (3-5) |
£2.30 |
| CC32 | J.S. Bach: Mountain Gold, for recorders SATB Four nuggets from the Goldberg variations, including the final Quodlibet. (3) |
£1.80 |
| CC13 | William Byrd: Fantasia on the Hexachord, for recorders
SATB Trips up and down the hexachordal ladder in semibreves, giving each player in turn respite from the hectic activity that is the order of the day in this big work. (3-4) |
£2.00 |
| CC33 | Louis-Claude D'Aquin: Jes suies l'archange de Dieu, for
recorders SATB Lively figuration enhances the charming air of this old French Noël. (3) |
£1.40 |
| CC34 | Francesco Durante: Concerto in g-minor, for recorders
SATB More substantial than the Avison (CC10) with some soloistic display. (4) |
£4.60 |
| CC35 | Juan del Encina: Ten Villancicos, for recorders SATB Easy, exquisite, early Spanish miniatures of delightful directness (Two playing scores.) (2) |
£2.40 |
| CC14 | Giles Farnaby: Fantasia, for recorders SATB Short, light and accessible, this fantasia shows Farnaby at his most genial. (2-3) |
£2.00 |
| CC15 | Girolamo Frescobaldi: Two Fugues, for recorders SATB The short g-minor fugue looks forward to the high baroque, while the longer tripartite e-minor one is more attuned to the earlier canzona. (3) |
£2.00 |
| CC36 | J.J. Froberger: Canzona No. 5, for recorders SATB A brisk, breezy little work from the Viennese court organist of the 18th century. (3) |
£1.30 |
| CC16 | J.J. Fux: Overture to Orfeo ed Eurydice, for
recorders SATB This four-section overture is comparable in several ways to the fine dramatic music of Fux's contemporary, Henry Purcell. (2-3) |
£1.25 |
| CC37 | Andrea Gabrieli: Canzon Ariosa, for recorders SATB An object lesson in renaissance ornametnation, with some simplified alternatives for fearful descants!. (3) |
£1.40 |
| CC17 | Maurice Greene: Voluntary in c-minor, for recorders
SATB A noble and expressive work by an English contemporary of Handel; a flowing Largo leads to a bouncy, bustling Vivace with plenty of activity for everybody. (3) |
£1.50 |
| CC18 | G.F. Handel: Two operatic arias, for recorders SATB Everyone knows the famous March in Scipione: here's a chance to know a little more of that opera, plus another fine air from Giulio Cesare. (3) |
£1.50 |
| CC19 | Gioacchino Rossini: Aria Tutto sorridere me veggo
inforno for recorders SATB Ninetta's first aria in The Thieving Magpie gives all the players pelenty to do in this diverting arrangement. (3) |
£1.75 |
| CC32 | Domenico Scarlatti: Fugue in d-minor, for recorders
SATB A vigourous and forthright piece full of exciting activity. (3-4) |
£1.80 |
| CC20 | Domenico Scarlatti: The Cat's Fugue, for recorders
SATB You may feel as if you have used up several of the proverbial nine lives when you reach the end of this unrelenting scamper! (4) |
£1.75 |
| CC39 | Emil Sjögren: Fugue in g-minor, for recorders
SATB An impressive work in the classical tradition by the late 19th-century organist of Stockholm cathedreal, the Yohanneskyrka. (3) |
£1.80 |
| CC21 | Agostino Soderini: Two canzonas for recorders SATB Two easy examples that make a good introduction to the early 17th-century North Italian canzona. (2) |
£2.00 |
| CC22 | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Ut re mi fa sol la, for
recorders SATB Frenzied activity alternating with relaxing serenity is the lot each player in this exhilarating fantasia, for those who like a challenge! (4-5) |
£2.00 |
| CC23 | Domenico Zipoli: Two canzonas, for recorders SATB Just a little more demanding than the Soderni (CC21). (2-3) |
£2.00 |
| CC58 | A New Song (1752), for recorders AATB A charming anonymous song from the Univeral Magazine of Knowlege and Pleasure. A breath of invigorating fresh air from Marylebone Gardens. (2) |
£1.80 |
| CC59 | Gottlieb Muffat: Fugue and Air, for recorders SATB Two bracing movements from the organist of the 18th-cetnury Viennese court. (3) |
£2.00 |
| CC60 | William Young: Sonata No. 5 in C, for recorders TTTB Limpid and lush on the low quartet, this music from the Commonwealth era is utterly beugiling and not at all difficult. (2-3) |
£1.80 |
| CC61 | August Alexander Klengel, for recorders SATB These playful fugues in Bb from a 19th-century '48' have plenty of activity for everybody and use the full ranges of the recorders. (3-4) |
£3.00 |
| QUINTETS | ||
| CC24 | Blow the wind southerly, for recorders SAATB No white water to be found here, just a gentle swell. This easy, edearing item became our first year's best seller. (2) |
£1.25 |
| CC25 | Four Scottish Folk Songs, for recorders SATTB Well-known Scottish airs in settings exultant, soothing, pastoral and mischievous. (3-4) |
£4.00 |
| CC26 | The Horseman (De Ruyter), for recorders SAATB A capering canter though an extended setting of an old Dutch tune. (3) |
£2.25 |
| CC27 | Anonymous: Packington's Pownde, for recorders
SATBGb A simple set of dance variations that scatters nimble figurations among the players. From the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. (2-3) |
£1.25 |
| CC47 | J.S. Bach: Aria from Cantata 6, for recorders AATTB An opportunity especially for altos to enjoy the lovely flowing lines that Bach so often awarded to other instruments. (3) |
£1.40 |
| CC40 | J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in bb-minor, for recorders SAATB No easy option here: Bach's original five flats and the whole compass of the recorders employed. The prelude is especially fine. (3) |
£2.00 |
| CC45 | Hieronymus Bilstein: Hodie nobis caelorum rex, for recorders
SATTB A bubbly early-baroque Christmas motet, with optional voice parts for A/T. (2-3) |
£2.00 |
| CC41 | Paul Clark: Festoons, for recorders SAATB Written for the 1997 SRP Festival, this exhilarating piees is now offered to those who missed that celebration. (4) |
£3.00 |
| CC42 | Paul Clark: Pasticcio della Cornovaglia, for recorders
SAATB A feast founded on Cornish melodies, cooked up for the 1998 SRP Festival. (3) |
£3.20 |
| CC43 | Paul Clark: Menuetto D.C., for recorders SAATB Written for Daphne Clifford and the Dublin SRP, this light-hearted piece by a literal-minded composer is based on alternative chords of D and C. (2-3) |
£1.30 |
| CC44 | Paul Clark: Lammert binnen, for recorders SAATB An easy setting of a traditional Dutch song concerning lambing time. (2) |
£1.30 |
| CC48 | William Cobbold: New Fashions, for recorders AATTB The biggest 'Browning' of all -- 34 entries of the famous tune and much more! (4) |
£5.20 |
| CC49 | G.P. da Palestrina: Stella quam viderant Magi, for recorders
AATTB A Christmas motet in which purity of style unites with joyful jubilation. (2-3) |
£1.40 |
| CC46 | G.P. da Palestrina: Veni, Creator Spiritus, for recorders
SATTB A setting of the Pentecostal hymn that alternates Gregorian chant with serene polyphony. (The text is given in case you want to ding!) (3) |
£3.00 |
| CC62 | Anon.: The 29th of May, for recorders SAATB A festive setting of the fine traditional tune that Martin Shaw adapted for the hymn "All things bright and Beautiful". (2-3) |
£2.20 |
| CC63 | Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50, for recorders
SAATB One of the loveliest of this exquisite master's creations, in an adaptation that needs great care in the outer sections and calm detrmination in the inner. (3-4) |
£2.30 |
| CC64 | Orlando Gibbons: Threnody, for recorders SA A/T TB The last item of the book that began with The Silver Swan. Easy, elegaic, moving. (2) |
£2.20 |
| SEXTETS | ||
| CC28 | J.S. Bach: Aria Lass' der Spötter Zunger
schmähen, for recorders SATTTB Soprano gets the ornate solo line, alto the violin obbligato, the three tenors the continuo harmony and the bass Bach's original lively foundation. For the eager! (5) |
£1.50 |
| CC50 | Alfonso Ferrabosco II: In Nomine Fantasia, for
recorders SSTTBB Unusual among the many In Nomines in lacking a part entirely in semibreves. It has a wonderful tonal scheme and great rhythmical variety. (4) |
£2.20 |
| CC52 | Percy Aldridge Grainger: Walking Tune, for recorders sSAATB;
Handel in the Strand, for recorders S(s)S(s)AATB Arranged to a commission from the Centre for Young Musicians, London, the open-air expansiveness of the fist piece complements the bounding exuberance of the second. (5) |
£5.00 |
| CC51 | G.P. da Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria, for recorders
SATTTB The Roman master sounds here in magnificent Venetian vein. (3) |
£2.20 |
| CC29 | John Wilbye: Stay, Corydon!, for recorders
SSATTB A calm opening of slowly changing chords leads by degrees to a most exciting musical chase. (3) |
£1.25 |
| OCTETS | ||
| CC30 | Jonathan Batttishill: Anthem O lord, look down from
heaven, for recorders SSAATTBB Even stripped of its ecclesiastical text this is a finely expressive and dramatic composition covering a wide range of emotion. (3) |
£1.50 |
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