This special edition contains a selection of the  loveliest Italian recorder sonatas from the  “ Hortus   Musicus ” series.<br>
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 The works by  Benedetto  Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi and other  Italian  contemporaries of Bach and Handel wonderfully illustrate the possibilities of  this versatile solo  instrument and offer recorder players an ideal introduction to the chamber  music of the Italian  Baroque.<br>