**Album Description:**
This album features a diverse collection of recorder music, showcasing the instrument's versatility through works by various composers. Hans-Martin Linde's "Amarilli, mia bella" pays homage to Jacob van Eyck, blending historical melodies with modern techniques. Makoto Shinohara's "Fragmente" explores avant-garde recorder sounds through 14 unique sections. Hans Ulrich Staeps' "Sonata in C minor" reflects a neo-classical style, while Egil Hovland's "Cantus II" harmoniously blends recorder and piano. Franz Burkhart's "Three Advent Songs" adapts traditional folk melodies for voice, recorder, and guitar. Lennart Lundén's "Little Toe and Nine More" features whimsical children's rhymes, and Felicitas Kukuck's "Die Brücke" sets Hans Bethge's Chinese-inspired poems to music. Performers include Clas Pehrsson on recorder, Thomas Schuback on piano, Solveig Faringer as soprano, and Jürgen Rüßby on guitar.
