Frans Bruggen Edition Vol. 1-12 (12 CDs)

This monumental set of recordings, originally on Das Alte Werk LP, collects Frans Bruggen performing a variety of pre-baroque, baroque and rococco works for recorder(s). Frans Bruggen put the recorder on the map as a solo instrument, and no one before or since has made such a huge impact, nor had Bruggen's musicality and expressiveness.

Once the world's most famous recorder player, today Frans Brüggen is considered among the foremost experts in the performance of eighteenth century music. He studied the recorder with Kees Otten and flute at the Amsterdam Muzieklyceum. In addition, he took courses in musicology at the University of Amsterdam. At the age of 21, he was appointed professor at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and later held position as Erasmus Professor at Harvard University and Regent's Professor at the University of Berkeley, making him one of the youngest musical scholars of the time though still remaining, as Luciano Berio wrote, "a musician who is not an archaeologist but a great artist".

CD 1: Telemann: Recorder Sonatas and Fantasias
1. Sonata in F major, TWV 41:F2
2. Fantasia in D minor, TWV 40:4
3. Canonic sonata in B flat major, TWV 41:B3
4. Fantasia in G minor, TWV 40:9
5. Sonata in C major, TWV 41:C5
6. Fantasia in A minor, TWV 40:11
7. Fantasia in C major, TWV 40:2
8. Sonata in F minor TWV 41:f1
9. Fantasia in B flat major TWV 40:12
10. Sonata in D minor TWV 41:d4
11. Fantasia in F major, TWV 40:8
12. Sonata in C major, TWV 41:C2

CD 2: Italian Recorder Sonatas
13. Corelli: Variations on "La Follia", op.5 no.12 in G minor
14. Barsanti: Sonata in C major
15. Veracini: Sonata in G major
16. Bigaglia: Sonata in A minor
17. Chédeville: Sonata op.13, No.6 in G minor
18. Marcello: Sonata op.2, No.11 in D minor
19. Corelli: Sonata op.5, No.4 in F major
20. Veracini: Sonata in A minor

CD 3: English Ensemble Music
21. Holborne: Dances and Airs a 5
22. Taverner: In Nomine a 4
23. Tye: In Nomine
24. Byrd: In Nomine a 5
25. Simpson: "Bonny Sweet Robin", Ricercar a 4
26. Byrd: "The leaves be green", Browning a 5
27. Morley: "La Girandola" a 2
28. Morley: "II Lamento" a 2
29. Morley: "La Caccia" a 2
30. Jeffreys: Fantasia a 3
31. Parcham: Solo in G major
32. Carr: Divisions upon an Italian ground
33. Babell: Concerto a 7 in D major
34. Pepusch: Sonata No.4 in F major
35. Purcell: Chaconne "Three parts upon a ground" in F major

CD 4: Early Baroque Recorder Music
36. van Eyck: Batali
37. van Eyck: Doen Daphne d'over schoone Maeght
38. van Eyck: Pavane Lachryme
39. van Eyck: Engels Nachtigaeltje
40. Frescobaldi: Canzon per Canto solo e Basso Continuo "La Bernadina"
41. Cima: Sonata in D major
42. Cima: Sonata in G major
43. Riccio: Canzon a 4 in A major
44. Riccio: Canzon in A major "La Rosignola"
45. Scheidt: Paduan a 4 in D major
46. Anon.: Sonata in G major

CD 5: Late Baroque Chamber Music
47. Telemann: Quartet in D minor, TWV 43:d1
48. Fasch: Quartet in G major
49. Loeillet: Quintet in B minor
50. Quantz: Trio sonata in C major
51. Scarlatti: Sonata in F major
52. Mattheson: Sonata IV in G minor, op.1 no.3

CD 6: French Recorder Suites
53. Dieupart: Suite in G major
54. Hotteterre: Première Suite de Pièces à deux dessus sans Basse Continue, op.4, Paris 1712
55. Dieupart: Suite in A major

CD 7: French Recorder Sonatas
56. Lavigne: Sonata in C major "La Barssan"
57. de Boismortier: Sonata in F minor (D minor)
58. Philidor: Sonata in D minor
59. Dornel: Sonata [a 3 Dessus] in B flat major
60. Couperin: Le rossignol-en-amour

CD 8: Vivaldi: Chamber Concertos
61. Concerto in D major, RV 94
62. Concerto in D major, RV 92
63. Concerto in G minor, RV 105
64. Concerto in C major, RV 87
65. Concerto in A minor, RV 108
66. Concerto in C minor, RV 441
67. Concerto in F major, RV 442

CD 9: Handel: Recorder Sonatas
68. Sonata in A minor, op.1 no.4 HWV 362
69. Sonata in C major, op.1 no.7 HWV 365
70. Sonata in B flat major, HWV 377
71. Sonata in G minor, op.1 no.2 HWV 360
72. Sonata in D minor, HWV 367a
73. Sonata in F major, op.1 no.11 HWV 369
74. Sonata in A minor, op.1 no.4 HWV 362

CD 10: Telemann: Overture in A minor. Concerto in C major. Concerto à 6 in F major
75. Overture in A minor, TWV 55: a 2
76. Concerto in C major
77. Concerto à 6 in F major

CD 11: Bach: Chamber and Orchestral Music
78. Concerto in F major, BWV 1057
79. Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1039
80. Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044
81. Sonatina from: Cantata BWV106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus tragicus)
82. Sonata Concerto from: Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig sei willkommen

CD 12: Recorder Sonatas and Concertos
83. Loeillet: Sonata in C minor
84. Sammartini: Concerto in F major
85. Handel: Trio Sonata in B minor, HWV 386b
86. Naudot: Concerto in G major
87. Loeillet: Sonata in G major
88. Telemann: Concerto in E minor