Music from J S Bach beautiful partitas - a suite for solo keyboard, and an assemblage of movements adapted for recorder from Bach’s works for various solo instruments, each defined by distinctive rhythmic motifs, and imparting a gentle fluidity. His remarkable Sonata BWV 1030 is composed for obbligato harpsichord and in this reconstruction in G minor, baroque oboe takes the melody line.

A mix of dances from solo works by J S Bach originally for flute and violin transposed agreeably into F major to suit the recorder’s range, and dance movements from one of his profound and extraordinary Suites for unaccompanied cello. Bellinzani’s Variations on La Folia are a set of inventive and brilliant renditions on the theme.

Three composers from the Baroque era exploit the technical and expressive capabilities of solo instruments to the full, including excerpts from one of J S Bach’s profound and extraordinary Suites for unaccompanied cello.