Recorder
Music
Listening Page
Listen
to early music
as well as popular and folk music
arranged for the recorder.
Selections arranged and synthesized by:
Jim Phypers
Where I live:
In the desert foothills
west of Tucson, Arizona
What I'm doing there:
Performing music on the recorder now and then
and producing accompaniments on the computer.
My wife and I are constructing a straw bale house
and generating all of our electricity with solar and wind power.
We call our place Solar
Haven.

The
Recorder Selections
Click on the title of each selection to listen.
"Alta"
- Dance
from the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance by Francisco de la Torre, c.1500
"Irlandaise"-
Suite
for Flute and Jazz Piano by Claude Bolling
(1973), originally written for French flutist, Jean-Pierre Rampal
"Colors
of the Wind" - Song
from "Pochahantis" by Alan Menken (music) and Stephen Schwartz (lyrics),
1996 - (lyrics, very special)
"Can
You Feel the Love Tonight?" -
Song
from the "Lion King" by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), 1994 -
(lyrics)
"Erev
Shel Shoshanim" - (Evening
of Roses) - Israeli folk melody and dance by Moshe Dor (music) and Yosef
Hadar (lyrics), 1940's
"Hello"
- Popular
song by
Lionel Riche, 1985 Grammy Award winner (lyrics)
"Innsbruck"
- Beautiful
song of the early Renaissance by Heinrich Isaac, 1450-1517 (a personal opinion)
Picture at right:
This instrument is the largest member of the recorder family, the sub-contrabass
recorder. It was made by the lady who is playing it, Adriana Breuknik. She
lives in Holland.
"Ja
Nuns Hon Pris" -
Medieval
ballad by King Richard I Lionheart, 1157-1199
(lyrics and a crash, brush-up history lesson)
"Nice
'n Easy" - Light
jazz selection by Brian Bonsor
"Pastyme
With Good Company" - Renaissance
song by Henry VIII Tudor of England, 1491-1547 (most interesting lyrics,
a little historical information, and a picture)
"Welcome"
- Irish
folk song by Thurlough O'Carolan (1670 -1738) - fascinating
blind harpist of Ireland who combined both folk and classical Baroque elements
in his music
"With
Cheerful Notes" - Baroque
masterpiece from the Chandos Anthem No. 9 by George Fredrick Handel , 1685-1759
(brief biography of Handel with pictures)
"The
Amazing Recorder"

A brief two-page illustrated history of the recorder
for folks who are relatively unfamiliar with the instrument.
"Producing
the Recorder MIDI's"

How the recorder music MIDI's were
produced.
("Everything you thought you never particularly wanted to know about MIDI,
but should have asked about anyway.")
"Hey, what is the Bluebird doing flying around in here?

"I have come to bless all who visit here
with
happiness and a life of their dreams."